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ISSUED MONTHLY BY THE AGRICUIIIURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY

VOL. XIII ST. PAUL, MINN., AUGUST, 1939 No. 1

Northern Farmers Use Land Clearing MachinetBulldozers) are dtbe a 1;‘ i n g oat trgesbfrogi a few years to 20 years

s umps, tim er an rus in nort - 0 , rus and a few pine stumps.ern Minnesota, clearing land for 25 Gen“ far Wool The trees varied from 3 inches tofarming. In Beltrami county two Several owners oi iarm ocks 12 inches in diameter. The landof these machines—track-type 0! lbw? If Norlhomei Ilorlllml had been cut over about 1910. Thetractors with heavy blade attach- P°“l"°‘lld"i§"61';°°lufgl; machine uprooted trees, brush andment—began operation early dur- ,0, :‘{m|e ::"'§5 een}, ,p°ud_ stumps, threw them out of theing May and by late June had -11,,’ 51¢ 1|; W” , 1,141 ,,,,§,‘§ for way. It took Martin two hourscleared 600 acres. One machine wool and that eeces did not to clear this row, at a cost of $10.work‘ia1&g;b‘i)n goochiching hcounty Wlll I8 Illlwll I8 118111! He estimated slland labor wouldclear ut 00 acres in t e same have cost him 0.period. Dave Wester paid $56 to have

Thisi) is the rst season bulldozes considerable‘ varilaltion. One mam gvlllliéi sand Nortvvziyé pine stuivnhpsave een use 0 cear agricu- re orted w ere e ha ony o u oze out 0 acres. is

tural land in either of the counties. stgmps on a piece considered quite was cut over in 1924. A few elmOperators of the three machines easy to clear, the bulldozer cost trees were taken out, too, after astiate they gave t=i)I‘i0l.lghtW(()il'%( boolci lgim $3 peg acre‘. Where green tli(m- ligéhtf{_:ha1;ige of dlynamitli had beene o eep em usys ea iyuni er, rus an stumps are ta en se 0 un er eac one. rees werethe freeze-up this fall. out costs have been running $12 handled the same way in clearing

Clearing Green Timber to $15 an acre. for Axel Sandberg, who got 20Charge for use of the machine Chester Martin, operator of one acres cleared with 101/2 hours of

and the hire of a man to run it of the machines near Blackduck, bulldozer work. Sandberg got sometotals $5 an hour. The kinds of cleared a row where he wanted a land cleared late last fall, too,clearing in these counties vary new fence. The area was an acre when a demonstration was givenfrom old stumps to green timber or a little more. The clearing con- in that territory. Stumps wereand the costs, therefore, represent sisted of popple, birch and “balm" burned this spring, the land broken

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Bulldozer: have moved into northern Minnesota for the summer’: duration to clear land for agricultural ‘purposes. The ogratoraoi these machines are tackling stumps, brush uxdhgreen umber. They are doinf a good Joh—qulckly an economically. ere isa patch oi green timber, with hruah and a aprink 3 oi old stumps, rst cleared n 1910, that the bulldozer has worked on.

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“Fin! 0] tic Northern Trqauanllnlnllh” out a canal system for the C°]urn_ 8511!?‘ Wefagnllkginn. e e 0 e - u y ese fylnL W‘ HAW ' ' ' ' ' "i)'i'r'ee't'0'r St Pm] M bl?l']Basm Irngatlon pm-lect’ w.hlc.h used only feeds grown on their farmW. J. HUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..st. Paul, Minn. W1 Water 1,200,000 acres» 1t_13 and gave their well-bred herd excel-Assistant t0 the Director necessary to survey 100 townships lent care. Skim milk was fed to theA. J. DEXTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..St. Paul. Minn. in detail an area of 3 780 S uare cowsA. R. MIBSEN ............... ..st. Paul. Minn. mile8-

Livestock Develenmentshigntl _When records are complete they “We bought 20 acres of irrigated land“' W‘ BYEmi‘ri{r;{ig'rItieii'Aient" '“' ' will show the location, ownership, here and hke 9"’ °°“"“'Y real we“,

- - A. A. L 1! til t R' hi d.1.. s. Bi;Dc(mIt::;Il>.1.).e.‘;e.‘.6é".T;églsi¢éi;l!:£ merit. topography and soil constituency fycimml w,;‘,§,,fé,§‘,=,, ‘soauseéctofvew. P. STAPLETON ........... ..Seattle, Wash. °f. eyery 40'acre parcel of laid i" $°"the"‘ M""‘°s°ta-Western Agrl. Development Agent within the area of the ColumbiaL. E. LOWE...r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Seattle, Wash. Basin pl-Qje¢t_ The sgil Qn every

