The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 30, 1916, Page 18

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Every requirement covering careful selection, cleaning, drying and gtatlinsl has our most ex- acting attention and tests and Fargo Brand Seeds will show a germination fully in accordance with the high standard we constantly maintain. We have a most complete stock of every variety of seed grains ang‘fimsses @ best suited to your needs and we are at this time calling your particular tention to our leading offerings in seed wheat, vats and barley. - . D Q Best success obtained ‘Barlev An improved 0 Durum Wheat Byt success obtained Odebrucker Barley An improved Splendid 1915 crops of this variety in Western better color, gives a-higher-gield and is in all w andSouthern North Dakota, Hasrapid,strong the best barley thateanbegrown. Our supply ¥ growthandiglittle affected byadverseweather is produced from seed secured direct from 0 conditions, Does not easily shell, Wisconsin AgrnlcultuzflCollusnnd the quality e M&!‘ H A Favorite in many 2 °F tainly fine. % =k ) quis Wheat localities. The yield rlaw Extremely earl is heavy and early with an average of 40“1’0 46 Beardless B"ley m-mtumy und‘zt bushels and more per acre. It is a beardless » plump, and flinty. A very early variety. A ) Velvet Chaff wwhli.e averaging 25 bushels to the acre. ordinary conditions i) daysfrom dateof sow- fn. A baricy Without besrisvars desirabte. White Russian Oats.The ol reliable Ripens wne week oat. A hardy, wellkijtwn variety thatis as near earlier than Fife or Blue Stem. mtpzoozun‘x:y rown in the NorthernStates. i Made wonderf; 1ds the past year in __ Regenerated Swedish Select Oats Made wonderful yields the past year in bushels per acre weighing 45 pounds per measured bushel. Our stock is strictly pure and lo \ 5 With Our 1916 Catalogue ! ) J7osco sending o Farmers Rocord and Account Book freeothose who when writing Oor samples furn us e names 3 wi o D i : our or va;n-ma 1 b wheat, dark in color, L & at- LEADER Tke League Built by Its Members OFF TO WORK 2 It would be hard to over estimate the work done by the farmers of this state in aiding the regular organizers to cover each township. Above we show Mr. John Krak of Cavalier ready to enter the league car for his third, consecutive day in the field. Wider Sleighs Are F avored Many Farmers Write to Urge Adoption : of Broad Track Sleds---Would Help Roads Interest in the possibility of intro- ducing a wide track sleigh, a sleigh as wide in track as the ordinary wagons, has been widely awakened by a letter that appeared in the Non- partisan Leader February 24 and has brought forth a chorus of approval from farmers in different parts of North Dakota. Nearly all the responses were ap- " provals, but two or three objections were entered, to the effect that farm- ers who drive horses are already great sufferers at the hands of auto- . mobiles during the summer, apd that widening the roads in winter by the use of the proposed sled would fill the roads with winter automobiles at a time when the farmers are making daily use of them in marketing their wheat. § ¥ The great frequency of upsets with the common narrow track sleds, was referred to in several letters and the belief expressed that this danger would be practically eliminated with wide tread. Several had experience to give with this vehicle, and it is said by one farmer, Wiliam R. Wade- son, that it would have a great effect in improving the roads. But while he favored the use of wide sleighs, and has used one on his farm for several years, he declared: Si R “I hope- the time is far distant - when the attempt will be made to run the automobile on the' sleigh track. It is bad enough in summer time for anyone driving a team on a’narrow ° graded road, to meet an automobile. How would it be on the still narrower snow track?” Another disadvantage of the nar- row sleigh mentioned was that it crowds the horses together and when slewing from side to side as on slopes or curves it bumps the horses heels causing restive horses to runm, or ugly ones to fight. THINK FARMERS WOULD BUY “I believe if the sleigh manufac- turers would begin, and put out a wide track sleigh there ‘would be enough farmers buy sthem at once that the rest would ‘have to fall in line,” said Hy Blessum, of Pleasant Lake. Mr. Blessum said he is not an automobile owner, but believes the roads could be used later in the fall, and earlier in the spring by auto own- ers if they were made for and by wide track sleighs. He, along with some others, also recommended the adoption of a wide tread runner, one that will not cut the snow as easily as the narrow ones now in use. Nothing less than runners two inches wide ought to be used according to several farmers. : There is no possible excuse for the use of our common narrow sleighs,” declares W. J. Maddock of Plaza, secretary of the Farmers Ele- vator company of that place, ‘“ex- cept,” he added, “that our fathers used that kind, and Chinese-like, we worship that precedent.” Mr. Maddock said that legislation‘ has helped "this' question in other states, and that a bill intended to break the way in this state was in- troduced in the last session of the legislature but was considered be- neath the notice of farmers and died in committee. He concluded: WERE USED IN PLAZA “Several of our farmers here, b mutual agreement ordered wide trac! sleighs last November, and. have been using them all winter for hauling grain and hay, and they are such-a decided advantage that I venture to say the narrow sleigh will soon be a curiosity in this vicinity.” Fred J. Engle called attention to the discomfort and disadvan to -teams in the narrow sled road and . added that the narrow. sleighs do not permit dumping wheat in the elevat- ors as.easily as wagons, which in- convenience would be entirely over- come by ‘using wide sleighs. “In the winter all kinds of vehicles are on the road” he said, “each one following the line of least resistance. If all were of a standard width they would keep the same trail, each be- ing advantageous to the other.’ This is especiallfr true in rural districts and on mail routes where it requires all the travel and then some to keep the road open.” v H. F. Brame of Dawson points out as a disadvantage of the wide sled that the wide road, becoming common, would induce many people to do away with sleighs, and use automobiles and wagons instead, thus reducing the sled surface to a cut and .chop mass of snow very difficult for sleighs. Mr. Brame declares that he is not prejudiced against 'autos and drives one himself, Dixon Explains - His Vote Against Elevator for Economy : _Arthur Dixon of Rolla, representa- tive in the legislature from the 19th dxgstnct, who voted against the ter- minal elevator bill at the last session of the legislature, has written the Leader that he does not like to be “lined up with opponents of farmers’ legisuation, and explains his vote on the eélevator on the ground of economy. “I voted against the terminal ele- vator bill,” he says, “because the on- ly pledge 1.made when seeking election was that I would do my ut- most to keep the expeénses of the state .down and that I would resist every proposition that would have an effect of increasing taxation. For this reason I voted against many meas- ures that might be good in other ways and in other times. the progo_sed, new normal school, the proposed new insane asylum, the ex- position appro;_mgtxon and the term- -inal elevator bill, . That the economy profram of .which ’ - he was an advocate fai ed I voted against. however, Mr. Dixon is ready $o’ admit. He continues: / : - “After all the ‘grandstanding’ talk of ‘economy and efficiency by - the: legislature we find the net resuit was a substantial increase in taxes, which is made possible by putting the jack- screws under the valuation and which has: the effect of raising both state and local taxes. ; 3 “As a matter of fact the legislature, on an estimated income for two years of $3,688,000 actually passed appro- priation bills to the amount of ut - $3,946,609, being about $258,609 over the estimated ’income'zf the 'state for the next two years. ; “The :North Dakota legislature ap- propriated more than it did two years ago, regardless of ithe fact that the revenues, of the state are lessened by the cutting off of ‘probably $200,000 of oil ‘maé)‘ectlon fees, and yet the governor did not feel called upon to c use his veto Jpower on ‘the-excessive- miserably, _bills allowed.” . P A, & b ® ot . o : a Q) 2 ‘\ - ‘.- A M L3 el 2 | € A .‘\ l( - o