Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-10-22
A Large Farm in Minnesota.

A correspondent of the St. Paul (NIinne,
so:a) Pioneer, who has recently visited the
farm of Oliver Dalrymplc, Esq, in Washing
ton county, in that State, writes as follows
concerning it:
The land owned by Mr.. Dalrymple, consists
of two thousand acres, of which seventeen
hundred acres are in wheat and divided into
three farms under the following designations !;
The Grant farm, the Sherman farm and the
Sheridan farm. The first of these is farm
Ofa thousand acres, seven hundred and twenty
of which are in one field irclOsed with a neat
aud substantial board fence. On one side of
this field stands the we'll ripencd grain thick
ly covering the ground, on the other for a
mile in extent the grain is gathered in the
sheat, presenting to one scope OF the eye thou
sands of shocks put up in regular rows. On
this farm seven reapcrs are at work, each
drawn by four horses, which follow each other
in regular order, and side by side through the
heavy grain, cutting an aggregate swath of
torty>uine feet. There are seventy three
men at work, vino are paid each 81. 80 day
and board. The routine of the labor is as fol-
lows:
Breakfast in time to be in the field at six
o'clock lunch at four and supper at seven.
These operations are applicable to the Grant
farm. Upon the other farm other reapers
and men are likewise employed. Upon the
several FERNS the proprietor has had erected
full sets of substantial buildings of sufficient
capacity for one hundred men and about the
same numper Of horses. 1t is sufficient to say
that these are model farms, and all operated
for the speciality Of wheat raising. The labor
required to harvest and thresh the grain of
crop like this, thirty years ago, would have
rendered such a thing impossible. Now,
with such auXiliaries as the reaper aud the
thresher, the work is but the calculation of the
amount of machinery requisite.
1t was only last Monday. the 18th inst that
the machines were put in motion, and the cal
cuIation is to have the whole seventeen hun
drCd acres cut by the 2lst which will be at
the rate Of onelundred and fifty acres each
day. Ey the 22d inst. five thrcshers and
cleaners will be put to work in the field,
where the wagons will load for the river de.
pot aud in tcn days more from that time this
immense yield will be in the bushel and Of
tcred at market. The land upon which this
crop was grown is high rolling prairie, and
was broken up last year, and the seed sown
;his-sPring from the lst to the l0th of May.
The probable result is based upon the opin-
ion Of good farmers, who are capable of for
ming correct estimate OF the quantity of
grain either in the shock or standing uncut
The crop has been visited by the neighbors,
and their judgment is there will be from
twenty-five to thirty bushels to the acre
Take the lowest estimate, and VIC have, on l.
100 acres, $4,000 bushels of wheat, which at
present prices, delivered at market, say Sl3O
per bushcl. will amount to the snug sum of
s63, 100 1t is not only safe to say that this
is the largest yield OF wheat given to any man
in the United SiutpS this vprr Eut rrnb,E,Iv
the most profitable Of any crop produced for
the same time in any State. l am informed
by gentleman on the ground, who knows
tie cost of the property, that Mr.. Dalrymple
will not Ouly be reimbursed for the original
outlay Of the land, house, labor, seed, fences,
implements, horses, &c, but will have clear
profit Of at les: 81. COO.