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The Dickinson press., 1909-12-18
SHORT TALKS ON DAIRY1NG.

The indirect benefits Of dairying.
through the return to the soil of the
fertility taken out of it by the grain
crops. are much greater than we Or
dinarily think.
The average load of %barnyard manure
is worth not far from 81. so a ton,
reckoned at the prices one would have to
pay for the NITROGEN. phosphorus and
potash contained in it, if bought at
market prices for commercial fertilizer.
Rotted manure gives quicker results
than unrotted. but there is a very heay
waste. especially of nitrogen, during
the rot,ing.
The best way to handle manure is to
haul it direct from the barns. Spreading
it thinly over the ground with a manure
spreader. The loads psread over FIVE
cres will give larger results than will
the same amount spread over one acre.
Tho straw we produce is worth from
$2.25 to 81. so a ton. as manure. For
that reason W. cannot afford to burn it.
An acre Of wheat land will produce not
far from a tom of straw, and a quarter
section of land in wheat turns into straw
every year about $3.50 of its fertility.
This equals the cost ola lair spar of
horses. It equals the cost of a couple
winters training of they boy at the
farm school. 1t is one-third the cost of
a good automobile. 1t will more than
clothe the family for a year. 1t will
pay the store bills of a large family for
a season.
We want the straw back into the soil
in order to give it the right texture and
hat is cropped right along loses its
light, water holding quality. and is
easily subject to drought. The working
back into the soil of this vegetable
matter is one of the most important
things before the farmer. And in no
way can he 8 easily do it as by keeping
stock sufficient to handle it during the
winter.
The Tri-State Grain Growers conven-
ton is fixed for the 1921 of January.
Plan to- come to this meeting at Fargo.
and to bring along the wife for an out
ing.
The winter short course at the Agricul .
tural college at Fargo opens January 3.
1t may be interesting to the readers to
know that in this line of work North
Dakota has n of the largest schools in
the country. ranking with Iowa, Mime
sofa and Wisconsin in this respect.
This course is a three months practical
course, suited to the boy with a comon
school education, desiring to get hold of
better methods which he can apply to
the work on the farm. Last year the
enrolment of the short course ran we'll
upwards of 700 this year it is expected
to approach /. 900 students.
The students at the Agricultural
college are eoine after the statue of Ex-
President Roosevelt, promised to the
state of North Dakota. This statue, to
be made by the celebrated sculptor
Gustav Vigeland. will be of heroic size,
and will represent the former President
in cowboy garb. seated in an easy atti-
tude on a supber horse. The students Of
the Agricultural college feel that it is
appropriate that this statue should be
erected on the campus of the farm school
and to that end have oragnized to
raise a fund sufficient to assure its erec-
ton at the Agricultural college.
The Dickinson press., 1909-12-18

$5 REWARD-wiu pay this amount per head
on left shou der; delivered to A. n.
Arnett in Dickinson or at ranch.
~ ED. r. PARTRIDGE, Halliday, n. D.
8.15-8mp
The Dickinson press., 1909-12-18
Western BEEF FINDS
GOOD EASTERN Market

