The Dickinson press., 1911-08-26
RANCH AND FARM.

may conclude to take up ranching FUR
ther west.
The Milwaukee railroad has secured
artesian water at a depth of 200 feet
at Marmarth and the town people are
planning to sink a we'll in the down
town district.
John Beiehtol arrived in Bsldeld
Wednesday night with an immigrant
car from Webster City, Iowa. Mr..
Beigthol expects to locate on his home
stead and do the farming stunt.-Times.
"A large deal was pulled off in Mar
marth recently, when C. B. Randall
sold the old Bud" Devasher ranch
east Of Yule to Geo. Clark of the Cave
Hills country. The consideration was
in the neiehborhood of Sic, 600.
Nichols and Britt sold a load or two
Of horses at Miles City at 500 per head.
Those from Dickinson who attended the
sale say that it was very successful and
the horse sold about $40 per head
higher than at the July sale.
Maurice Donnelly and ". H. Reid of
Indianapolis, Indiana, were in Hetting-
er recnetly looking after business mat
tiers. Both gentlemen are interested in
the Northwestern Ranching Co. and the
Adams County Linda & Investment Co.
The Regent paper say: Between
Regent and Gladstone very many fields
of flax can be seen. In Stark county
there will also be very many very good
fields of wheat. The flax yield in the
Regent territory as a whole. is going
to show surprising returns.
Bismarck Tribune: DR.. W. F. Crews
of Devils Lake, executive officer of the
State Live Stock society. was in the city
yesterday comforting with DR.. Tracey,
the federal officer, with reference to the
infection of South Dakota cattle coming
into this state by the thousands to
Craze.
Levi Dodge of Reeder was in Dickin-
q IA VI Odyo luC past #CGh
looking for chances to buy beef and
feeding cattle. He is working with a
buyer and their plan is to ship beef stuff
to the eastern markets and to send the
feeders to Idaho and Oregon for the
alfalfa lots. They made a purchase
of 1, 500 head of cattle a short time ago
of parties leaving in the vicinity of
Medora.
Noticing the mention of the sale of a
pure bred Holstein calf by o. A. Brown
of Dickinson to kid" Wickham of
Washburn mentioned in the PRESS
recently, the Bowman Pioneer says !:
IA yearline bull calf was recently sold
to a man at Washburn for $500. 1t
didn't cost any more to raise that calf
than it would to raise a scrub that would.
bring less than $50. MIR. Farmer, do
you see the point?''
H. E. Murphy, who operates a farm
southwest of Wibaux, has invested a
novel scheme for catching the short fax
when cutting with a binder, which is
very simple and inexpensive. Take a
strip of ruberoid roofing about S or 6
inches deep and tack on each reel bat.
then lower real until the rubberoid
touches the cutter guards. The rubber
old, being flexible, may be set closer
tog yards than could the reel bats.
Bowman county. has crops where the
land was properly handled according to.
the following from a Bowman paper ::
Theo. B. Torkleson says that on the
farm of Herman Lave. south of. town,
can be seen three acres of as fine wheat
as m would wish to see. 1t is on the
land that was plowed seven inches deep.
On August 10 Allenberg& Co.. said.in.
their stock letter: Receipts of grass
range cattle this week 2, 800 same time
one week ado 3,70e.. Prices are the. high
est of the year on choice we'll finished
range steers and she stock. Some fancy
S year old steers from the Indian Reser-
walton, Montana, sold at 7c and fancy
4 year old sprayed heifers at {. Is. Bulk
of the choice foursayear old natives isold
at Sc. so from that down to Sc for range
cattle. We look for good prices all this
season on we'll matured range cattle,
also on good heavy feeders.
George Upwright has an acre of al
falfa at his South Heart farm that looks
good. 1t was sown on June 5th, flax be-
ing used as a nurse crop. The alfalfa
stood the July draught best and in
places where the flax was entirely killed
out it stands IL OF 20 inches high, with
roots two feet long. Where the flax
came out thick, the alfalfa is shorter.
but it is all looking thrifty, and the
owner says that he wants to SOW five
more acres next season. The seed was
secured al the Dickinson experiment
station. IN lbs. for the acre. Mr.. Up
wright says his second crop of oats
looks pretty good and will make some