The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-09

is not an abundance Of it, they will
not leave any for the trees. In plant
ing trees. the first point 10 to select
the right lace which should be far
enough from the buildings that the
snow will be stopped before 1t gers
where it is not wanted. A fanny
large place should be protected by
the trees as the farm operations OF
the winter have to be carried on about
the buildings, and in the near future
more stock will be raised so that pro :
lection should be provided with that
in mind. Place the outer row Of
trees 1T least ten rods from the build
ings and on the north and west
sides. it might be we'll to have .
single row on the east and south
aides Also. The best trees for the
outside row 10 the willow and have
a double row Of them. some prefer
to have them eight to ten feet apart
two rods is a good distance a. then
there 10 room to get between them.
Plant the cuttings a foot tapart in the
TOW. Cultivate the ground to a dis
lance of to 8 feet on each side Of
the rows of willows so as to give them
plenty of moisture. After the first
year they can be mulched with q straw
which will keep down the weeds and
also keep the moisture from evaporat-
ing. Be careful that the straw is not
up to the tree in the winter as the
mice are apt to make home in il
/ and when they can not find food they
are apt to gnaw the bark and viii
lows. plant a few rows of such trees
as ash, elm, boxelder and il one wants
a rapidly growing tree, the Carolina
or Norway poplar Plant in rows.
say eight feet apart and the trees z
feet apart In the row.; Alternate III
ash and boxelder and also the elm and
the boxelder. The boxelder will grow
fast and shade the ground 90 as to
keep the weeds down without cuJti =
walton, when they get large enough
to crowd the ash or elm, chop them
down for fire wood. Also plant some
evergreens and the white spruce is the
hardest. In handling the evergreens,
be careful that the roots are not ex-
posed to the air and sunshine a :uat
will kill them. ....... .... .....-...
/ want to tell you that you can grow
crop every year, be the season wet
or dry. THIS 10 the emphatic state,
ment that Prof. Shaw mode, be stated
that the reason that he could make it
SO positive, was that ne had this last
summer had charge of As demonstra--
ton farms in Montana and dry q the
season was, good crops were raised
on some Of them where the prep ara
ton was begun last summer. Where
they started this spring with tho raw
prairie, the crops were . failure He
spoke of the good results that he mad
secured on the bare fallow, hn to be
bare fallow that will bring results,
it must be plowed not later than the
same day, and then narrowed. It
should also be narrowed after each
rain. The blowing should be deep,
this makes reservoir to hold the
water and also leaves the soil in 4
condition to take in a rain fast when
it falls and thus lessons the runoff. In
the spring harrow the land as early ~
possible and SOW the crop rather thin
For the western part of the state he
recommended sowing about three TO
four pecks. He laid down the rule
that the dryer the country, the less
seed should be sown. He also Laid
good deal Of stress on the narrowing
OF the grain. On the farm 1T Chester,
Mont, that gave good results this
summer, the grain was narrowed just
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ground, then when Il was inches, .he
second narrowing was given, the third
when inches tall and the fourth
when 9 inches high. He claimed that
good deal Of the success with the
crop was due to the eonr narrowing
that were given the grain Instead Of
the bare fallow corn can be grown II
1t it we'll cultivated, It will prove as
good preparation for a crop OF grain
as the bare fallow and give good
crop in addition. Potatoes or anyculti-
waited crop will be equally good. The
thoro cultivation will save tue moist
ure. He only recommended the sum
mer fallow In case one has more land
than can be grown to corn or some
other cultivated crop. Do not plow
the corn ground for the following, but
discs 1t.
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