Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-08-09

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Bdgi VII proceed ,.;aN L y .pss,sk s,k @ apon .hs
sdbjsst whith proposed - ionf i ths' n o,c;caa
sioh, ,.asd hope lo gain Ill |, your approbstion
|sby ny brsviiy Yon have 1,,,, no past 4
Everything With Minnsso.s ]; i j; ld present
and sfature. HUI agriculisral capabili-
|ties are known and determined by whatl
lwesee ina know " 4 81 + years. The
universal 4 talk ii Of the extraordiinary
||fsrsiiay 81 ths soil. Upoh thisi subject J,
MI President and Gentlsnen; every
body il mistaken. " u least seems to
Ibs 30. The fertility of that portion of
lthe soil of that portion of NfinnesotsH
which ] have seen ought not to astonish|
lsny one Who AAslseeat the productions.of'
Isny new country Tho first few years
lof blowing any lands ia I any country
I|whsre trees VIII grow and weeds ma
ture, will produce astonishing results
When We speak ofthe Old worn-out
States ofthe East, wehave but vague
idea of time. If the Oldest cultivated
field il the United States istreally worn
but. ths history Of our country to tie
end may shortly be written. Some of
the landssof tie old States have become
hungry -ravenous for food, 50 TO. speak
land refuse % labor till supplied !; but
they are not worn out. = The Island
Of Great Britain produces al this day
heavier crops than even the virgin soil
of Minnesota has been able to brag Of !;
and yet it has been cultivated SO fal
back that history furnishes no beginning.
Land is never worn out. The producl
tive principle becomes exhausted ~
excessive cropping, and must Be restor-
ed. This can always Be done. The
fexperience of the world furnishes 40 ID.
stance to the contrary. Some lands
become exhausted much sooner thar
olhers the difference ID original valut
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81 capscityl . withstand Mo dsalt II lI'
nnal cropping. N opinion u moi wortI
much on this sUbject, Gentlemen; IN
!. if i il correct, il Is worthy Of your -
tention. II 10 this. that the lands y
Minnesota which / have seen do not u
aswhole EXCEED u fertility the lands y
the Eastesn Ststss. Do not be aiafmed
for I will not publish this u the world
Il shall not 90 into the'newspapers tu
Il i il true, It j. we'll enough that ~,
who ars here andsxpect 10 remain her
" should sometimes think Of It.
Minnesota has advantages over n
East which shall speak of before cloa
= ling these remarks, but that ono of the1
: Is the fertility of the soil Is, 70 say d
: least Of II, extremely doubtful. rThi
3 subject referred to, not for the purpos
: of undertaking the character OF you
3 Territory, but of calling your atteiitio
= 10 what ] think Of the last importanc
q to your interest and prosperity. M
. idea 4 that you should begin 10 msnur
g your lands g soon % you begin y Gu
: tivate tnena, that yop should begin |
. haal a - soon as youe begin y ia,
y Ion. Il
= Il bssIhsppsned almost every yswheri
81 ithst sAspsriod of 1 rich district 81 cous
q ~ iisbsdiatsly succeeding ths frst fic
~ cropping Of tho soil is always ! niser,
2 bsy poor one m not witiJ1t exper
enee ii this matter. NY native States
u jost ID its infancy. large portions
tsi itsare even now covered by unbroks
q fSsosts, and very little of Il was inhabi
9 ed sixty years ago. i have seen tow
li-d ships stripped q their forest trees III
n- covered With impro yeinsnts. 4 Ia,
mi issens stke inhabitants 81 These township
"a perinx slnost beyond their hopes
q q Jths large and rich annual products
a. thsir farms md u haze seen tho