Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-07-07

on July {, anu because VI tue "Oi
that had been done on the land it was
in splendid condition. There was
plenty of moisture following, and the
result was good, and all that could be
expected. Corn and millet are hot
weather crops and will come on rapid
ly in mid summer, If they have an
ample supply of rain. believe it is
this years solution Of the forage
CROP"
1t is sugges ted to those of our
farmers who have no summer falloW
land, that enough early soWn wheat
land might be plowed up and sown to
millet or planted to corn to advantage,
also it is suggested that where the
root itself is not dead that a mower
might be put on and cut down the
jointed and headed wheat to about
four inches, thus giving the weaker,
or potential stools chance to grow,
and if there are no foul weeds that
are liable to ripen and grow to seed,
that about one peck to the acres Of
millet might be drilled in said wheat
land. The writer contemplates this
line of action on some Of his early
sOwn wheat.
At the present writing the hoped
for change and the neurological con-
ditions seems about to be realized and
precipitation seems near. 1t will rain
though it seems the hardest kind OF
hard work for the elements to get
started in that direction, and the rain
so very long delayed, when once
started, is apt to continue until our
normal supply of rain is realized.
However, no amount Of precipitation
or favorable weather conditions from
now on will produce crop Of wheat
on some of the very early crop-the
crop that is now jointed and headed
out, and on the road to a weak ma
turity. The thing to do with part
of this is to NOW it and harrow or
disk it lightly and SOW some millet so
that the millet and the stools that
will come on after the main stalk is
destroyed and ceases to draw SUBJ
stance, will produce a forage crop.
The conditions are not rosy but
there is no room for discOuragment.
You know and we know, that this re-
gion has been tested and not found
wanting. Capital no longer touches us
with its finger tips, it is willing to in
vest, even though we have almost a
complete crop failure, which is by
no means the case yet. The present
season has been abnormal and unus.
ual but the same excessive drought
and heat conditions prevails over the
entire state, excepting spots, and ex.
tends to South Dakota, Minnesota and
even Wisconsin and Northern Iowa.
The business interest, the bankers,
the machine dealers and others to
whom the farmers may be indebted,
realize the conditions and are ready
and willing to lend assistance and an
extension OF obligations to every hon
est effort on your part.
Then the thing to be done is to get
a fresh hand hold, get some kind OF
forage crop to growing that you may
have feed for your stock for the com
ing winter and coming spring. The
loss even of the whole crop will Meth
err break you or the country.
We realize the community of inter
ests surrounding us-the interlacing
of your interests and ours and we only
take an intelligent self interest, and
want to help you to help ourselves.
The farmers to whom this letter is
addressed must not presume that this
club assumes to tell you about your
own business, or what you should dc
under those or other circumstances
We simply want to open up and dis
cuss this question of forage-for we
cannot close our eyes to the fact that
an emergency does exist Experience
and observation and an interchange
of ideas, one with the other, car
! but help all.