Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-13

tury North Dakota has ranked
among the greatest wheat producing
areas in the world Proud 81 their
Fart in Americas food production.
and eager for personal gain. the
armers Of the past three. decades
mined the fertile and seemingly tn-
e~xhaustible soil, taking from It crop
after crop Of golden kernel Apd re-
turning. nothing but the dry stubble
OF the Wheat.
..any FOOL Can Farm
There were bumper crops in the
early days. Men who had failed ut
everything else came 70 Dakota to
Try their luck at the farming game.
Men who knew nothing of the prin-
tis,its OF %asrjculture began raising
wheat. Wealth anne with Midas-like
rAs:cl<To the onlooker it seemed
Ike tha, fable of spinning straw into
geld. Then nature, the greatest ex-
pcnaot OF reciprocity, began to de-
rand her rights, The great wheat
i, the acre to a meagre eight. and the
old time no. 1 Hard passed into
history. Vacant farm houses and
di,apidated II barns with unhinged
doors and broken windows open to
The weather, became common
throughout the older settleme
telling their story of departed ten
ants. who having wrung the last
xrudsing dollars from their fields had
left them despoiled and unrepaid.
..But Brains Arc Needed for Sue
cess
In 1901, John w. Scott, pioneer
farmer of Gilhy. having faithfully
served Grand Forks county as audi
tor from 1892 to 1890, went back to
his farm at Gi'by TO reclaim the soil
Impoverished by the usual renter
methods of fifteen or twenty years
ago. Mr.. scott had seven quarter
sections surrounding the town. IN es-
tate which he had built up since his
coming to the territory of Dakota i'll
1870. BY 1900 the fecundity of the
soil had been depleted by the inces-
4 SAINT cropping to wheat. and some
thing had TO be done. Mr.. scott
into stock raising on an extensive
scale. using good grade Herefords:
A. the same time he introduced rcd
clover into the state. planting it on A
large acreage, Clover and cattle
thrived together. and this intrepid
and fearless reader OF the future ne.
came known throughout this and
other states for the important work
he was daring to do. THE gamest
sport in the whole farming profes-
s:or," his own townsmen lovingly
cali him, Newspapers and seed
houses long since gave him the title
of "The Glover King Of North Da-
kota." It was no sight to
see Mr.. Scott hauling sacks of hts
soil to town and shipping them to
other parts Of the state to ~innoculate
the land for clover growing.
Cattle and Hogs.
During the same years Mr.. Scott
was shipping cattle to the stock
Yards Of South St. Paul. One car
load Of steers attracted so much at
tention from the commissioner
that they, invited the photographers
from 1.-THE Farmer to come down
Herefords. The picture appeared as
the cover page Of the paper. This
was one of the finest carloads. of
steers ever placed on the st. q
market. .
Mr.. Scott formerly raised a carload
OF hogs for shipping each year. He
Duroc Jersey line. and his shipments
we're always OF the highest quality.
How the Land "Came Back"
Meantime under his sx-year rota.
ton Of crops system. Mr.. SCOTS land
came back" An impartial estimate
places its valuation at 5000 per acre
Mr.. Scott himself admits it may be
worth s150-but its not for sale.
A brief sketch Of MI: SCOTS meth.
DDS shows how this thing has beer
done. how the land has been re
created. and how its future fertilt,
has been assured. Mr.. Scott has .si1
fenced fields Of so acres each which
are used in regular rotation. One i
planted to corn. two to clover Or al
falfa. and the other three to grain
grain, raising, more on three field
than he could on the six under or
binary methods. He has in addition
the other valuable crops %returnini
him a large profts and refertilizin'
the soil at the same time. Incident
days Of high wages-the labor is de
creased nearly half by this method
Mr.. Scott plows down about 100 acre
Of clover each year. The next yea
he may follow. a clover catch wit
corn. One season this gave him 5
bushels to the acre of corn. and tn
following season on the same piec
MARQUIS wheat Of the highest grad
Mr.. Scott uses sweet clover nov
raising 1t not for hay but for fer
tilizer. Alfalfa is raised for ha!
This season Mr.. Scott will plant h!
entire acreage to clover, sowing it tc
gether with the grain on all 81
fields.
Topping the Market.
For the past ten years Mr.. Scott
spring lambs ave failed to to
the South St. Paul market. He hs
made a big reputation as a shee
raiser. Using the best ~thoroughbre
SHROPSHIRE rams and Montana eve
Mr.. Scott has developed q flock
sheep that is well night perfect. Tn
fock averages about 1000 sheep du,
y ing nine months of the year, viii
about SOC. lambs for the. marks
They produce a I'M grade OF Two
and make h highest quality I,
meat.
Three thousand dollars in del
John W. Scott. in September 1877
left his home near River Falh, WI
constn, and came to the territory
Dakota. He had lost all he had
a single mill and logging ventul
He ~homesteaded on Sthe land
which he still lives, three-quarters
mile east~of Gflby. His hard wo
won for him many acres !
has always shown marked originals
and MANI times his daring ventur
hi better farming seemed about
cost him his fortune. But his expel
rferts have been edccesBfyl. and I
day he ~ one OF North ,Dakctass mi
substantial farn1crs.
A Good Pubic RECORD.
1854. Mr.. Scott vas elected
$s#fhA Arst territorial 1eStsiature viii
mi nj Bismarck. He wa the ii
eounty commissioner fkom fhD III
district In &arand Forks county.
Il IA selected for tliaS 08cA IN thu