The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-03-06
FIRE TO
| DESTROY TRISLEs
JOSEPH NORM or NEcHE DE.
cLAREs 1T is DECIDEDLY
SUCCESSFUL.

Neche, N, d. March 6.-JosepT
NORM of Neche. well known as !
member of the county commission q
Pembina. has a method for e-xternainat,
ing Canadian thistles that is unusualls
successful, according 10 his own ex.
PLANTATION Of the situation.
read SO many different ideas
about killing Canadian and sow this
ties and also wild oats. These are
about the only weeds we have to con
tend with in this country, and I think
III is a very easy matter to get rid
OF these weeds If we get at IL the right
way" says Mr.. NORM.
i had my farm rented for three
years and before I left it I had II
clean, but during the time that II was
rented it got pretty dirty WITH w;Id
a and Canadian thistles. 1t was
q section farm andI didn't think ii
would pay me to let it 60 to ruin so
I made up my nand to go back ON ii
and clean 1T once more.
For wild oats l pIowed it in the
fau and narrowed it well, then pIowed
1t back in the spring, when the wild
pats were two or three inches high
and sowed barley. The barley paid
a as well as any other r n then
my land was thoroughly clean and
good for wheat.
Summer FslIow Failed.
7 had quite a few patches of Can
aoian thistles and first I started to
summer faIlow then plow three times.
and / had Just as many thistles as
ever after all this work, SO I made
up my mind that it was not the way
to get rid Of the thistles. I had forty
acres that were nothing but thistles
and I let them grow till they were
/ n blossom. This was a fine crop Of
thistles, just ready Il rfpen, then I
took a mower and cut them all down
leaving them on the ground for three
weeks, then set fire to them and let
them burn. Then I plowed this land
just before harvest and narrowed III
well and sowed it to wheat early next
spring, and I couldn't find a thistle
in the fall. I had twenty-six bushels
OF n to the acre and sold ii all
Tor seed at a premium. / know e.
party who bought a quarter section
OF land that was filled with tfistles
and he did the same thing and his
was a success also. so 1 would adj
wise any one who has thistIes on his
farm to try this method of destroying,
them, and I guarantee they will sue
coed. This viii destroy them and
with a lot less labor. This a you
plow your land only once. 1 had
some patches Of thistles last year in
a field of wheat and just before they
were ripe. the wheat then being in
shot blade, I cut them down a little
wheat grew up and choked them out.
This was done about the last of June
Sow thistles may be treated In this
way also with success. This is INV
experience after thirty-four a of
farming.
Own Too Much Land.
THE trouble here in North Dakota.
is we w too much land. We ought
to have a farmer on every quarter
section of land and in the course of a
few years we would have our land
as clean as any country in the world.
Il call the Red river valley the
cream of the world without doubt.
The farmers are making so much
money raising grain that that is the
reason they do not go into mixed
farming, but we have creameries for
those who desire mixed farming. You
very seldom see a farmer who does
not have a pretty good bank account
"A few of US old settlers would like
to retire and that is why our land
is so cheap. / consider there isn't
an acre of farming land in Pembina
county that is not worth 500 per acre,
but 1T can be gotten for from $50 to
$50 per acre. If any of my friend
readers would like to correspond with
me I would be glad to answer my
question"