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FARM DEPARTMENT
The Chronicle will lie glad to print contributed articles unrl-t
tills department head from Golden Valley Farmers. Anything pre
talning to grain growing pardoning, or stock raising that will be
of value to your neighbors should be sent in and we will gl.ull/
give it space without charge. Write on one side of the paper only
and mail to "Farm Department," Golden Valley Chronicle, Reach,
North Dakota.
North Dakota
vs. Illinois
Successful Grand Forks Farmer
Writes Interesting Letter to Mr.
Flint.
"I claim that a man can
take 160 acres of this
good land and put it in a
good state of cultivation
and make just as many
dollars year after year, as
he can on 160 acres in
Illinois. If anyone doubts
this, come to me and I
will prove it to him."
This is the closing paragraph
of a letter written by George W
Ausbury, a Grand Forks farmer,
to Commissioner Flint of the ag
ricultural department. The letter
is interesting and shows what can
be accomplished by attending to
business and staying on the job in
North Dakota- After a few intro
ductory remarks, Mr. Ausbury
says:
"I came here in the spring of
1910, and made a failure that
year, sowed 100 acres of clover
nnd got nothing. Of course, they
all gave me the laugh, but I went
ahead the next year and sowed
40 acres of clover and got a good
stand. The next year I sowed 80
^icres and got a good stand, and
have been s"fre«sfi'1 with clover
ever since. I found my mistake
the first vear
Alfalfa ard
Hops
1n 1911 I H^d ^00 acres of rve r-on of reliability and so we give
and 100 ?cres of wheat. They nis silo experience the way it was
me the at that, but I told us.
threshed o"t 15 bushes to thej "Last summer Mr. Powel built
acre, just the same. 1 ^ve had silo on his home farm east of
food success witk Alfalfa. a1?o.j Cando. It was a large silo, with
I have raised ?nd fiW"ned 475 a capacity of 160 tons, and cost
hen cf hosrs in t?e fovir vears Tig about $500. After harvest
I cla'm th^t hoorS
will
Q0
have 1 40 acres of clover and al
falfa on my farm now and am
going to sow more next spring.
"I raise horses, cattle, hogs,
poultry, wheat, rye, oats, barley,
flax, clover, alfalfa, potatoes and
corn. I aim to have something
to sell any time of the year.
More Opportunity Here.
"I just got back from Illinois.
I think that one has five times the
opportunity for making money
here than he has in Illinois, and
I also think it a much better clim
ate to live in.
"As to my success in North Da-
kota, I have no kick coming, in
fact, none of any kind to make
All there is to do is to keep a stiff
upper lip and go ahead.
"I claim that a man can take
160 acres of this good land and
put it in good state of cultivation
and make just as many dollars
year after year, as he can on 160
acres in Illinois. If anyone doubts
this, let him come to me and I
will prove it to him."
North Dakota
Corn Facts
In any section of the country
the average date of the first frost
killing in the fall is important to
a considerable extent as it de
termines the varieties of corn that
can be grown. Twenty years re
cord at the North Dakota Agri
cultural Experiment Station
shows that the average date of
the first killing frost is September
2*. The earliest killing frost in
the twenty years occurred on
August 21, 189 5, The latest
frost date was October 27, 1911.
The data seems to indicate that if
sla?e is to be made before frost
is expected one should plan on
beginning the 8th of September
or thereabouts. At this time the
corn should be between the glaz
ed stage and full maturity, pro
vided it has been carefully select
ed.
Only such vaireties should be
I
"I »l
selected and acclimated strain of
a generally late variety may
prove earlier than a poorly sel
ected non-acclimated strain of an
earlier variety.
The folowing are standard in
North Dakota and are arranged
in order of their earliness:
South half of state—Minnesa
ta No. 23, Northwestern Dent,
Rustler White Dent, Minnesota
No. 3,1 Wisconsin No. 7, Wiscon
sin No. 8.
North half of state—Golden
Dent, Minnesota No. 23, North
western Dent, Rustler White
Dent, Minnesota No. 1 3.
Most flints may be grown in
all parts of the state.
