The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1912-02-01
MORE DISCUSSION
OF FARM TOPICS
Mr.. Hyatt of Ludden Exten.
yates on the Subject of
Better Farming.

Editor Times: l have been very
much interested in the article of Mr..
Johnson, Mr.. Youngquist and the
"Old Timer" Note what they say
about raising mere corn, hogs, alfalfa.
milking more cows on the farm, silo,
etc., in North Dakota.
North Dakota has already taken it's
place at the head of the nation as the
richest state per capita in the U. S.
also as the greatest wheat pr~ cing
state in the union. Dickey county
stands at the head of North Dakota as
corn producing county. Corn is no
longer an experiment in North Dakota.
I have raised corn every year of the
fourteen years l have lived in North
Dakota and it has always been my best
paying crop. Last season we put in
| 2l0 acres of corn, cultivated it six and
eight times. We never had a finer
prospect until the hail storm of July
28th. AS it.was we had left about
1900 bushels of corn, few hundred
bushels of wheat. 1911 would have
been our banner crop year if it had not
been for the hail.
| Our wheat was soWn on corn and
new land and was sown early and the
rust did not affect it so badly as later
sown wheat. Our corn we are feeding
to 70 hogs.
Now, one word about seed corn.
Farmers. we must get busy and give
our seed corn a thorough test as
such small percentage of it will grow
this season. We saved forty bushels of
the finest corn we ever raised in North
Dakota. have not tested it yet, but
will soon. have been examining it
closely, have Tut little faith in it grow
ing. We will plant at least one hum
dred acres of corn again this season.
Will keep about twelve brood sows,
and twenty-four milk cows. The dairy
business is one that we have never lost
sight of since coming to the state.
Say, 'tOld Timer" that silo PROPOSE
tion sounds good to me and I believe
that if the donation which the busi-
ness men of the twin cities are
offering and the donation asked of
Dickey county was invested in silos it
would erect silo in every township
in Dickey county, which would mean a
silo on every farm in five years.
Knowing the Oakes Commercial Club
as / do, being resident of Oakes for
seven years myself, knowing that they
are always looking out for the interest
of the City Of, Oakes and Dickey county
and as the demonstration farm was the
proposition made to them, knowing
that the demonstration farm has worked
out wonders in North Dakota, even if
it does carry along certain amount of
graft. If the proposition of erecting a
silo in each township, they would have
taken hold of the proposition with the
same zeal as they have the demonstra-
tion farm. The only thing that will pre-
vent us from having silo for next
season will be because we have not got
the price and cannot get it.
Nov in regard to winter wheat and
rye. We sowed twelve acres of winter
wheat and forty-eight acres of rye. The
wheat and part of the rye was sown
in the corn and went into the winter
in fine shape; will be more able to re.
port on crop after harvest, but I have
great faith in it.
That infamous Herd Law: one of the
most unjust laws ever placed upon q
statute book in any state and as each
county can vote upon it and annul it al
any general election, Dickey county
has advanced IN civilization far enough
to get rid of such laws. No doubt that
proper steps will be taken soon to gel
rid of it. Such laws would not stand g
constitutional test only in such courts
as Taft's Contempt Supreme court,
which he has SO successfully packed
with ''big interest" men-as Taft's ad.
ministration has been a total failure,
we are not surprised at anything he
might do.
/ In conclusion l wish to say, I haye
been in seventeen states in the union
and I do not know where there is q
better investment to be made than right
here in Dickey county, North Dakota,
today While it is true that there are
some unpleasant things to contenc
with, in other places they have many.
No doubt the recent cold spell has
caused number of New Years reso.
lutions to be broken. Go wi ere you
may and you will find unpleasant things
to contend with. have seen just az
destructive hail storms in Indiana anG
Iowa IN the $50 and 5000 land as
ever saw in North Dakota, saw just al
short crops as ever saw anywhere
l would advise any farmer that con
templates selling his North Dakots
farm and investing elsewhere to be
careful, think twice and then think
twice again before it is too late. We
have had opportunities to invest il
Idaho, mining stocks, Western fruit
Lands, but no-North Dakota is goot
enough for us.. Think that the sheriff
Of Dickey county will have to sell u
out before you get rid Of %. 4
u Lodden. Ian. q, 1912. 3