The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-12

Publicity department OF the State
Agricultural college Of Fargo, spent
Monday and Tuesday in Minot and
vicinity. Mr.. Hughes was here to
acquaint himself more thoroly with
the peculiar conditions OF this por-
ton Of the state, and IN company with
q representative of the Independent.
rode over good many miles of the
farming section both north and south
Of Minot, talking with the farmers OF
their local conditions, and examining
the crops and the methods OF farm
ing applied by the farmers OF this
northwestern part OF North Dakota.
II want to see some OF your best
farming, as we'll as some Of your
poorest" Mr.. Hughes explained to the
>>endent man. .
II want to talk to the farmers and
learn what their ideal difficulties are"
Mr.. Hughes visit to Minot will re-
suit in an immense lot OF good for
the farmers OF North Western North
Dakota.
Speaking OF the condition In gen.
eral, Mr.. Hughes said: "The crops
thru the northwest, look the best I
have seen In the state, and you have
q good average crop" Mr.. Hughes
Is conservative as TO bis estimates,
but we passed thru many fields that
he is certain will average rs bushels
Of wheat and he Is confident that
the general average for wheat will be
from fifteen to twenty bushels per
acre, with a likelihood of reaching
nearer the twenty MARI:
Mr.. Hughes urged many Of the
farmers to SOW winter wheat, not
great fields Of it, but an acre or two
for an experiment. He is confident
that winter wheat will do we'll here,
in fact it is being grown successfully
in some parts Of the state. He ad-
vises the farmers to guy their winter
seed wheat from the reliable seed
houses in the state, from either Oscar
H. Will Co. OF Bismarck or the VAL
ley City Seed house. There may be
other seed houses handling winter
wheat. Winter wheat should be
sown not later than Aug. 20, and ear
lier would be better.
Going along field Of oats, Hughes
stepped from the auto and went in'o
the field to examine it. Coming back
he said: We'll thought SO. Here
is farmer who scwed his oats on
new breaking. The field looks it.
THAT farmer should have selected
some of his older land" The oats
were short and very uneven. The
new land did not furnish enough
moisture for the grain. --..-.-,.
Geo. Beehe, who farms south Of
town, had an opportunity to tell AFR.
Hughes his troubles. He says that
there are several a. .r,ers OF land
around his farm. that the owners
have allowed to grow up to mustard.
He has tried to keep his crops free
from this weed, but it has been al
most impossible to do so, owing to
the fact that the mustard plants ma
ture on his neighbours quarters and
blow across his own. This is a hard
problem that many good farmer
has to contend with, and Mt Hughes
said that being confronted with this
one proposition, was worth his trip
to Minot. Mr.. Beebe is considering
seriously seeding down his farm to
clover, unless the unoccupied quar-.
tiers are cleared of these weeds. The
owners OF such farms ought to oe
compelled to eradicate The weeds, nc
matter what the expense might be.
Mr., Beeee has eight acres OF buck.
wheat which is in bloom and which
promises an excellent yield. HI
sowed half oushel Of buckwheat Il
the acre, and with 1t, two bushels o
timothy for the entire eight acres
The timothy is four inches high, AM
is a good stand.
MI. Beebe asked Mr.. Hughes what n
thought of sowing speltz in the tai
shortly before the time OF freezing
'.1f you want to gamble, you can d
this, but this isn't safe proposition.
he answered.
Mr. Beebe told Of summer fallowin'
eight acres and after dragging it sev
en- or eight times, sowing 1t broad
cast to clover about July 20. He !
getting a good stand. Hughes adVe
Gates growing corn rather than sun
mer following.
. And by the way, we passed som
fine fieD!s OF corn. Prot. Watson, g
rather Farmer Watson who lives 81
miles north of the city has INVENT
acres OF corn that promise we'll q