""‘°“““"‘ D°"°'°"'“°"' “°"' parcel will have been sam led an A f°""°' S°“th D°k°t‘m Bemardp , - H . . ’ .in l t 1 1 v months . eideinann hves on a 180-acre farm inl01i!il‘:QQm?I?(:iz0lQein; :€lnl!l!::‘gSi°i'D this N0!1h- 8-iyled alld Classied 8Il.d the land {he valley’ washlngton’ wherewest states On ervtretien ef the‘ P°"°d " and any improvements impartially he is planning to build a large dairy§'§eiiisi:'§ii'ri0dp§ne§iri°§:ll{\(%i1a§S;':0‘i'%€s!'e!§:§E appraised. b8_l1'lI: and 1° 1"-"I 8 herd 0! 50 01' more2“$r?.riim“e'rr‘;‘€,?"r.'ri."25‘r“§r3e .?.e2’r'ir§ rm. One of ,the survey J_°b$ is “re- "" °°“"'may be done by mekins s Written re<i"¢=‘- tracement — re-establishment of

section and quarter-section corners sh§)':1':nts:}'l§v}§3i§;‘;::é tgaénofngAUGUST, 1939 located by contract surveyors 50 to St. Paul. The were fed at Sauk Cen-

75 Years 380- OW?!’ 10,000 metal ter by H. S. I-ialverson. Most of themmarkers are replacing wooden sold on the market for $9.50 per hun-‘°°“"°“°" "°“‘ ""‘ m . stakes, marked stones and charcoal dred-and put into alsike clover with ax deposits that formey -identied » - _ i _ .

as a nurse crop. On another farm such comers_ uRet1.acement» has unis Garske, Bigmamk, N_ D" had20 acres °f E1’99" P°PPle were wk‘ been completed on 1,750,000 acres. "°-“' P°t“t°°’! °“ hm l°°“1 mark“ the911 Wt and piled f°1' $12 an “'9' Elevations have been determined thud week m July‘ They were Tm- h , f h' 200 f t tWgenhthgiggvvlesddw “if gvgegd on 1,500,000 acres and have varied §‘r?;{’ e i§"$rre‘?r.r er.“°1€§?e°rr33r° 352an t 9 9 PE‘: e “Pr 1 e from 1,280 feet above sea level at Missouri river-Peadl’ f°1' P]°wmg- the north end of the project to i

about 400 at the south end An- A Pla“ ell“ mil" ‘mm chehalisrCheaper and Quicker other im rtant t . '. f Wash, has been purchased by C. E.po s ep is apping oAs operators become apt at lian- contour lines at frequent intervals. §,‘i}.‘,"‘* formerly a resident of Colo

tiling the 't1‘8¢'t0l' anti blade, 8 bet- Rodmen engaged in contour work ' itel‘ .i0b 18 d0!16- T1118 18 true P81” already have walked 50,000 miles waiter wood went to Sagle, Ida.,ticularly as eeneerns the amount and have another 15,000 t0 go. from Nebraska. He is renting a farmof dirt taken out on the roots of and says, “I like it here. There is quitestumps or trees Much of this dirt BERRIES BY THE To a lot of snow in winter but that is- . .. N:r.*:..§*':..§.‘;.“‘:r*::.‘:.’£.;'."r‘:.:1@§:!;.'::.§%.*: were in er we lite ‘f°r%r¥’rt‘%‘1tte~'*““hire the machine have'it windrow 10 mus °f strawberries fmm Yed acres on James Mapes' farm in L_ast year J. L Nickodemus, _from:i:r:":.:*;.*:~"~,‘.>.';::;%‘ °'.e.:.:r:S.r.'zd..2 skeet re n9rthWeste"1.'*°"@*-" .M-rewashlngton This frult went to a Minn His family has been living therethe brush before the machine . ' . ein¢e'May, 1933, Thgy have completedcomes in, preferring the job that is canmng company’ whose omcmls and moved into a new house.done by the bulldozer after this Stated that m few areas °f the ——hand operation to the work in cases United States d° berries yield mqre A woman, Mrs. E. D. Elrod, whowhere brush is left to come out than t“'° ltfns per ?;r‘i1.a“ entlre farms between Redmond and Terre-th t t stfason apes $31 13 $99-3°11 bonne, is one of the biggest growers ofW1Allsfgrlzgfrgrweiave had land yield would be 50 tons from the turkeys in central Oregon. She start-

