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Ormanzo Brown has sold a fine herd
bull to Lloyd RAIDER and D. E. Shipley.
H. c. Christensen bought two of the
fine Percheron stallion colts of Partridge
& Weathers. Robert Wilcox two and B.
Lepper one and c. o. Armstrong one.
S. W. Zebley has raised corn at his
farm north of Richardton for four sue
cessive years and has had but n poor
season. He raises both Flint and North
western Dent varieties and says that
the yield has been between IS and 40
bushels to the acre. He likes the Dent
variety best. as the stalk is. higher and
is more easily harvested.
If those who are really interested in
fax cropping will send their name and
address to Prof. H. l.. Bolley, Agricul-
tural College. N. D.. they will get all
the circulars and pamphlets pertaining
to the methods Of treating fax seed.
cultivation Of soil. etc. Any inquiry
addressed to Agricultural College. N.
D." (no more address is neededD re-
garding flax culture. will bring the
writer the best information known to
agriculture.
The first annual report Of the Stallion
Registration Board has just been pub
lished and copies are being distributed
to all stallion owners in the state.
! Although this law has been in effect
but n year, nearly twenty-five hundred
stations have been licensed. To safe
guard the public, copies of the license
must be posted wherever the horse is
offered for public service. Provisions
are made for prosecuting violators and
severe penalties provided. Anyone
desiring any information regarding the
provisions of the law can ecure it by
addressing the Stallion Registration
Board at the Agricultural College, North
Dakota,
Ormanzo Brown II am pleased to in
form your readers that Pontiac Colthide
De Kol End, a sister to the sire of my
New York Holstien bull. has recently
broken the worlds record for butter in
7 days, making the enormous amount OF
37.28 pounds. This is about five and one
third pounds per day. | think you will
agree with me when l say think my
money was we'll spent in the purchase
of this bull. This COW is owned by
Stevens Bros. Co.. and I saw her this
summer during my visit there. You
will further agree with me, when I say
every record of such magnitude. en-.
hances the value of my bull. as it stands
to reason he will inherit some of these
high producing qualities and transmit
them to his offspring to a greater or les'
degree.
Peter johnson of Blackfoot, Idaho. a
a woolgrowers convention recently said
In the humble judgment of your fellow
wool grower the sheep industry ard tn
western country in general would hav
been millions of dollars better off if tn
Payne-Aldrich tariff law had been de
stroyed by the presidents veto. W.
were getting along pretty we'll before it
enactment and it is needless to say W
! have had a mighty hard time ever since
. We needed the protection that we ba
enjoyed in the past. The increased cos
of production is such that we ar
I entitled to it. I venture the assertion
that during the past ten years the cost Q
production has increased fully II cent
per pound. We do not have enoug]
protection" The speaker said a bust
ness organization or perhaps a corpora
ton was necessary to protect tn
interests of the woolgrowers and tina
they also should have had a spec
minimum law for transportation Of live
stock, as we'll as lower freight rates o.
wool and lambs.
Dakota Farmer: Many are predictin'
that because of the dryness this yea
and the consequent short crops, We ar
almost certain to have good crops tn
| coming season. We sincerely hope thi
may prove true and really there is som
reason in the predictions. We all know
that light wild berry seasons. and ais
light apple and other tame fruit years
are generally followed by abundan
yields of the same. Touching upon thi
subject a Fergus Falls, MIMI. report t
j the Journal says: $50 far the drout
j of the last summer does not seem to b
broken to any noticeable extent Tn
month OF November passes with only
trace Of precipitation. and thus far Their