Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-21

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acres III Illinois. II anyone doubts
this, come to me and I will prove
it to him.
This is the closing paragraph of a
letter, written by George w. Ausbury.
a Grand Forks farmer, to Commits.
sioner Flint of the agricultural de-
partmeat. The letter is interesting
and shows what can Zoe accomplished
by attending to business and staying
on the job in North Dakota. After a
few init cductory remarks, Mr.. Aug
bury says: ~
II came here in the spring Of 1910.
and made u failure that year, sowed
100 acres Ut clover and got nothing.
OF course, they all gave me the laugh,
but | went ahead the next year and
sowed 40 acres Of clover and got a
good stand. The next year l sowed
80 acres and got a good stand, and
have been successful with clover ever
since. l found my mistake the first
year. ..'
Alfalfa and Hogs.
"In 1911 l had 300 acres of rye and
100 acres of wheat. They gave me the
laugh at that, but i threshed out Is
bushels to the acre, just the same.
l have had good success with alfalfa,
also. have raised and fattened 475
head of hogs in the last four years.
claim that hogs will do better right
here than they will in Illinois, where
l fed hogs for 80 years before i came
here. l made 81 head Of hogs weigh
$50 pounds each last year. When
nine month old l sold them at So per
hundredweight. The last 80 days !
fed these hogs they paid inc S1.27
per bushel for the corn they ate.
Il have. stock scales on my farm
and weigh my hogs every two weeks.
| also weigh every bushel of feed tl.ey
eat. That is the only way to know
what you are doing. | have lei hogs
and "a head Of cattle on feed at the
present time. l raised 5000 bushels
Of matured corn OH so acres Of the
poorest land / have this year. | hired
this corn husked and weighed it oyer
the scales. ! have 14O acres of clio.
Yer and alfalfa on my farm now and
am going to SOW more next spring.
II raise horses, cattle. hogs, poul-
try, wheat, rye, oats, barley flax, clio.
YER, alfalfa, potatoes and corn. I
aim to have something to sell any
time Of the year.
More Opportunity Here.
81 just got back from Illinois. L
thing that n has five times the OPP
portunity Cor making money here that
he has in Illinois, and also think it
a much better climate to live in
"As to my success in North Da-
kota, | have no kick coming, in fact,
none of any kind to make. All there
is to it is to keep Il stiff upper lip
and go ahead. s,tt
II claim that q man can take 100
acres of this good land and put it in
a good state of cultivation and make
just as many dollars year after year,
as he a on 100 acres in Illinois.
If anyone doubts this, let him come
to me and will prove it to him."
OVERLAND AS A HILL CLIMBER.
What is declared TO be the most
strenuous hill-climber feat eyer per-
formed by a motor car in the south
west is a trip made by an Overland
Model 81 touring car to the "Hole-in.
the Rock" near Phoenix. Arizona.
In lieu of a road up the steep cliff,
the car was forced to push its way
up an incline of 80 per cent over a
loose gravel trail. There were two
bad turns with the path on the bare
face of the cliff. This necessitated
sowing down to o speed little faster
than a walk, eliminating any advan-
tage which might have been gained
from a flying staa.. Consequently
the car was forced to make the climb
entirely on it, own pulling power.
The 'fHole-in-the-Rock" has always
been said to be inaccessible for We
hicles. So far as is known, the Over
land is the only motor q which aver
successfully negotiated the climb.
A remarkable feature of the test
is that the car was equipped with
smooth tread tires and no chains were
used.
"FRoM THE MANGER TO the
CROSS"
Comments From Clergy and. Press.
Rev. j. C. Malloy, Rector Of st.