Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1914-02-13

Marquis is a hybrid. having been
produced BY crossing Red Fife with
Red Hard Calcutta. and the product
carefully selected. under the guidance
Of Dr.. Saunders. of Ottawa. The ad-
vantage Marquis has over Red Fife is
about eight to ten days earlier matur-
ity. and about six bushels more per
acre. The straw is very strong. of
medium length. and the bald heads
well chaHed. AS to milling value. it is
fully equal to that of Red Fife. Now
that Marquis has thrice in succession
won the worlds championship, there
can be no doubt as to its superiority.
was born at Halfway, Mich, in
1871. and spent nineteen years of r.y
life on my fathers farm. then en-
t.,ed the business world expecting to
find a pleasanter and more remuner-
ative field Of activity. Quite by chance
! heard Of the great development of
the western provinces of the dominion
ara decided to come out and invcsti-
gate for myself. came here Sc zen
years ago and Vas amazed at th.. en-.
terprise of the new towns and cities.
and great fields of grain, the magni-
6cient soil. the healthful climate. the
clear. crisp air; in short. l was agree
ably surprised in everything.
decided then and there to locate
and share in the VESTS prosperity. |
! looked about for some time and se-
cured very good homestead. IN. E.
26-32-lw3.) south Of Allan on the
Grand Trunk Pacific railway. My land
$50 acres. is moderately heavy choc-
olate clay loan. and is very rich in
plant food. 1t is Of splendid texture
for tilling. not too sticky, nor too
! sandy. and holds the moisture well. 1t
is just rolling enough to afford drain
age.
While have devoted considerable
attention to wheat growing am going
into mixed farming as rapidly as pos
able. have flowing we'll which sup
plies the stock with pure water at all
seasons. Farmers who have difficulty
in securing a supply Of good water
can understand how much appreciate
my we'll. The overflow is conducted
into individual troughs for all tho stock.
hogs and poultry.
After farming here few years.
learned that there was some danger Of
early frost damaging the wheat. parti-
cularly If sown on heavy soil and
sown late. | noticed an article in q
farm journal telling Of the qualities ol
Marquis wheat. l sent for FIVE pounds
the quantity allowed to each farmer
and persuaded few friends to secure
an equal amount and pass the same
on to me. In that manner ] received
fifteen pounds. which sowed on break.
ing. The product I threshed with q
fail. to assure purity. The next yea,
sowed the wheat on summer fallow
and during the growing season cullee
out bearded heads. other grains. also
any noxious weeds. This plan fol-
lowed each succeeding year, using
great care in threshing to avoid mix
ing.
My 1911 crop was particularly fine
and sample shown at the Provincial
Seed fair secured the championship
scoring 96 pounds. weighing 66N
pounds. ranking highest in purity ans
second in milling value in its class
The next year my exhibit at the same
fair was awarded second prize scoring
o4N points. weighing IS pounds. rank.
ing first in purity and milling value ir
its class.
After winning the provincial cham
oionship, wrote to DR.. Saunders, ask
ing him for small amount Of super
;or strain of Marquis. if he had one
IS ! wished to get the best available.
,lso told him what had done and tn.
-esult. He advised me to select from
ny own. as there was no better to b,
obtained. then selected bushel o
he choicest kernals, whjh were SOW,
n our garden. After the plants wer.
headed out ! carefully culled out al
olants not to my fancy. | did this a
least a dozen times. The product o
his plot, l reclaimed and sowed o,
summer-tilled soil, and again the Gull
ing process was resorted to. ca,
assure you that I felt thrill of joy a
rode the binder while cutting thi
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