Western beef IS coming into its own.
Not over a decade ago eastern buyers
purchased range bred steers only when
they were unable to fill their feed pens
from other sources and usually offered a
much lower price for this class of stock
than they were willing to pay sor that
secured from other places.
Experience has taught these buyers,
however, that western range bred steers
are usually in the very best of health.
They have a splendid frame upon which
to build, are we'll muscled and boned,
and being accustomed to the rigors of
the western climate, continue to put on
flesh in the eastern feed pens when
cattle from other sections. being fed un-
der identical conditions. are losing flesh
or account of the inc]ement weather
conditions. This western steer only de-
mands that he be given plenty of good
fresh water and sufficient feed so that he
may never be hungry and he will always
give. a good account of himself and return
many dollars in profits to the feeder
when he is sold for the block in the
spring.
These steers shed early under favor
able conditions. and when they have
reached the s%tockyards they show an ex-
terror finish that other cattle. lacking the
same health and ruagedness. fail to
show. This makes the western steers
ready sellers on the market. and after
they have been butchered the percentage
of the weitht of the dressed carcass over
that of other steers under the same
conditions is so perceptible as to imme-
diately attract the attention of those
keen, far sighted men who handle the
yard end of the business.
The settlement of the west is rapidly
reducing the amount of available range
and is forcing the cattle to 20 higher
and higher into the hills in search OF
forage. This fall has seen large num-
bers of the range bred steers, most OF
which come from ranges within National
Forests. topping the feeder market at all
points where feeder steers are sold.
So great has become the demand TO,
cattle of the quality mentioned that
hundreds of stockmen throughout the
west are selling their punches of stock
cattle and are beginning to handle steers
exclusively. On the old ranges where q
few years ago one was accustomed to see
large herds of cows and calves, you
will find today equally large punches
made up entirely of steers, some Of
which may perhaps have come from Old
Mexico, some from Texas, while Arizona
and New Mexico usually furnish their
quota. These steers are brought into
these western ranges at from eighteen
months to two years old. They become
acclimated the first year. while in the
second and third years they become
sufficiently mature so that they may be
taken to market.
The demand for cattle of this kind il
greater than the supply, and as in all
other cases where the demand is create,
than the supply the price received on
sale must costantly increase. That this
is true of the steer business, one can
easily ascertain through conversation
with any n of the western stockmen
who make this a business. They will tell
you That hey have made more money in
the last two or three years in handling
steers than they made in ten years id
haddlinG strictly stock cattle.
The Dickinson press., 1909-12-18

$500 REWARD-For the apprehension OF
he person who stole the teachers desk from
school No. s. in New Hradec district.
11-274t JOE OUKROP. Clerk.
The Dickinson press., 1909-12-18

NUNS MUNSON-Owner of cattle branded
MA 4on right ribs: horses'M A on right
shoulder. Range on W bar road. Address.
fayette. N. d. 5-1-1yr.
The Dickinson press., 1909-12-18

ESTRAYED-Bay Relding. hind legs and one
front leg white, weighs about 15OO pounds, no
brand: reward. STEPH. BRITTNER, 3 miles
west of Richardton. 1244p
The Dickinson press., 1909-12-18

q. b. ENGEN, Taylor. N. D, Owner
of cattle branded like cut on right hip;
also J same place; ID on right
side. 1~1.2307-1yp
The Dickinson press., 1909-12-18
ESTRAv NOTICE

Come to my place on neA sec. "A. twp. 1as.
r. 81, black and white COW. branded
shoulder not plain. and red steer calf not
branded. p. a.. DASSINGER, lS-ii-3t
The Dickinson press., 1909-12-18

Of Halliday, missing about one year ago, one
S Sls9k xe %a5s e : yss1s On OF LETT ats sneu1d s E E;0n ne
old, with same brand on left shoulder, one iron
grey mare, 2 years old, no brand. $500 reward
for information. C. T., CARLSON,
ll-206mp Halliday, N. D.
The Dickinson press., 1909-12-18
Warning

Parties are hereby notified. under penalty of
law, not to cut or haul away any cedar or
other timber from township 1888. range 1O1. II.
o. ANDERSON. 10I17-tf
The Dickinson press., 1909-12-18

SIS REWARD-WM pay Is per head for IS
cattle. branded on right ribs. C. RE
MANN. box. 1855. = Dickinson. l-2-tfp
The Dickinson press., 1909-12-18

J. N. HELLICKSON. Medora, N. D., range on
Cannon Bail river, above New England. Horses
branded g. shown in cut; also ~ll
on left thigh and shoulder,
Suitable reward for informa.
ton regarding any of above
horses found Of of range.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-14

