Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-07-31
The Future Of North Dakota Her Resources
By Zina Lloyd-Leach

raised crop here. Fifteen bushels OF
wheat Is counted short crop mere,
while in the Red River Valley OF
Minnesota the farmers would conslo-
er themselves blest in abundance
There seven bushels is considered an
average crop and ten good one.
! Oats and speltz are common crop
at thirty bushels per acre.
Corn grows we'll here. An Iowa
man raised forty bushels per acre on
sod of fine yellow and white Hint
corn last year in spite OF the
drouth. .
Really one can vaguely estimate
the great possibilities here, but it is
safe to say that to take one year
after another, North Dakota Is as
safe and sure as any state in the
Union.
! Can fruit be grown here? I say
it again. First and before all the
farmer must have COMMON sense.
He must know what kind will grow
here, he must put it out right, he
must do the same thing in other
states.
The writer was called upon to help
Mrs. E. M. Walker, postmistress at
Broncho, harvest her currant crop.
Nine rows across the garden yield
ed about five hundred quarts, and
as Mrs Walker is not selfish they
benefited her and several Of her
neighbors.
Mr.. Olds Of this county has as fine
Strawberries as grow any place: So
says the Stanton Republican who
saw three berries which weigh two
and one-nalf ounces.
One of our neighbors has some
gooseberry bushes loaded with fine
large fruit. Many different kinds OF
fruit grow here without any prOtec-
ton. and many more will grow If
lain over on the ground and covered
with straw through the winter.
| And by all means plant rhubarb.
We have some plants that came from
seed last year that are large enough
now to use. We planted an ounce
of seed this year. It requires no
care and is very healthful and ap-
petizing.
In farming as in everything else
|peoplermust know. They must adapt
themselves to their environments.
While we miss the sapples and
peaches of dear old Kansas we know
there are other fruits that can be
grown here and that can take their
pies will grow here.
! There are many vines and bushes
and Towering shurbs and trees
which will grow here to beautify our
home and grounds.
Everyone should begin planting
trees as soon as his land Is properly
subdued.
I We have many kinds of wild fruit
here such as buffalo berries, goose
berries, sand-cherries, plums, choke
cherries. wild cherries, grapes, etc.
! There are many Wild flowers which
grow in beautiful profusion to de-
light the eye. .x. 49,. 49,
The prairie grass is the famous
buffalo-grass, short, quick growing
and rich in fat producing proper
ties.
Our mich cows give an abund-
ance of rich, sweet milk, produced
by the fine food they have to eat.
There is not so much lightning
and thunder and not so many hard
storms as there are in many other
states.
In summing up the resources Of
North Dakota we shall say that in
all the states we have seen there
is not so much room for development
and such chances to get ahead as
right here in North Dakota. -.
I'm for North Dakota in prose or
r." in rhyme x~-I, y, ~
North Dakota, North. Dakota, first,
last and all the time ,@
There's no place where skies are
bluer, ~ =
There's no place where hearts beat
truer, - 49,
North Dakota every time. !.