The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1919-12-12
..D||R0u|T.H | /. FARMERS I.
URGED TO STICK
By J.s$H. Worst, Commissioner 0

Compared with PRICES of ilands
lin adjoining states to the south and
east Of us, North Dakota offerings
should be very attractive to home
seekers. In fact they are: too
cheap. The price Of North Dakota
farms is sure to go UP as soon as
/ a land movement begins. >s,., s,s,
It iss not desirable to encourage
q boom in land prices. nevertheless,
the old timers who have borne the
4 brunt Of pioneer conditions should,
III at all possible, hold on to their
] lands tor at least another year. BY
that time many now offering their
farms for sale can command q bet,
ter price or they may, not then
wish to sell. In fact it is most de-
sirable that we retain what farmers
we now; have and encourage home
seekers A to take. up our unoccup1ed
lands and farms offered for sale by
aged farmers wishing. to retire or.
where large farms are being sub
divided 9into smaller: holdings. In
other words every encouragement
should be extended to retain our
present !. rural population,
Livestock Offers Remedy
Much of the disbursement that
exists on account of poor crops can
be remedied by farmers gradually
engaging in raising livestock III
stead Of relying SO exclusively upon
grain raising. AS a. rule credit
can still be had for the purchase of
milch COWS or sheep, since the se-
curity doubles practically every
year. Moreover. the necessary for:
age for livestock seldom fails to
be grown in abundance wnere any
thing like reasonable effort y Is
made lTf - ). ! - f Eg1 -
sf.. with livestock relied upon to
some extent, more intensive cultl-
.vation can be given the soil devoted
to wheat or other cereals by lessen
ing the acreage planted to small
grains. Then with manure to in
crease the fertility. and cultivated
crops to- reduce weeds-those per-
sistant thieves OF moIsture-to
negligible numbers, the discouraged
farmers of today 4 should become
the prosperous farmers of tomor-
row. ..,. .s4g,s.,, ss ID =, {:
Another thot. Where does. the
North Dakota, farmer, il he sells
out, expect to begin life anew?
No Other Place To Go
Certainly not farther west where
conditions are even worse than
here: nor back east where the land
boom has boosted land prices up to
$500, 90 and $4,000 per acre with
cash rentals from $1,000 to- $25.O0
per acre. And certainly not IN
some eaabOr-drugged city as a. day
toiler, where independenc must be
left behind. Theses are some Of
the things to which the discouraged
farmers should give careful consid-
GRAFTON. .s s114. 4 I: ss.szI!
@ There are scores of 4 instances
where farmers in this state began
in a large way to raise grain anc
burn straw until they were practi-
cally down and out. when they
turned a good portion of their en-
ergies to livestock, pecially to the
production of butter fat, and rap
idly regained what. they had lost
and forged ahead, easily along the
road to- prosperity.
Help Keep Farmers Here
Ea oh com mmunity. therefore,
should sIse every reasonable indn-
ence and help to- retain the farmers
now there and to- encourage home
seekerss to come in and settle upon
the vacant lands or upon 81 bdtv.-
visions Of farms that are being cut
I up into amal1er ldings. q.
In this way North Dakota can;
easily double her. populatton y and
treble herlswealth prod ducti0n For,
!. no state ,sinsS the union Oilers better
opportunities, ESQ far as soil 5si anu .lLl4i;
climatic conditions have a. bearing
u I, ~, Snr,oonoritVC for home making,
and when the pro gressiye laws ~ I, nov 10.
on her statute books are IN fqn. op-
GRAFTON North Dakota VIII be the
envied among the agricultural al
states Of the union. s 'll2