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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
A Steady Subscriber,

How dear to my heart is the steady
subscriber.
Who pays in advance at birth OF
each year. 4
Who lays down his dollar and does
it most gladly,
And casts round the Office a halo
of cheer,
He never says stop it," IT can't af-
ford It," .....-.,.
Nor, I'm getting more papers now
than I can read"
But always says "Send it, the family
all like it,
In fact, we all think your paper is
a household need, 49,
How welcome is he when he steps in
the sanctum,
How he makes my heart throb, how
he makes my eyes dance;
I outwandly thank him, I inwardly
bless him,
The steady subscriber who pays in
advance. .... ...
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
Diversity Your Farming.

That we are not getting the crops
now that we did i'm former years
everyone MUST admit and THAT the
time is past when we can keep on
taking plant food from the soil with
out returning anything lin THE way
of Fertilizer.
Hc,w fooDish lit is for "a person ITO
trust everything to one crop and then
if THAT fails nothing cam be done ex.
ce'pt to tall back on that little banl,
account that was stored up for OIL
age or elise ito put a mortgage on the
farm.
Diversified FARMING means this To
the average North Dakota farmer: to
change his methods and adopt a
better system of farming than HE HAS
heretofore used.
Now I hear some people saving m
'hoedng or peddling little of this Or
uhat to market, SO long as can take
my team and go to the field and do
a days work ami then In the fam
hand my crop to the elevator receive
the money, and then have a uood
time.
'1nls lis "a very marrow and ono
sAued view OF the subject as everv
4aA1manded person wdll admit THAT
soadNng conditions as they are.
Diversified farming means that in
steal OF trusting everything no ono
crop, ahat the farmer shall divide
LUIS Aapn' SOW part of lit down to
grasses for hay or pasture, keen nnra
livestock which wim return senI,n,t ;
~ WIS SOUL that is wearing out, and
becoming inneste.i with foul weaae
So as 10 make wheat harmang Smpoz.
al'ole, and THAT he wdan naIre s..,,,o
s1ock TO COOK after and take a pride.
IN dundng the winter wheue h!o is NJ =,
bdle ami using up his summer, a, nm
ing. @'m.+
AVershed farming means living ,
ofoaoer and more useful MITE, than Il
as possible to do under the .t,auon !,
system where THE 1armer ma,.a. ;
slave out Of himself AMI fan.,,v ~,
'ne mall year and does nothing the
other haat.
J. M. Brandsm
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
From February
Farm Journal

| Be sure that the breeding sows are
not getting too fat or too thin.
Do the pigs squeal because they are
hungry Or cold? Find ont: there IS
no profit in either condition.
One OF the surest signs Of improved
agriculture Is dry, clean hog PEN
The up to date farmer has discovered
that pig wallows in. mire only when
he can not help himself.
Sows may be kept from eating their
pigs by giving them great variety
of food for two months or more
before the pigs came along. It should
include some animal food and plenty
Of salt.
Be sure that the pigs are not
lousy. Kerosene oil rubbed on hogs
back is good for lice. But look out
and not have it too strong, and do
not rub too hard, or you may make
a blister.
Don't be in hurry to dispose Of
the old SOW. II she is good one
to raise pigs, she will be profitable to
keep until she is seven or eight years
old.
Keep them in thrifty, growing
condition.
Keep charcoal, salt and sulphur in
a clean box in every feeding pen.
Let the sows help themselves tc
these correctives, and they will do
it every time they require them.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
FARM DEPARTMENT SUCCESSFUL