. . ed 'th 200 h d d h ' ed hcleaed with (the balldezler sayh it ve ‘mes’ °' 1° t°"s per a°r°' neeir” re-piri1y.e8 Sh: irairéicrfr Die?is c eaper an quic er t an 0t er duction and sales manager and getsmethods. It is believed more ma- RAISE MANY CROPS t°P Prices-chines later will operate in this More than 40 different agricul- %territory. Much hand clearing tural commodities last year among t P°"é"‘¥ d°'R°"§f"°:':; gdfks 1" M?“also is being done where res burn- shipments made by Oregon farm- 3"“ ‘"‘"3 P" P “° eggs a 3feed cost of 10 cents per dozen comed cutover land last summer and ers were inspected by the state de- pa,-ed with 15 cents the same mom};fall. partment of agriculture. In was and 25 cents two years before.

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Aunm. 1939 THE NORTHWEST

Western North Dakota Harvests Its Grain Crop

Western North Dakota has a grain crop thisyear. While there was some damage done byheat in early July and by grasshoppers, crops onwell-pregared land had the moisture and grow-ing con itious to bring iair to good yields inirequent cases. At Bismarck the wheat is esti-mated at about 18 to 20 bushels. At Dickinson.the estimate oi the average is below that, butsome elds run to 30 and 35 bushels ior wheat,30 to 40 ior barley and 60 bushels ior oats. Thesepictures were made July 14 and 15 in westernNorth Dakota. At that time harvest was Justgetting under way on oats and in some barleyiields. Since that time cutting oi grain has be- é ’ " 'come general and by the rst days oi Augustmuch oi it will have een completed. 1, Oat eldin Burleigh county at the beg nning oi harvest;Z, A ileld oi Thatcher wheat, estimated at nearly20 bushels ‘Ker acre; 3, Corn showing excellentgrowth at e Mandan Great Plains Experimentstation; 4, An oat plot. also at the Mandan sta-tion, estimated at 60 to 30 bushels; 5, I-‘lax. raisedsome in western North Dakota but more commonin the central and eastern parts oi the state. Atthe Mandan station most oi the newer kinds oiilax are being grown experimentally ior com-parison. Also diiierent kinds oi seedbed prepara-tion ior ax are being compared.

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THE NORTHWEST Allslul. 1939

Northern Farmers Gain a New CropSeed Potatoes They Raise Have Yield and Quality Which Bring Buyers

from Commercial Areas

Northern Minnesota farmers are ers in other important areas have crop because they must cultivateworking into potato raising. They their eyes on this reservoir of it and that makes it t in well withare growing both seed and table seed potato possibilities. alfalfa and alsike which they raisestock. Last winter while frost still Almost all of these northern for seed—frequently an excellentwas crisp at International Falls Minnesota potatoes are raised on source of cash. They require aand Littlefork in Koochiching land that was cut over and that cultivated crop to rotate with theircounty, but when California's early was cleared. legume elds to control weeds. Po-season producers were getting Melvin Johnson, Koochiching tatoes, so in demand from thisready to plant another year's crop, county grower, has eight acres of area, are a good answer.nine carloads of choice White Rose good potatoes this year. They Northern Minnesota farmersvariety seed potatoes were loaded were planted May 22. By mid-July like to think of their potato projectand shipped west by growers at the growth was so large you hard- as a small-eld (proposition asthose two Minnesota points. ly could row them, vines in one far as they indivi ually are con-

The saying goes that northern row meeting another. Part of cerned. They say most of themMinnesota has what it takes to these potatoes are on so-called new won't raise more than 10 or 12grow top quality in both seed pota- ground—the rst time it ever has acres a year and that they can holdtoes and table stock—soil, climate been cropped. He nished clearing their weed situation in control thatand moisture seem to be right. It that land last year. It is deep soil, way. For example, Theodoremust be true when western grow- mellow and carries several inches Maesse, in Beltrami county, hasers come more than halfway across of leaf mold. Last year in soil like been growing potatoes severalthe continent for this seed. One that, the three acres of potatoes he years. He had seven acres in 1938expert on the subject explained raised gave a yield of 300 bushels and usually it's about that many.that in addition to being relatively per acre. It looks like his average He grows Russets for seed, anddisease free, it has an extra kick may be higher this season. He ex- plans to average 200 bushels to thethat gives superior growth, size pects to dig the second week in acre.and yifzld vgheéi planted for com- September. Whether ml-them Minnesotamemla PTO 11¢ 1011- growers will raise their sights on

