Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-16

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poinds. Several kinds Of water
melons had been planted and ali had
Yielded Bo1nttfu1ty. scores. Of the
ripened ,ne1oiis- had beeii picked. the
first HfHirg been ready for use in
August, but there We'rc still dozens Of
well natureua ones lying about amulg
tho vines. Mrs. Won Ruden treated
the guest tosUne ana it had tho finest
sweetest. freshest favor. that a lover
OF watermelon could imagine. SID
peiior in every. way to the Shipped in
variety.
fhe muskmelohs Mere like the
w~atermelona, of delicious iiavor and
Of A. size unequslled III this part or
the country. They we're ripehit,g
there by the score. Many had been
picked since the beginning Of the
season, but the vines looked as IL none
had been picked.
A CDach for Cinderella.
I. Cindereiia's fairy godmother would
have found just what she was looking
have dropped into Mr.. Won Ruden's
garden the night she fitted Cinder-
ella out to go to the, ball-sone OF
these pumpkins Mr. Won Ruben
raises would have made an ideal
coach. They are huge, smooth, round
yellow ones, and the larger ones must
weigh somewhere in the %%neighbor-
hood. of l25 pounds. AS many as
three Of these huge pumpkins lay al
most touching each other at Several
places among the vines.
Mr.. Won Ridden saves the seed from
his best products each year and 80
1r&AH6 1{pS Hj0I hSn III - ~ Sc . ts.n
crops. Perhaps that is one, reason
why his vegetables are so unusually
large and perfectly developed. Last
year his corn was seventeen feet tall,
equal that, II il the finest the Herald
visitor has seen. The cabbagea were
huge also, some OF the heads must
have weighed thirty-fve pounds.
Paris green is used on them when
they are small, before they have be-
sun to head. After that chloride Of
lime keeps- the BUTTERFLIES away:
ManglAs We're growing IN one part Of
the inangles crop amounted to 1900
bushels on three -quafters OF an acre
Some of these mangles weighed as
much as ~ pounds each. Rutabagas
were growing In the same magnificent
way. the sandy soil producing 4 crop
Of especially mild, fine flavor.
A few acres OF alfalfa stretching
ike a smooth. greer, carpet down one
side of the garden, was almost ready
for its fourth cutting this season.
No Fuel Shortage Here.
The willow hedge supplies all the
Ifirewood needed on the farm. and to
at are added logs OF ash which grows
plentifully on the tree claim of to the
southwest OF the farm home. This
tres claim MI. Won Ruben bought
when he came here frem R~oehester,
MINI Inn q wars . aso' and ne 1so
three and four hundred acres are un-
der cultivation OF the farm, and Mr..
Won Ruden says he feels at times. that
lis too much. It is his belief that one
uk the great troubles with North Da-
kota farmers II tina. they try to farm
TOO much land, or .'bite on more than
they can chew"
Always Diversified. !
.fhe good land wax ali taken when
Pane Mr.. Won Ruden said. .'This
place didn't look like much. Not an
acre hxd3 beer broken. and 1t Looked
wet and the slough looked discouraH-
ling to the maflTwho had III! III saw
lpoa4ibilitiessin It. ana was glad to get
lit. ISnever was afraid OF work, and
I had picked i pilots OF good ideas
from the men | had worked for in
soufl1ern MitinesotA.3 l put these
ideas 10 ut14 m soon Ass ~ rot the
chance. I began dtvsrsIfyinE from
this beginning. and have always
harmed that wRys That Is the only
way 'manscans make money withou,
rulning his iand.s Any man who i.
willing to work can make good in fhli
great Red River valley. He 5doesn,t