The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1922-11-24
FARMERS; UNDER WOOD S PRIZE WINNERS: ETC,

! FAR lllERS
FAR INSISTS HERE AND THERE.
Ed. Evenson of Max planted u
acres Of white sweet clover tn 1921
3 with wheat as s. nurse crop: Due to
/. 4 frost and some OF IT blowing out the
stand was q little thin and 1t was left
Ito reseed this year. Ed. says, IS some
of It grew up seven feet high and it
sure lis wonderful stun: 3
Amund Berg Of Douglas pastured
some sweet clover this year and said
i it made good pasture and the stock
stook#it before prairie grass after they
!. got used to it, Mr.. Berg keeps about
\ 100 IS. c: White Leghorn hens each
year: He marks them and keeps moth
/ ing over three years old. In 1921 he
! sold $286.0O worth Of eggs: No eggs
sold at Matching prices. Young stock
was sold for $23.O0 and he thinks that
chickens are a good side line on the
farm u. S. fsS8S ss5,,
r. #. Erb of Ryder had about the
best 81 orchard we have, seen in, the
county. Apples, ,plums and cherries
everywhere. The garden was also
!; good to look at and enough Of It to
feed q small army. The last time we
stopped there the cows were out in
1.-The garden, not the home garden hut
linS q garden Of IL acres of second
crop sweet clover That and four.
acres Of alfalfa were the only green
spots we saw all that day and it ! Is
needless to say that the cattle were
helping themselves to green pasture
even after the first snow Mr.: Erb
says the cattle have lived on there
since October 1st *: q SIS
[ j.. r.. Binkley OF Parshall cooperated
by giving his time and place for a
(; poultry culling demonstration. In
spite OF the snow and cold good.
share OF the farmers in the community
We're present. Mr.. Binkley; is going to
plant Is acres Of sweet clover next
spring. 55s ], :,: 81. 5s ssS :,
Peter Voth Of Benedict planted s
!, acres OF alfalfa last year, q Seven
pounds per acre were seeded without
nurse crop on SUNNI allow, broad
casted and dragged in. On July 8, 1922
which was little late, he cut 10 three
quarter. ton loads. He has good
catch. Twenty acres Of yellow:
sweet clover we're also planted this
spring. Mrs. Voth is a real gardner
and among other things she raised 17k
bushels OF ground 4cherries and 153
wash tubs full Of tomatoes. Mr.. Voth.
keeps daily record and could tell me
to the hour when he seeded or cut his
crop. He says the daily record settles:
lot Of sdisput s So!
A. a. Peck OF Underwood raised 220
acres OF Marquis wheat this year which
averaged IS bushels Mr. Peck be-
4lfeNes I'm corn. Last year eight acres
Swintered 100 chickens, 10 turkeys;
four hogs one half the season, fed four
horses all winter, fed all spring to
horses and they done we'll during
spring work. He estimated the yield
SO bushels per acre. Next year he will
plant 10 to- Is acres to hog of. He is
trying sweet clover and alfalfa on a
small scale and viii plant some more
next spring
Anton Blomberg Of Ruso has over
100 Bum Orpington Chickens. 1t is
the fourth year Mrs. Bloomberg Isl
keeping this breed and Sit isssureIy al
pretty sight, all the same color.
81 BLOW of Turtle Lake raised 20
acres Of sugar cane and likes 1t better
than fodder corn. After feeding 1t
Tor three weeks he changed the feed
but after two days the stock refused
to eat hay. They wanted sugar cane
His Blackchaff Durum averaged 10
bushels. He will try two or three
anroo xp . xvn nfx ali. ,n,,f a,,,,,,