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IIIIP OL. VI TM :1 W"V 4^*1 WINTER WHEAT E^crltnu e a Fiwur With flit .i,\| G«*' '^rt# what I have done and what has \been observed by mo, in the few ye«r« 1 have raised this wheat. liWaeed was obtained"kKt braaka in 1901. I 'sowed 17acres broadcasted in corns talks, cultl vated in with one horse and culti vator both ways, in a checked field, tart it frose out some on the ridgos, yet yielding 886 bushels fa In 1902 I sowed 110 acres with '$% onehorse drill between the corn rows.putting the seed two to four inches deep (a good eea son though) yielding $788 bnah els. In 1908 I sowed 180 acwa with one-horse drill as year be fore, one field yielding 14 bushels -I per acre, the other 84 or in all !,&&&, the difference to yield wafcj owing to drought ia the spring, almost destroying tfceearly sown, while tb^lal»r sown bad Io 1904 I sowed 168 acres, a fairly good,, stand, bnt blighted from some oanse, and one 46 acre field that I have threshed yield ', ed bushels, or Marly a bushels per sere, b«£ ijnatttrfe not so good as before on aoconnt of the blight. This ia what 1 have done and what I have got. I believe one and one-fourth to one and one-half bushels should be •own to the acre, the seed to be 4 „, .*£& tt, & Stress: Having received many ,, inquires from ail over the state 0'- in regard to winter wheat, I will mtkfw for apace in year paper, giving a few general of tact* groand sown in oorn telds be tween the rows with drills to be sown torn the last week of August to middle of October desirable to bafts a good and strong t?p and tooi inthefaU, though last fall tihe plant was quite Jeeble and I expseted it to winter kill, bnt it came through fell right. The bleschiiig Mist of tjwliig seems to be «ore de* sttucttve to It «»an the whitiT froet. As to price: Owing to Shortage of spring wheat, it has ftogsd own wrTttOsk* than 2 Northernfc»ine gnwleaNa hard in Chicago, but will Sot do thitr liiis y«sr.--Ccrrespondent to tUeSioiiz Falls Daily Press. MMIWMQOUMNO^ Tjrftfcifjplilt et fWW Wfcsst He* to Ssedi OMicstS' Detailed reports which have bssn t#ii here from a nam* ber of ^btsin ^actwaU^ eveiy «oonV,to ihsagrfcultaral portion of the fete, east of Om Miasonri riwr, sWwtiiafe b* not yei damaged •stmt and bear out dictions that Sovth this seaaoii tttfse aorop of tM bumper varie^r. The flrSt regMs ef threshing osme from ViUfc, Platte and Aleaaadri*.' At toin, Bandy threshed bis wintir wheat, whtehyinM of aWit twenty-trti baaUels to theacr*. OAers tettat locality ,f fkMMtf ttvlog «sar ^Flann, im thre^iing thirty jacres il winter avanwoil eightera -mm, OL'awyligfcl staW. One UM»! "A tNudHto acre, wuile an* Airty-Jlw Wlntsr V tbeatau) iseU 1 -a H, :-k: vi. watt As W .'4. f. i ear^y pre-! Dakota will 4 v i V v K SUCCESSORS TO V. J. tg 5? Gents Clothi and BOYS Drewanld Work 8uttJlt MShtrts 3 socKwae luff®. Ties, lluspsndws. UNDERWEAR9, fine a line carried for the little foUcs as anyone Shirt Waittt ci r..^ Shirt Wai&( si #scK0n Rainy Day Coats .^nd*rwM|5, HMhMy CANT BEAT COMB AND SEE FOR YOURSELF :*V«flfcvl .-V ,• /'t1'• H"*. A^. 1»: e*'r.v.i .. fwnf ilMMtilHtiiiilttflitt •. \.r -'h* r'\' -4 r,: f. ~/v I* -n ,4*V* V* j» 'WUKt *^7 '--J i s Kr •M 1905 an it to. j'-v viaifAMMMiMi ilaTt a» t«W tt.ft It to i mm* v/' toCUAsatrtrilb lawis nft ««*. •MMMwkeM^bPCniV^^'':' -. towMto to "WW «nmn iwito Htoat 4® aMMNMMW tkn mob aMSBsets iia tonasra w« «nd lumM., i«*fc tikMrf Ou a# iM* dasi of |MuMe|MaA WW W IM W^piPMMVii WWHfPPRI si iiisrtirlsr.v Be s^d. to My««o» to wia «e a v-^ '7 Us 'k **,- ./ j»~t mL*»OmWmh -mm On»ioro(: flMy Mq* tor a»'4a w 3BISL i'f ,1 .jjft ^yw»ppsj^e '*Jt i -V1*."A |S*N14^ v_ jTy tlM| MIMB SC'ttoi MM •MSL 4.., ^1 btodkt Ml IS ¥4ipini 'im wm {'. w li 'Wirt. v I iM •.