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
FR0H NORTH Ds0UTH

Escambia county, Florida, of which
Pensacola, second oldest city in the
United States, is county seat, dates
back to 1921 Its name came from
lovely Escambia river. which in Span
ish means TO barter In point 81
chronology this is the first OF the for
ty-siX counties in tho state. In geo
graphical position it is also of first
Importance, dropping down from the
Alsbama-Florida state line 10 the
shores of the Gulf Of Mexico. Passen-
gers from the north encounter it at
F1omaton, where they disem6ark for
Pensacola.
Alabama forms its northern and
western line, Escambia river and bay
and the broad bay of Pensacola the
eastern and southern. The enclosure
contains $50 square miles or $4,000
acres, big county TO improve and
populate.
The general lay of the land between
Flomaton and Pensacola distance
of forty-four miles-is rolling. the
shores of the river rise in spots to
commanding bluffs, while the interior
ranges from levels 10 hills, as nigh as
80 feet above the sea, as at Cottage
Hill and Dcxland.
A Beautiful River.
In point of sheer beauty nothing in
the region can approach the river Es-
Gambia, One of these days il will be
alive with motor boats and sailing
craft and Will be utilized for pleasure
and commerce; at present its placid
waters are stirred by fshermen's ca
noes and these. idling along its course,
divulge such scenery as ony a river
csn. river of devious ways and ca
PRECIOUS moods. At times bold and
broad and open, again covert and I'M
certain, hiding behind nUge bushes
and tall grasses, or spreading out into
little lakes But whether il ruShes
or saunters or lies as quiet as a pool,
II is thing of beauty; its waters
simmer in the sun and daVkle in the
shade; its banks are a taugle of great
trees-magnolia. oak. cypress. gum
and hickory. their branches caught to-
getner by graceful vines-mistletOe.
jasmine. wild honeysuCkle and ivy,
while scarlet holly ard yopOn bushes
ningle their vivid tones with the cop
per and yellow, green and red OF ear
Is winter. From high bluffs TO marsh
grass the river follows the topography
of EScambia county on lis way TO the
sea. And il yields not only superb
beauty but careoes of fine FISH TO deni-
Eens of its borders
a Farming Centre.
For many years the mill industry
commanded this county almost wholly.
IT does yet 10 a certain extent. for
number of saw mills are still busy
with their grists OF loRg-leaf yellow
pine But as these are rapidly con-
vertiug the virgin forests into lumber,
thousands of cut-over acres are being
left behind for the husbsndman-and
while he is not here in sufficient num-
bers. the county of Escambia is being
discovered by homeseekers at sat
isfactOry rate.
And nowhere in the Gulf region can
. farmer make better heme for him-
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Schools and Good Roads.

