Golden Valley chronicle., July 30, 1915, Image 6

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North DukotH.
FARM DEPARTMEN1
The Chronicle will he glad to print contributed articles
this department head from Golden Valley Farmers. Anything pre
talnlng to grain growing, gardening, or stock raising that will lo
of value to your neighbors should be sent in and we will gbiril/
give It space without charge. Write on one side of the paper only
and mall to "Farm Department," Golden Valley Chronicle, tteach.
Improve Native
Pastures
It is becoming evident that
very many fenced pastures, cs
pecially those adjacent to build
ings, have decreased in value
during the past few years. The
pastures have been overstocked,
and as a result the grasses in the
pasture have decreased in quan
tity while certain native plants,
particularly the small sages, have
become very abundant. Inis
holds true in any locality indeed
it is not difficult to find pastures
where the useless native plants,
useless from a grazing standpoint,
compose 75 per cent or more ot
the total vegetation. Certainly
such pastures are carried at a de
cided loss.
Many farmers believe that the
average native hay meadow is no
longer an asset because tame hay
plants yield so much more If
this be true in regard to a native
hay meadow in good condition,
'how much more true must it be
of a native pasture less than 50
per cent normal. The conclusion
so far then is that a large number
of native pastures which can be
plowed and which have grown
more or less to weeds, become a
liability rather than an asset to
the farmer.
There is a practical method for
the improvement of such pastures
used somewhat in North Dakota.
If a man has say ten acres of
fenced pasture, the amount of
such pasture which he wants to
improve can be manured, and
then broken when in good condi"
tion for such work—say in June.
Discing and harrowing the land
will put it in fair condition. Furth
er work on the land may be need
ed ip the fall and again in the
spring following, preparatory to
seeding.
The pasture is to be seeded to
a mixture of brome grass and alf
alfa. Care should be taken to se*
cure good brome seed free from
quack. This is a matter of much
importance. The alfalfa seed
should be the 6rimm, or equal
to that in hardiness. The rate
of seeding may be at the rate of
1 5 pounds of brome and two or
three pounds of alfalfa seed per
acre. It is best to seed without
a nurse. Crop and seeding is
is perhaps best accomplished by
means of a wheelbarrow type of
broadcast seeder, followed up by
the peg tooth harrow.
In following this method the
stock may remain on both the old
and new pastures during the first
and following seasons.
If the foregoing work be well
done the farmer will find the car.
rying capacity of the new pas
tures to be several times that of
the old ard the new pasture will
become an important asset of the
farm.
Aberdeen, S. D., July 27.—
Germans in this section are tak
ing up a collection for aiding the
German prisoners of war in Si*
beria. It is stated that more than
$150,000 has been raised in the
Dakotas and Minnesota for Ger
man soldiers now ip concentration
camps in Siberia. Most of the
money, local collectors state, is
sent to the German Red Cross
society in China and forwarded
from there to the prisoners.
Sounds the
Old Slogan
As the threshing season ad
vances, the colleges of agricul
ture again sound the old slogan,
but ever important slogan, of sav
ing the straw,stacks. The depart"
mena of Agronomy at Grand
Forks says that the crying need of
our soils is more organic matter.
This can be supplied at home
with the adoption of proper farm
practices. A straw pile from a
20-acre field, for instance, is
worth from $50 to $75, or $2.50
a ton. in nitrogen, phosphoric ac
id, and potash alone. When the
straw pile is burned, only 3 per
cent of the former value is re
tained.
The means of disposing of the
straw varies. On one farm during
the seasons of 1911 and 1912 the
wheat straw from a 40"acre field
for two years was distributed by
hand on a windy day on a 20
acre plot. The adioining 20-acre
plot was left without straw. The
yield of wheat during 1913 on
the plot to which the straw had
been applied was 26 bushels, and
on the other plot seven bushels
Young Men for
Military School
Any young man desiring to se
cure an appointment to the Un
ited States Military Academy at
West Point, New York, should
send his application to S
Senator A. J. Gronna, Lakota,
North Dakota. One principal
and two alternates will be named
for a vacancy at the academy dur
next June the entrance examina"
tions, mental and physical, will
be given at Fort Snelling, Minne
sota, next March. Candidates
must not be less than 1 7 or more
than 22 years of age on the
date of admission. A candidate
should have a natural aptitude for
and a thorough grounding in
mathematics, otherwise, even if
he passed the entrance examina
tion successfully, he would find
great difficulty in completing the
course at the academy. The en
trance examination covers alge~
bra, plane geometry, English
grammar, English composition
and English literature, geogra
phy, United States history and
general history.
When writing Senator Gronna
an applicant should give his full
name, the place and date of his
birth, the number of years he has
been a resdient of North Dakota,
his previous education, when
practicable the standings receiv
ed in high school and college
height and general condition of
his health. The application should
be accompanied by testimonials
from two responsible citizens as
to the applicant's character and
habits.
The storm of last Friday did
considerable damage at the
home of Chas. Woodsend. Sev
eral head of stock were very sev
erely injured and two valuabl
hogs were killed as a result of
the win^ stcrm that preceded the
rain.
Read all the Chronical ads.
Have Your
Engines Repaired
We have secured the services
of two gasoline tractor experts and
are prepared to
REBUILD, OVERHAUL,
and REPAIR
all kinds of gas engines. Cylinders
rebored-
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Geo. M. Stockwell Co.
