The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-06
WHAT DIVERSIFIED FARMING MEANS To
PRESENT AND FUTURE NORTH DAKOTA

" k1tS NV.
duclion Of heat. gas and steam are
we'll established.
We hav inexhaustable banks Of the
finest white clay suitable for the man
%ufacture OF the highest grade OF orna-
mental and structural brick. pottery
and the most handsome china dishes.
This clay in itself will in time prove
10 be an enormous. valuable asset to
our state when its manufacture is
Thoroughly developed.
Our brick Is shipped to all the large
cities OF the American and Canadian
west. In the construction Of the bet
ter grades Of ~skyscrapers 1, is in evil
n In such cities az Winnipeg,
Seattle. Vancouver. Spokane, Port
Ian n the smaller cities of the Mis-
souri, ana Yellowstone valleys.
Tho climate of North Dakota is con-
ceded to be n of the most healthy
and c%onEenial Of any of our sister
states and the busaboo Of extreme
cold weather Is a mere phantom and
by comparison 1t is quito generally
admitted that We have a milder cli-
mate than the states OF the Mississippi
and Ohio valleys considerable to the
south OF us.
4 Peerless State.
1t Is now a settled fact that the
state OF North Dakota Is as rich and
Wealthy In natural. visible and latent
resources as II OF her sister states.
a very large section. especially the
western and southern portions OF it
Is especially adapted to the raising Of
corn IN large II successful quantities
OF a hlS grade. Production has aver
aged Tor years. under ordinary condi-
Nons n proper cultivation. The sue.
cess OF corn as q stable crop is now
established without question and will
shortly become one OF the leading
crops OF the Missouri slope and the
increase In acreage in the last FIVE
year.
The production OF alfalfa has been
carried on In the state for the past
ten or hfteen years With VARYING sue.
cess until We have been educated TO
the nature of the plant and now II lie
crown quite generally over the west.
ern part OF the state and it is gener.
ally conceded by all who have been
producing this crop for years that 1t
year after year. The acreage Of alfal-
IN Is being increased with remarkable
rapidity and for the last two or three
Years TWO crops have been used for
nay and the last crop utilized for seed
and considerable quantities Of the hay
mas been baled and shipped to Mon
!ana n TO the twin cities at q very
handsome profit.
Alfalfa and Corn Supplant Wheat,
1t Is now generally considered that
that alfalfa n corn will be the lead
ing staple products Of the Missouri
slope.
Timothy is another crop this is es.
r~ecially suited to this climate and
SOIL and is being more generally raised
from year to year.
l have just had occasion 10 CYAN.
inc an e%ighiy-acre field in Mclean
county which was just harvested and
shocked and ready for the th.esher.
having an Iowa farmer with me IN
speeding this crop. and he said: "If
you can raise timothy like this In this
country. you can raise anything else
II We IAN raise IN Iowa" and later
am advised that this same field av.
erased six bushels per acre for seed.
REorae grass Is another crop tina,
mas heen successfully raised for the
last ten years and is hardy. especially
suited for hay. pasture or seed.
Clover has been tried out more or
!ess over our state and under fair con-
ditions II has been generally conceded
that clover will be one OF the leading
alfalfa.
500 Vegetable and Fruit Country.
In the production Of all kinds OF
vegetables. including potatoes, cab.
oage and such articles. North Dakota
Is one Of the first in quantity and quail
ity produced per acre.
Apples. w~aternelons, cantaloupes.
grapes. plums and kindred products
can be raised here as We'll as in some
OF h eastern states.
1t was considered ten or fifteen
years $50 that trees could not be made
to grow in the climate Of North pako.
Ia. We have now discovered that we
can raise trees as rapidly and success
fully and produce as fne groves az
they can in southeastern Minnesota
and northwestern Iowa and the cam.
paie NOT forestration in North Dakota
Is on with vigor and in a few ear
the whole state will be ihickly dotted
with handsome Q
One q! the most remarkable thinrs
that Is in evidence all over our STATE
Is h general confidence in the future
and general satisfaction on the parf OF
the business n farming interests and
the general awakening to the won
derful AGRICULTURAL resources OF u
state. We have discovered tina, there
is no section Of the coun;ry tina, Of
fers e-eater or more certain oppcr.
tun!tteS than 1iEht here At home