The Dickinson press., 1912-09-28
RANCH AND FARM.

RANCH AND FARM.
Last week Wills Norred was taking 200
to ESQ head of 2 year old steers to his
ranch in Dunn county. The cattle were
sent down from Montana by A. H. Ar
nett.
James Fenton of Oakdale was return
ing the past week from Chicago where
he marketed a car Of cattle. His steers
sold at 81. so and averaged !. 100 lbs.
His COWS sold at Sc. Is per cwt.
The first cut of the Hugh Stevens on
steers, i. 1925 lbs. cattle. sold on the
18th al 50. 40 per cwt. i; the second cut
at So. 35. and a long string of cows at
Sc. so. Mr.. Stevenson may make a
second shipment this fall. He had 3h
cars of his own on the market last week
and was also looking after 3 cars of
cattle for Bert Townsend and William
Stevenson.
We want farmers who have good
yields per acre or are harvesting a large
number of bushels of grain this fall to
write and tell US about it also the way
the ground was prepared and cultivated.
These good yields are what make North
Dakota famous as an agricultural state
and your methods of cultivation may
help some one else.
j. M. Watson and T. E. johnson
have bought a rig with which to thresh
out their crop. The machine is designed
for the use of individual farmers. and
for a country where a large machine
would find difficulty in travelling the
roads. 1t is complete in one piece. the
gasoline engine which furnishes the
power. being mounted in the same
frame with the separator. The cylinder
is twenty four inches. The feeding is
done by hand. and for the small and
isolated farmer the thing is ideal
Herald.
According to the Hettinger County
Herald. W. F. Kramer who lives a few
miles south of New England. had q
wheat yield of 43 bushels to the acre.
which is the best we have heard OF
this season and indeed it is a hard one
to beat. There were IA acres of blue
stem which went 43 bushels, making
602 bushels for this field. In the
country near Rhame, w. H. Willis had
IS bushels to the acre and around Ken.
nedy some farmers were. getting
form Is to IS bushels per acre. Goot
farming is what tells the story of thu
big yields in most of the cases.
The difference in the crop on earl!
fall plowed land and that which is dis
ced in is very marked. Discing in grail
is a very poor practice. The best prep
aration to give the soil is to disc i
after the binder. or soon after cuttinI
the crop, and then blowing wi thin tw'
or three weeks. This will give shatter
ed grain and weed seeds a chance t
terminate between the discins AM
blowing. The discine also makes
better seed bed in that it mixes tn
stubble with the soil. 1t also make
better blowing possible as it save
moisture in the soil.-W. C. Palmer
Agri. Editor. North Dakota Ayr. Col
lefe.
! Journal-New Salem's crop average
for twenty miles around will show "
better than any other town in Morto
county this year. We do not make thi'
statement offhand. but know it to be
fact by getting threshine reports and b
careful observation of other newspapers
One of the reasons for this is that til
farmers of this territory raise more corr
thereby giving their land a rest ; anothe
reason is that they keep more cattle an
are in a posi- ton tt fertilize their Ian
more; and the primary reason is the
the farmers of this territory 8 moi
care and skill in putting their grain /
in the early spring. Good farmin
year after year brings good results an
this year is showing it.
A dispatch from South Dakota. date
Aberdeen. says: 1t develops that til
worms that overran several Edmund
county farms are friends. rather tina
enemies. They passed up corn an
other cropsa and devoted their attentio
entirely to Russian thistlea. The worn
are smaller than the regular army worn
but travelled in large bodies. Nothiu
deferred them. once started. and thu
. moved over houses and barns, throua
corn fields, straffht ahead, cleanir