The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13

dug, when they are turned loose to
hog off" the flint corn and get ready
for market.
Ole always keeps plenty,of barley
on hand for stock feed whenever it is
needed.
Ole and his family do them own
work. He never plows less than six or
seven inches deep, and always packs
the ground thoroughly after blowing.
He also discs his grain fields as soon
after the grain is cut as possible to
kill the weeds and to form mulch
which prevents evaporation of the
moisture.
The eggs from his Rhode Island
Reds and the garden truck he raises
cut his living expenses to minimum.
His cows average him about $500 a
week the year around The manure
they supply, and the scarcity of weeds
on account of his cultivated crop in
sures him big yields of grain And
owing to the absence of weeds on his
land and its high state of fertility
thanks to regular applications Of ma
nure, together with discing soon after
the grain is. cut he requires only
about half as much moisture to make
a crop as his big wheat farmer neigh
Dor across the road. Moreover, his
soil is growing more fertile all the
time and weeds are kept in subsection.
His ten acres of Grimm alfalfa aver
ages ton of hay per acre every year
and, later, a crop Of seed. On an aver
age he annually sells 100000 worth Of
alfalfa seed. His thirty hogs also
supplement the family income in the
neighborhood of 100000 per year.
Between the poultry, hogs, alfalfa
seed, wheat, potatoes and butterfat,
Ole makes good living and his bank
account is growing-and all on quar-
ter section of land. He pays spot
cash for what he buys.
Last year he loaned his neighbor,
Henry Smith. who runs a/two section
wheat farm, 100000. Smiths crop
failed on account of drought (weeds)
while Oe's wheat yielded Is bushels
per acre, though he generally averages
rs bushels, with oats and barley crops
in proportion.
Ole's Plan Can lie Varied
Now, Ole's system can be varied in
many ways and adapted to larger
acreage, but the fundamentals should
not be ignored A variety of incomes
insures prosperity.
And the State offers opportunity for
thousands Of families living on rented
farms in the east to locate locate here
and follow Ole's system of mixed
farming.
Ole's system Of farming would soon
raise the average value of western
North Dakota soil to better than 500
per acre.
The big farm must 60. Weeds must
be destroyed. The soil must be kept
fertile. Moisture must be conserved.
The dairy COW is the center of the cir
Gle around which all these agricultural
reforms swing. She is the queen Of
North Dakota's coming prosperity.
The weekly cream check insures cash
for family expenses,-and then some.
Ole's system, or something similar,
will work every time and when faith
fully followed the soil and climatic
conditions of North Dakota Will be
found to be as nearly ideal for assured
prosperity as any in the world. All
that is necessary is for the farmer to
faithfully comply with Natures de-
mands.
Ole also feels quite certain that it
would be even more profitable, espec-
tally on a larger farm, to divide the
farm into five fields instead of four,
and to summer fallow one field each
year, blowing down crop of peas,
beans, clover or other nitrogen-gath-
ering crop to increase the humus in the
soil.
1t is worth thinking about.
Department of immigration,
Bismarck, n. Oak.