The Ward County independent., 1909-08-05

with the express purpose OF examining tne crops
and conversing with the farmers on the prospects
He returned with better opinion OF North Dakota
than ever, and he has had pretty fair opinion OF
this good old state for number of years. too The
farmers certainly have without hardly single ex-
ception, made wonderful strides thls year. ohe VI
the main things that he noticed was that tne 1arm
ers had much increased acreage and that fact dld
not lessen the quality OF the crop. ne saw oue one
~ two moor fields Of grain drive OF forty miles
na afterwards he learned that these fields had not
heen nlowed at ALL the seed merely being dlsced IN
on stubble. farmer who will pracuce thls sort u
farming will find out to his sorrow sooner or la'el
that he will lose out The fields as rule are qulte
fee from mustard and other damaging weeds Ono
farmer said that he had pulled every mustard weed
that he would find his several quarters why,
would walk a half mile to pull mustard plant' ne
s,id and his fields looked it. This year, there may
ho M nhenomenal Yields but the average Will very
likely be better than was ever known peloie ~ .'
mart of the state 1t would not be SURPRISING at al
If wheat averaged eighteen bushels an acre. anu az
a dollar or more bushel, a price tnat 'ne iai.no'
arc almost sure to get considerable money Will W
made Watch for great many 1at Dahh accoun''
+hs fall an enormous lot of building OF new homes'
h,rns pranaries ETC.. and the payment OF thous-
ands of mortgages. Flax seems TO oe tne oest 'iop
in wears The early flax looks the oest' anu Ids
bepun TO turn. Flax averaging twenty Dushe's "n
acre. will not be an uncommon thlns tnls Seai'
many VI o''S s',NN -
fftv bushels an acre and some Will go up aiouio
~ sixtv II seventy mark. Many fields Of hne corn
ro soan8 One farmer said he did not expect d
ro,tured crop of corn but had plan Fed for
and to clean up his ground he tnot tha' a'el 'll'
tho corn would mature, and 1t "oulu noI We 'o
r;sine I'd see number of fields or corn III thls WV
initv averaging forty or fifty bushels an acre: Less
,,,c,ronis or durum wheat was hot'/'u 1n0u 49,
nsas ,,oars The farmers are getting tired OF
t.;n fftaen or twenty cents a bushel less lor
this wheat when Fife or blue stem Will yleiu "Ao'S
as WE'LL Considerable summer 1al4o"1is - O0 ,.
done The farmers want to continue W '"i'e 10
orons and they are taking notice OIL inc ioui "
wise thing to do some summer iallo"ine' -
4 numher of acres Of corn each year. Lttie a.'en-
+;on is heng given to dairylng Inc Aal ne" ~
49,, fornnate in getting good crops several years.
s n oa,ude that they can make money easier l'oi
srowingS grain Have care 1hose La lO
oil rightthis year, but who KNOWS "n"' " ao'
son will bring forth. The farmer VINO IS . u'"D
+bronis+ was noticed in several Instances. il' ~
chnery was located promisculously mere anu M .' 'n
oxnosed to the elements. Every farmer WIN "no"
10 renresentatve talked expressed himself as De-
49,: ou n,eased with the prospects, and THIS IS
quito uncommon for as rule, the farmer IS
.s IA hov t. satisfy And well it is that this IS
a. Draw long credit mark for our farmer !reauS
for our prosperity depends entirely upon 'nei''' a
NeWCQmO os'ASC-'
recentlv had a very clear way of explaining enat
groat studv that allowed the common ordinanary 1n
dvidual to understand many interesting th1nss'
Mr. Newcomb while admirng the aerlal na'lea'oi0'
for the progress they had made during 'l'e pas. -
years. never could believe that heavier than ar
oraft would ever become very practicable "nen
NV .oidant occurs to such a,craft, it is necessary
tn come at once to the ground to repair the oieaA
Mr. Newcomb did not believe that the air snip 10,
freighting, passenger service or for war, woulu
ever amount to much. What Will tne neA' '"ens.
evo wears bring forth? Yes, what will ten years
hova accomplished in the way OF perfect'ns suen
craft Wright Bros have made many success.u, ;s sa
fights, and now comes along Glenn GURUS VIII ls 10
beavierthan-air craft and he threatens TO ou1 ~
the wrights A Frenchman flew over the Ensilsn
onanne1. thirty miles the other day and landed on
the shores of England without scratch AT su4ps
Wv ho all right for some people, but wen s'as
w +ho Ground for sometime to come, for various
reasons
rho efforts Of President Taft to procure tor 'ne
t,r;fP concessions are pOsSlpAe az