| 4 recent report of the public schools
| OF Escambia county, compiled by -.
b Cook. superintendent OF public in.
struction, gives a total of fifty-tWd
buildings for white children with III
rooms and ten buildings for coIored
children with twenty-seven rooms. In
addition twenty class rooms are be-.
ing used that do not belong to tha
board.
The enrolment for the month end,
ing November 80, for both races, fig.
ured 5,535, of which $3.50 were white
children Additional school rooms
are needed, and the new board OF
commissioners will have this question
to consider the present year. as we'll
az that of good roads and bridges.
With regard to the good roads cues
ton in Escambia county, it is of in
teTest TO note that the county has
built and has in operation a highway
extending from Pensacola to Fiona
ton, a distance of fOrty-fOur miles,
every foot of which is equal to the
best macadam roadway in existence
Another piece of fine road making is
that between the city limits ahd the
government road at Bayou Grande
The county expended about $40. 900
on this road, the government $4,000,
and the city of Pensacola did the rest,
giving a magnificent hard gravel and
clay driveway along the water front
to the forts and navy yard, distance
OF about nine miles.
Between Pine Barren, on the Louis
Vile az Nashville road TO Atmore. the
county has made another piece OF
hard road. Other important roads are
now in process of construction and will
continue a feature of county work IN
til good roads are universal in this
county Convict labor is used in
road making.
The building of new bridges and re-
pairing Of old ones goes on every
year
In fact, no more progressive cOun-
~ is 10 be found than Escambia. The
days of its sluggishness are over. Good
farmers are welcomed here and will
helped 70 locate adVantageOusIy.
A new county board went into office
the first Of this year. Two Of the old
members neld over, Messrs. Steward
and Davis; the new ones are y. Nc
Kenzie Oerting. chairman. for years
city tax collector and a live man; D..
/ r. McQuarTie and Joseph Brown.
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Iy increased, since grated varieties
bring from fifty cents to Sl.5O per
pound in other sections.
Every well regulated dOoTyard in
Pensacola and Escambia county con
tainS Satsuma oranges, grape fruit,
EUmquatS and pecans, as well as other
fruits.
Take as an example Bermuda Lodge.
owned by $. +. FUlghum. one and a
half miles out of Pensacola This IS
only a private place of good sized
grounds. Ii is, however, 4 show place
for the fruits and nuts of the gulf
coast. There are eignty-four grated
pecan trees here. fifteen of which are
thirty-fOur years old, the balance nine
10 eighteen years This grove has
produced as high as 5000 pounds or
nuts, fine, thin shelled and Of delic-
iOus flavor. A single tree has yielded
as high as 225 pounds of nuts. Mr..
FulChUm has been getting his grove
in order for next year, fertilizing it.
etc. and expects to make a crop Of
from 5000 TO 5000 pounds.
Mr- Fulghum ships his pecans to
Macon. Ga, Al a uniform price of %
cents a pound. He has a standing Of
fer from a scotsman in New York for
the crop off one particular tree at 81
per pound
a Satsuma orange grove of 100 six
year trees IS A paving investment on
this place. Last year it produced 562
dozen oranges. Other fruits grown
here are grape fruit, kumquats. ia -
anese peTsimmOns and plums. ounces,
peaches, blue plUms, figs. pears, goose
berries and white and purple raspber-
ries. all in fun bearing.
Mrs. ACOsta. a next door neighbor,
III -l,F,
yielded 400 pounds of nuts three years
ago. She received a one hundred dol
lar bill for them
The Old and New.
The piney-woods lands of Escam bfa
sandy loan on top, good. strong
clay beneaJh-aUe in fact. almost TOO
prolific for belief. \ few years ago
few people believed in the wonderful
productivity of these lands the ma
tive farmer got his hog and hominy'-
with ease and made a little of what
ever crop he liked. ~mOlasses" for his
lOe-cake. was distilled from A rude
kind of press. and sleeping took the
place Of further requirements in din
inE-
The good white farmer of today is
making 200 10 500 gallons Of high
grade cane syrup teven 500 gallons
may be made on a single acre of cat
tie pen" land. and in place of fifteen
10 twenty-five bushels OF corn. suf-
icIent for the Old-timer he is making
the lands Of EScambia WELD acre for
acre as much as the famed black bot
toms Of lower Illinois, or OF redoubt
able Kansas itself
Nature Is a kindly factor in Gulf
coast farming. The long seasons and
the numerous crops which are posi-
bic. some one of which may be gar
nered each month in the twelve, pro
Vises for the tilIer Of land that which
few sections anford. The annual rain
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taH varies around sixty inches and Is
usually well distributed. The average
winter temperature is: December
So; January, 81; February, IS.
Stock Farming.
And this brings one to the subject
of stock raising tnOw in its infancy
since the mild and open weather dur
ing these months makes very little
shelter necessary and the possibilities
for producing green forage during
winter under such climatic conditions
are very good
The West Florida Fruit Farm. OF
Cottage Hill, in Escambia county. has
issued a booklet "a copy Of which viii