C I.‘ . B Seed Answer t° weed Pmblem acreages the individual farms8 ' °""a "Y5 By and large in this area, how- should have is hard to say, but theCalifornia commercial growers ever, it is not so much the new last year or two large-scale devel-

are not the only ones who are in- land possibilities or the high qual- opments, measured in terms ofterested in the quality of northern ity that interest farmers in pota- that part of the state, have oc-Minnesota seed potatoes. Produc- toes. They like the idea of this curred. One of these was started

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Northern Minnesota potatoes have made a heavurowm this year. Scores of farmers are working into the production of qualityseed which commercial growers in other states are ll‘ because of its high-yielding character and its freedom rom disease. WhiteBose and llusset varieties are the varieties preierred.

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by Al Hayes, who has 96 acres in .

_ '6 i i .8. ir ‘White Rose and Russets, Beltramicounty, at Blackduck. Hayes pre-viously operated in other partsof Minnesota and in other states.He went to Blackduck to take ad-vantage of the favorable conditionsfor growing potatoes and becauseland and overhead costs are less.He bought 80 acres of rst-classland for much less than it wouldhave Q95]; where he farmed Almost shoulder high by the middle oi July. these northern Minnesota potatoes arebefore. Taxes this that n owing 1 remarkable growth record and are setting tubers heavily.

80 acres were $44. They will besomewhat higher next year be-cause of improvements he hasmade, but not excessive. Hayesrepaired the house, built a machineshed, a garage, a poultry house,brooder houses, and put in elec-tricity.

Use New Land, TooIn addition to the 80 acres pur-

chased, he rented 160 acres andhis son-in-law is farming with him.Two hundred acres on these farmsare cleared and Hayes and his son-in-law are clearing more. Whilethey have 96 acres of potatoes this

iii‘; 3??J<§l°tl’§i‘i?i§’§°§v§‘r§i‘if§,l§’l§; .:.::*.:":.r..:.'. 2.‘.';|'§‘l.‘€2 .':*;'::.':':..:.': ::.*:'".::.:':...*:.'."':»=.=.'::.*.~-.*:.'i%:.::a.":.~ :::'"-that cr0p- They have 45 acres in 'c:i::I':toBg2l1t;::i:‘I:oi:im:l:lei;':§€il°£:r€€>?d "ed every "not such "owe" ‘elmalfalfa for hay and seed produc-tlion. They ai; i:i(ilkin%V}eowsLand eh‘ 7

ave a arge oc Qf ite eg- H1811 . 838 growers 8V€ ll"lS])€C 10118111 8 summer and giv-hom ¢hi¢kens_ patches hofe White Rose from an ingeotther aisistance. Samples of

I Aitkin count during the last acre eac o six acres. see rom_t e_area are entered intwenyeere two large growers have Another area extends from_ Big test plots in different parts of thebeen devele in eeree e and are Falls north to the international country where the seed is used for

D 8 8’ . .mekin arm“ ements for facilities boundary. Here there are 60 grow- commercial production—the west

g 5 tt t t 'th d d d hto We their %?.“%.‘$‘5.“t2tZl .it0.%.:2..s:;;.~ a"

In the Funkley district, A. H. yeaj’ one em having 20 mes a Z Bowman is one of the new growers ’ ’

of S-ed He has eight £21", £:::";.§. *2. t?.:':::..i "sis: P<wRYM1~=~*s BUS-~1~=ssacres this season on land he cleared tetoes er tl Whit R F-ft h d dI t L t h h d th po e mos y 1 e ose. i een un re Oregon poultry-eigegegg eeafteigagnelg 1:“e egg Sceme of these growers are the ones men_ belong to the Pacic Co-op-

. w o sent the nine carloads of seed erative Poultry Producers, an as-with a 65 per cent stand Bowman t C If 1 - - - - -herveeted 200 beehele te the 0 a i_ ornia ast spring. sociatio_n organized in 1920 and en-Lewis Bolin is another northern gaged in packing and marketing

Bending Qeemy grower typical of a number who eggs for members and purchasing,are studying the seed industry and manufacturing and distributing

I.i:.:ii%..2:%t;° ..*i%i1ii;Y. *2 %:3*:i§.:,1:‘*;*.m.‘i“;;.ii“°"O"@ S"P**‘:.:“ §3%58“§¢0A“§“?' ”“"é2“?no 0 0 c es. ne excee s , , . e wor 0a broad foundation. In the North- of these, while only a part of an the association is in e c fome- Gimmel -Mizpah area, this acre, made a remarkable yield, g- $400,000. (_Ia_pital is provide?! gyyear there are 40 different growers uring at the rate of more than 800 patronage dividends, for which thewho are making a study of it and bushels per acre the following producer receives certicate bear-have small tracts of White Rose sgrini afte'}'_h_deducting storage ing six per cent interest. This cap-