The Silo in
North Dakota
Many authorities agree that the
silo wil soon come to be the
trade mark of the North Dakota
Farmer. From all over the state
comes endorsement of the useful
ness and profitableness of the
ilo. Here is one from the Cando
Record of March eleventh:
Under the heading "Silo Pays
for Itself" the Record says:
"If it did not come from a pret
tv reliable source, we might be in
clined to doubt it—but it was R.
F. Powel who told us. and R- F.
is generally considered as a para-
do better his corn silage he found he
risrht h*re t^n thev w:l] jn Illinois Had only sixty tons, or not much
where I fed horrs for 30 years be-inore th^n one-third enough to
fore I rp.me here. I nade 97, fill the Filo. From the first regu
head of hoes \v° rrh 360 pounds• lar rations of silage gave the best
each last ve?r. When nine month' "f results, and after ten weeks of
old I sold them at $8 oer hund- feeding he finds that he has paid
redwe'ght-. The l?,?t
days I "r the silo out of the gains made
fed these ho^s thev paid me $1.- in his live stock. And he still has
27 per bushel for the ccrn they! a lot of silage left. Of
ate.
"I have stcck scale* on
farm and weigh my hogs every1 agree that he is a pretty careful
two weeks. I also weigh every I and conservative estimator,
bushel of feed they eat. That isi "If one man with a $500 silo
the only way to know what you one-third filled can pay for it out
are doing. I have 1 04 hogs and of the first ten weeks operation,
24 head of cattle on feed at the what will be the result when every
present time. I raised 3,000 bu-j farmer in Towner County owns
shels of matured ccrn on 80 acres! one of those money-making con
of the poorest land I have this traptions? Why, it brings to our
year. I hired this corn husked view such a celestial vision of fat
and weighed it over the scales. I ted calves, paid up subscriptions,
attempted as may reasonably be
expected to mature. Quite as
much depends upon the history
cf the seed as upon the variety States and the largest west of Chi
itself. For instance, an early
an
course,
I Hi*3 only an estimate, but every
my: body that knows Mr. Powel will
automobiles, macadamized roads,
unmortgaged churches, cash
stores and high salaried base ball
clubs that it is impossible for us
to give our grand view of the fu
ture adequate or sensible expres
sion.
NEWS NOTES
Waterworks in Skyeston is
now an assured thing. At Tues
a el on it as a
monstrated that the majority Df
the voters of the village wants a
city water plant.
Enough stock has been sub
scribed by farmers of the vicinity
for the purchase of the Carpio
creamery. Some 5 0 farmers have
each subscribed $2 5 and this con
centrated action of the dairymen
means much for the future of the
creamery and its backers.
Governor Spry filed with the
secretary of state his veto to the
Wootton statewide prohibition
bill which passed the recent legis
lature by a vote, of 40 to 5 in the
house, and 16 to 2 in the senate.
As the legislature has adjourned
the governor's veto is final.
The democrats of North Dak
ota are planning an aggressive
campaign already for the next
United States senatorship and
some of the leaders say they al
ready have the consent of for
mer Governor Burke, now United
States treasurer, to make the
race.
According to figures on file in
the office of State Auditor |or
genson the fourteenth legislative
assembly has cost up to date
$102.430.87. divided as follows:
Members mileage and per diem,
$56,013.50 Per diem, officers
and employes $28,540 Miscel
laneous expense, $2,727.37
Printing to date, $15,150 The
final total will run about the same
as the thirteenth session.
Announcement of the consolida
tion of the First Natonal and Se
curity National banks of Min
neapols was made last week.l he
capital stock of the new insttu
tion will be five million and with
the assets of the Minneapolis
Trust company, affiliated with the
consolidated bank, there will be
surplus of over six million and
deposits of fifty million. It is
stated the new institution is four
teenth in resources in the United
cago.
The resolution introduced by
Representative C. C. Turner in the
legislature and passed without op
position, asking congress to set
aside a land grant of 500,000
acres for each of the public land
states, has a very encouraging out
look at the present time. Sena
tors A. J. Gronna and P. J. Mc
Cumber, as well as Congressman
P. D. Norton, have signified their
willingness to do everything in
their power to secure national
legislation along this line.
To Regulate
Hog Cholera
Livestock Sanitary Board Issued
Regulations Relating to This
Disease.
Ten thousand hogs, or about
three per cent of the number of
hogs in the state last year, are
estimated to have perished from
hog cholera and another out
break of the disease is anticipated
this year in the state.