The Independents farm department
IS taking like a wild fire. We always
give the farmers more attention than
any other class Of people and for
that reason nine out Of every ten of
our subscribers are farmers. We
want to make the farm page interest
ing for each member Of the family,
and want 1t to be particularly adapted
to the Northwestern part Of the state.
We are depending largely upon our
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.
Notice is hereby given THAT that
certain mortgage executed and deliv-
cred by Jacob Qhrdstihnr Miller, Gum.
mlarried) mbrtgagor, to Ben E.
Combs and F. Burr Combs, mort
gngees, dated THE Nth day OF July.
A. D.. 1903, and filed for record in
the office of the Register Of Deeds in
and for the county of Ward and state
Of NORTH Dakota, ON the 16uh day of
September A. D. 1906, and duffy rec
or,1ei in Book 1873 of mbudghgses a,
page 521, WIN he noreclosad by a sale
OF the premises i'm said mortgage and
hereinafter desmdbed, at the front
door of the COURT mouse On the City
= 'r'~rct County and state aforesaid,
ct the hour at O'Clock p. m. on the
18Th day of March A. D. 1903, to
satisfy THE amount due on said mort
gage at she date of sale
The premises described in said
& 5 { = 3 2 y a. . ID. T. 3
mortgage and wihbch with be sold to
satisfy the same are described as
follows:
The northwest one~f0ldxh (NlW 1-4)
Of section numbered thirty (30) in
township one hundred fifty eight
(15S) north range eiglfy- $50
west OF the Ftt&h Rrimcat'ae me1f dian
i'm the county of Ward amt etRte OF
North Dakota.
Under and by virtue OF TINE power
of sale IN said mortgage, and on Con
ditiDns thereof, mhe n0rtgees hawe.
elected to declare, the ,whuee nrm Of
I'D NOTES, ssunsd hv aaaf nsokgaks,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

How to treat gumbo-Manure the
land and pillow auld cultivate thoroly,
2. How ito destroy Wild oa,t-Be
careful in choice of seed grain. Thor
oily tam ami screen all grain sown.
Sow the land to timothy or bronze
grass for ha Also disc stubbDe land
after harvest and them leave by until
spring and pillow and SOW millet REAL
thick from IL to a bl,sheD per acre
after cropping pillow the land imme.
d1ately. Buckwheat does we'll also
sown at the same season as millat
Prof. sha|w-G1ow swine farmers
grow swine!
Prof. Shaw's views of gro wine live
stock in North Dakota in competition
with live stock growers i'm THE corn
belt.
4 say Month Dakota farmers can
mako more money growing live stock
than growers in the corn belt
1. Their land here say at $25 an
acre at rate of six per cent interest
or $3.50 an acre. LAND In the corn
belt at 100 an acre same rate or $500
an acre, "a difference Of $3.50 an acre
in favor of Dakota.
2. As to feed; barley, mnlet ami
Canadian field pea can be successfully
grown here and with the same care
wing yield more per acre than they
WIN further east ami south.
3. l would rather feed ca.t., ,tfhn,,
the winter in North Dakota than in
Iowa, because the climate Of this
State is more uniform thus causing
the cattle to make steady gain.
Dr. Mpntgomery's address on
John and Mary Smith," or "The
man or woman Of noble pursuits nay.
Ing a glowing tribute to the honest
todler.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

There is a bill before the house,
which IS Of more or less interest to
the farmers. The bill proposes to I'm
pose a $4,000 fine upon those line
elevator companies that pay q higher
price for grain in one portion Of the
state than in others, after the differ.
ence in the freight rates Is calculated
The idea OF ooruse Is to head OF the
wealthy line elevator companies from
out bidding some little independent
fellow and killing him OF early in
the game. The proposed bill has
some good qualities, yet It might work
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
UncIec Sam Tells North Dakota Farm
ers to Plant Trees.

UncIec sam BeI!S NoTtn 0dkotd r arm
ers to Plant Trees.
L. G. Miller Jthe we'll known ex-
pert of the government forestry ser
vice, in charge of treelolanting work
for the Rocky Mountains district, has
been sent to the State University of
NORTH Dakota to give a series of
talks. Mr.. Miller begins these lee
lures on Tuesday, Feb. 9, and
will remain here a week. He will eS
plain the problem of tree planting On
the prairie. His wide experience and
close familiarity with this subject
make his lectures of lasting value to
the community. Several farmers are
already interested in this movement
and have said they will be present.
The meetings are open to the public,
and all interested are cordially in
vited to attend.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

