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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-07-09

Mrs. Charles Rosenstein and chill
dren have returned from visit to
relatives at Cincinnati.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-07-09

Mr.. william McKellup, business
manager Of the Augusta Chronicle,
was a visitor In the city Saturday.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-07-09

Mr.. Frank Allen was a visitor in
Greenup over Sunday.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
Notice of Annual Meeting.

NOCICe Oh 1k1t1I001 N0CCCIaHS'
The annual meeting of stockholders
of the Farmers Elevator Company of
Bottineau will be held in the CONNER
cial Club rooms at Bottineau, Tues
day, June IL, 1917, at 1880 P. M.
l.. D. Trent, Sec.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
AUGUST ZORN
Bottineau, N. D.

Coming here only twelve years ago
from Redwood county, Minn., Mr..
Zorn has. been .eminently successful in
farming, due largely to the fact that
he brought with him the diversifying
methods used in the wealthy farming
districts of Minnesota.
Mr.. Zorn farms a section Of land.
In livestock he is partial to the Bel
gian horses and Shorthorn cattle. In
fact, he is an enthusiast for Short
horns, believing firmly that this is the
most practical breed for this part of
the country, on account of their dual
purpose and hardy nature.
Mr.. Zorn is one of the charter mem
bers of the Bottineau County Short
horn Breeders Association.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
]. F. RENICK
0memee. NJ ID

Mr.. Renick has farmed in Bottineau
county for over 20 years. "The first
period of 10 or IL years was devoted
to grain growing almost exclusively"
said Mr.. Renick, land without much
success"
"The last seven or eight years I
have tried stock raising, in a small
way, in connection with grain grow
ing, and will say that in my opinion
it is the only way to farm in this
country"
every farmer should raise some
kind of stock in proportion to the size
of his farm. I have raised few hors-
es, cattle and hogs and they were all
profitable, but I find that sheep are
the biggest money-makers of late
years."
Mr.. Renick is one Of the biggest
sheep raisers in Bottineau county and
has met with splendid success.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
MENNICK
Maxbass, N. D.

One of the most progressive farm
ers of western Bottineau county is
Mennick Fossum. Mr.. Fossum has
given sheep farming a thorough trial
in Bottineau county and is convinced
that it is a profitable industry, every
thing considered.
my experience with sheep has been
both interesting and profitable" said
Mr.. Fossum to the Courant. "After
giving hogs and sheep both a fair
trial, I consider sheep more desirable
than a large number of hogs, Is they
require less work and can be fed much
cheaper. ~
I'm 1918 I bought thirty ewes. I
had no previous experience with sheep
and wanted to learn something of
their habits. The following fall l ad-
ded two hundred range eve to the
flock.
"A year later I sold these ewes and
some young stock. These together
with the wool crop paid for the pur-
chase of the two hundred ewes, and l
hal left enough young ewes of a much
better grade to fully equal that a.
mount. Thus the result of one years
work was a hundred per cent on mon
ey invested.
"Although I do not advocate exclus-
i've sheep raising on our farms, and
have been just as successful with 9TH
er lines of stock as with sheep, I do
consider sheep a very important part
of diversified farming.
81 have often heard this statement,
II would have some sheep but can
not raise sheep without fences and l
can't afford to fence"
"A little investigation will show
that the wool will pay for fencing,
leaving the increase as the only pro-
fit for a few years. AS fences are a
permanent improvement to any farm,
the money used for fencing really
pays better and surer returns than
the same amount invested in labor and
machinery used for grain farming.
"At present I have about five hun
dred sheep and lambs on the farm
my aim is to go into pure breds grad
ually as pure bred stock Of any kind
seem sto be the cheapest in the long
seems to be the cheapest in the long
run.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07

youth, enthusiasm and a good Short
horn COW to start in with. He home
steaded the farm now occupied by Ted
Zorn and built his sod shack thereon.
"In the fall I started out from Penn
bina county to earn some money dur
ing harvest" said Mr.. Beaten. II had
ten cents in my pocket, a package of
tea, a loaf of bread and a tin cup. In
the fall I returned with a team of
oxen"
Some a later Mr.. Beaton sold
his homestead, which by this time had
increased to 1910 acres, for $40 an
acre. He bought his present farm Of
48O acres for SIG an acre and has de-
veloped it into one of the finest in the
county. At the present time he has
about s~eventy-five head of pure bred
Shorthorns and % head of horses. At
the recent stock sale in Minot he dis
posed of fifteen head Of Shorthorns
at a total price Of $500. A two year
old heifer brought the fancy price Of
$31O-perhaps the biggest price for
any animal at the sale-age consid-
cred. But this does not mean that MI.
Beaton is going out of the stock bust
ness. He is continually changing the
blood and improving the breed Of his
herd. At the same sale in Minot he
bought back eight head at an average
price Of $3.50 . head.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07