North Dakota is fast develop
ing the hog industry and cannot
affort to have cholera spread any
more. The government estimates
that there were 60,000 hogs in
the state in 1912, 115,000 in
1913, and 345,000 in 1914.
The state livestock sanitarv
board, anticipating the outbreak
of cholera in some parts of the
state, this year, has issued the
following regulations touching up
on the care of infected herds,
burial of carcasses, etc. which it
will insist on having enforced:
"The sudden death of one or
'wo hogs should lead owners to
suspect cholera. A careful ex
amination of the carcasses should
at once be made, preferably by a
veterinarian, and the carcasses
must then be deeply buried or
burned. (All hogs that have
died from any disease should be
buried cr burned.)
Use of Serum.
"When hog cholera is found to
exist the owner should immediate
ly resort to the use of anti-hog
cholera serum. Anti-hog cholera
serum rarely cures hegs that are
?ick with hog cholera, but is a
reasonably sure preventative.
Herds that are infected must be
confined to encloseures removed
from the public highway.
"Owners having the infection
on their premises must not visit
other hog lots and you should not
allow unauthorized persons to
enter the premises where the in
fected hogs are located. Only
the one whose duty it is to feed
the hogs should be allowed to vis
it the pens and this attendant
should keep away from the neigh
bors' pens..
"In instances where hog chol
era has been found to exist by an
agent of the state livestock sani
tary board, the premises shall be
posted by having a placard bear
ing the words "Quarantine Hog
Cholera Keep Out" placed in a
conspicuous place near the en
trance to premises.
"Pens that have contained hogs
affected with cholera should be
thoroughly disinfected with a
three per cent solution of com
pound solution of Cresol. Hog
lots that have contained cholera
hogs should be deeply plowed.
Dispose of Carcasses.
"The law provides that it shall
-e the duty of the owner or per
son having in charge any swine
that have died of any disease to
immediately dispose of the car
casses by burying or burning
same.
"The law prohibits the convey
ance of diseased swine exposed
to disease, along or upon any
oublic highway. It is unlawful
for any person negligently or will
fully to allow his hogs or those
under his control that are afflicted
with any disease or exposed there
to, to escape his control or run at
large.
"Penalty: Any person violat
ing any of the provisions of this
act or any rule or regulation made
by the state livestock sanitary
*"oard shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor and be punished by a
fine of not less than $25-00 or
more than $500, or by imprison
ment not less than thirty days or
more than ninety days.
Livestock Sanitary Board,
E. J. Walsh, Pres.
Attest: W. L. Richards, Secre
tary W. F. Drewe, Executive Of
ficer.
GOLDEN VALLEY CHRONICLE
Petition For the
Division of Mont.
The Harlowton Commercial Club
Would Cut State Into Two
Parts.
At various times within the
last decade there has been talk of
launching a campaign which had
for its purpose the division of
Montana into two states. As a
basis for argument in each and
every instance, it was pointed out
that the Treasure state is excep
tionally large, but the main point
upon which stress was laid was
hat the eastern parts are entirely
different from the western parts
as to resources the one being de
voted to agriculture and stock
raioirg and the other to mining
and lumbering, and that for such
reason the interests of the people
would be far better subserved re
spectively, were two separate
«ta»-e governments set up.
The division question is again
in the limelight, according to the
following story, which appeared
this week in the Billings Journal:
The receipt Saturday by a
Billings business man of a postal
card from Great Falls with the
expression, "Great Falls for the
Capital," imprinted with a rubber
stamp, which at first seemed
somewhat of a mystery, is ex
plained by the Great Falls Trib
une, which declares an unknown
person has sent out a large num
ber of cards. It expresses the be
lief that this is the result of a cam
paign along the lines started some
time ago in North Dakota to
make anew state out of the east
ern part of Montana and the
western part of North Dakota,
but declares that the move has
few supporters in Great Falls,
"which doesn't want to he the
capital of anvthing except Cas
cade county."
In this connection the action of
the Commercial club of Harlow
ton last week is interesting- This
body unanimously adopted the
following resolutions favoring the
division of the state:
"Be it resolved by this meeting
assembled that we are strongly in
favor of the division of the state
of Montana. Whereas, nature it
self has drawn the lines of de
marcation between east and west
Montana, the resources and in
terests of one part being mineral
and the other agricultural.
