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

1915 they began planting white bios
seed crop the next year. At first one
quarter section was used. this acre
age was increased to 700 last sum-
mer, and will be again increased to
900 this season.
Redecming the Alkali.
Bartlett and Victor Eastman have
experiment with clover raising on
what was originally almost worthless
talkali land east of town.. When they
began their work there a few years
ago the land could have been pur-
chased at a. very low figure. They
rented the land from the owners who
had become entirely discouraged try
ing to raise grain on it. Now this
land has been 70 enriched and made
at any price. The clover makes nine
ton Of dry humous to the acre, and
is the greatest fertilizer known. 1t is
a biennial, cuts the, overhead expense
Of farming by half, and at the same
time greatly increases the income of
the farmer. hA -
Big Money in Clover.
The Eastmans maintain an exclu-
sive clover seed elevator in Giloy
from which shipments of their high
grade clover seed go all over the
United States. One carload alone,
consigned to the Nebraska Seed COM
pany on November 20. 1919 brought
approximately $4,000, more than
the yearly income of the average
grain farmer.
raising, and the Eastmans maintaih a
good herd of about thirty good grade
and thoroughbred Holsteins. Scmc
hogs are raised, for market. There is
an excellent water supply on the
place. enough for 900 head OF stock.
The buildings are Of a good average
type with a fairly complete SET of
farm buildings, and two houses.
There are trees on every quarter but
one.>
Increasing the Wheat Yield.
Instead of wearing the soil out
with wheat growing as Of old, the
Eastmans now raise a bumper crop
on the good land every three years
rotating with the lagumes Flax has
been raised very advantageouslN9 or
the alka1i which has been restored by
the clover. Sweet clover is planted
with the wheat. This makes a yalu
able straw which sells at ten dollars
per ton. "A large acreage of corn i:
raised for insiiage. An excellen'
combination is made by cutting one
third sweet clover with two-third!
corn, 80 acres will be seeded to ahal
ia next summer.
Premium Potatoes.
While .Gilby was making a recort
, for it's production along other agri
cultural lines, the attention of w. A
! Golfer Of Sabin. Minnesota was at
. tracted to this territory. For eighteen
years he had been with Schroeder
!. Lde came to Gilby and started a po
ftato farm a short distance out q
I town. His crops average about tw'
s hundred bushels ITO the acre. MI
! Collier sells to II G. Lebrecht.3 bi
3 Kansas City potato dealer. Last yea
2 HIS potatoes sold at n premium owe
! any others on the Kansas City MAJ
Good Advertising.
!, Mr.. Collier, not only improved th
land he farms himself, but he is
i good booster for other land abou
Z Gilby, and 10 optimistic about Il
ling incident illustrates this
.Stght Unpeen,
: Mr.. Iebrecht and 4 party OF othe
men we're on an automobile tri
through North Dakota last fall. The
stopped In Gfiby for about ten mi1
Il utes, and Mi. Lebrecht remarks
q secsion for potato raising. w
+ Nrorbea volunteered 10 accomInohai
.AIrtghi. III take ii, said Mr. Z
bYechE 9"What do you want for lit!
sNinetyrnye dollars yper acre, !.