The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-08-06
FARMERS TAKE.
LONG AUTO TRIP
HUNDRED WARD COUNTY FARM
ERS AND WIVES VIEW CROPS
NORTH OF CITY SUNDAY -
TAKEN IN "a AUTOS FROM MI
NOT.

Just one hundred and eighteen en-.
joyed sixty-fve mile drive thru the
country north of Minot last Sunday
when the farmers of this vicinity were
guests of the businessmen on the most
enjoyable auto trip of its kind in the
history of Ward county.
w. A. Peck, who has charge of the
Better Farming work arranged for the
trip hurriedly. Saturday he used the
farmers phones freely and got as
many as possible to drive to this city
where they were met by the business
men. just "a autos made the trip.
The start was made at 10 o'clock from
Main street and the first stop was
made at E. S. Persons Elmwood Farm
three miles up the valley. Here the
famous herd of thorobred Guernsey
cattle was inspected. The best COW
on the farm, and most likely the BAN
ner cow of the entire state is Laura
Bettina, that has produced 489 pounds
of butter fat already this year. She
is good for 600 pounds, making trife
better than so pounds month. The
cow barn was nice and clean. 1t is
made over shed and typical of what
can be done in fixing up a dairy barn
any place in the country at not too
great an expense.
Twelve acres of alfalfa are grow
ing on this farm. The Grimm variety
was seeded in rows last year on potato
ground plowed 8 inches deep. The
second crop was in the shock except
small part left standing for seed if it
shows enough development during the
next ten days, otherwise it will be cut
for hay. "
The Major has a fine 25-acre corn
field of yellow dent, MINI. -, and next
year will SOW that field to alfalfa with
which he has had remarkable success.
The next stop was made at the John
Ehr farm where seven acre field OF
alfalfa was inspected. 1t had been
planted in rows and the second crop
was in shock. Mr.. Ehr has a nice field
of corn. The farm is in charge of his
son William and John has managed to
do enough work to cut off about 40
pounds Of surplus.
The silo district on the prairie was
next visited, the autos lining up at the
O. K. Spires farm where lunches were
eaten. w. A. Peck served ice cold
lemonade. Hart, the Minot photogra-
pher, took several pictures OF the
group.
Mr.. Spires has a fine farm and a
nice herd of Guernsey cattle. he Will
fill his silo from dandy field Of corn.
He is one of the substantial farmers
of that district.
Others in the neighborhood who
have silos are Ed Durbin, Herb Yuly,
M. D. Graham, Carl Herzig and w. G.
Broyles.
At the L. E. Gregorson farm, an al
falfa field Of about 3 acres, seeded IN
1912 was seen. One crop was removed
in 1912 and two crops in 1913. This
year part of the first crop was left for
seed. The second crop will soon be
ready to NOW. Six acres more were
seeded last spring in rows "a inches
apart. This field had recent cultiva-
ton and showed ample moisture to
bring on the alfalfa in good shape.
No hand work was done in this field.
This was good demonstration that
alfalfa can be grown on the prairie.
Gregorson is a bachelor farmer, but
from the looks of his beds Of fine flow
,rs and his fine crops, he can surely
afford the luxuries that help mate
night provide.
A stop was made at Ed Livingston's
beautiful farm to view the crops Of
.orn, oats and wheat in rotation. The
.otation established on this farm con-
,ists of two crops of grain, following
summer tillage, followed by corn and
,wo grain crops following corn, fol-
owed by summer tillage. We saw
wheat that is good for rs or 80 bush
lis to the acre. He has a fine grove
md buildings.
The summer titled land is disced in
he spring before blowing, and to rake !
t possible to pillow later in the sum
ner with moisture. The ground is
olowed Z or 8 inches deep, packed and
1isced in the fall to keep clean. Oats
we're disced in on wheat ground that
was summer titled the previous year.
At A. B. Wilson's farm, fields of |
grain grown with a rotation similar |
% that at the Livingston farm, were
Viewed. The blue stem wheat appears |
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