May Have
Electric Service
J. G. Robertson of St. Paul,
owner of the Beach electric light
plant, is now in Beach and has
times within the past couple of
weeks, investigating the advisabil
ity and feasibility of supplying
Sentinel Butte with electric light
and power. 1
he gentleman has
decided that the proposition is
a feasible one and has made ap
plication to the city council for
a franchise, proposing for the
present to wire the juice down
here from Beach. He will, how"
ever, we understand, put in a
line so constructed that he may
at any time install a plant at one
of the big coal mines out at the
butte and generate the power
there for both towns. This last
scheme has been a pet one of the
writer's for many years and we
believe it is the feasible plan of
furnishing electricity for the two
towns that could be worked out
'n this case it would also be feas
ible to wire the juice to the new
own of Golva and in case this
town grows as is predicted, the
three towns would make a nice
business for an electric plant
'n eastern towns it has been found
to be quite feasible to transmit
electricity from one town to the
other over a distance of a good
many miles and in some instance?
smaller plants have been dispens
ed wUh and this plan relied upon
entirely. The advantage ot this
plan over having a local plant is
that we would get 2.4-hour service
while under the present plan
Beach has night service only, and
in case Sentinel Butte installed
local system night service jyould
be all we could expect and not all
night at that. The Republican
is not prepared t° say whether we
should take up this plan or not
but we believe we would get bet"
ter service under it than we could
hope to get otherwise for a num
ber of years.—Sentinel Butte Re
publican.
Auto Races
at Twin City
St. Paul, Minn., July 28.—
With Dario Resta and Ralph De
Palma already entered and Old
field, Wilcox, Grant, Poporato
and the remainder of the racing
stars ready to sign, officials pf the
Twin City Motor Speedway state
that they will have the greatest
field ever when the flag drops for
the five hundred mile race here
on September 4th. The entries
of Resta and De Palma were re
reived during the past week and
•vere
fhe
first to follow the entries
of the three cars by F. S. Dues'
enberg, while those of the other
eaders in the motor racing game
are expected momentarily.
The local race will give De
Palma and Resta their first
chance to settle the question of
500 mile superiority since the In
dianapolis event. The la^er
race was won by De alma, with
Resta second, while Resta won at
Chicago and De Palma did not
start. The men are scheduled to
meet in a match race with Old
field at Chicago early in Augus*.
but this is only for a distance of
1 00 miles and will not decide the
question for the greater distance.
With an improvement in the
weather condiMons work on the
track and grounds of the Speed'
way is progressing amazingly.
Three shifts ni®ht and clay are
employed in all departments of
the construction work and nearly
a half mile of the track paving has
been laid. Two of the grand
stands are completed, while the
others are going along rapidly
and it is certain that the whole
project will be finished well with
in the scheduled time.
The ticket sale which opened
last week ft1 the Speedway office
showed a large demand for reser
vations. Automobile concerns
are^ engaring whole sections for
their agents and employes, while
other large business houses are
taking up the boxes. Indications
for a record crowd are strong.
MAKING MONEY ON
GROUND SQUIRRELS.
A Bottineau County farmer is
making money on ground squir
rels. He poisoned those on his
400 acre farm according to the
North Dakota Experiment Station
formula which required 3 ounces
of strychnine alkaloid at 80 cents
an ounce, 10 cents worth of sac
charine and starch and about two
bushels of oats or a total cost of
$3.50 for materials which it took
three days to distribute.
When through poisoning his
boys picked up one thousand
squirrels and saved the tails which
brought a bounty of 2 cents
apiece or a twenty dollar return
on a three and a half dollar out
lay for materials. AH the deac
squirrels wre not secured as
some died in their holes.
GOLDEN VALLEY CHRONICLE
Williston Boot
leggers Arrested
Williston, July 27.— Upon
complaints filed through the
states attorneys office Justice Al
va J. Field Saturday evening is"
sued 20 warrants for persons
charged with minor offenses. Ten
of the warrants have been served
by the local officers and nine
hearings have been held, the evi
dence against the persons involv
ed proving sufficiently strong to
cause Justice Field to bind them
over for trial in the district court.
Those arrested upon warrants
and who had hearings and have
been bound over follow:
Albert Oilie, bootlegging, bond
$500 in jail. ,,
"Slim** Knutson, bootlegging,
bond $500 in jail.
Bert Gresslie, bootlegging,
bond $300, released.
T^im Latham, bootlegging.bond
$300, released.
Ray Greer, bootlegging, bond
$500. in jail.
Gil Erickson, bootlegging,
bond $500, released.
Swan Olson, bootlegging, bond
$500, in jail.
Ross Fanna. bootlegging, bond
$250, released-
F. L. Gordon, blindpigging,
bond $500, released.
Sam Malleta, in jail on charge
of bootlegging.
Two youths, Roy Orvin and
Dan Calvert, charged with fur"
nishing liquor to minors, were re
leased by Justice Fields and their
cases were referred to the juvenile
court by the states attorneys of
fice.
The other warrants are in the
hands of the local officers and
will be served as soon as the
parties can be located. It is al"
so understood that information is
in possession of the states attor
ney's office which may result in
the issuance of several more war
rants within a few days.
•Be among the first to become a
subscriber to the Optic. The Op~
tic is out to boost the country,
town, and every other thing that
may be helped by boosting.
To Whom May
Concern
This is to certify that J. W. Brinton, manager of the Farm
ers' Supply Company of Beach, has filed with me as one of
the officers of said company a bond in the sum of TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) given by the AM
ERICAN SURETY COMANY OF NEW YORK, payable
to the Farmers' Supply Company of Beach, for the faithful
and true accounting of all moneys and property coming in
to his hands as manager, secretary and treasurer of said
corporation, and that he will truly and corectly account
for all money and property of the company over which he
has charge. This bond was placed at $ 10,000.00 and given
at the suggestion and request of Mr. Brinton.
FARMERS SUPPLY
Signed: H. J. WOJAHN, Director.
OF BEACH, N. DAK.
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