New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-18

market for frem 20 TO 50 cents bushei noio '"''.
the corresponding grades Of Spring whe"' pio'"00U
further North.
MINNESOTA FLOUR
Abont ,uvo x,oars ago Frenchman employed III
tho MinroonoIis mills in which Gov. u u WASH
burn NJ Wisconsin is interested, dcsoroeu uo'i00
which hos heen used in France for 70 years 10 scp"
rato Tho bran Of the wheat from the middiihRs DC
fora tina second grinding. IL ID inns Dram "i"on
,a ,oived with tho -four and az it is impossi-
~ .. senarate il entirely after the grinding greatly
;,i,ras the product The purifier consists sim
,ly ~ q small bolt, beneath which there Is intro
! drcod blast of air and small brush which Keeps
! tba cloth clean As the mddlings pass over THIS
e hran being the lighter is raised above the parti-
| cles of partially ground wheat which are at the
same time carried away clean. When this is again
mt through the stones it produces the whtest and
most nutritious of -four almost entirely free from
bran.
Since the first purifier was completed. many Others
have been made, and some have been imported from
Fra &C. until now very few of the large merchant
mills of the Northwest are without them. Most OF
the -four from Spring wheat is now made by two
Rrindngs; the first time the stones are not set very
tightly together and the product is all similar TO the
"mddliugs' of the old process. This is thon pufl-
fed and the second grinding makes hst-clasS nonr'
! Gov. Washburn. who was here the other day, tOid
me that besides increasing the amount OF Hour made
/ from given quantity Of wheat. the grade oil the
-four was so much raised by the new process that IL
brings one dollar barrel more in the market than
/ that made from Spring wheat in the old way. The
milers are now reapng the most of the benefit Of
the use of the purifiers but they must. before long,
! divide the profit with the farmer and give him
greater relative price for his crop.
! Last year great deal OF wheat in this state was
allowed to remain in the stack all Winter. The cold
weather set in unusually early, and prevented many
farmers who were negligent, from thrashng their
/ grain before Spring, and much OF it was badly dam
aged The lesson of last year will not be thrown
AWAY and stimulated by the present high puce, 1T
is expected that nearly all Of the grain of the State
! will be in the elevators before the snow hes. Inc
! S25OOOOOO received for the wheat crop viii tell
more for the prosperity of the State than would
twice that amount dug out of Che ground IN the
shape of precious metals.
THE LUMBER TRADE UNUSUALLY GOOD.
Tho lumber business Of the State, semi-agricul-
tural pursuit has been unusually good tins season.
/ Generally great number of the lumbermen do not
succeed in getting out their logs in the Spring, and
the entire fruit of their years labor remains tied
mn in the woods for at least twevemonth. This
il one of the risks of the business Last SpriDg 1or
the first time in the history of the State the entire
crop of logs was got out and. although the abund-
ance of lumber made the price low the loss has been
evenly distributed among all those engaged IN the
business simply reducing their percentage OF prout'
More money will come into this State Tor lumber
this wear than ever before. Beside TINS the low
price has caused greatly increased home demand
aud stimulated the erection of new and better build
;,cs both in town aud country. The lumber pro-
Ducts the second in Importance in the State,
Other industries in the State are, as far ~ can
learn. prospering finely. Year by year more corn is
raised. more pork packed, more beef fattened. This
wear for the first time | am told, fat cattle have
been shipped from this State TO the Chicago market
With these general signs of prosperity one would
naturally EXPECT to find the farmers individually
thriving and that expectation have found realized
As have already remarked the majority Of the inn
migrants Of this State have been very poor. Thou
sands of them have come here and settled Oh Gov
eminent land with hardly enough money to pay the
fees for entering it $50 or $12.l They have come
from foreign lands ignorant of our manners
and customs, ignorant of our language, and III
many cases ignorant of the first rudlments of agr-
culture They have built for themselves rude huts on
the southern slopes of the pTares and have gone to
work with everything against them but the main
strength OF their muscles and their ability to endure
hardships and privations.
RAPID GROWTH IN PROSPERITY.
In few years these people have converted the
wild prairie into the most beautiful wheat fields in
the world; the cherries cabin gives place to com
Portable house comfortably furnished and pleasantly
surrounded; fine herd of stock takes tho place OF
the SINGLE COW; labor-saving machinery is intro
duced and the farmer, resting several months in the
year is enabled to live comparatively independent
life, to educate his children, sometimes sending
son to coll. iand to lay by money for emer-
gencies-a by the exercise Of far less industry than
would have been required barely to support his fam
ily in a crowded tenement house in an Eastern city
and far less than would have been necessary to keep
them from starvation in their homes across the
water.
have here drawn no fancy picture. Go out to
the terminus of any one Of the Immigrant roads Of
Minnesota that has been extended far beyond the
settlements, and you will see hundreds OF men be-
ginning; as you approach the older portions OF the
State you will find all about the signs of improve
ment while the rivers and along the railroads
that were early built you will see as fine farms and
as many signs OF prosperity as can be found any
where in these Western States. And the majority
of the owners of these last were few years ago,
like the first, miserably poor in everything but in
determination to work out their material salvation.
Now of course nobody will suppose that there are
not farmers in this State who see hard times. Some
men are unfortunate, some are indolent. some have
no Judgment or business ability, and would fail any,
where and in any business, and some are extrava-
CANT But the farmers of Minnesota have not been
called upon to raise grain for cost or less, and,
though there have been hard times, few OF them
have run behind, unless their misfortune be
traced 10 some known cause beyond the general con-
diton of the farming business of the State.
TIE FARMERS MOVEMENT LESS ACTIVE THAN IN
OTHER STATES.
After what have said no one will wonder that