The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-23
Bismarck, North Dakota

duction of 157 lbs. to the hive, which was the
highest of any state in the Union. Why this
rapid development in production and quality?
The answer is, acres and acres of sweet clover;
the long, warm, sunshiny days and the short
cool nights. The long days giving longer hours
for bee work, and the short, cool nights prepici-
tatng, in largest quantity, the nectar in che
clover blossoms.
Soil Unsurpassed.
Our soil is easily and quickly put into crop con-
dition. 1t is rich and highly productive. We
have the best agricultural climate; plenty of pure
water; enough lakes and rivers; ample rainfall
and abundant sunshine. We have three transton-
tinental lines, and their numerous branches, cob
webbing the state in all directions, therefore ex
cellent transportation facilities.
North Dakota's soil, measured by what it can
40 and is doing, as to quantity, quality and va
rety Of agricultural production, is the best and
cheapest land in this or any other country The
Government Bureau of Soils, Department of Agri
culture makes this very terse and suggestive
statement regarding the character of soil in the
several states of the Union. In making COM
parison we select four of the great outstanding
agricultural states, namely Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Illinois and Iowa. Minnesota-Forest Soils light
in color, low in humas, fair amount of minerals
llinois-Soil dark in color, rich, needs drainage;
Iowa-So dark, well drained, productive; North
Dakota * Soil black continuous highly produc-
tive.
10y IHc way VI illustrating inc ease WlCn Wnlcn
raw land be brought under production
a new settler coming to North Dakota with five
good horses and gang pillow can begin the break
ing of his l60 acres of virgin soil amid the song
of the meadow lark and the chirp of the ground
SQUIRREL he can put in ten acres of corn for for.
age and fifty acres of fax, during the proper seed
ing season, and continue the breaking operation
up to the middle of july with his holdings then
all under the pillow. At the harvest season he can
garner into his granary his first crop before the
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ground squirrel has hbernated for the winter.
North Dakota Young in Years.
When North Dakota became a state in 1889,
Indiana state was seventy-five years old; ILL
nois scven-one; Michigan fifty-two; Iowa forty
three; Wisconsin forty lone; Minnesota thirty-one
and Nebraska twenty-five. All these states of
the middle West have had from one to three gen.
erations the start of US, yet it can be said that
the youthfulness of our state has not prevented
us from taking a high place, both in general prog
ress and in the volume and value of agricultural
production. ...~- :. ,.s~
With vast acreage yet to feel the plowshare
in 1924 we produced in value our farms $4lS,-
557 749 the largest agricultural per capital value
$685. and the largest average farm value, 1884.
of any state in the Union measured by population
and number of farms sra d t,.1 1et2
One of the big. new and proper questions OF
these days is: What can state or country do
for humanity?' North Dakota's very satisfac
greater quantity of human food, both for home
and worldwide consumption than any state of like
numbers in the world" Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin have nearly reach
cd the. zenith of their agricultural production:
while North Dakota is still in the early dawn of
her great productive possibilities.
Home Ownership.
North Dakota has more people owning their
own homes than any other state in the Union;
653 out of each 1000 in North Dakota own the
homes they live in, while the percentage of home
owners for the entire country is $50 per 1,0O0.a
North Dakota has more automobiles, accord
ing to it's population than any other state in the
Union,-115,000 or one for every six people,
No Fuel Problem.
North Dakota has six hundred billion tons OF
hinh nrado lnnito coal Tho o.,oa%o donnoit of a.