The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-01
SEVENTEEN MILLIONS IMMEDIATELY
AVAILABLE FOR AGRICULTURISTS IN
PLANTING SOIL AND FEEDING STOCK
Most Radical Step Taken History of State to Insure the
Maximum Production of Cereals, Beef and
Pork in l9l8-Smpe and Workable

The radical passed by western state to insure
maximum production of food suffs win the war crop of
cereals and of beef and pork and other byprodcts Of the farm
the Dakota bonding amended by the
special of the Fifteenth assembly, having received the
signature of Governor Frazier in full force in effect
All the state county commissions, in sections where aid
required will hold their first meeting next Monday to receive
petitions from farmers desiring the bonding Of their county
These petitions need not be signed by who are themselves
in need Any Of their negbors who frecholdrs Sign
for Them and but so signatures are required as compared with
100 under the old law.
And there is limit to the amount of individual aid
which be extended for purchase of feed and cedexc
the legal debt limit Of the county which bonds 1t is roughly
estimated that this act makes almost Immediately available for
North Dakota farmers who have not funds or credit with which
purchase seed and feed the large Of SIT 100000 which will
pay for eight million bushels of seed wheat sufficient to plant
million of North Dakoas 40 million tilable
Uncle Sam has dcreed that the farmer who compelled
to sell his wheat $0 $217 the bshe last fall shall not
pay more than the sale price for his wheat
Every bshe Of seed purchased under the bonding act for
North Dakota farmers will be thoroughly tested the state
laboratory Fargo germinave and varietaqatc This
seed will be the best that money buyprobay beyond all
question the best that has into North Dakota SOIL
Reports indicate that there sufficient seed hand in ee
practically every county the meet the needs
Of that county Almost grain Of spring wheat harvested in
North Dakota last fall tested No. dark norther-the very
highest grade that Uncle Sam has fixed for the best wheat
that This wheat went through the worst drouth in
the history of North Dakota and survived it produced
in remarkably free from smut rust or blight Or other
seed diseases thoroughbred seed and it going back into
the ground produce North Dakotas biggest cropts win the
war; crop Of Liberty bread for the world.
The New Law ...
Because of the universal interest the seed and feed
bonding and because The Tribune knows that farmer
will want to become thoroughly familiar with provisions there
is presented herewith the full exactly passed both
of legislature without dissenting vote and it
ceved the signature of Governor Frazier:
H. B. No. Caddock OF MountraiD
Compiled Laws Of North
Authorizing Counties issue Bonds and
Feed for Needy Inhabitants
Providing
thereto
making an Appropriation Therefor
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE
NORTH DAKOTA
1-Amcndmcn) Compiled Laws
amended rcenacted read
Section s471-DoNDs AUTHORIZED PETITION FOR. TINE TO
the preceding
year douth hail
shall
the provisions this article with
purchase seed grain
inhabitants thereof need Of Seed grain and
said shall
ptoned writing do by not less than fifty recholders
county meeting called herein
after provided consider said petition shall by majority deter
petitioners provided
filed auditor before the
February said
commissioners
county provided further that the
total by county
existing Indebtedness the
such
that bonds
exceeding
payable semannualy and time shall
no NV the hoard and that all bonds issued under the pro
payable than
the thereof the date maturity to be
the time thereof with the
above limitation IKE # t# =tE #ssA# #s.-# ..r5a.#
3472 Of the Compiled Laws
1918 amended and reenacted read
follows
Section s472-BONDs HOW EXECUTED)
the chairman the board commissioners and be
auditor shall ax the seal of the county
certificate signed by the
said bonds issued pursuant to law and
within the debt limit
3AMENDMENT That Section 3473 of the Compiled Laws
North Dakota 1913 hereby amended and reenacted
follows: ssr
s DISPOSED OF Immediately
shall notify Commissioner Agriculture
Commissioner Of Agricul
Labor shall and behalf of the board Of
commissioners disposition be sold He shall
there
leading daily
leading daily without this state at
within for which bonds
with such other publicity in his discretion
the bonds OF county separately
shall sell them for less than
par all bids postpone the sale from time