The St. Cloud journal., 1871-01-19

from 6oIto 100 MID, penetrating
ito 10 intsiior p tho pissr,ss. md
living sasy wassr- sommunie cation y into
Sshe country in III directions, = veil
y aaoeding excellent water power Tor
! numbering, milling, and manufacturing
I purposes. Among other rivers not
& nayigahle ore the Rum, Grow, Elk,
sauk, Grow Wing and Vermillion.
There is no elevation Of land in Min-
/ nesot. that approaches the dignity Of .
mountain, the .neareft approach being
The towering bluffs along the shores Of
ths Mississippi; and from Dubuque 70
81. Paul, Vowed from Il ditaee, 6lss
ranges Of bluffs have tho irregular ont
line 81 mountains seen il other portions
Of the Union. !.
The State enjoys % enviablc reputa-
ton for its healthy and invigorating oil.
mate. s.
The atmoSphsre In summer u very
clssr, cool, and pleasant, with westerly,
south-vesterly, and southerly bres1es.
The nights are always cool and brasing.
Large quantities q rain, fsll and heavy
thunder storms ~ frequent. The
most remarkabls eha1lcterissie Of the
winter i its extzsns dryness, there be-
ing IN alnost total absence 81 rain "a
moisture Tho mercury il winter,
though almost always below freezing
point, Is seldom below zero.
The summer mean temperature is
70.6o, which corresponds with that of
Central Wisconsin and Southern Penn
sylyania. The winter mean temper
atars is 1912, which coinoides with
Northern Wisconsin and Central Yer
mont. Mean annual temperature, A sc.
With an average temperature Of 16o,
the dry atmosphere Of winter Of Min
{ pssota i said 10 be less cold 70 the
sense than tho warmer, yet humid
climates several degrees further south.
No State in the Union exhibits
moro rapid progress in agricultural
pursuits than Minnesota. -.Io 1859
! there we're but 345,0O0 acres under
/ cultivation, while in 1869 there were
4, $50, 900, showing an increase, for the
i decade, Of l,s45,oo0 acres, Or 800 pc,
osnt, an unprecedented development,
The number Of improved farms in 1864
wss 28,787, and in 1869, . period Of
6vs yssrs, there was 46, ,74o, being an
increase Of 81 per cent.
In agricultural pursuits, wheat, The
: great staple, may be considered speci,
slity, SURPRISING Ill others in promi.
nsnes. History abundantly afdrms the
fast that in the dominating nations d
the world, from the nation Of antiquity
which prospered coeval with Egyptian
wheat-fslds to the present time, whea'
/ has bean the prime food, and no natior
has long Jagged in the race Of oiviliza'
ton which assigned to this cereal {
conspicuous place. The achievement
Of Minnesota in the growth Of this
staple assume a proud pre-eminence
= the average per acre, and in the
npaguitude Of operations, she has no
rival. 81
From 1863, in which year there
were but 124,969 acres appropriated
e the culturs Of wheat, yielding 2,
874,4l5 busheh, occupying only 81
F pa p scont. Of her whole cultivated sur
8, there has been constant absorp
lion Of area BY this grain, SO that it
occupancy in 1868 was nearly 81 pc,
cent. In that year there werc 858,
BIG acres dsvoted to wheat, producing
1881 ,O22 bushels.
The average yield during the pas
eleven years, ending with 1869, h,
bssn II bushels per acre.
There appears to be an invaluabl
! property in the soil and climate Of til
State which enables this grain to meas
urably resist the extremes of heat, cold
h Or moisture, and for the industrious an'
intelligent immigrant no other occup,
ton presents 20 practicable field =
wheat growing, and no more inviting
region can bs found for his operation
than IL the rich, gently swelling, au'
haotabls prairies Of Mionesots.
While wheat Is shown to DO I special
~ Of the State, overshadowing 81 oths
crops in importance, i must not 10 10
fsrred that the soil Il not adapted I
& the production q the other leading
cereals Of the northern latitude. Ont,
corn, and barley thrive admirably, an,