The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-29
FORMER N. D. A. c. MEN HAVE
CHARGE OF N. P. ENTERPRISE
Daniel E. Willard VIII Get Big Fruit and Vegetable Farm at
Paradise, Mont, Organized and Thos. E. Harmon
Will Be in Charge as Foreman

Paradise, Mont, April 29.--Tiring OF
not being able to serve the patrons ot
It's dining cars with the very freshest
vegetables when the same have to be
shipped from southern climes, the
Northern Pacific Railway Co. is pre-
pairing to raise it's own vegetables on
it's own farm near this point. In fact
within the very edge of Paradise. Here
1t was that the railroad company a
couple of years ago bought three OF
the finest ranches of the Paradise wall
ley, its chief object being to establish
a division point for the Idaho division.
The division was changed from Trout
Creek, in the western edge of Sanders
county, and an ideal location for rail-
road workers was secured. Not near
ly all of the land is occupied with
yards, roundhouse, the tie picking
plant and townsite, and no less than
loo acres is available affording some
OF the most excellent ground for rails
ing vegetables and fruits The rail-
road company has determined to en-
ploy the soil to this latter purpose.
Daniel e. Willard, for a number of
years professor of geology in the agri-
cultural college of North Dakota at
Fargo, was appointed to the position
or development agent of the Northern
Pacific Railway Co. some three months
ago, and the work Of transforming
this land was placed under his charge.
Mr.. Willard has been spending several
days in Paradise experimenting the
preliminary work, having a crew of
men and teams turning the soil and
he - ~
In an interview with your correspond
ent, Mr. Willard talked very inter
estlngiy OF the work planned and the
intentions of the railroad company. At
the present time the company is buy
ing all Its vegetables in California and
Is experiencing a hard time in getting
It's supply and getting it fresh, and the
plan Is to plant whatever will grow
an this climate. When one saws this
1t means that practically everything
can be raised here. The Paradise val
ley, while not so we'll advertised nor
so we'll known as the celebrated Bit
ter Root, still is capable of growing
even better vegetables and fruits than
the famed Bitter Root The altitude
is lower, the season thus longer and
Is has never been visited by hail
storm nor frost at any time to do
damage to crops AS for the fruits
raised in this section, they are the
equal of any raised any place.
Mr.. Willard has been Joined by
B. Harmon, for many years
chief agriculturalist of the state col
lege of North Dakota at Fargo, who
will have charge of the vegetable
garden as foreman. Mr.. Harmon comes
with wide reputation and will no
doubt make a success of the work un-
dertaken.
In speaking generally Of the work.
Mr.. Willard stated that for this sea-
son, which is already pretty we'll ad-
he would plant ten or twelve
acres to potatoes, with view to rails
ing all the big tubers such as are
now being used on the dining cars,
and advertised as enough for family.
TWO acres are being planted to sweet
corn, two acres each to peas and beans,
one-half acre each to lettuce and
radishes and one fourth acre to celery
1t being almost too late for the latter.
The small acreage to celery, how
ever, will permit of a sufficient test
being made to see how celery raising
in this section. No doubt is
S to the outcome, for in
the Bitter Root valley is raised some
Of the best celery ever eaten.
Asparagus is one of the vegetables
Used quite largely in the ching car