22:2, 1~”?t".?i§.§"...§l‘t‘§‘.i*-»"°L‘;f$i‘, at: 2.2:; 31%.. i:s'i::.““ ‘"5"’ “Rd €"5f"~‘°“%°1"i- , - re re eeme in cas a eir uunits of one tuber of seed per sep- University of Minnesota potato value in approximately four years.arate unit so that diseased or l0w- specialists and the state seed de- The main plant i at P tl d dyielding stock can be eliminated at partment are working with these there are four brsanchegr iii? aggl-harvest and only rst-class stock northern growers, making green- tion there are seven part-time re-selected for further seed develop- house tests of seed in winter, eld ceiving and distributing stations.

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A Lake and Farm CombinationDuring the last 14 years that

Carl A. Ryan has been in the realestate business in Cass and CrowWing counties in central Minneso-ta, he has witnessed the migrationof 1,000 people into that immediateterritory—most of them buying orrenting farms or going into busi-ness. A large number of thesehave been from other states.

Located in one of the most pop-ular lake districts of Minnesota,this region attracts people for avariety of reasons. Many likesmall farms on or near the lakeswhere they can raise berries, poul-try and a few cows and where theyare near the woods and water forthe kind of recreation these affordboth winter and summer. The iready market for produce that ...¢v<§$§'w°wl..§ Z‘.?-l'.§€i;f"L|¥1‘{l'i‘l.'2 llllf. ".'.¢‘|'Li. ‘Z.'il‘§F.".“v'i‘§l§§§’°§.|'?>'£Z.{{’.{.1=‘i1'.°$5511tourist trade affords, the easy ac- heme buyers. _cess to fuel and building materials,the good water and comparativelylow overhead costs are points con-sidered. ,-

Dairying Large Business 'Around the lakes, most of the .

soil is sandy and sandy loam. It » _‘.warms up early, is excellent for ~

fruits and vegetables, grows alfal- '

fa and other crops. It is a rollingcountry, but west of the lake dis-trict the topography is less rolling,there are fewer lakes and the soilcharacter changes, a darker colorand much more silt loam. Thereare large and small farms in bothareas and various types of farm-ing. Dairying is a leading enterprisethroughout the entire district,with creameries near at hand mak-ing a market for butterfat. AtPine River recently the farmers’creamery was reorganized, with200 members having at least 2,000

000 barn and other improvements.Cows are milked by machine, theyare served by drinking cups in thebarn and the owner raises cornwhich he cultivates and harvestswith a tractor. His corn is usedfor silage. On the other hand thereis another 250-acre place, the Clap-per farm, where the owner is readyto retire and let some younger mantake it over. On this farm corn,alfalfa and grains are raised, and alarge herd of milk cows and a bigpoultry ock are kept. This one isright on a lake, too.

Unimproved and partially im-proved places of considerable va-riety are listed for sale. The op-portunity from a price standpointis attractive. One of these is a120-acre tract of good soil, with 40of it cleared and in hay, another40 in brush and pasture and a 40of timber. On this tract there is a

c0ws' Patronage probably will be In the 1| ears Carl A B an has been a gabin and one or tw0v0thervbuild_increased and also volume of but‘ realtor in Cyass and Crow ywlng counties. lngS- Then? _are .80 S, 40 S lldterfat. The Pine River creamery *}";';;,°"~ ,',',', {:5 ‘5,""""" ',{',;,""='="°" places of varying slzes between inhas been making 1,_s00 to 2,000 ° "°° ° ° °°"“““ --pounds of butter_da1ly. Some of to rum] peopk, in a week Thisthe herds furnishing butterfat are dea]e,-_ by the way, is 3 relativeSmall» seme °f them are average newcomer from another state. Heand there are 8 few large eneev bought rural lake-shore property,from 25 to 50 eews eaeh- where he lives and commutes win-

Nllmerells farmers are deVel°P- ter and summer to his business ining property with new buildings, town dai]y_more clearing and fencing. Elec-

different stages of development-owned by those who already haveenough other land to keep thembusy, held by absentees or by cor-porations or individuals who areunable to use the property.

