Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-06-29
CONVENTION INSISTS THAT
1WO.1H|RD rule PREVAIL
another GOOD DAY
FOR 1hE farm train
Hot Weather Does Not Take
Away Interest in Travel.
ing Institute
Special to The Tribune.
By J. K. Doran.

BY J. K. Doran.
CASSELTON, June 29.-Yesterday
was hard hot day for the people on
the Farmers Institute special. But
it was a profitable one. The train
covered the Cooperstown branch,
which is without doubt one of the
prettiest and best farming parts of
North Dakota.
At Rogers there was one of the best
sized c4Uwds OF the entire trip for a
town of its population. In dress and
manners these people compare we'll
with the cities and the questions ask
ed showed an intelligent appreGa-
ton of the situation.
For many miles around the country
was covered by automobile rides, and
the soil and crops closely examined.
The stock farms of Frank Sanford, c.
j. Christianson and others werevis-
tied and many fine horses and good
cattle were seen.
A Fine Farm and Crop Rotation.
The Sanford farm has about 22o9
farm 500 acres in flax, $50 wheat, 800
oats. 200 corn, rs alfalfa, 100 timothy,
25 broom grass and the lapds needed
for house, barns, gardens, etc. The
buildings are good and the stock on
the farm consists of 46 head of hors-
es, $50 head Aberdeen Angus cattle,
the same number Of Duroc Jersey
hogs and other stock.
There has been a system of crop
rotation on this farm for about fif-
teen years and the yields last year
were for wheat II bushels, flax IL,
oats 50 and the corn crop was about
5000 bushels.
Just Changed Ownership.
In west of the Sanford farm was
seen a beautiful herd of stock cattle
consisting of IS in number Inquiry
revealed the act that the cattle were
on the Christianson farm but had just
been sold by Mr. Christianson to Ed.
Quist.
Land in this neighborhood is very
fertile but should have careful rota-
ton and much grass as it is, in places,
inclined to blow.
Beautiful Groves, Large
Barns and Good Houses
From Rogers to Cooperstown is
seen one of the most beautiful groves.
the largest barns and finest houses in
the state. 1t looks like the most fer
tile part of Indiana or Illinois where
the farmers are largely interested IN
! the stock business. Land is WORTH
| $40 to SIS per acre.
There is much stock around Coop
| erstown but not as much as there
ought to be. E. G. Butler, OF Fin
ley, is engaged in raising short hor.
cattle for breeding purposes. Ht
says that the demand now for goot
breeding animals is far beyond tht
supply and that If the people are no
/ very careful there will soon be a ser
ious shortage of the meat supply AM
that prices are going to be highe
than ever.
a Beautiful City.
Cooperstowu is one of the pretties
places in the state.
The attendance was good and espe
ciallv so when it is considered tina
Gollmar Brothers circus was in towr
At McHenry the cars were croWde
until long after the time advertise
for closing.
H. S. Halverson has been practisin
crop rotation for some years and dul
ing the short crops of two years ag
in the noighborhood he had fftee
bushels of wheat on ground that ha
been cultivated to potatoes the pre
vious year and land just across tn
road that had been constantly cropl
ed in wheat had three to four. Las
year he had % bushels of flax on oil
land that had been thoroughly pr'
pared. Mr.. Halverson is now plal
ming a seven year rotation. Mr.. Ha
VERSIONS plan should be followed b
others.