The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27

that he is assured the plans of the
company are to be fully carried out
building great north and south line
by gradual links, clear to Corpus
Christi, Tex Be that as 1t may, the
first link will connect with the Mil
waukee at Edgeley giving jamestown
a second railroad outlet, and there fs
a general impression that the Mil
Cities Get Benefits.
These cities of the slope are grow
ing by leaps and bounds as the country
fills up. trying hard to keep pace with
the country behind them. Bismarck
and Mandan are growing beyond the
knowledge of the people who have not
seen them for several years Mandan il
q railroad construction center this
summer. and gateway for the new
settlement that is following the North
ern Pacific extensions. Both towns
are growing at rate which will soon
make them genuine twin cities. Dick
inson is also making rapid strides. Bis
marck's present prosperity was out
lined in most interesting fashion by
one of Its pioneer business men, Sen.
@. B, Little. president of the First Ma
tional bank
Il believe we have $500 people in
Bismarck today" said Mr.. Little.
The 1905 census gave us just under
5000, but every year seventy to eighty
new residences have been built, and
since that time our hotel capacity has
been doubled. yet everything is full,
and L believe $500 people have been
added in four years. This city is be-
coming the wholesale distributing
point for great country. We have
wholesale grocery house, established
five years ago. and another grocery
house is figuring on coming in at once.
There are two fruit jobbing houses and
within two years we have had the In
ternational Harvester Co. and the J.
:. CAGE Co establish warehouses here
A linseed oil mill is coming in soon,
and other industries win follow.
~ High Wheat, Higher Land.
Land values must continue to go
up. Wheat is not high in my opinion.
1t has been the cheapesr of all prod
ucts for several years, and is just be-
ginning to strike the right level. With
wheat at such prices. our land is worth
more than the present values. 1t is
good land for diversified farming. too.
and farmers all over the states are
turning to other crops. The wheat
acreage in the eastern part will be
decreased this year on account of the
tendency to rotation In spite of the
big increase In wheat acreage of the
western counties, DOUBT IL the state
as a whole will show any increase
over last year
This season promises to be a great
demonstration year for western North
Dakota. The acreage of wheat in sew
eral counties is more than double last
year. The promise is also given of
record breaking yield per acre. The
start was later than the average, but
there seems to be no fear as to the
crop maturing The stand of wheat,
as far as It is showing above ground,
Is splendid. and practically every seed
seems to have germinated This is due
In part to ideal weather conditions
since seeding, and partly to more care
ful selection of seed wheat Extensive
new breaking this year means a flax
acreage even heavier than In 1908, and
all of last years breaking
has been sowed to wheat.
Pay Attention to Seed.
The same crop conditions seem to
obtain in the Jim river valley w. r.
Alert and an old resident, says pros
poets in Stutsman county have never
been better Farmers here are exer-
cising more, care about their, seed,
says, Mr.. kellogg. They are selecting
1t well. tanning out the light seed and
treating 1t with formaldehyde to do
away with rust. The fields that are
up have a splendid stand, and they say
that nearly every seed has gerni-
nated."
Farmers of the slope" are turning
the experiences and disasters of older
sections to their advantage, Many OF
them are steadfastly refusing to be
carried away by the usual ones crop
craze. This is hard year to get
away from wheat. The temptation to
seed everything in wheat and get 81
. bushel is strong. but the slope farm
srss are not yielding to 1t entirely
Diversified farming is better under
stood here than in most new counties.
Successful dairies have. been operated
Tor several years, bringing sure and
profitable returns to the farmers. They
have been object lessons to encourage
further work Of the kind. Fodder crops
also are taking much OF the farmers
attention. Since grain farmers have
cut down the area for cattle ranges 1T
S necessary to have winter feed, and
Ill kinds of fodder is being raised,
alfalfa broome grass and
speltz
Corn Now a Favorite.
There is a surprising amount of corn
being planted, and old -timers say 1t
lever fails to mature. G. B. Little
says he has been on, the ground
,wenty nine years, and has never
Known corn failure in that time. IT
) being raised successfully In Bur-
eigh, Morton and Stark counties, and
$ being put in extensively along the
lew Milwaukee line.
Dairying Is a rapidly growing in
lustry west of the Missouri and
srings fine returns In the year end |
ng June 80, 1908, according to lately |
compiled statistics, eight creameries
n Morton county produced 441 ,O81 /
'ounds OF butter, and paid their pa
rons ss3,b94.S1. Two in Oliver coun-
y had an output Of 87,246 pounds. and |
aid out S16,425.25.
Creamery promotion is being given /
ONE special attention BY the state
low, and aftersJuly r. r.. Flint. who
las been looking after this. branch of