The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-25
Mclean Farmers
Learn What Their
NeighbOrs Are Doing

Washburn, N. d., June 25.-The
first MceLan county auto farm-.tour
to be conducted in this county was
completed last Tuesday acclaimed by
all who took part to be a complete
success in every way, and surprising
the expectations of the promoters.
The auto tour idea has been develop
ing in the minds of many of the pco-
pie of this county for the last several
years past but not until Tuesday did
the idea finally reach the actual stage
Of completion. The stmulant that
such a trip adds to farming cannot
be measured in dollars and cents,
of the affair is big and will grow big
ger as more and more people take
advantage Of such trips and go
around and see how the other far
mcrs are overcoming the obstacles
that are constantly confronting the
farmers on every hand. The farmers
so about and see the fine farms of
their neighbors, see the best stock
in the community, the best horses,
the best cows, the best chickens, the
best barns, the best silos, the best
alfalfa fields, the best Sweet Glover
fields, the best wheat grass. the best
wheat, the best corn, the best oats,
the best of everything in the com
mun..y, and he will go home with a
tremendous resolve that he Will make
his farm just as profitable and just
as attractive as his neighbors.
The first stop was at the Maxwell
farm, where the Holstein herd was
viewed Mr.. Maxwell showed what
could be done with high grade Hol-
stems.
A grove of Mr.. VIM. Leben inter-
cstcd the visitors at the next stop.
Also the field of Hubam, the annual
Sweet Glover was gone over and the
wonders of this crop noted. The
farms of Mclean county do not have
to be trcelcss and dull and barren
nor do the cattle and horses need to
20 hungry because they are on a farm
in Mclean and not in Iowa.
Chester White means more to those
"Ilo sd" tHc Hciu pigs
to Mike Gregory.
Is chicken raising a success? White
| Wyanndotes and success go hand in
hand claims John Obcrg, and he
knows, because he has them and is
successful with them, too.
Alfalfa hay and alfalfa seed is
what the visitors saw on the VIM.
Bickert farm on the Painted Woods
Lake bottom. The first hay crop has
been cut for this year on the field
that asst fall yielded $50 pounds of
clean seed to the acre that sold for
30 cents per pound, md that besides
a fine hay crop on the first years
seeding. There is still much Yellow
Gold-it's being made fl ON Alfalfa
Red Duroc Jersey hogs is what
Josephson Bros. put their faith IL.
They are mortgage filters and this
and this farm is not going to have
any to lift if they keep on with this
class of stock raising.
John ArrErimson is making a sue
cess of sheep raising, the herd grew
from 80 to 85 this spring.
Eight span of fine WORK horses har-
messed and out for show were found
at Everson Bros farm. The Perch cron
stallion brought out for show has
the best record of any horse in the
county. The tractor is going to rust
away and the horse is coming back
into his own. Everson Bros. also nave
sixty acres of Sweet Glover too, that
has just nettcd them fine crop OF
hay.
/ Black Angus means som ething to
the folks who saw the herd belong
ing to Pete Larson, who displayed a
whole yard full of coal black money
makers. He won the sweep stake
prizes in the St. Paul stock feeders
show in 1917 and there was no doubt
about the decision either.
A look at a real dairy farm is what
the visitors saw at the Hillside Dairy
farm, owned and operated by Andrew
Sauer. Andrew has GO head of Hoi-
stems, thirty-five of them registered
in the National association. Twu
dairy barns with full equipment ia
the way of stauncheons, stalls and
milking machine were inspected by
at least eighty people.
A modern ten thousand bushel ele-
vator, with complete cleaning equip
ment for grain and everything handy
for griding feed is a mighty handy
thing to have on the farm, says Ole
Holtan. 1t means better grain for
the market and cleaner grain for the
seed bed. 1t means that the small
and worthless grain as far as COM
the farm and are fed to the stock.
The grade and value OF the grain
sold is raised by sending it through
the mill before it is marketed. A good
store house on the farm will go a
long way toward correcting the evils
of the marketing system that seems
to be giving the American farmers so
much trouble.
If it hadn't been covered the visi-
tors might have used the 14O barrel
water supply tank on the Ben John
son farm for swimming place. AS
it was, they didn't. Ben showed
them how he keeps the frost out of
his silo too, by adding triple thick
ness of tar paper and Shooting to the
outside. Plenty Of fresh water and
fresh unfrozen silage ought to make
any cow happy. They are on this
farm. -