The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-18
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poses.
Mons johnson. farming near Cum
mings. Trail county, obtained q yield
or forty.two bushels an acre on a for
" acre tract. selling 1t at ninety cents
IL bushel, obtaining $l,612 for tho
product.
Barnes Raised Rye
In raising spring rye y. j. Earnes
duce buying business and who had
handled $4,000 worth of onions and
potatoes up to the first of this year,
established 4 remarkable record. Just
Y weeks from the date Of planting
his held of spring y was all headed
out and the stand was perfect. 1t
yielded him twonty-one bushels an
acre: He is holding it for seed and
1t will sell at 81 n bushcl.
Speltz were also produced by Mr..
Barnes, he being successful in secur-
acre on spring plowtng, seeding June
bushel.
John Freeman. raising winter rye,
secured twenty-seven bushels an acre
on a good sized tract, and It graded
high.
Paul Jones. residing eight miles
east Of the city. had an experience
In raising winter rye which is inter-
esttng. He secured a yield OF twenty
sevcn bushels an acre on a field that
was so~ed on stubhle. only discing
the land and not using a harrow or
pillow. 1t was also sold without dock.
age.
Geo. w. Ausbury. residing south Of
Grand Forks is a firm believer In win
tor wheat and winter rye and had
great success with both.
j. D. Bacon OF Grand Forks OBJ
tanned a yield of fifty.four bushels of
oats weighing thirty eight pounds to
the bushel. and marketing at forty
was only thirty.siX cents a bushel.
Wheat Buys . Farm
John Sullivan OF Key West has in.
done in growing whest. On a $40
acre tract. which he purchased last
fall. and on additional acreage which
he previously owned, he raised a total
OF 1900 bushels of wheat. clearing
the value Of the new section in a sin.
gle year Of operations.
On the Void farm. three miles west
OF Cummings. some wheat averaged
twcnty-seven and one-half bushels an
will be sold at about $1.15 a bushel.
The average yield over 500 acres of
wheat was twenty-five bushels. Oats
on that farm went forty bushels an
and weighed forty.two pounds to
the bushel.
Henry Root. a farmer Of Grand
Forks county who arrived less than
a year ago from Illinois. was success
full in raising about forty bushels of
an acre on a big tract, and he il
more than pleased with his success
Frank Crane Of Cummings sold
$4,000 worth Of timothy seed from
balcd on the L. Touissant farm near
Grand Forks at the rate Of about two
tons to the acre. Prairie hay was
baled at about $40 a. ton and the crop
abundant. while millet hay also
yielded high and brought q good
price.
In fruit the valley this year estab-
lfshed new records. the Wick gardens
near Grand Forks yielding forth al
most every variety Of fruit known to
the northern climates; Concord
were included.
A. Wicker Of Grand Forks. main
tanning a nursery. marketed sweet
peas and astors in Chicago during the
summer months, while S. r. Mercer
Of Larimore IL selling home grown
aston seeds at q good price.
Real Money in Onions
Probably the most remarkable
crop was that Of onions on the
farm on Minnesota Point
in Polk county southeast of Grand
Forks. On a Ave acre tract. on which
Mr.. Gunderson used SO worth Of
he was successful in rails.
ing 1000 bushels OF onions. or an av.
erago Of 400 bushels an acre. The
onions are Of the finest quality, uni
form in size and sound and firm. and
were sold for sixty-five cents a bushel,
netting the owner $1,000 gross. BY
this yield is remarkable
and demonstrates the value of mod
ern farming methods. as neighbors
were successful in raising an average
Of only 100 bushels an acre without
using fertilizer. Even at 100 bushels
an acre the farmer Is making money.
az he III $85 an acre on land
can be purchased for about
that price per acre.