Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-04-26
TO CULTIVATE
WASTE LANDS
WILLISTON RECLAMATION STA
TION PUSHING PLANS OF
THE DEPARTMENT
WANT 1000 NEW ACRES
BUFORD NElGHBORHOOD SCENE
OF BIGGEST WORK THE KIND
...... IN THIS SECTION

In keeping with a movement to
utilize the idle lands of Reclamation
Projects, the, local office has adver-
tised the public unentered lands,
townsite reserve, and the withdrawn
lands adjacent to the project.
Some 1000 acres of lands, in about
twenty tracts that can be readily con-
trolled by the Reclamation ServicaL
are offered to the farmers Of the COM
munity for period of four years 1oe
nominal rental. 1t is very likely
that agreement to crop and cultivat0
will in some instances be accepted
without cash rental.
May Farm On Contract.
If this plan does not secure salts
factory results, the Reclamation Ser
vice may consolidate the tracts and
break and crop them on contract, and.
solicits inquiries and proposals from
owners of traction equipment on that
basis. 1t is believed, however, that
the best immediate results can be-
secured by leasing to adjoining. or
nearby owners.
curing control of privately owned
lands and operating them with Gov.
ernment funds and forces secured by
selective service or Maintenance
Crops. A bill now before Congress.
will provide the means for carrying
on the work and it is not unlikely that
such tracts will be broke this fall and
irrigated the following season. Over
200 acres of this land near Buford
are already in cultivation and it is
hoped 1000 acres may be planted this
year.
Crop Seeding Schedule
SPRING WHEAT may be seeded
with safety as late as May 1st to
10th, providing the seed bed has been
well prepared to insure immediate
termination and continued growth.
Oats may well be seeded from one to-
two weeks later than wheat Both
the wheat and oats seed should be
given formaldehyde treatment to pre-
vent smut
FLAX is usually seeded in May,
but June seedlings have been known
to return greater yields than May
seedlings, so flax seeded IN June may
be depended on to yield.
POTATOES planted any time in
May should mature we'll for storage
purposes. Potatoes planted in June
will make good seed for the following
year. Seed potatoes should be given
the formaldehyde treatment before
being planted.
CORN for the grain may be plant
ed during May and for forage only
June planting will be satisfactory.
BEANS should not be planted until
the ground is warm. The month of
May is suited for bean seeding.
Ground not otherwise utilized by
June 18th can we'll be planted to
millet, sorghum or kaffir corn for
forage uses.
An important item in any schedule
is not to undertake more than you
can handle well.
Stock Situation Important
One of the most important features
of the situation is the live stock mar
ket, according to w. S. Davidson of
the First National Bank. He states
that prices now may tempt many
farmers who need cash to part with
stock which is not ready for the mar
ket and believes that this would be
great mistake. While prices now
are out of the usual range it is GER
tain that they will be higher shortly
and the farmer who feeds his stock
until it is ready for the market will
be getting the most out Of his work
and property.
"This a matter of great impor-
tance," said Mr.. Davidson today, "be-
cause stock takes longer than . sea-
son to mature and there is a possi-
oility that the stock farmer will be
one of the most needed patriots the
will call on.'
Williams county is in the live stock
business on a large scale and farm
,rs will do we'll to consider this mat
,er seriously before disposing Of small
stock. .'