The Dickinson press., 1912-08-10

The most of this increase was in do
nestle animals.
A 5-year-old Hereford steer belong
ing to Commissioner W. II. Hanson of
Billings county was sold last week to
E. J. Frost of Coleridse. Nebraska, for
$140. 1t was estimated that the steer
would weigh 1900 pounds. He was
shipped frem Medora last Saturday and
was likely OF the market this week,
perhaps on Wednesday. The steer was
raised by Charles Holton and was pur-
chsed last fall bv Mr.. Hanson for 500.
1t is believed that $40 is the highest
price ever paid on the RANGE for q Grass
fed steer.
Hettinger county was the first county
to remit their immigration tax to the
Missouri Slope Development League.
They handed Treasurer Zimmerman of
Mandan a check for $500 last week
which is just half their levy. This
money is raised by tax levied by the
county. commissioners of each county at
the solicitation of property owners by
petitions through the development lea
que. The Stark county commissioners
while granting the request for immi-
grafton levy, have decided that it will
be best for the county to handle its own
money.
After having been pursued through
several North Dakota counties and into
the Dominion of Canada. Dewey Mali
cote wanted for horse stealing, has
been brought back to La Moure by Sher-
if Crist. Malicote was arrested in
Saskatchewan, Canada. The prisoner is
charged with having stolen a horse from
c. N. Dooliture on March 31st, and the
chase led north into Canada. The sue
cess in his capture is attributed to the
persistency of the Canadian mounted
police, two of whom followed him for
two months until he was located near
Punnichy. Sask. Malicote was taken
before Justice Wolbert and his bond
was placed at So, 900.
Chas. Welsh, the photographer of
Beach has been with his moving pic
ture machine getting views IF farming
operations in the Golden Valley. He
is having motion pictures of the break
ing and seeding of the soil until the
time when the big traction engines pull
six binders in cutting the vast fields of
golden grain. Among the big farmers in
the Golden Valley this year are the
Towney Bros. farming 1000 acres and
j. r. Smith, the flax king with 3, 500
acres in crop. These pictures will be a
great advertisement for the slope country
shown in the east. It is very like
ly that thousands of feet of this film
will be shown at the land shows in the
east this fall and winter.
1t is always the case in a bumper
crop year that people in the country
neglect to pillow fire guards. and heavy
losses in prairie fire are bound to result
from such carelessness. Fire guards are
easy to keep but are shamefully neg
leced by nearly every farmer in the
country. Not to have a fire guard this
year would be criminal, and to have
n that has grown UP to weeds is
ever worse. A farmer could be prose-
cuted for allowing weeds TO grow on a
fire guard. or on any part of his farm
where the weeds could be scattered
over a neighbours field. A fire guard
is a necessity, but it should be kept in
proper shape. and this should be done
before the harvesting is started. Do it
now, and do it right. -Hettinger County
Herald.
There is a wide spread in livestock.
Farmers generally are ready to use the
dairy COW, the hog, sheep. beef cattle
and poultry on their farms and to make
part of their farm profits from livestock
products. The stock shown at the recent
fairs in Fargo and in Grand Forks,
have been studied by many farmers in
the state. A number of pure bred
bulls and cows will be purchased with
the proceeds of the grain crops this
year. Thinking farmers everywhere
recognize that grain production cannot
be maintained without livestock on the
farm. Farms that feed the roughage
produced and the coarse grain to live
stock are more profitable than grain
farms. The average income from grain
farm in the United States. according to
compiled statistics. was 81. IL per acre,
while the AVERAGE income from farms
that received a..large proportion of their
receipts from livestock production was
$11.42 per acre. North Dakota farmers
can materially increase their income
and their profits from the farm ..by the
greater use of livestock. III
Get the binder in good shape before
you start harvesting. Renew worn out
parts. Tighten up all boxes; babbit