Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-11-18
A County Empire; Its Pro- :
ductiveness and Possib
(By A. F. Borchert, Better Farming Agent)

mentioned.
The corn is of course, equal in
feeding value to corn grown in any
other state of our country.
For hogging off, which is very
profitable method of handling the
crop, the flint corns are used. For
winter feed for the cattle, hogs and
horses, the dents are more gener-
ally grown.
We find the N-W-N dent, the yel-
low dent. such as MINI, No. l3, The
white dent, such as Rustlers and
Dakota. as well as the white capped
yellow dent MINI. No. % all used
to large extent. Some of our Iowa
people have acclimated a very fine
fyellow, which is doing remarkably
we'll, several fields averaging oyer
SO bushels per acre last year.
This year, our crop has been near
er failure than ever before, but
as the weather results are very sim
liar in South Dakota, Minnesota
and Iowa, no complaints are heard
and everyone expects to put in o
large acreage next year; in fact,
many will put in larger fields than
ever before.
The acreage increase has been
about so per cent per year lately.
In 1913 the. acreage was about
1900 acres, in 1914 slightly over
10000 and in 1915 over 10000 in
this county. h.
This very plainly and strongly
indicates what our farmers think of
corn. =
Trees.
1 am often asked will trees, shade
and fruit, do we'll in our county.
They not only will, but do. 1t is
simply a matter of using the right
trees and fruits, and proper prepar-
alton and cultivation, under these
conditions the results will be as
satisfactory as the growing Of corn.
We have quite few examples of
good groves and good fruits; Z q
I.fsWw do this. many. others cAt = -
Besides the willows, poplars, cot
tonwoods and box-elders which are
the most common in our groves, we
also find ash, elm, the naples, but
ternut and walnut All these trees
do we'll if properly taken care OF.
A grove can be established in a
comparatively short time. The writ
or knows of a number of groves that
are land marks because of their
quick growth.
Apples that are standard for this
section such as the Duchess, Hiber-
nal, Pattens, Greening, Wealthy and
others of equal hardness are salts
flying those people growing them.
We have as fine plums as can be
found anywhere and this can be
said too Of the cherry-plum crosses.
In small fruits, not as much has
been done as should be, although
they all do very we'll, strawberries
do especially we'll, small patches
yielding large quantities of the best
of fruit. ....
When one considers how valuable
grove is for protection of the
farmstead from the northwest wind,
how much the stock enjoys it and
benefits by it, we wonder why more
groves have not been planted.
Real estate men in many locali-
ties consider farm with good
grove worth 100000 more than
one without a grove; then from a
business standpoint it pays to have
q grove.
Evergreens.
Evergreens or conifers are some
what harder to start than the other
trees, the failure usually being in
the preparation of the soil, and
transplanting, it being understood
of course that the trees have been
properly removed from their first
habitat and that they be properly
protected during transportation.
There are two agencies in our
state which assist by word and deed
in .furthering the building OF
groves; one is the School Of Fores-
try at Bottineau, the other is the
U. s. station at Mandan.
Both of these institutions furnish
trees and cuttings, as well as advice
and aid in building up tree plots or
groves in our state. Orders are book
ed year ahead at the present
time, showing that many people are
starting groves.
Either of the above institutions
will gladly advise as to methods OF
planting, transplanting and cultiva-
ton Of trees. The Agricultural Col
lege, too, has an expert in that line
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