Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-04-13

teen inches in the row, from four to
six pounds of seed being required
per acre. They grow partly out of the
ground and are therefore easily har-
vested. ~
Mangel- Wurzels Give Good Yield.
"'rhe crop should be pulled before
heavy flOsts set In.
vnuer lavoraule conditions man
gel-~ urzels give heavy ylelus, ana
the yare a satisfactory SUBSTITUTE lOr
sllage. It grown lor winter Aeedlns
some arrangement must be mace tor
storing them wnere rney cannot be
frozen. "A large outdoor storage cei-
far is recommended. 1t may be made
in side hill, the walls being built of
stone aid the roof or alternate layers
OF straw and earth, the roof being
strongly supported. The storage Gel
lar should be large and easy of &C.
cess.
while the season in Williams
county Is short for production of In
dian corn, there are several early
varieties that may mature in seasons
of average length. OF the early ma
turing corn adapted to the climate of
North Dakota, the following are the
flint varieties in order of earliness,
beginning with the earliest: Squaw
corn, Wills Dakota, Jehu, Mercer,
Triumph, Longfellow and King Phil
ip. The early maturing dent varie-
ties, named in the same order, are
Station No. 100, Golden Dent, Min
nesota King, Northwestern Dent,
and Pride of the North. OF these
varieties Mercer Flint, Golden Dent
and Northwestern Dent will probably
give the best returns in all parts of
the state where climatic conditions,
will bring them to maturity.
If the soil is in good condition
and the crop Is we'll cared for, po-
tatoes should yield 300 bushels and
acre under irrigation. The unstable.
potatoes should make satisfactory
feed for cows. Potatoes do well on
clover or alfalfa sod. The sod for po-
tatoes should be MANFRED the fall
before planting. and deep blowing
practiced for this crop. It should be
remembered that potatoes do not
thrive on a heavy and compact sod,
consequently It will be found advisa-
BILE to plaintiffs crop on only the loos-
Ter soils. Grains and grasses are bet
ter adapted to the heavier land.
"As barley and oats are so we'll
known and SO commonly grown
Throughout the northern states it
will not be necessary to describe
their culture. e..
Less Profitable Grains.
FLAX and wheat, the two great
money crops Of North Dakota, may
be grown successfully under irriga-
|tion, but these crops are not we'll
adapted to intensive farming on ac-.
count Of the relatively low money
value per acre, even when large
crop Is grown. It may be we'll to-
produce these crops to some extent at
first. but it will undoubtedly pay bet
ter to change to more intensive
farming as soon as it is possible to
do so. =,
III one desires to keep herd Of
ten cows or more IL may be we'll to
build a silo and MI It with clover and
Canada field peas, or later with corn,
80 tu4S CIVp C6u We 61OWA 6uCS0oe-
fully for silage in this part Of the
country under irrigation. With q
herd of less than ten COWS 1t will
hardly pay to build a silo. and in
that case root crops may be sub
stituted for silage.
As alfalfa is to- be grown for per-
manent pasture for hogs or for per-
ament meadow, It Of course will not
fit directly into the regular rotation.
On a 40-acre farm the following ro-
tation is suggested: Grain, clover,
cultivated crops. This will allow
about ten acres TO ralfalfa and ten
acres for each kind of crop grown In
the rotation. The cultivated crops
should consist of potatoes, corn and
mangel-wurzels. When it is desired
to plow up the alfalfa field one of
the other ten-acre fields may be
sown to this crop and the alfalfa land
brought into the rotation. In case
it is desired to produce a greater
acreage of cultivated crops than the
rotation mentioned will allow, the
crop of corn may follow; potatoes, in
which case there will be four-year
rotation consisting of potatoes, corn,
grain and c1Oyer'