BUTTERMAKERtricity has been made available Cm“ for Silage , Montana creameries made a mil-more and more to the _rural areas, Much of the developed farm Flion and a half pounds of butter inand farmers are using 1t. A dealer property is not for sale. For in- June. During the same time 146,-in one town, for example, recently stance, there is the Rooden farm,sold 12 electric washing machines which has a $7,000 dwelling, a $3,-

739 pounds of cheese were manu-factured in the state.

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FARM AND HOME OPPORTUNITIESYou may select from this list of typical bargains or ask us for otherpropositions suited to your needs. Additional information, includ-ing addresses of the owners, will be furnished on request.

MINNESOTA loai }vith ecéay sgbsoil.dPlac; has been botégm $3 bel fbarlined and fhlod irreiéM_201_14o_acre northern Minnesota we arm_ an is a apte o com, gat ,g sol , a anceis we -grass

farm’ 12 miles from Blackduck’ on good small graipnlsi, p0tgt’(;€S and szgenergl pasture land. ggdbuillldifngs, §0odAg§llFederal forestry road, clay and sandy t:rmm3' t fhi W‘ gth cgsli :1.“ sipnngs: In da e"°%e' 1 ea‘loam with clay subsoil, 80 acres burned en °ne' sic M gmire °o teb ai l§°na tgrazmgb an fd may t d ea? fover’ Second growth timber’ easy to anc paya 4e on ort _e ore tc o er roper y1i,ni_ist e so sfgggun ‘Ea $580clear, good land for aHa1fa_ Has half eac year, per cen in eres. owner. rice on_y , , wi_mile lake shore on good duck hunting N-250—I-lighly improved farm of 311 °“s§},°““ ba“‘"°° 1" ve Y°“"1Y "‘5“’“'lake, excellent building site in group acres, close to good town of about 2,- me S‘of pine trees, small house and cabin 500 population, in east central Northvalued at $500. Price $1,200. $600 cash, Dakota. Fine two-story bungalow, IDAHObalance on terms to suit, 5 per cent modern, built-in conveniences, soft wa- _ .interest. Located 5 miles from school, ter in kitchen, full basement, hot water 11400-aocresi 35°“ half ,1" mm"transportation furnished. heat, closed-in porches, electric lights. Vtlgl. 3 :)!1rlt1§$r£1T°{:1\a%\‘/{)°$¢‘;1;_';c;n slfaggél

M-91-40-acre partly improved farm. ';§’,°'",,,",f;“' hs'1°’ g°'ag°’- nmhme §'§b‘o Zaoi‘ balfince terms. '4 miles south of Northome, highway on sh d’ c .cd ‘in °ui;*' grailanesi ? eel; ’two sides of farm, 2 miles from Is and e ’ wtm ml alnt lam? e sglppg O I-552-160 acres, l0 acres cultivated,Lake, good shing. New, three-room "9 lw:1e?i' e e yh ‘ance ' dp f°“?£ balance good timber, good spring, smallhouse, school near by, nicely wooded $1“ 8' e Katy‘ S 81 e 3“ h mi: house and small bam, about 15 milesplace, all fenced, no other improve- reesf, neartmar e 'hs° og T258 are ' south of Sandpoint, in Bonner county,merits. Gently rolling to level land, es‘ Sea?‘ °a'1“e"an?1s 3 °“ . . S °°p' northern Idaho. Sell for $800.good productive soil. Sell for only afgun d-if-a e'o ‘taunt, lilgi rst-ta "$400. $200 cash will handle. In ° “SS °°" “°“- “"‘°" °" “"Koochiching county’ northern Minne_ poo;-_ health so must sell. Offers place WASHINGTON

at ittle more than cost of improve . .Sow‘ ments. Price and terms on request. w'651—2° acres Wm‘ 4 acres cum‘M-302_g35-a¢;-e ixnproved farm, 6 vated, new four-room hou_se, smallmiles from good town, in north central chicken house,_ some bearing fruit,Minnesota. 65 acres under plow, bal- MONTANA STOVE 11°81‘ 51111511153» §Pl'1"8 stmamance cutover land used as pasture. S-152-120 acres, in Little Bitter Root tl“'°“3h Place’ .3°° 5°'l' m°sy anLfle h°l-156, W10 $301195. full Cement valley, western Montana, 2% miles tluablei alder’ vme maple a“.d .'ed.'basement Large ham, 315° shee ha;-n_ {mm town and 1,5 mile from scho°1_ timber. Water led on for irrigation24x80: sarase and good wolf 500 35 acres tillable, as acres native as- and d°'"°s"° 11* .1'°°*"°d 4* "111"rods of woven wire stored in barn goes ture, about 30 acres irrigated and) in ‘mm 8°01‘! WW“. _1I1 Clarke ¢0l1!\ty.with farm. Four good shing lakes alfalfa. irri ated by government proj- $°""1“"=$*°P." wash"‘gt9“- S°h°°l.l?“5-within radius of one mile For quick eet_ Fair gbuildingg, productive soil, produce pickun service. electricity.sale. will sen for only $2.500. $1.000 nice neighbors and good farming com- i>h<>ne~ Pm $1-95° $250 ¢=*=h- bal-cash, your own terms on the balance. munity_ sell far $2,300 83106 $20 P6!‘ m°nth- Taxes 0111)’ $17-50

