. North Dakota .. . h, or are almost always in good condition andfacilitate marketing. While below zero weather iscommon, yet, because of the dr^mess of the air, it is notunpleasantly cold. Stock often graze out most ofthe winter, feeding on volunteer growth in stubblefields and straw piles; feed lots are clean and dr>-,and fattening animals keep on their feed. NorthDakotas climate results in rugged, vigorous animallife. NORTH DAKOTA SOILS The plant food elements are abundant in the soilsof this State. Most of the rain falls during thecropping season. Even the lime, which is one
. North Dakota .. . h, or are almost always in good condition andfacilitate marketing. While below zero weather iscommon, yet, because of the dr^mess of the air, it is notunpleasantly cold. Stock often graze out most ofthe winter, feeding on volunteer growth in stubblefields and straw piles; feed lots are clean and dr>-,and fattening animals keep on their feed. NorthDakotas climate results in rugged, vigorous animallife. NORTH DAKOTA SOILS The plant food elements are abundant in the soilsof this State. Most of the rain falls during thecropping season. Even the lime, which is one of the first elements to be thus lost, is so abundantthat the addition of lime is not necessary even forlegumes. In trials with commercial fertilizers atthe North Dakota Experiment Station the fieldsfertilized often do not grow a larger crop than theone to which no fertilizer has been added, butbarnyard manure applied in a good rotation giveson an average an added return of $ per ton atpre-war prices for ige lifters NORTH DAKOTA *- 1 |^m|H^^9|^^^ Typical scene on one of North Dakotas splendid wheat farms Most of the soils in the State are loams, silt loams,and sandy loams with smaller areas of clays, clayloams, and sand. These soils compare in plant foodelements with the prairie soils in the corn lime content is the largest in the soils of thewestern part of the State. The Red River Valley, the glacial prairie plainsregion, and the unglaciated areas west and southof the Missouri River, are the three great soil divi-sions. The Red River Valley soils are fine texturedand black to a depth of ten to forty inches with asilty clay subsoil. Sandy loam and sand occur innarrow ridges on the west side of the valley. Thesoils of the Red River Valley are classed among therichest in the world. Alkali is present in injuriousamoimts in small areas and drainage is needed insome places to secure the best results. The glacial prairie plains in general cover thearea between
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