Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-02
DIVERSIFIED FARMING
IN north DAKOTA
BY D, T. OWENS. BISMARCK. N. D.
written for Bonds and Mortgages.)

and %congenial of any of u sister
states and the bngaboo OF extreme
cold weather is a mere phantom and
by comnarison it Is quite generally
admitted that we have a milder cti-
mate than the staes of the Mississippi
and Ohio valleys considerable to the
south of us.
A 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 any Of her sister states.
A very large section, especially the
western and southern portions of the
Is especially adapted to the raising Of
corn In large and successful quantities
Of a high grade. Production has aver
aged from forty to sixty bushels per
acre for years, under ordinary condi-
lions and proper cultivation. The sue
cess Of corn as a stable crop Is now
established without question and will
shortly become one of the leading
crops of the Missouri slope ana the
increase in acreage in the last five
years Is several hundred per cent a
year.
The production Of alfalfa has been
carried on in the state for the past
ten or fifteen years with varying sue
cess until we have been educated to
the nature of the plant and now it is
grown quite generally over the west
ern part Of the state and it is gener.
u11V CDnnalaI Hhu oil uyIn Inun hnnr
producing this crop for years that 1t
now a qualified and successful crop
year after year. The acreage Of alfa!.
Ia Is being increased with remarkable
rapidity and for the last two or three
years two crops have been used For
hay and the -last-erep utilized for seed
and considerable quantities of the hay
has been baled and shipped to Nor
tana and to the Twin Cities at a very
handsome profit.
Alfalfa and Corn suppIant Wheat.
1t is now generally considered that
that alfalfa and cor will be the lead
Ing staple products Of the Missouri
slope.
Timothy is another crop this is es-
p~ecially suited to this climate and
soil and is being ore generally raised
from year to year.
have just had occasion to exam.
Inc an e~ighty-acre field in Mclean
county which was just harvested and
shocked and ready for the thresher,
having an Iowa farmer with me in
specting this crop, and he said: eff
you al raise timothy like this in this
country, you can raise anything else
that we can raise in Iowa." and later
| am advised that this same field av-.
araged six bushels per acre for seed.
Bronze grass is another crop that
has been successfully raised for the
last ten years and is hardy, especially
suited for hay, pasture or seed.
Glover has been tried out more or
less over u state and under fair con-
litiOns 1t has been generally conceded
hat clover will be one of the leading
orage crops raised, next, perhaps, to
alfalfa.
Good 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.
ty produced per acre.
Apples, watermelons, cantaloupes,
grapes, p.ums and kindred products
can be raised here as we'll as III some
IT the eastern states.
1t was considered ten or fifteen
years ago that trees could not be made
10 grow in the climate of North Dako.
"a. We have now discovered that we
can raise trees as rapidly and success
fully and produce as fine groves as
they can, in southeastern Minnesota
and northwestern Iowa and the cam-
oaign Of forestration in North Dakota
IS on with vigor and in a few years
the whole state will be thickly dotted
with handsome groves.
One Of the most remarkable things
that Is in evidence all over our state
is the general confidence in the future
and general satisfaction on the part Of
the business and farming interests and
the general awakening to the won
derful agricultural resource sof our.
state. We have discovered that there
Is no section of the country that offers
greater or more certain oppo rtunities
than right here at home.