The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1922-08-18
FARM VISITS HERE AND THERE
BY COUNTY AGENT A. I. N0RLING

G. F. Larson, Douglas,' always ay-
eraged better than ten bushels OF
wheat per acre. "Good plowing helps" ="
says Mr.. Larson.
F.. G.. Monts, Max, raised 40 gallons
of gooseberries from a row Of bushes
which were set out from one single
bush not long ago. Don't go without
gooseberries. You can grow them just
as we'll as Mr. Monts -
M. e. Songstad, Max, is a member
of the township board and is interest
ed in keeping the township free Of
dangerous weeds.
Frank Peterson. Coal Harbor, is in
terested in getting a few more Hol-
stems. He has just bought some grade
heifers from H. S. Reeshagen, Under
wood. & FIJI ss IS
!, J. H. Snippen, Roseglen, mas quar-
ter section of sheep, nine hundred.
more or less, according to the Govern
ment survey. Bronze grass pasture is
what he feeds them. "SinceI started
mixing the bronze grass seed and grain
in the granary before taking 1t to the
machine have never had any trouble
making the grass seed go through the
drill," said Mr.. Snippen.
Charley Sandberg, Coal Harbor, had
quite a little Of his corn damaged by
cut worms this spring. Many others
had to seed millet as nearly all the
corn was destroyed.
Otto Hagberg, Coal Harbor, bought a
registered Shorthorn sire at the Nc
Clusky show and sale. A purebred sire
Of any breed will, in a few years, i'm.
prove the looks and quality of any
herd. Mr.. Hagberg is on the right
track, ]; believe. .s5 4, sS55 4.
;$s w. Flynn, Ryder, is cutting 115
acres OF bronze grass for seed. Last
year his bronze grass brought him $14
per acre for the seed in addition to
about one ton Of hay stubble per acre
F.. r. Allen, Max, has large field OF
EARLY Ohio. Rs, s3.2 $45s s5:
{ Fred Riebhoff, Coal Harbor, has
built a concrete water tank that should
last forever. u }sf S@t$ .ss5
o. B. johnson, Garrison, had little
or no trouble from cutworms this
spring. !; 1. $s
James Lambert, Wilton, put in some
sweet clover his spring. He also
planted some certified Early Ohio po-
tatoes. n ,:5
81 81. u: Gage, Ranb, has real vege-
table and fruit garden. The plums
are SO thick on some Of the branches
that all you can, see Is q mass Of
iplums. Mr.. Gage has no windbreak
or other prot ection either. You don't
have to 60 to Calf fornia to raise plums,
berries and vegetables. Ask Mr.. Gage
how to do IT, u
b Jake Simons, Max, Is raising Early
Ohio potatoes this year.
H. G. RandOl :Raub, got thirty loads
OF Amber Sugar Cane Sof 8 acres last
year. This year he has 16 acres. He
likes 3it better than fodd ders corn: Mr.
Randol has q, splendid wind dbreak start,
ed ana Mrs. Randoli has an 4 OIL
garden Sweet clover and D1 wheat
are other things Of interest: He has is
already cut his sweet clover twice for
hay this year, securing two tons per
acre. ME-. Randol said s" That part Of
the field which IL inoc ulated did very
much better: e 5$s
q ss3S Ben Amundson, Coal Harbor, has q
splendid 4 set Of farm build dings He
has bought "a HolsteinS sire from $H. q.
Reeshagen, UnderWo sis553;, 4
fS q III Young, Coal I1arbor, ds rying
the new smut treatment sSsss
Chas. FindIey,, ilton, has planted
St some ma certified EARLY Ohio pot tatoes.E
Ole SBendfc ckson,S MAJ, is growing a
SIartga field or the Earl Ohio Spotatoes.i
sss III 4 spanld Ing Coal IIartjor. has
planted large potat eld his yeaEs
Robert Leroy, Und derWoOd, had
more mi f,eBS I'M d en- his vines thansWe