hogs. Therefore last year we bought
rs Cotswold ewes from Montana, Win
tering them in a large straw shed and
feeding them on a mixed ration of al
falfa, wheat straw and a little grain.
They averaged a little better than a
lamb apiece and ever since April 20
they have been grazing on fall rye
and doing very nicely. We aim to
specialize on, sheep extensively, as we
have 100 acres all fenced in WOW
wire fencing
Mr.. Fontaine is unstinted in his
praise of the work done by County
Agent Henderson and gives him cred
it for getting him started on the right
track. "We have Mr.. Henderson to
thank" said Mr.. Fontaine, ,"for he is
actually the one who got US started
in corn, clover and alfalfa raising"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
DUNCAN BEATON
Bottineau, N. D.

There are few men who have made
the success of. diversified farming in
Bottineau county that have crowned
the efforts of Duncan Beaton of Oak
Valley township. Mr.. Beaton is a
born stock man, attested by the fact
that way back in his boyhood days in
Scotland he was employed by Amos
Cruikshanks, the most famous breed
.er of Shorthorn cattle in all of Scot
land. It was here that Mr.. Beaton be-
came attached to the Shorthorn type
and he has never had occasion to
change his mind.
When Mr.. Beaton came to B~ottineau
county from County Grey, Ontario, in
the spring Of 1884 he had nothing but
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
PETER OLSON
Barton, N. D

In the fall of 1914 we had occas-
ion to visit the farm home Of Peter o.
son Of Pierce county. In showing us
over his place we looked over Mr..
Olson's seed corn, of which he had in
the attic of his two and one-half story
residence, the entire attic space filled
with mature ears of Northwestern
Dent seed corn, amounting, it was es-
timated, to $50 bushels. It was a
splendid showing and Mr.. Olson in
formed us at that time that he had
been able to save his own seed for the
past nine years. Mr.. Olson also has
a fine line of good livestock, especial
ly in his Clydesdale horses, which
show especially good breeding and
quality. He is in every sense of the
word a progressive up-to-date farm
err and emphasizes the possibilities of
the country in doing the things that
we talk about where persistency is
shown and intelligent methods adopt
ed. 1 vas led to ask MI. Olson how
it was he was following methods so
far in advance Of many of the farm
ers in this locality. I asked him
where he came from and how he
came to adopt such advanced methods.
His answer was, 81 have been here
30 years. I became convinced that
only by dersifying our methods one
could permanently succeed. I attend
ed Farmers Institutes and read the
agricultural papers and through this
and through talks with those who adj
vocated such advanced methods l be-
came convinced and have put into
practice the things that these people
and writer's advocated and I am now
sure that a larger degree of prosper
ity will come to the farmer who
practices diversified farming with
good livestock than by sticking to
grain production"
MI. Olson has a 10OO-acre farm,
we'll improved with purebred livestock
and good buildings and fences and
proved his contention that it pays to
diversify.-A. P. Henderson.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
NAPOLEON FONTAINE & SON
Overly, N. D.


The Fontaines are diversified farm
ers in every sense of the word. They
make a study Of improved farming
methods and are not above taking adj
vice and profting by it.
"Our livestock is not all pure Bred"
said Mr.. Fontaine, "but all we'll grad
ed. Nevertheless we are quite salts
fled for the present, although we plan
in the near future to venture into pure
breds, as it pays more"
81 commenced farming in Cecil
township in 1887 and have been grain
farming exclusively until these dry
years came, when we found it neces-
sary to diversity. In 1914 we winter
ed 20 brood sows of the Improved
Yorkshire type and ever since we
have been raising hogs successfully.
We have wintered our sows on chop
ped hog millet and alfalfa"
"Our cows are all good Durhams.
We have always kept two or three
cows but for the last four or five years
have been milking eight to ten, sell
ing cream and butter the year around
netting US from $3.50 to $40O, besides
enough for our own use. We pasture
them on Western Rye grass in sum-
mer and feed them on Northwestern
Dent corr in winter.
GAS grain was so enormously high
the past and present year, we felt in
clined to discontinue raising so many
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07

farming is safer than wheat farming"
said Mr.. kromrey to the C~ourant.