Whereas, there exists a discrim
ination and bias against the nat
ural expansion of eastern Mont
ana, causing a dual state govern
ment which is injurious to the full
development of so large a state,
^nd whereas, the institutions of
higher education are all in west
ern Montana and so scattered that
the burden of taxation for their
support is much Greater than the
benefits derived therefrom and
whereas, the added representa
tion in the federal congress will
•?reatlv benefit all western states
and the constitution of eastern
Montana can £nd will be drawn
to meet the requirements of ex
panding agriculture be it there
fore resolved, that we join in a
petition for the division of the
large state of Montana for the
good of all concerned."—Glen
dive Review.
THE BIG REDWOODS.
On* Tree Cut In 1900 Was Nearly
Fourteen Centuries Old.
The biggest stand* of redwood tim
ber are lc Del Norte. Bumboidt and
Mendocino counties. Cat, out Were are
Isolated group* an far north aa tbe
Chetco river In Curry county. Ore., and
as far soutb aa tbe Mauta Lucia moun
tains. Monterey county. Tbe redwood
belt Is from twenty to forty miles wide,
tbe trees growing on tbe west slopes of
tbe coast range.
Tbe enormous belgbt and diameter of
tbe redwood Is due to tbe great rain
fall In tbe autumn and winter, trom
thirty to sixty Inches, and to tbe sea
fogs wblcb batbe tbe coast In tbe sum
mer. There are two type* of tbe red
wood. those wblcb grow on tbe slopes
and tbone on tbe flats or bottom lands.
The slope redwood Is tbe common type,
and it grows mixed witb otber woods,
such as red ttr. tan bark oak and wbite
tir. As tbe slopes become moderate,
tbe altitude lower, tbe soil deeper and
tbe water supply better tbe redwood
steadily gains on tbe otber species un
til on tbe rlcb fiats there Is no otber
tree
The extreme form of tbe redwood
fiat Is along the Eel river, and bere tbe
trees attain their greatest known
belgbt and clear lengtb. Under best
conditions these trees grow to be 8AU
feet high, witb a diameter of twenty
feet Most of tbe redwoods cut are
from 400 to 300 years old, and tbe old
est tree found during tbe government
Investigation In 1U00 was 1,373 yearn
old.
The tree when normal baa a straight,
sllgbtly tapered bole clear for metre
than 100 feet and a crown of borlzon
tal branches that may occupy from
one-third to one-balf of Its total lengtb
Tbe enemies of redwood are few, and
It suffers from tbem less than other
trees. Tbe wind can scarcely uproot It.
Insects seeiu to do It little barm, sua
fungi seldom affects It Even fire, tbe
great enemy of all trees, tbougb It may
occasionally kill wbole stands ot young
redwood growtn. la unable to pene
trate tbe fireproof sheathing of shaggy
bark witb wblcb tbe old trees protect
themselves.
Let us see. Do you know of any other
"Six" that has the beauty and distinction of
design, the seven-passenger roominess of the
Paige the power and flexibility of the Paige
Continental motor, the Gray & Davis starting
and lighting system, the Bosch magneto, the
Rayfield carburetor, the Paige-cantilever
spring suspension, the general elegance and
yet economy of the Paige Six"—at a price
within $200 of the Paige "Six" price?
DOES HEREDITY EXIST?
If It Does It H»s Never Been Proved.
It Is Claimed.
Is there such a thing as heredity?
A father b:ts blue eyes, nnd so has his
son. Is there a special energy or force
that did this? Suppose bis son bus
brown eyes. Did heredity stop acting?
Was it, so to speak, turned off? Tbat
Is absurd. The forces which caused
the boy's eyes in one case to be like
the father's and in the next case un
like were tbe same. No one doubts
that No new force or energy had
been introduced.
