The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-14
Great Flax Crop.

amount to S,406, ,250 bushels.
Great Flax Crop.
'Tf one-tenth Of the land were de-
voted to the growing Of FAX and the
yield were ten bushels per acre the fax
crop would amount to 1,345,00o bush
els If one-tenth Of the land were also
devoted to the growing Of barley, put
ting the yield at thirty bushels per
acre, which would be high enough for
land not summer fallowed, the produc
ton would be 4,035,000 bushels. If
one-tenth of the land were devoted to
the growing of oats at forty bushels
per acre the yield would be 5.3S0,0O0
bushels.
"This," Professor Shaw added,
would still leave one-nfth Of the land
for other kinds of production, such as
alfalfa, vegetables and pasturage. The
estimated possible production then
would stand as follows for each year
after the first year:
Fodder corn ................. S4o,o15 tons
Wheat .......................S, s, 400, $50 bushels
Flax Observation-Disclosures. 1S45, 900 bushels
Barley ..................... 4Vdo'oVV pusnelS
Oats ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $3.50 00o bushels
This" he said in conclusion, "would
still leave ample room for other lines
Of production"
Poor Los progress as farmer has
been forwarded by man who not only
is a great believer in the future Of the
northwest, but who also thinks the one
time savage can be made a really use
full member of civilization instead of
being herded in reservations on a foot
ing Of mere tolerance. This promoter
of Indian advancement is Louis w.
Hill, son Of James ]. Hill, founder of
the Great Northern railway. He him
self is chairman of that roads board of
directors. Young Hill. with Mrs. Hill
and their four children, passes much
of his time in the big outdoors. He has
made many visits to the Fort Peck
reservation and has studied closely the
possibilities of the Sioux and Mandans
To Instruct Indians.
The result Of his observation was a
conviction that It would pay in a so
Geological sense to have the Indians in
structed in the agricultural methods
of the whites. He obtained permits
sion from the department Of the in
terror to send delegation Of redskins
to the land show in New York a year
ago. The Indians were so much i'm
pressed by the evidences Of advanced
agriculture they saw in New York that
on their return to the high plains Of
Montana they voluntarily became in
structors of their brethren in scientific
farming, with the logical outcome that
the reservation yielded a bumper crop
last autumn.
"The figures are rather surprising y
Gently, "for they show that since these
Indians returned from New York twice
as much acreage has been cultivated on
the Fort Peck reservation as was plant
ed last year. 1t simply goes to show
that almost anybody will improve his
condition If he gets helping hand in
the right direction"
That comment was made when Louis
Hill and his interviewer had returned
from the first county fair ever held by
Indians, at Poplar, which is about as
prosperous a little town as can be
found in the country. A big agricul-
tural exhibit had demonstrated what
Lo could do as farmer, and at the
same time a great gathering Of chiefs
and braves and squaws and pappooses
had shown what tribal reunion meant
More than 1900 Sioux, Mandans and
Blackfeet were camped in circle Il
mile in diameter. For five days they
entertained visitors with pony races
war dances, medicine making and 9th
er features of life In the open and
then switched to a football game be
tween the Mandans and team OF
Blackfeet from Glacier National park
The palefaces came away with increas
ed esteem for a race that could grow
in generation from the savagery Of
the tepee to the civilization of the from
tier farmhouse.
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