' er ear.Earm now vacant and possession can S_200_16o_acre irrigated farm 10 P Y

e had at once‘ miles from Billings, eastern Montana. W-851-120 acres. 45 miles ffomM-202-80 acres, choice tract of level Nice house, barn and silo; 120 acres Seattle, 50 acres cleared, balance sec-timber land, 1 mile from railroad town. under irrigation, Place carries a Fed- ond growth timber, 21/4-acre orchard.north central Minnesota, on three good eral Land Bank loan of $4,500. Price good soil, on improved road. Lake onroads, gléone ‘and electrictlinesrdvalue $3,000, one end of_ farm. Six-room house,lo m r w en cu in 0 co wood barn silo chicken house for l 000 birds' S-201—I d f f 200 , ' ' ~ - ‘ - - 'pulpwood and logs for lumber, accord- 4 miles fmzpgggfor irgitger R°°?°‘:f’_ several sheds, _lights in all buildings.gig to o}vner_s el:‘»t:‘mate£_$8100 to $l,00l0. ley western Montaha About 60 acres Good well. Price $8,000; terms.

ers p ace’ me u mg lm er’ or on y in ineadow and grain all of which is$8°°' °““- irrigated. balance is irrigated, subir- OREGON

rigated and dry grazing land on which .NORTH DAKOTA there is some brush and timber, fenced angélgég ggzres gar‘-:r;gu§{i‘:,l:;

N'151—Ab5?"l9@ OW?!" 05275 186 Egg.‘ §f,‘{§,s},f§§,‘1°<f§'°,§'§,§'bu}}{’§‘,f,“és_]‘f§§,f lamette loam soil: Five-room house,aqges. %0% miles from Valley C"!/i 2% be developed in{o good small dairy on good rock road, all route servicesmies rom school, in Barnes county, - ’ 1/ '1 g t d h 1" t 'eastern North Dakota Eight_room stock or poultry farm. Price $17.50 per drelggs °P§_i%:;°$a1?80;° °° m Wes emhouse, barn with large haymow, 32x60, acre‘well inside; portable granary, also S-350—666 acres, stock ranch and O-350-40 acres, 7% miles from Leb-granary, 24x32. over which is windmill farm, on tributary of upper Rosebud anon, in Willamette valley, westernfor grinding feed. sawing wood and valley, 10 miles from good trading Oregon. Small house. bani, chickenpumping water. Good well about 30 point and 16 miles from railroad ship- house, lots of timber for wood. 12 orfeet deep. About 140 acres cultivated. ping point. in Rosebud county, south- 15 acres cleared. nearly level land.balance is farmstead, meadows and eastern Montana. Good gravel road year-around creek. Located on gravelabout 46 acres pasture. Sandy clay to Forsyth, Montana. 300 acres coulee road near school. Price $1,800, cash.

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THE NORTHWEST Auglul, 1939

Counties Selling LandNorthern Minnesota counties are

selling lands that have come intotheir ownership through forfeituredue to non-payment of taxes. InKoochiching and Beltrami countiescommittees have designated thelands suited for agriculture. Theseare cutover and few have any im-provements. Some have smallamounts cleared.

In classication of the land, at-tention has been given to qualityof the soil. None is offered forsale that is not accessible to a high-way, to school busses and otherpublic services. Each county haslists of what it has decided to of-fer, showing prices agreeing withappraisals made by the countyboards of commissioners and theirland commissioners. These landswere offered at public auction.Some of them were sold, but thoseunsold can be purchased directfrom the county at the appraisedprice at any time unless a reap-praisal is made.

Small PaymentsThe prices run from $3 to $7.50

an acre for land of agricultural

the lake and resort enthusiastsare present in large numbers. Theystep up the demand for farm prod-uce, bought both direct andthrough the local stores.

