The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-22
THE GAZETTE.

lhE UAA1l.l l. II.
VIZ. B, HsRs,or-. Us. BsAL.
HERRIOT B. BEAl,
Editors ana PaAlishers.
SEAsONABLE FACTS AND FIG.
URES.
The basis for all calculations in re-
gard ia successful farming is product
i've soil. Good and convenient mar
kcts, low froights, and like facilities,
enabling the farmer to realize on his
crop arc useful aud necessary, but the
drst thing, aud the indispensable one,
is the crop. The time is approaching
when every section Of the country
which is cmiuently productive will
have market facilities and it behooves
men, in seeking farms to improve as
homes and cultivate for profit, tc make
sure, FIRST, that they are getting land
that will give them good returns for
their labor, aud second, that the clim-
ate is healthful, and such an one as
will enable them aud their families,
both to,labor and to enjoy the fruits Of
their labor.
The opinion current ten yeurs ago,
east and south Of this, that Minnesota
vas too cold for successful farming, is
not now entertained by any intelligent
person; and on that question We do
not fear comparison with any other
State. Ou this point, but especially
on the question Of the productiveness
OF the soil-on which We commenced to
wri,e-we give the following extract
from the report Of the Secretary Of the
ss,te Agricultural Society, cohceraiog
the crop of 1872. He says:
The wheat crop, with larger aver.
age than usual, is estimated At 30, 600.
900 bushels, and crcceds ece,y State
in the Union in yield per acre, even
the famous States of Oregon and Cali.
tornia, being Is 710 bushels per acre
Our corn crop ripeued we'll, and is
considered = good one, averaging 35
2-lO bushels per acre. This average
exceeds thas Of l9 States-l5 States
only leading US few bushels.
illinois, with 80 s.l00 bushels, is
valued at 50 IS, while our 35 2.1O
bushels are valued at sl2.67, making
q difference in favor Of Minnesota rs
a corn State over Illinois Of 1912
per acre.
But two States exceed our yield Of
oats per acre, it being 37a bushels per
acre, valued at g Is, while Nebraska
has 40 bushels valued at only s6 40.
Oregon and California only exceed in
value Of the oat crop per acre.
But one State, Iowa, exceeds US in
the vegetable crop per acre. while We
head her S454 10 value Of the crop
per acre.
These are the crops about which
the farmer wants to know, snd the fig
urcs show that all cereals and vegeta-
Llss can be grown successfully, and
that Minnesota is at the very head Of
the list in the ral"e Of her crops.
We have heard not less than dox-
en- farmers in this community-chief-
IL from Indiana and Illinois-say,
why. il people would work where We
came from as they do here they could
ut raise anything" This is pretty
good evidence on two points, viz /:
that very many farmers here do not do
their work we'll; and if they did their
crops would be worth Is to so rer
cent. more than they Do realize. It is
. fact, by no means creditable, that
the style of farming is, to cay the
least, Indifferent; ana from "vbat We
know about farming" iu Redwood
county, we are satisfied that thorough
work would increase the general crop
one third. This condition of things is
easily accounted for. Our coil will
produce fair crops with a kind Of til
lage that can scarcely be digui6ed by
the name Of farming. The prevail.
Willing disposition is to get As much
land as possible broken and under
cultivation; that, together with their
houses, and other improvements, occu.
pies . great deal Of time, and when
men End that, by very little work
they get the kind of crops they had
been used to getting by hard and in.
oessant labor. they are disposed to give
it 80 lick and promise" and trust t.
tho richness Of the soil to bring them
through,-expectiug, Of course, wher
they get in shape, to farm right. It il
undoubtedly true that, in time, ths
average of Minnesota crops will b
very much above that shown in the
statistics We have given in this article
With soil unsurpassed in fertilit,
and climate unequalled in health
falness, there is no part Of the broat
land that offers better inducement
20 f,rmers tnan southern Minnesota
and there is no county in It combin
ing the advantages in . more emf
neut degree than Redwood.
~Au extra session Of the Sen
etc commenced on tho Goth inst, t.
dispose Of the Seeger impeachmen