Heredity, therefore. Is not a thing
In itself. It has no existence, in fact
It denotes no constant actual living
force. It Is simply nouu derived
from tbe adjective hereditary. Herod
itary means banded down from parent
to child, simply that nnd nothing more
An estate is hereditary Tlie
Ihowii
eyes were as truly hereditary as
the
blue, no more, uo less As all life
proceeds from life, all life In every
detail is hereditary. Try to realize
and be certain of this. It will prevent
you from falling into errors. It Is
commonly said, for Instance, tbat cer
tain qualities are hereditary and otb
era not For Instance, a genius sud
denly appearing of commonplace pro
Realtors is said not to be hereditary
But a genius is born, so be must be
hereditary In tbe true sense genius Is
not acquired.
Thus In common usage tbe word he
reditary is abused and twisted into
meaning something It does not mean
namely. a tendency In children to re
produce tbe more or less unusual quali
ties of parents. It is assumed tbat
there Is such a general tendency, but
it bas never been proved.—Atlantic.
Describing ths Grand Canyon.
As for tbe Grand Canyon of tbe
Colorado, It affects those wbo behold
It witb a kind of literary asthma.
They desire to describe It some try
pnsslonately, but tbey only wheeze and
look as tbougb tbey might explode.
Since It Is generally admitted that no
one who bas seen it can describe it tbe
task would manifestly devolve upon
some one wbo bas not seen It and
tbat requirement Is filled by me. I
bave not seen It I am not Impressed
Dy It at all. I am able to speak of It
witb coherence and restraint But
even tbat I shall not do.—Julian Street
In Collier's Weekly.
Pond Recollections.
"Speaking of old times," said a mem
ber or the Reminiscence club, "1 can
remember when a waiter would say
Thank you' out loud for a twenty-five
cent tip."
"That's nothing," replied his com
panlon. "I can remember when 1
would look at tbe list of dishes on a
menu to see what I wanted instead
of looking first at the prices to see
what I could afford."—Washington
Star.
Elsctrlo Currents.
Wbetber an electric current Is alter
nating or direct may be determined by
holding a magnet near an incandescent
lamp burning In tbe circuit If the
current be alternating the filament will
vibrate If direct It will bend toward
tbe magnet without vibrating. Ex
"Thm Standard of Valu* ana Quality
"That Paige Is A Great
DAmerican-made
O YOU KNOW why people say that—why YOU yourself say it?
Perhaps, you have heard tliat in actual sales Paige cars led every
motor car at all the Automobile Shows this season.
Perhaps, you know that the Paige "Six-46," a big
seven-passenger
"Six" for
$1395, has proved easily the most popular "Six"—at any price—on the market
this season. Perhaps, you have heard that at the new price, $1075, the Paige
"Four-36" has already dominated the "Four" field this season. Perhaps, you
know that Paige Sales have increased 61 per cent over the corresponding
period of last year that the huge Paige factory is v.*orking 24 hours a day to
fill Paige orders. These things are proofs that the Paige car "Six" or
"Four"—IS "a great car," as you say.
W
That is $1395 That is $1075
It is good to know that Paige cars are at the pinnacle now in popu
larity, sales, national confidence. But we want the world to know
WHY.
Come and see and drive these two wonderful Paige cars,
leave the verdict to you.
Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich*
C. F. SMITH, Agent
WISCONSIN CAFE
Place has been remodeled and new
Fixtures and Booths installed. It
is now in First Class Shape»Good
Cooking and Good Service.
F. J. ESSENE, Proprietor
The North Side Feed and
Livery Sale Stable
F. C. KNODLE, Proprietor
Horse and Auto Livery With Careful Driving
Good Hay and Running Water from City Waterworks
PRICES REASONABLE AND SERVICE THE BEST
Make Our Place Your Barn and Livery Headquarters
For Reliable Information Read the Chronicle
WE ALWAYS HAVE
Plenty Money
on hand for real estate loans. If you want a loan
you will do well to see us as we are the oldest and
best established loan agency in this territory.
will give any prepayment privileges.
WE WRITE ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE.
PIESIK LAND & LOAN CO.
B. T. PIESIK, Manager
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The same with the Paige Glonwood "Four
36". Do you know of any other "Four" that
has the beauty and five-passenger comfort of
the Glenwood, the cower and reputation for
service, the Gray «t Davis lighting and start
ing system, the Bosch magneto, the silent
chain drive, the multiple disc cork-insert
clutch, the elegance and excellence of gen
eral design of the Glenwood—at a price
within $200 of the Paige price?
Well
FAIRFIELD
S I 4 6
$1395
$1075
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