Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-17

though Is years ago 1t was put one
quarter of that sum. what wealtl
these farms will represent in the ~
ture It Is difficult to calculate, ou
that great increases must come i
clear 70 anyone who will reflect tina
T:;In mora than 10000 square nils:
Of land area, this state has YET an az
crage of only a little more than one
quarter section improved to the sec
ton, and that for every acre or I'm
proved farm land, which is now con
tributing to your large annual pro
duction, there is more than an acre
which is not yet under the plow.
'''l Two things in your agricultural pro
! duction strike me as very slgnlflcant
Your corr area last year was neari!
10 times that of 1900 and produced
crop worth $4,000 90. or $1,00o,OW
more than the crop Of 1909. Comnls
sioner Gilbreath's figures show that
last year you brought into North Da
| kota live stock to the value or S6,ot9,
| 600. The two figures 60 properly TO
'eether and I think that, although
some Of the stock brought in may
! have been killed here for food pur,
noses, and a great deal fattened and
! sen. to other markets, the fgVre%
themselves are sufficient TO show that
there has been a great influx of pure
bred stock for the permanent in.
nroyement Of the herds and t1ocks OF
This state. The remarkably large to-
tai of money involved in this move
ment of stock into the state indicates
that farmers have already begun to
make the best use Of their corn by
feeding it to a large extent at nome
Corn does not become an important
r except where farmers are ap.
plving the best modern skill ana
knowledge to their business ana
where they are going into live STOCK
md dairying. ~ IL
The maximum economy in the use
Of the corn crop cannot be reallzed
Ivy those methods which so many or
vour farmers have hitherto followed,
and many years progress will be
made in one, if the example and ex-
r~erience Of the states where corn IS
king are not di~sregarded. In the So
oolled corn belt the silo is now con-
sidered almost as essential a part OF
the farm equipment as the we'll ana
IS PLAYING it's part in the farm econO-
nv by turning into a most valuable
rougi,aee the 60 per cent of the corn
Y which before the general use OF
the silo was practically thrown away.
Corn Growing Disregarded.
One factor in the growing Of corn
is clean and frequent cultivation and
this is toe often disregarded by those
farmers whose experience has been
largely in the growing of small grain
The cultivator should work long
hours in the young corn If the crop
S to be a success.
Another factor is manure. Corn IS
q heavy feeder and responds gener-
ously to liberal applications either in
the form of green crops turned un'
der or in the form Of barnyard ma
nure.
Perhaps not less important, though
last mentioned, is an acclimated seed.
DO not think that seed corn from the
more southern states will get results.
Buy seed from %neighoors who have
crown corn successfully and then
gather seed corn from your own
fields. .8,. a.-t ,..
And with alfalfa, worth. ton for
ton, as much as wheat bran, and
which is no longer an experiment in
your soil and climate, the great bone
and muscle builder, balancing per
fectly with the fat developing corn,
marketing these crops in stock ana
dairy products you will lever fear
the impOverishment of your soils.
Your butter production last year
was more than 2.500,OQ0 pounds. and
you have just begun to make the but
ter fer your bread. I was pleased to
find in the governments agricultural
year book. which was recently Issued
= picture OF the farm OF John Chris
Jensen Of New Salem, which I have
often admired from our passing
trains, showing his excellent dairy
herd, and hnru and silo. TO estah-
''eh North Dakota as a corn and dairy
state in the minds Of the people or
the United States will mean much in
its future DEVELOPMENT. and will at
tract many of the best farmers from
older regions. who know and appre-
ciate what these elements mean. I
Adding the production OF hay and
potatoes to that Of coarse grain and
cereals. North Dakota last wear had
. production valued at $154.910,00O
adding stock killed for market and
home use, amounting to- ~$SSS7,09o,
the value of your butter production.
Of eggs and poultry and of f~5therlrec'
ogniZed products of value for which
statistics are not readily available
r feel confident that the total was
not far from $175.0 900 900, and in a
state which is only "a years old. ]
eha'l await with great interest the
renort of your commissioner Of agr!'
culture. for last wear. which will pre-
sent the story Of North Dakota's prog
ross in terms that no one can refute
No farmer cnn have 4 keener inter
nst in the success ot agriculture than
have the officers. directors and ctocK
holders Of the railroads. The North
err Pacific built its line into tNis city
hnfore there vas n anpreciab'e de
'velonment of farming in the western
half of North Dakota, 1T am witt
fhe pioneers. and labored with then
in ENCOURAGING 'peop,e to come intc
the state. The ~heainnines Of agricul
ture werc c%oircident with the strug
Giles of that line to find a profitable
business on these prairies. 1t was