The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-12-20
FARMER. . 4 REVIEWS v /! IS !. 4.
81 CROPS HERE

thtrty-four years-more than .
third ofTa century.-has kept close
track of conditions year by year
and he furnished the readers of. the
Independent with some valuable
figures which ought TO be preserv-
ed. The report follows:
my recollection of crop condf-
tions during my stay In Ward coun-
ty: -... .,.- -. ..0,..s.
1S84-good crop.
1885-bumper crop.
1886-dry but medium crop.
1887-fair crop.
1S88-frosted grain but heavy
straw.
1sS9-almost total failure.
1890-almost a total failure.
1891-bumper crop.
1892-bumper crop. @":
1893-a poor crop but not q to-
tai failure.
1894-fair crop.
1895-good crop.
1896-bumper crop.
1897-light crop.
1898-good crop:
1899-bumper crop.
19O0-poor crop.
1901-bumper crop.
1902-poor crop.
1903-medium crop.
19O4-good crop. .'@
, 1905-bumper crop.
1906-medium crop. IT
19O7-good crop.
1908-light crop.
1909-good crop.
1910-failure.
1911-failure. I" 'ttr -s-
1912-bumper crop.
1913-light crop.
1914-crop suffered damage from
. good stand.
1915--fair Crop. '7'
1916-wheat almost destroyed BY
rust. Other grains good.
1917-almost failure.
1918-one-third, of q crop. Flax
= little better. '3 sI5 az J.. ~,
BY studying the above figures, 4
can be seen that farming in this
country need not be exactly q fall
ure. saw in one of the local pa
pers that there Is a movement on
foot to build potato warehouse.
If that's could be realized. / think 1t
would be a. blessing to- this coun-
try. When the soil gets old. 1t
needs to be enriched. Potatoes On
rich the land. never saw q crop
failure on land planted to potatoes
the year previous, and seldom have
seen a failure of potato crop, II
planted on we'll prepared land.
Besides there is always net
profit to be made on q potato crop.
If there was ready market. The
reason farmers have not gone Into
it any more than they have 10 the
of the market. But
with a potato warehouse here In MI
not, that problem would be solved.
/ do not suppose any individual
would invest his money In q venture
like this, altho it would be paying
proposition. Right here is q place
where public ownership would work
we'll. supposing the city or even
the county was allowed to build q
potato warehouse. operated by the
city or county. In few years the
business would pay for Itself and "
would enrich the country all around.
because it would induce farmers to
change their mode OF. farming. But
1 reckon the objection to this would
be that It is socialistic and inter
feres with private business. Thus
private business always has to be
taken care OF at the. expense Of the
public II this country 10 ever 70
be built up and come TO it's rights.
IL will have to be done either BY
Of the people or, BY
public ownership. The farmers q
the present time are not able TO
q project like, this. But
different from the usual
way has to be adopted In this part
Of the country. Raising potatoes
on q large scale will solve the pro
blem toSa large extent II We can Get
4 ready market for the product.
z Z Yours truly
IA JOHN WALLlN.
i. w. g. s. Il H
A stutsman county Jury rendered
d, d verdict of IL cents damages IN -
stock trespassing case. tried there. i;
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