The well worn saying "There will
be other crops Of people. but there
will never be another crop OF land"
is well worth ponderhng over. When
about to dispose OF that beautiful 100
acre farm that Uncle Sam has en-
abled you to procure, stop and con-
slider what you are doing. How are
you going to better your condition?
Going to Canada, are you? Well
there Is some good Land In Canada,
but it has about all been taken up,
that is the good land Going to dis
pose of the best asset you have per-
haps ever had, 100 acres Of soil that
will grow most anything, better than
amy other soil in America, and go
to Washington or Oregon to start out
in the fruit growing business? Well,
some men have made a success OF the
fruit growing industry, IT'S a great
industry and there are millions In 1t,
but readers, those who have investl-
gated have learned that raising fruit
means work and a great deal of It..
It means a large expenditure in the
first place, or else it means that you
must pay high price for sage brush
land, clear the land, irrigate it, plant
your trees and sit down and live on
south wind and rain water for four
or five years until the trees begin to
bear. Sit down did we say? No, you
will not have much time to sit down,
for the trees need a great deal Of care.
One must spray them. cultivate them
when young, keep down the weeds,
and a thousand and one other things.
Then when the trees do begin to
bear, one must often accept low prices
for the fruit. 1t takes work to pick
the fruit and quite often one will hear
of a failure. You would not go back
to your old home in the east, would
yu? We all have a warm spot in our
hearts for our dear old homes in the
east, we'd like to be back there with
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
The Doc Faithful Indeed

In a dog case before missouri
iury Senator Geo. Graham vest de-
Tended the dog with the toNow1ns
eloquent plea: Gentlemen OIL Inc
jury:-The best friend man nas
may become his worst enemy ms
chilli reared with loving care ana
may prove ungratefl; the one near
est and dearest, whom he has trusted
and accepted in hills name may become
a traitor to the taite,, money may be
lost when 1t is most needed; a mans
reputahion inlay be sacrificed in a
moment OF III considered Inctfom; peo-
ple who will fall on their knees to
do honor to a man i'm hts hour OF
success are often the first TO throw
the stone of malace when failure set
tiles it's cloud around his heal. The
one absolutely unselfish friend that
MAN can have in thhs world, tine one
that never prove ungrateful and that
never deserts him is his dog.
Gentlemen OF the jury, a mamis dog
Stands by him lin prosperity amd in
poverty, in health and I'm sickness His
dog will sleep on the frozen ground
where the winN1ry Wtinds blow and
the SNOW drives fercely, if only he
can be iby fis mhster's side. He will
kiss the hand that has no food to
offer He will lick, the wounds and
sores. He guards the sheep of the
pauper ais we'll ais prince. When all
other friends desert he is Faithful.
When riches or reputation fall
asunder, he lis as CONS slant as the
sun in its journey thru the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth
an outcast in the world, friendless
and homeless the faithful dog asks no
higher privilege than of accompanying
him and guarding him from danger;
and when the Last scene Of all comes
dIu ueatn takes his master In it's
embrace and the body is laid in the
cold ground, other friends soon our
sue melr way away but by the grave
ohe noble dog will stay, his head
between his paws and his sad eyes
alert and watchful still faithful and
true even unto death.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
How Would You s, :s5sza
Del.er Your conditions
Where Could You Go to Do Better Than Right Here in
North Dakota?--Your 16O Acres is the Best Asset
You Ever Had-Dont Part With It

