Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-09-12

this year comprise 40 acres of oats,
80 acres OF corn, Is rye, 10 alfalfa,
and seven acres OF speltz, the balance
in hay and pasture. The crop yield
will be large. The corn is Well ma
tured and will ripen. The alfalfa was
planted in 1913 and 1914, and is we'll
set, the roots having gone down to the
Of horses, 50 head OF cattle and 9
head OF hogs. Mr.. Sinderson say he
is aoundantly we'll satisfied with the
country. .st tlt Is
Alfalfa Eanch is the property of
Sargent Brothers and is situated IL
miles south OF Towner and comprls-
ing $40 acres, 80 Of which is in rye,
80 oats, 20 alfalfa, 10 in speltz and
balance in hay ana pasture. In the
cabbage well filled, cucumbers ma
tured, while the sweet corn, beans,
peas, beets and carrots were equal
to the best. IN stock there was a
registered short-horn bull and 1879
grade cattle, Al registered Duroc-Jer-
sey hogs, and in poultry 800 White
Wyandotte pure bred, and IA head Of
horses. The farm buildings compris-
ed good farm house, horse and cattle
barn,lnachinery IL blacksmith shop.
The Sargent Brothers. came here
three years ago from Cass county, the
Red River Valley, and they frankly
stated that this section far surpassed
it in fertility of soil and O produce
tons.
r. N. slaght is one of the new set
tiers, coming here from Waverly,
Iowa, in April of this year. lie pur-
chased 100 acres, IL miles west of
Towner. He has just finished building
a two story farm house, size 24x24
feet, at a cost of $4,000 with full base
ment, also a two story barn, size 34x
ty of "a tons. Then there is the
chicken house and hog pen. MI.
Slaght's speciality is Aberdeen-Angus
pole cattle, a registered bull, 2 regis
tered cows and 10 pure bred heifers.
In crops there are Z acres of corn, 8
acres of alfalfa. We asked Mr.
Slaght how the Alfalfa Valley COM
pared to the Iowa farm lands. and he
replied: ''If 1 did not know they were
better, acre for acre, I should not
ave invested a dollar in them, for I
took plenty Of time to investigate and
the start that I ave made points to
my future success in stock raising
and dairying."
Riverdale Farm, this is thu proper
ty of the Bickell, Kyllo and company,
investment bankers of Towner, and
contains 1,40O acres situated IL miles
southwest of the city, in the very
heart Of the Mouse River Valley, di-
vided by the river from east to west.
There is 1873 acres Of timber. The
soil of the east side of the river is a
rich sandy mari loan, while that of
the west is of heavy black clay soil,
rich enough to be used as fertilizer.
In crops there are 40 acres Of wheat,
100 oats, 10 corn, 30 barley and $50
acres in meadow that yields in hay
from 4 to 5 tons to the acre. The po-
tato crop of which there are man
acres will average 800 bushels to the
acre. Riverdale Farm has 80 head
of horses, including colts, 10 mules,
so head of Herefords, a registered
bull, 4 Swiss cows and 5 Guernseys,
145 hogs and pigs and 900 chickens.
F. r. Bickell, the president Of the
company is also the manager of the
R%iverdale farm and Is certainly ac-
complishing results along the lines of
Better Farming.
Riverdale Farm is located z miles
southwest Of Towner and contains
1000 acres. 1t is skirted by the
Mouse River and contains 100 acres OF
timber, elm, oak and boxelder. The
farm buildings are all u~p-to-date, the
equal to many of the best Iowa farms.
There is $50 acres of wheat, 100 oats,
800 barley. 10 corn and 2 acres of al
falfa. The balance is in hay and pas
ture land. In stock IS head Of horses,
80 head of cattle, 1875 hogs. 200 chick
ems and 60 turkerys. Crop failures
are known in this section of the
Mouse River Loop country and for
this reason the farmers are all we'll
to do or wealthy.