The Bismarck tribune., 1937-09-09
O. o N TIN u E II
from page one
Irrigated n. %. Farms
Grow Good Crops, Too

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yield. His tomatoes, for example, did
mot come into bearing early because
Iof adverse weather conditions and
lack Of water but it would easily be
possible to pick peck Of large, green
tomatoes from many Of the vines
now. II frost holds out for q few
weeks he will realize q profit on them.
They are not nearly as good as he
has had some years on the old irrt-
CATION project, he AYERS, but to the
average observer he appears to have
quite q crop.
Cabbages Do Well
Cabbages did well. In Houser,s big
root cellar are heads Of the same
varieties as were on display at the
Eichland (Mont) county fair. And
the quality and size looked, TO- be
about the same.
Corn did well on Houser's place,
although none OF his stalks were as
high as the punches of 12-foot corn
which the Montanans have on dis
play.
The Mckenzie county man has al
ways done well with melons and this
year will have fair crop Of both
cantaloupes and watermelons. They
seemed to be as thick on his vines Is
on the vines at the Clayton Worst
farm, nearly 100 miles west on the
western edge Of Mckenzie county.
Houser's watermelons were as good as
Worsts.
Worst has 90 acres in Great North
[ern beans. They were being har-
vested this week. The vines still were
green and the pods hung long and
full.
Bean vines on the Houser farm had
dried out. They were not as large
developed.
But the tops on the sugar beets
planted on trial acre at the prison
farm are even bigger than those in
Montana and the roots appear to be
comparable in size. In short, al
though Back has done a better job
because he hasn't had the handicaps
which faced operators Of the prison
farm, he will hardly get more beet
tonnage or more beet tops for feeding
to livestock.
Have Higher Sugar Content
The probability is that his beets
will show q higher suger content than
those produced here. The reason is
that the sugar is stored in the beet
in the late period Of its maturity.
Analysed now. according to Montana
Is those on the Worst place. It was
apparent that Houser has something
to learn about commercial production
Of beans.
But the vines hung full OF pods and
the beans inside them appeared to
be Of excellent quality. EEL
Comparison Favorable
In brief, taking into account the
fsct that Houser got started late, his
production compares very favorable
with that on the Worst place. one
Of the finest farms In the irrigated
Yellowstone valley.
The same general conditions enter
into . comparison of the production
on the penitentiary,s irrigated farm
near Bismarck and that on the Nels
Back farm at Sidney.
Back has big sugar beet field and
It Is In good condition. The tops are
lush and green and the roots are we'll
men, the beets at Sidney probably
would show 13 per cent sugar. When
they are harvested the average will
be about l7h per cent. The beet Is
standing still In size but 1t Is storing
up sugar.
Tho beets at the prison farm were
planted month later than those at
Sidney. They are still growing. I'm
less they have time to mature prop.
Ierly the Montana beets may prove to
be somewhat sweeter. What Z COM
|parison would show another year will
have to be developed by the produc-
tion Of another year.
Houser,s troubles have been re-
counted briefly. But the prison farm
has had troubles, too. They are 20
typical Of what may be expected In
attempts TO irrisate along the Mis-
souri, river that they will be discussed
iE separate article.
Editors Note:-This Is the Sec
ond Of q series Of articles compar-
ing irrigation In North Dakota
and Montana. The third will ap-
pear In an early issue.
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