One of Lyons’ dooryard custom-ers left a standing order for vedozens of fresh eggs to be sentto the city for him every week,the buyer paying the express.

Lyons moved into north centralMinnesota about three years agofrom Ohio. He bought one farmand its equipment, later sold itwith a reasonable prot on his in-vestment and bought another. Hemight do the same thing again.

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h_~;_g-_-___, '1, CORN IN OREGONMl’. and Mrs. George 1.. am, ll... settlers Hybrid eern is interesting Ore-

'.':.$.'"::. ‘l'.'.."ll..°?.?J‘.'X' &‘.‘.'.l“°‘.‘i.‘i' :lll"l'.:: eee ferzeere- Tlle. etete eelleze lebees. raise beri-res and vegetables. They are sponsoring 8 hybrid C0111 growing{,‘,'§"§‘§,, 'M';f"'n’~‘°“",'},,,';°'§,,‘{,§,"},‘1‘§,“|,'}f,';,{ contest. Results will be_ deter-:.:"- :'l.."..=. ':.::'::'.l:.":::..:':':*.-..::..'l: "lleee ell Ylelll eell eleeleetlee elll-,,,{§°,,‘§,,,,,,,§,,|f,_‘ ' clency. Ear_and shelled samples

“£11 beDexhib:)ted ft tliie state corn- - Th- sow ecem er_ an 2_at Cor-

ggiggthihee£&$nE¥n?:$t°}:as “:2 vallls, and the winners will be an-printed lists of land offered, iden- ll°""°°d-tied by legal description. '_ i“

character, not cleared and unim- FORAGE CROPS SEEDEDproved. The clearing required - -varies. The $3 land is usable for EGGS FOR SALE 00{},§§s'i1t§§“§;‘§}§§§)'§"]f‘§§§°fabY 4'Pasture 0;‘-grazlilg tmdtis sold-only Jack Lyons can sell eggs most revealed that they were 5333:;i l - -gL§?£;e§n3nl;:ice_ rTi0:t°fo¥'€:€ any time he has them available. 23,000 acres of crested wheat grass

He disposes of lots of them right t is year, 5,500 acres of alfalfa,fgggéngnggpfgsgsgggblfrgglszti at his doorstep. _Lyons lives in and 36,000 acres of sweet clover.to $6 an acre_ north central Minnes_ota,_ Crow

M, _ d Wing county, on a main highwaylnimum own payments re and motonsts who go by pm-chase North Dakota state forest nurs-quired in Beltrami county are 10per cent of the total or not lessthan $25. In Koochiching countyit amounts to the same percentage,but not less than $50. Balancesare payable in 10 equal annual in-stallments, with 4 per cent inter-est. On completion of contractrequirements titles are given whichin effect are much similar to a pat-ent from the state. State law goesto some length to enumerate condi-tions protecting the buyer in con-nection with the title.

Lists AvailableAnyone interested in such land

can negotiate for it satisfactorily

all he can spare, sometimes 20 doz- 91')’ $"_PPlied eYl°\18h trees 110 farm-ens in a day_ ers this year to plant a total of 700

“How many cars do you think acres-went by here in an hour one day Llast Summer?” Lyons ai,k€d- uvléenll Helen Monforten, Gallatin coun-there were 244 bl’ cilfre ‘:uf°Im;l - ty, Montana girl exhibited the°°““t"?d them myse .' , *;.ve champion steer at a recent Salttoldo, 15 put up my 513"’ Eggs or Lake City exposition called the In-ggges-, bgtlleilggyjtrlflerlaglfodqlllcle °;lI:§ ternational Junior Stock Show.pay satisfactory prices.” ii

In the winter it is often the same SpEC]AL RATES ACCQMMO.story. One January Sunday last DATE HOMESEEKERSyear whin !trot?1(gk lgglionlgywag Reduced rates are on sale daily to allyou wou n - - -

drive on them, Lyons sold 20 doz- {’-,‘j,‘Q_';§,§,’,‘ ‘§‘§dN‘§,‘,§‘§§?,,§f§°‘§§a§§“,1‘“§§,{;ens of eggs at 30 cents per dozen special limit tickets. Let us quote mesto people coming from their favor- from your station and assist you in

o_nly by going to one of these coun- ite spots for shing through the Planning Your trip Of ill$Pe¢ti°ll-ties, personally inspecting what isoffered and then taking the matter

ice. In the fall, hunters come along J. W. HAW, 115 Northern Pacic Ry.almost in droves. In the summer, St. Paul, Minn.