Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-27

you could not eliminate 1t, SO TIL
sensible thing to do ia to turn it t,
your own advantage and, by mskinl
1t your friend and servant, more thar
onset such small Inconvenience q
Its untimely appearance in your fields
may sometimes cause. {
II you had stopped to examine tina
punch of grass YER which you near
~ br 0ke the hoe in the corner lo'
wne'l you executed that vicious lungt
ana cussed it for a damned weed,
you would have found it to be timothy
iand would have recognized 1t as such
il you had taken a second look. Il
1t will grow in your back lot It will
grow in a welltilled field and any
good farmer will tell you that timothy
land is worth 500 an acre, II you
grow it and feed 1t right.
Do you know what put that sag In
your board fence? No. Well, the
COW does, for she made it herself
reaching for that toothsome mouthful
of alfalfa, and you wondered why she
gave such a generous milking that
evening. II alfalfa will grow where
that COW found it then it will most
certainly grow on properly prepared
and inoculated ground. and alfalfa
lald is worth as much as timothy
land any day in the week. And then
there are clover, redtop, blue grass
and many another variety of valuable
feed grasses, which some way or
other have seeded themselves in this
or that out.of-the.way corner, as
though to show the neighboriag hus.
bandman what Nature is willing and
anxious to do II only properly en-
couraged. .....
This is the time-right-now when
soil, sun and climate are all combin.
in their efforts in demonstrating
their great productive powers. for our
tanners to take in hand practical work
along the lines indicated. Many Of
them have already done so. Numer-
timothy and clover fields are to
be found up and down the Red River
Valley while alfalfa, in small patches,
is scattered here and there throuk~
out the state. In yet smaller areas
other tame grasses are to be found.
But how pitifully small is the com.
bined acreage of all these when com.
pared with the acreage of sough and
hay cut every season for the
fodder of our live stock. Not
what prairie and slough hay are
good things to have and in
a wonderful proof Of Ma
lures generosity but the tame varie.
ties r better AID we have good
enough in the fibre Of which
our farmers are made to know that
the best is none too good for any
Of them.
In every state. and In every county
Of some states, active campaigns OF
are being carried on in the
interest Of cultivated fodder crops.
The greatest agricultural implement
concern in the word has a special
organized for the promulga-
lion Of the "Corn and Alfalfa" idea
and spends hundreds Of thousands of
annually in distributing its
propaganda to the best advantage by
means of expert lecturers, moving
stories and actual demonstra.
ions.
North Dakota must not be found
agging in the race for supremacy in
his field Of progress. Now is the
lime to select your seed and the
'ariey best suited for your particular
ocality. If only a few acres-give
'ome tame grass a trial-this year,
next. II you will secure seed for
larger area next season you will
lever regret having contributed your
share in the interests of better and
more diversified farming.