farming is safer than wheat farming"
said Mr.. Kromrey to the Courant.
."There has been much said about
raising more beef on the farm, and
while l believe that beef cattle are
better than no cattle at all, I prefer
the dairy cattle as the safest invest
ment. While it requires more labor
to do the milking, it is not so much
of a job as some people think it is to
milk. l have been milking from 8 to
16 COWS since 1912-sixteen this sum-
mer. l don't believe l could have pull
led through these hard years if it had
not been for the cow"
ri always keep enough pigs to take
care of the skim milk, and it saves a
lot of feed, such as corn or barley"
GAS to what kind Of dairy breeds,
it is largely a matter of choice. They
are all good. I have chosen the
Guernsey breed, but the Holstein or
Jersey are good cattle for cream and
milk. The reason 1, prefer the dairy
cattle is because it requires too much
land to raise beef cattle in a country
where rain is scarce and land is high.
Beef is the next thing to wheat. You
have to sell it to get some money,
while I am getting from SIS to $125
every month in the year from cream,
and still have my cows and calves
left, and they will, if fattened, bring
a fair price on the market"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
BADGER DEN FARM
l.. A. Knoke & Sons, P%roprietors
Willow City, N, D,

There are few who start off for
school after farming for a number of
years to learn something about the
farming game. Yet Mr.. Knoke did,
and his eminent success in farming is
evidence that he profited thereby. Mr..
Knoke came to Dakota Territory in
1888 and homesteaded the farm which
he still occupies. After farming a
few years he took a course at the
North Dakota Agricultural College,
as a result of which he became one of
the pioneers in diversified agriculture
in this section of the state.
Starting in modestly with a capital
of less than 5000 in money and a quar-
ter section donated by Uncle Sam,
Badger Den was added to until it
comprises 1920 acres, we'll farmed
and equipped with a splendid set of
modern buildings. In recent years
Mr.. Knoke has reduced his holdings
to $50 acres, as he considers this a
sufficiently large farm to give the
proper attention.
For about twenty years Badger Den
has produced pure bred and grade
S~horthorns. About a year ago the
entire herd was disposed of at a good
price and the money invested in sheep.
"We are now working into the
Dairy type of CATTLE" said Mr.. Knoke,
"as we consider that a more proper
combination with our Yorkshire hogs.
While we didn't find the cattle raising
as profitable in past years as at the
present time, yet we find on survey
ing the situation that by proper rotat-
ing and returning the anu to the
land, we not only retained our soil
fertility but added to it."
"We have bred and raised pure bred
large Yorkshires for several years
and believe them to be the best breed
for North Dakota, as they are best
adapted for the feeds we can grow
here. While it sometimes looks like
a losing proposition to feed high pric-
ed feeds to our hogs, wefind that with
a good forage crop in addition it US
ually works out very profitably, and
at the same time insures us al income
at a time when it m IN mighty
handy"
Mr.. Knoke has bred pure bred hogs
for 81 years, and Improved Large
Yorkshires for five years. In 1914
with two other herds competing, his
entry of seven head won 2 frsts, 3
seconds, 3 thirds, 1 fourth and 1
championship. His herd has the dis
tinction of having produced two of the
sires in the winning filters in the &C.
onomic pork production contests con-
Quoted in North Dakota during the
past three years.
"We find sheep the most profitable
investment we even made" says Mr..
Knoke, "as they increased 100 per
cent in numbers and more than that
in value in less than nine months"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
TOWNSHIP.

School opened in the Central build
ing in the Scandinavian language un-
der the direction of Andrew Sather.
The children of Peter Peterson are
reported as having the measles. They
are better at last report.
Registration according to the late
CONSUMPTION law was held at the CEN
trail school building Tuesday. At the
same time and place the School cleo
ton was held. The results Of the cleo
ton are not available at this writing.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
ARTHUR H. WHITE.
Kramer. N. D.


