St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-10-04

- stearns County:
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I, 4 gs6tlenaan from the Sank slley 10
they n5ser Had such crops in ST. lrns Co
In the Sank alley, especially, everything
is yerysgood, and they have great quaint
tiesof grain Of ill kinds TO- spare. Other
who havespassed through that regtonspeal
in glowing terms Of the country and tn.
crops. There is, probably, no richer lane
in Minnesota than that in the Sank Val
'ley, which, by the way, is very thicklJ
settled for many miles west Of st. Cloud
and mostly by Germans.
seen Of late speak rather discourag inglJ
just now Of their prospects, in spite o.
their good crops. They must raise more
stooksan less. grain. Cattle may be driv'
en- On to Lake Superior and pork may be t.
ken to that market in winter, when farmers
have little to do, and goods brought back
in return. 1t will pay; and the soone,
| 0sA0 A0AAAA0AS VA JAW OPHSA AOVUut1y 0AVps
this plan the better. The merchants too
should not bring their goods from the eas,
by way Of St. Paul when they have a
Chicago quite as near. @<,'E.1a J 49, .'.1
| What say you Mrs. Swisshelm, Of the
St. Cloud DEMooRAT?. Will it do to "wait
for the wagon" that is to take away your
grain crops ? It will be some time before
your railroad is built, and We advise the
raising Of sheep and cattle.-&. Paul
Times. '..,' ~: -'.. 81
My dear Mr.. Newson, we fear you have
not been attending to what we have been
saying all the time. We have long been
urging a road to Superior, and last winter
road was begun and finished during the
summer. Next winter the experiment is
to be tried Of carrying produce to Superb
or. The road was built by private sub
scription and is said to be good one
Several teams have passed over it this
season, md when Snow falls it is thought
that it may pay to send -four there on
sleds. We wish to see the. experiment
tried, but are not sanguine of it at present.
We have not proof Of a stock Of goods at
Superior to insure return loads, but expect
to be fully informed on the subject by our
correspondent, Mr.. Richie, of that place.
As to rail roads, the first in the State
should be made from St. Paul to Superior
via st. Cloud and Little Falls.
We will, in time, quit raising anything
for market but beef, wool, butter, pork,
cheese, &c. &c., unless a rail road gives US
a market for wheat in Superior but, Mr.
Newson, if you remember, Rome was not
built in day. Our people have not got
the cattle and sheep necessary to turning
their whole attention to stock growing ;
and it is better to raise wheat at low
price than go in debt for stock. The
people Of this County are so we'll aware of
the advantage of raising stock that they
generally buy all the cows they can pay
for, and raise az the calves. The. danger
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which threatens to follow the Land Sales
is stock fever which shall make our farm
ers the dupes Of dealers in fancy kine It
was slow and steady that: won the race,
VIXEN the hare and tortoise tried their
speed. We have a special horror Of all
manner of "splurges'- plans of going
up ike rocket to. come down like a stick.
So, we shall keep on urging and advising
the people Of stearns County to plow, and
plant, and SOW, and reap, and thrash, and
mow-get cattle and sheep as fast as pos
sible, but, in the mean time, raise potatoes
at ten cents per bushel if they can do no
better !; and be assured it will eventuate
in independence and wealth.. ro'
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