be mailed free OF application. con-
tanning a digest of most useful and
authentic information on this import
ant subject.
II covers the strong points in va
Tious United States farm bulletins re
suits Of different southern state eX-
pertinent stations, and most useful OF
all. the actual experience of many
northern men who have. during the
I last fifteen years. gone 10 this GUlf
Coast region and begun a modern
stOck-raising epoch, as different from
the piney-wOUds scrub results of the
past century as was the Texas long
z
That such astounding yields of flesh
and fat-making foods as arc therein
set forth. on UnqUestiOnCd authority,
can be and are made on these CIeap
( lands. Is not so much wondered at by
those in touch with the climatic con-
ditions. as is the IamCntahIe fact that
thousands of hard working. we'll mean
Ing farmers and stock growers Of tn ,
north and west. persist in ClOS.uE
their eyes and ears TO these natural
advantages and blindly struggle on
against the elements of nature and
the fast increasing disadvantages OF
high priced lands and excessive tax
alton.
Only a few years ago = cotton mill
in the south was unheard or
The time is near when model farm
ing and stock growing viii he as gen
q ally conceded the same advantages
here, as the factories nave.
For both prOdUctiycness and unlim-
tied market. no spot in the entire
south can claim precedence over rs
Gambia county, Florida.
Dairy and Truck Farm.
As 10 dairying, the Florida ACricU-
tUral college says. Florida. with
her mild winters and many natural
advantages. offers excellent emporium
ity for dairying. and were II more
largely engaged IN by the farmers OF
the state. many thousands of dollars
could be Kept in circulation al home.
which now 90 TO the north and west
TO nav for grade Of butter inferior
&c that which may bee produced here. ''
As indicative Of what possibilities
rest in truck farming in Escamb!a
county, the following VIII be Of in
tereSt as the market OF Pensa cola
will consume far more Of able sup
plies than are likely 10 De grown for
some years 10 come. A drive OF four
miles from Pensacola shows as trim
ana profitable a truck farm as will be
seen anywhere. a truck farm yielding
splendid crops Of al vegetables known
70 this latitude: Com, potatoes. cab
bage. eollard, eggplant, tomatoes. on
ions. lettuce. Tadishes. peas. beans.
turnips, hale and green mustard. can
taloupes and watermelOns- In their
turn, as the seasons come and 90,
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self or have greater range Of crops,
soil or location than here. The north
ern and central parts of the county
are given over TO the staple and solid
| crops of the sOUth-cOtton, corn. sugar
cane, potatoes, nay and hogs. There
/ is money in all of these and plenty
/ of good clay and loan soil to produce
/ them. Along the southern border
| truckers predominant, for a sandy re-
glon will yield immense vegetable
crops, as well as fine pastures. Along
! the Louisville & Nashville railroad
] The Flomaton 10 Pensacola branch
/ one sees many delightful homes back
/ OF orange. peach, pecan. pear and
china berry trees and At every town
along this branch the farmers waS-
| ons bring up alongside the track with
| their loads for market. during the ship
ming season. Several cars OF pears,
| peaches and cuCUmbers were shipped
/ this year. The farmers on this diviS-
| ion are increasing their shipments
every year. but on account Of ne
home market Pensacola IS a great
consumer of green stuff and fruits
there has been less shipping 10 the
north than is being done on the p. Il
A division to the east, This is bound
to be overcome, however, as EsCam-
other county in West Florida. ANY
station on this division can get car
within twelve hours of the order. load
IL and get il away ahead Of any thing
Potatoes. Irish and sweet cane, peas.
hay. melons and stra WberTieS are sure
crops here and bring good prices.
The price of land runs from 50 to
S35 per acre. according TO quality and
location Any crop that can be raised
in West Florida can be made here.
Satsuma oranges and paper shell
pecaus flourish ike the green bay tree
IN Escsmbis county and no one who
IS acquainted with them need look al
them askanCe or class them as out
door ornaments They are prolific
| bearers all along the Gulf coast and
great money makers. Two and three
wear Satsumas bend TO the ground
with their weight of fruit, 4 small tree
often carving several hundred or
Snges. while pecans run into as many
pounds Of nuts and bring from fifteen
20 fifty cents a pound even Is seed
hugs.
Orange and Pecan Groves.
The largest grove in these parts is
, that of !. !. Bowes. three miles north
OF Pensacola, on the Louisville &
Nashville railroad. This is a Seeding
grove on average Florida soil. Never
theless il Yields some fine tain-sheII-
ed nuts. of excellent flavor and size,
The trees vary from ten 10 twenty
seven years. and with few exceptions
have been prolific bearers. The old
est of these trees average about $50
pounds, others in proportion. The TO-
tai yield of the grove is about 1900
pounds. average, prices ranging from
! fifteen TO twenty cents wholesale. and
thirty cents retail. with 2 ready mar
ket in Pensacola Had these trees
been top-grafted a few years ago, Their
yield and value would have been great