The subject of this sketch and on
whose farm the first annual Stock
mems Picnic will be held, is 81 thor
oughly modest that any comment on
his methods or on his plans of oper-
ating his 1900 acre farm must be
made without any help from him.
The Meadow Lawn Stock Farm,
which is unique in this part of the
state, impresses one who has visited
the most improved farms of Iowa and
Illinois as being transplanted from
these places, the same methods being
observed, the same high quality of
livestock, all of which is %purebred,
whether it be of cattle, horses, hogs
or poultry. None but purebred stock
is tolerated on this farm. Mr.. Whites
Percherons have a statewide repu-
tation. His %Shorthorns are known
throughout the Northwest and his
Berkshires are simply fine.
All this found on the farm of a mar
who in little more than twenty years,
without capital to start with, but
who came to this county as a home
steader, and in a region largely devot-
ed to grain raising and by many even
now thought to be fit for naught else,
speaks volumes for his foresight, per-
s%istence and intelligence; in fact must
be attributed to the vision of the man
who would dare in the face of criti-
cism and sometimes even ridicule to
attempt to carry through to a success
full fruition an enterprise of such mag
nitude.
This farm was among those strick-
en- by hail last year and in calling to
condole with Arthur over his loss, we
found him still smiling and busy with
building a silo to hold the corn crop
(16O acres) that remained from the
loss, and he remarked that he was not
worrying as more than two-thirds of
his interests were in livestock which
was untouched by the devastating
hail. MI. White remarked On this &C.
casion that he had lost more wheat
crops in the past 10 years than corn
crops, as accounting for his faith in
corn. He has 200 acres this year in
this crop for feed for his hundreds
Of head of purebred stock.
But the thing that speaks more
highly for Mr.. White than anything
else is the confidence of his neighbors
who have had the chance to observe
his career at first hand, as demon
strated in their choice of a leader in
matters of largest Importance. When
the Shorthorn Breeders of the county
organized an association it was fiji
chat A. H. White should be elected tc
The Presidency of the Association. But
4 larger compliment was paid him
when the farmers organized their
Eastern Bottineau County National
Farm Loan Association. In their
:hoice as President no other name was
thought of as head of this financial
Institution, which bids fair to be the
.argest institution handling farm
oans in the county in a short time
md Mr.. White was again elected as
President. He is a nan of vision, a
a who deals fair, doing unto others
IS he would like to be done by, and il
s only mete that at least once in q
lifetime this eulogy of his merits be
spoken by one who has had an oppor'
unity to closely observe him. We
would print his picture if n exist
ID, but if one is obtained it will have
be a snap shot, as his modesty will
lot allow him to sit for one
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07

For Sale Cheap, Second Hand Cars
One Metz roadster, % h. p, 1 Buick,
4 passenger, model 10; 1 Rambler, As
h. p, Z passenger and / Studebaker
touring car, all in first class condition.
See these cars and get prices at the
Pittman Co. Blacksmith and Machine
Shop. tt.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
E. M. KROMREY
Kramer, m. D.

Mr. .Kromrey is one of the farmers
who follows dairying in connection
with his stock raising and is fully
convinced that it is q well paying pro
position in the long run.
ri am satisfied that diversified
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1917-12-07
DR.. Edm. NaSSe
0entl9er Nr5t
llub WunOar5t
Office in benz Scfptte 8ebGu6e
an Der 3ten Strake.
Telephone Rr. 11S. Sermann, DO.

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Die Sdonaeit fir Sqirrels. alio
merits eud unb last Die paar Gid.
fatden, nod benz 1. Sanuar, ii9 If.
res 2ebens frel,en biz gum /. Sum-.
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Serren Stuoenten iperoen iiber unier
Seminar einen intereiianten 8eri4t
liefern. Siermit miro frelrnolidit
CUR Sbeilnabme eingelaben.
True translation filed with the post
master at Hermann, Mo-, on Dec.
g., 1917, as required by the Act of
October g., 1917.
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UNI in Die Irnee ein5utreten. 8ogeI.
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ser 2ofal : 9eboroe sic G~rIaubniB
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Souls Sdmeisbauier, nnb legte
$4,000 in 2ibertb Bombs an, t%porarf
er iid at, Die 2ofal 8eb0rbe tuuu6te
Inn iobalb mie m0gliA nod Dem Ste.
fri,tiruneslaeer eeianot 5l meroen.
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S,lngens aus @asconaoe gitp I'M
9ienite, namIid @m. Sadiid, 60.
@einboIa uttb @obt. @ogeIiang.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1917-12-07

Good old Liberal Santa came
into our liberal STORE"
and left many splendid Xmas
goods for you and yours: Dolls,
toys, manicure sets, mems ties,
silk hose, cut glass, smoking
sets, nut bowls, silks for the
ladies', handkerchiefs, fruits of
all kinds, citron, lemon and
orange peel, raisins in bulk and
package, mince meat, all kinds
of the very best fresh candies,
big lickers, red, white and blue,
good books, just the kind our
children and we grown-ups may
read, including Bibles. Prices o.
these books ranging from Sc to
$500.
Santa said we should be very
LIBERAL" in handing these
goods out to you, so come. You
will find us in the Postof1ce
building at Hermann.
w. B. DICKSON.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1917-12-07
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iiber $500 eraielt batte, ODER etpa
$500 per 4opf.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1917-12-07
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