Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12


and the rest made up of mixed nation.
a''stcs, in about equal proportion. As.
whole our population ia intelligent, law
abiding and progressive. Education il
t"ster"l At the public expense. while ..sAc
dist'nc'ive'y moral agencies aro khpt
active through the ali, If private nunif:
iccncc. Not'lssa than eighty .h,e school
houses attest the high value Ut which
scholarship is popul.rly esti" ated, and
numerous temples Of worship, indicate
the lively operation Of religious influence
In determining the characteristics ofsocisty.
New settlements are subject to pccull sr
ex'gencics and vicissitudes, and Mower
County h:s not proved an exception, but
NC have safely passed tho transition stage,
and entered upon an epoch Of good gov.
crnmcnt, and career Of prosperous use.
tullncss.
TuLAoR.
Our cultivated area, Is about one fourtl,
OF the entire acreage, and produced last
year not less than 100000. bushels Of
wheat: about Que third al many bushels
Of oats; one nth ~ many ofycorn: while
the proportion ofbsrley was ,ssi'ilcss
These present aggregates may he tripled
without trenching at all upon the acres
reserved for pasturagc, and the produc.
ton Of hay.
! There il not quarter action In the
county more than ten miles from a gen.
cral market; while three fourths Of all
the land Is accessible to some one rail.
rad station, At no greater: average dis.
lance than i've miles.
RAILROADS.
The Milwaukee 4 St. Paul Koal ii Ibid
diagonally across tlie'county from n. W.
to 8. E. At Austin branch DIVORCES
from the main line. and meets the Cen.
trail Railroad Of Iowa, at Mason City,
Over this same branch the Burlington
Cedar Rapids & Minnesota Company,
run their cars directly into this city, and
the Illinois Central read, makes regular
connections At Lyle, Oh the state line
with tie Mason City and the Bur.
!tngton trains, giving to travellers and
it, freight, a choice ot the four grca:
routes to the east and south. Three miles
north from here, tho Southern Minnesota
Road crosses the Nil. & St. +. af'ording
competition to through shippers, anil sup.
plying advantages t. the local trade Of the
section through which it passes. St.
Paul and Minneapolis excepted, there Is
NO point In the State where railroad privi.
jeges are 20 extensive a. here; nor where
Disadvantages Of competition are more
available to the producing classes.
PRICE OF LANDS.
Some Of tho most eligible locations in
the county, can he had'se 80, per acre,
while the great quantity will average per.
haps, nearly 800. There are but few If
any, issolated tracts; nearly all arc ada
cent to settlement and in many instances
small descriptions are closely surrounded
by cultivated farms. Situations specially
adapted to the production of grain, upon
alarge scale, may be found upon the high
and open prairics, while farms adapted
to dairying and the raisting Of stock, are
abundant along the water courses, and
among the groves. Purchases may be
made with but s,ttall Investment of ready
cash, If persons making the same desire
to get land for the purpose of actual set
Element. Not more than one quarter Of
the price will be required to be paid down
and the remainder can be had on such
time a. will best suit the purchaser.
In many instances one tenth, in cash
will enable man to get possession, when
he can thereafter, make his improvements
and complete his payments from the pro-
ducts Of his farm.
AcHiEvEAiESrs.
Two years ago last summer Henry
1rgcns-son of the late County Treasurer
bought 100 acres Of land, broke 115
acres, and last spring sowed it in wheat.
He thrcshcd thercfrom crop of 3025
bushels and sold it for money enough to
pay for the land, for the breaking, harvcs-
ting and threshing, and to have a little
more than $500 left.
George Benton, living in Window,
bought q quarter section, for $1,000. He
raised last year from 70 acres Of the
purchase 1900 bushels Of wheat.
Other similar instances might be cited !;
but these are exceptional cases, and can
not be relied upon as furnishing rule
by which to estimate results. Gcner-
lily, however. the tiller of the soil gets q
! bountiful return for his labor; and his
convenient access to the markets for all
purposes, ana at all seasons Of the year; in.
sure to hin, fair price for his produce.
! Crr1rs AND VILLAGES.
Austin, the Count seat. Is situated cen
trxlly north and south, on 10th banks 81
the Cedar River, It has population Of
5000, and prosperous and increasing
business. All those implements in Ordi.
, nay use for farm purposes, right to
manufacture which Is not secured to pa
entecs-or to their ssigns,cxclusivcly,-
are made here. Every veil recognized
branch Of business Is thoroughly cstab-
aished, while our educational;. and religi-
Gus institutions are as numerous and az
excellent AZ; those In many nauntcipall.
ties Of 4 half century's growth.
| LEltoY.
| At the southeastern extremity of the
county, on the Nil. & St. P. K. r. i,as q
citizenship Of nearly five hundrcd,-is in
! the midst ofa fine country, has beautiful
streams, and a fine growth of timber. Its
business houses arc numerous and we'll
sustained, its churches prosperous, and its
public school IL q credit to the manage.
men, under, which it is conducted.
| BRowNsDALE.-
II situated on the g. n. Il. r. and in
the northern part Of the county. It 10 in
the midst Of finc scenery, and great nat
ural rcsourccs,-is a lively village and
enjoys an extensive trade. 1t has two
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