our fathers and mothers, our brothers
and sisters, cousins and aunts, bSaes
them, but we ALI know what that means
unless we've got our pockets lined
with gold. It takes whole bank
full Of money to buy a respectable
farm in the east and to become
renter-Lord deliver als. The aver
age eastern renter is slave that
must do the bidding of some aristo'
cratic landlord who has gotten rich
in spite OF h1nyen. The average
eastern renter knows that he knows
twice as much as the average land
lord, yet he has to dance to the I'D
ding of the pemlcious, parsimonio'is,
overbearfng despot. (There are e1-
ceptions). Going to the South are
Won? To Texas That reminds US.
We had something to say regarding
Texas once and it seems that our
calculations were not very Ear fetch
ed. The Texas land boom has burstei
like bubble. Guess North Dakota
isn't so bad after all. A little cold
in winter, yes, but as Roosevelt says,
cts bully weather" No germs flynn;
AROUND when its forty below and you
move around just lively enough to
work up good appetite. You've got
all the advantages in the world II you
are the owner of homestead In
North Dakota. Only be careful OF
two things. Don't be too free to place
a big mortgage on that homestead, and
don't fail to diversity in your farming
methods as quickly as possible, If
you have not already done so. II you
will be careful as to these two par
ticulars, and are economical, con-
siierate, do a little head work, along
with your physical labor, there is no
reason in the world why you will not
be joining the procession that travels
out Of the state to spend the winters,
and back again to enjoy l1ee most
beautiful summers in the world.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
Agricultural College Half Minute
Taiks No. 2.


Talks No. 2. .}
Try small piece OF clover this
spring. We would recommend that
in the eastern pant OF the state it be
sown at the rate of 15 to 13 bushels
per acre with barley for a nurse crop.
In tl11 western part OF the state, or
wherever the soil is apt to be dry,
sow without a nurse crop, and do
not sldmp the seed.
Station Bulletin No. SO lis out. Prof.
w. B. Richards of the Animal Hus.
banliry department is editor. Send
your name i'm and ask to- be placed
ON the regular mailing list. Other
good bulletins w6nl he ISSUED later,
and you will want them.
Do not purchase trees, sairubbery,
and seed corn grown in states farther
to the south than Minnesota. You
may get good results the chances are
you will lose both money and time
expended.
Golden Dent ami Minnesota No. 10
showed up we'll lat the North Dakota
Corn show.
Buy our seed corn on the ear; get
it from home dealers, or ais near
home ais possible; test it-each ear
of ito see If it WE'LL grow, plant
it 4-6 kernels to THE hinl.
Try thhs-crop rotation. Wheat,
oats, barey, clover, wheat corn.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
Gumption on the Farm

It gets to be an old story to reat
every year about the Importance o
buying good seed; and yet, thousand:
of men think they are saving none
bv getting poor seed. It is a grea
mistake. Inferior seed almost always
has weed seed in it. It costs to re
clean good seed, and that Is one rea
som why it Is so high in price; but
We had better pay a little more thar
to have our farms all grown up tc
weeds. The best is none too good.
An hour of hard work getting
stone out of the public road is Wei
spent. even II nobody thanks you fol
It. f %~
Talk over your plans with your wife
as you sit around the evening fire
You will be surprised to find no"
sound her advice is.
Fer farm covering. good barnvar'
manure is much better than a mo-
gage; and iudicious1y applied the
former will speedily remove the la
ter.
Here it is February and in almos'
NO time the rush Of spring work VII
be on. We had better get ready for II
by doing all the odd jobs we can now,
Far above the production of what
ana corn and hay and potatoes is the
growth and cultivation Of character.
for, after all. this is the main purpose
Of life.
Have you done your best and been
beaten? Keep a stiff upper lip. Do
a little better than your best this
year. You will win: only be true,
fair and square. Is. .s
A mule may never be known to kick
and yet around his heels Is no place
for small children; for after the ex-
plosion regrets won't mend the pieces,
nor clubs better the mule.
If you know good thing, tell your
neighbor about It. It will help him
about his work, and it surely can
not do you any harm. Bottled-up
goodness soon turns sour anl spoils.
See to 1t that your straw and clover
stacks are not eaten from beneath,
so the March winds will blow them
over on the stock. I have a neigh
Dor who lost nine sheep at one time
and two week later, in this way.
smokehouse at small cost: Needing
a snlokeh ouse boarded up a corner
Of an outbuDtding, fitted in door,
hung 1t by leather hinges. and ran
a pipe firm an old sheet-iron stove
to the smokehouse. Result: Cool
smoke. little danger Of setting build
ing on fire: and chunk OF green
hickory WIFI smoke all winter.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
Good Points for Chicken Raisers

