The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-09-02
BURLINGTON MOTHS

The progressive spirit manifest amonl
the agriculturists at Burlington is wei
ity in Ward count. E. A. Madison VIII,
already enjoys considerable notoriety al
Of the experiments one sees in the vi
entity of Burlington. For instance
In the Madison garden one sees severa
rows Of fine broom corn, maturing nice
] ly and to all intents and purposes, as
| fine as that raised in the southern
prices ranging from $500 to 5000 per ton
e sroWts Of IF tobacco plants He has has
several plants which are showing ur
splendidly. His greatest drawback IN
the cultivation of this particular plant
cure his product. j. NJ. Reiner. south
Of Burlington is growing sweet potatoes
fine sweet potatoes-in fact some pro-
nounce them much superior to the pro-
duct imported from the south. Frank
Hensel who resides on the
yellow variety and every day he may be
seen going to town with several bags Of
potatoes which always command the top
price. Wheat and oats around Bur-
lington are showing favorable yield
despSs the s Section to
escaped the attention of the weather
man again in making up his quota Of
rainfall. The generous rains of Sun
day and Monday will probably help the
potato yield somewhat but the indica-
tons now are that potatoes will be
light crop this season. That fact. how
eyer. will not discourage our growers:
and increased enthusiasm. Considerable
interest is being. shown in the raising
Of sheep s old PrO r amcS t Tao Maa5e
valley has taken the. lead in this in,
dustry. NJ D. Graham. George and
Harvey Johnson, Barney Schmidt, o. <:
Continue to breed fine registered stock
Others have caught the fever and be,
fore long this community will be famed
as the best stock district in Imperial
the increased prices Of fuel. The
Northwestern Coal Co. is doing an enor-
nous business. acting as brokers for
trict They are now. shipping cars of
Ignite to within few miles of the
Twin Cities and the Minnesota market
ably as the Minnesotans acquire know
ledge of burning it properly. They will
find it much superior In many respects
to eastern coal. not alone from an eco
SCOT and kas which makes the eastern
Goals disagreeable.
VIM. Gross is in receipt of letter
from the SI. fdul NudHlUcT VI NOHlIucTCc.
thanking him for several fine views Of
the ST. Paul Booster Special and the
products which were displayed upon
their recent visit to Burlington. q
Old timers visiting Burlington after
a, few years absence will find many
changes in our little city. The BUSH
ness places have taken on a very metro
politan appearance and what is particu-
larly to their credit be it said that
they are almost 100 percent when It
comes. to the fly question. Every bust
the general upkeep of their places and
1t is pleasure to find goods SO attract
lively displayed and stores so neat and
J. 6. Anderson, who owns the farm
adjoining the Andrew Jacobson farm on
the west had narrow escape from
disastrous fire last Friday. As the
threshing rig of Mark Cook was thresh-
ing. at this farm. the heavy wind car
a few moments there was danger that
stack, threshing rig and grain would all
go up in smoke but the crew was able
to save all excepting the stack and
few shocks Of grain which stood near.
Wheat on the Chas. scribner and F. D.
acre. Scribner had some wheat on corn
ground which averaged 20 bushels. This
10 but another EVIDENCE Of the value of
corn ground or potato ground, for that
matter, has failed to produce a credit
able crop while adjoining land has shown
loss.
Joe Devorak bas returned from Lost
in Connection with the biacssmith n shop
at Vaclav Uhlir. Anyone familiar with
Joe's work knows that he can depend up
on having it done promptly and neatly