Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-12-21

latter it appeared that there was no
standard or uniform variety offered
but all kinds were mixed together,
which potato buyers did not want.
He thought the subject of better
marketing facilities was a live one
which should be considered by the
club.
Dave Brockman said there was al
ways an open market here for cat
tie If they could be had of uni
form kind, but offerings were of all
kinds, the stocker, the feeder and a
few fat cattle; that dealers here
were obliged to ship in from other
points from Is to 25 cars of all beef
cattle.
A cold storage plant was discussed
and the advantages of the same
pointed out. It was stated that
J farmers sold products to the small
towns and the merchants there ship
led the produce to St. Paul where it
was sorted and shipped back again.
Some 800 miles of branch lines are
tributary to Jamestown, tapping
large and fertile country, and Mayor
T! Blewett believed that cold storage
plant here with a sufficient capital
tc handle the business, would be
profitable and a great benefit to the
farmers.
Morris Beck said he objected to
any inference that there was not e.
nough money to be had here to fin
ance such a proposition. He said
there was lots of money that could
be had for such purposes.
E6rly Experiences in Iowa
Rev. Canine related experiences
of his father and himself in Iowa,
Al years ago, where land was bought
for s1.25 an acre, and is now worth
5000. They thought, at first, that
the land would never be farmed.
The first years they depended on
wheat, but the grasshoppers and
other causes made 1t loss. The
beginning of corn culture had many
difficulties to overcome. The corn
was soft, and it was cheap, being
sold for Is cents bushel and the
yield was light. Hog cholera was
disasterous, causing heavy losses.
Now the same land raises 80 bushels
of corn to the acre, grows winter
wheat at a profit, the land grows
clover, there are cattle, horses and
hogs. Cholera is diminished and the
value of the farm products alone
have increased the prices of the
land. North Dakota farmers who
will show the same results will make
the same thing happen here. We
are careless about our corn planting,
the time of which is great consid-
Grafton. He believed good market
could be built up here.
Mr.. Fried Told of Trip
J. B. Fried, who has returned f11bm
the eastern governors trip, told of
the educational work which had
been accomplished and that it would
help in many ways for the east and
the west to get together. The peo-
pie of New England generally be-
lieved that Buffalo was west and
Indiana and Iowa were far west,
that North Dakota was still a coun-
try of cowboys and Indians. He
spoke of the magnificent treatment
and entertainment accorded the wes-
tern governors and near governors.
At Kalamazoo they had been fed on
celery for their nerve, and at Baltf-
more ate the best oysters and turtle
soup which had made that town fam
GUS.
Mr.. Beck inquired what they got
at Milwaukee, and was answered
that they did not go to Milwaukee,
but they stopped at Cincinnati.
Between five and six thousand
people a day went through the trains
and at Harrisburg, Pa, $500 people
visited the train in six hours. The
governors spoke at commercial clubs.
in churches and tons of literature
were distributed. He predicted that
more people would cross the Mississ-
'ippi in the next five years, looking
for new locations, than had ever done
SO before.
The Commercial Club agreed to be
present at the meeting of the farm
ers association December %.
A committee was appointed to
consider the matter Of cold storage,
also to look after procuring pure
seed.
Mr.. Taber advocated forming an
organization to buy 5000 bushels Of
potatoes for seed. These could be
sold to farmers at cost, the money