Mrs. Holly, who spoke on Chicken
Raising at the farmers Institute. is
very s-ccessful poultry raiser, as
we'll as having made a success Of
farming and the dairy business. After
giving some good points regarding the
poultry business, a number of ones.
tons were asked her Some OF them
WIN 'une1r answers follow:
How long before the Matching sea-
SON Should you cease feeding oyster
shells and the Hike?
Ans, ] would not feed cracked
oyster shields and similar things with
IN four or five weeks off the (hat,h-
ing period. The shells become too
hari
what would you feed little chicks?
Ans. Some of the best poultry rails
ers first brown in an oven, the shells
from which the chicks have been
patched pound them up fine aud
place 1t where they may find 1t. This
Will regulate the digestion. Never
feed wet or sloppy food to the young
chicks. If you feed bread, wiring it
out dry. Feed rolled oats the first
four days, and continue with fine mil
let seed for ten days Then begin
on Cracked corn and wheat and then
feed most anything they win eat.
Be sure to give them plenty Of fresh
water II you give milk, be sure
that the milk Is placed in a dish SO |
the chicks cannot walk DIN IT. There
is nothing so unwhnlesome as dirty
milk. Milk should not be fed in an
open dish, where the chickens can
get into it.
! dig angle worms for the incubat.
or ehicke ems, but they do not need
many. Did you ever notace an old /
hen that bad found bug for her
flock? She takes and picks THE bug
to pieces carefully, gives them each
a portion of it. II she has only two
or three chickens, she eats a portion
OF the bug herself, very wisely.
Exercise for small chicks as as az
sentiM as good food. Dill you ever
notice an old mother 1len suddenly
staH out and her chickens chase after
aer? The odd hen knows that exer-
Use is what the little chicks need. I T.
would have the bruodfng pens long
ND scatter the food well. TheI
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

farmer readers for tho success Of this
department. Already a number have
given US their experience on the
farm, which have proved to be Of
value to others. Don't be afraid to
drop into the Office, or to write US
line upon any subject that might
interest you in your work We want
farm institute among ourselves
every week.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
DEPARTMENT DEVOTED INTERESTS OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY OF THE NORTHWEST

culcAens Viii find it aVl right ana
wiA thus get a good deal OF exercise"
How long would you pen up hens
aIrld .dn1ckenS?
Ans. About six weeks, III the long
broodfng pens.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
BILL INTERESTS FARMERS

a hardship in the smaller lire e;e-
vators, Of which there are several !p
the state. A track buyer might offer
two or three cents 5ushel more
for grain and the line els7st:,r cor
panles could not compete witaout
raising the price all over the state.
There is a law in Minnesota which
prohibits the Standard OIL Go. from
selling oil cheaper in one place In
the state than in another. freight rates
OF course considered The proposed
North Dakota law Is similar ia It's
nature.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

Last week we did not ATTEMPT to
mention any Of the many good
ponts brot out at institute, preferrinp
TO reserve that portion Of tho w1ite.
up aor our farm Department. dhis
week, we believe that we have quite
q treat in store for those who failed
to attend the two days session,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

FOR sALE-320 acre farm only
$Sooo IL mdfe from Logan; easy
Terms ut desired: worth investigating
Address Pyo- Box 1873, Surrey, N. d.
"a tt
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Money Ito loan ON real estate at
Howest rates. Address ]. M. Myers.
Surrey. N. D. "a Il
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

Money to Loan on Real Estate at
lowest rate. Prompt and sat6sfac.
tory service guaranteed. Is w
Nacndenhls. oven Second National
NJ Manot' ~. H. "a If
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

A Table in Advanced Arithmetic
Ten mills make a trust,
Ten .t,usts make a combine,
Ten combines make a merger
Ten mergers make a magnate'
Ten magnates make the money.
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due ami payable. r.
There wtas be due and payable on
naid notes and mortgage at the date
OF sale the sum of one hundred
tlbdrty-four prl' oF1nn (s134.25 dol
lars together width the costs aGh dis
b,n,sements ot t1ds foreclosure.
BEN e & f. Burr Combs,
Morteag ees.
Zen E. Combs, Attorney for Mort
sagees, DonDybrouk, N D. "a 81