The Dickinson press., 1911-08-19

dCICS dIu says IL 10 IOOhIIlS uuc. Iuc
harvesting will soon begin. and it will
be a horseless harvest, for the binders
will be drawn by. his Big 4 Gas Tract
ors. After the harvest the flax will be
drawn to town by the same Tractors.
Medora Herald: From the Terry Trib-
une, supplemented by his own state
ment. we are informed that E.. H. Phil
lips has purchased the Chas. Connor
blacksmith shop at that place, will add
to the business a machine repair shop,
and will conduct ali automobile garage.
A dwelling house is being built and
they will occupy it as soon as the bust
ness here can be closed.
According to Speaker Hanley of Man
dan, the 'cattlemen of the drouth strick-
en- districts of South Dakota are en-
croaching upon the cattlemen of Morton
county. Mr.. Hanley was consulting Gov.
Burke and Attorney General Miller re-
Gently regarding the matter. Just how
they propose to stop the cattlemen from
crossing the line is not given out. The
same thing is happening in Billings
county and already there are many COM
plants tt the effect that the winter
range is being fed off too closely.
Prof. H. C. Bolley of the ND Agri-
cultural College has this to say about re-
| sistent flax seed: Grow your own flax
seed. No matter how small an amount
Of seed ripened on your land, SAVE some
of it. 1t is better seed for your own land
than that grown somewhere else. This
is the only way of getting the best wilt
resistant seed. If you have some flax
sick land, try it. Save the seed from
such land, grade out the light weight
seeds and SOW it back on your sick
ground and each year it will become
more and more resistant until event
ually you have gained a ,ype Of. flax
that is practically a disease resistant
stock on your land.
With an abundance of moisture to get
the ground into good shape, many farm
ers are planning on putting in winter
rye. Seeding will start about Sept. /.
and with ordinary conditions the grain
will be ready to harvest next July.
Those who have tried winter rye in this
section of the country have had splendid
success with it and yields have been
good. Another advantage of winter rye
is that the harvest comes in the middle
of the summer and the farmer gets the
money right at the time when he needs
it most. The ground is bound to be wet
and the moisture freezing into the soil
in winter guarantees the best of growing
conditions for next spring.
A section foreman on the Milwaukee
railroad at James, ten miles east of
Aberdeen, says that portion Of the
country between James and the Miss
ouri river is being overrun by millions
of green worms about an inch in length.
At first the worm was thought to be the
army worm, but closer investigation dis,
proves the theory. The worm has ten
legs, six at about the middle of its
body and a pair at front and rear.
The worm is about az large around as
an ordinary match. One procession OF
the strange worms extended a length OF
fully a quarter of a mile. One peculiar
ty of the worm is that it feeds only on
the pieweed and the Russian thistle,
devouring the leaves of the latter plant
but leaving the stems untouched. If the
insect continues to confine its diet tt
the two weeds mentioned, ii is not like.
ly that the farmers will make much Of
an effort to exterminate it.-Fargc
Forum.
Allenbera & Co. had this to say Of
sales last week: Receipts of grass range
cattle, for week ending August IL, J, 700
same time week before 1, 700. Market
strong and 10 to 15c higher than a week
before. Good fat range steers, lows and
heifers are in good demand and selling
here fully as high as a year ago, and
the earlier range cattle are shipped this
month the better prices will be realized.
Montana and Dakota steers sold this
meek up to Sc. 40. A load of straight
North Dakota heifers sold up to &c pei
h., a record price. Cows and heifers
mixed from North Dakota went at
SIS. IS, and choice cows up to S.. so.
North Dakota steers, 1868 lbs, Sc. 40
10 steers, 1900 lbs. Sc. 10; 26 heifers,
1873 lbs. 5000; IS steers, HOS lbs. /.
$500, J. W. Follis & Son, 20 steers,
1874 lbs. S $40; 10 steers, 1t45 lbs.
$40; 80 cows and heifers. 1851 lbs. I,
'$5.75 7 cows, 1925 lbs. $50; 7 COWS,