The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-05-21
WYOMING .11RRlroRY.
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Correspondence Chicago Tribune.

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Correspondence caieaae Tribune.
OF all tho immigrants that yearly
pass over the Unien Pacific for points
along that railroad, throughout the
Territories or the Pacific coast, fully
oae-third Of the, males return East 10
less than two years.
A great deal of misery often arises
to whole families by the premature
breakiug.up Of households in the East
and immigration to the Far West.
While SO much land remains unocou.
pied 10 the Western States, it il only
foolish aud rash in small farmers to at.
tempt to better their condition in the
Territories. Flaming advertisements
may show the land to be far cheaper; :;
but the uncertainty of crops, the dan.
ger, not only to property but. life, @
as well as the scarcity and high cost Of
transportation, have proved to many
who have tried it that it is more: than
expensive in the end: Owing to the
scarcity Of lumber, it costs more to
build plain log.rauche, and fence =
few acres, than it: wonld take to buy a
good,slzed farm, partially cultivated
and with some improvements, east .ot
the Missouri. Men used to productive
fields and running atreams cannot take
kindly to barren tracts. scarcity Of W!
ter,. and short seasoae, where: irrigation
keeps them constantly employed, .ad
they then End thst, for all their tima;
'i.bor; and e1pense;I they have but
'a6out one-third of 90 Eastern harvest.
Itis true. that sometimes few pasaable
acres are found near ng:camp,
whose proper cultivation. enriehes the
owner !; but such are the exceptions,
as q mining region is seldom an agri;
cultural one.
Colonies fare no better than lndivid-
uals; and those best. KNOWN and With
the greatest names, are: no exceptions.
Owing to the high price of labor, and
the enormous sum requisite for the
proper irrigation Of their lands, it will
be some eyears before theAmount invest.
cd can be returned ) and i cannot be
otherwise than sopoor prospect: for q
farmer to know that he must pay: for
ever, acre: watered by artificial means ;
that hereafter bis work must be more III
ola scientific than PRACTICAL character
and that the .v,s71oopary theories held b y
Agricultural College Professors are to
.be*put III operation by him, as he is
one Of a joiut.stock company, to which
he besrethe rehHou2o being a part
owner in, snds~shve to, at one and the
same; time:
There are spots scattered throughout
: q. -. -
the -Far. West. which, for, agricultural
purposes, will :f1var any Eaaet,
but their Distance from civilization
renders them, at tho present time, i'm.
practicable for cultivation and danger.
.ous for settlement. Time will give
them occupants, but not until it be.
comes necessary for: :farm.labor to look
for homes and occupations iontside oi
the Border States; and as they can,
for: years, offer better Inducements. than
the Far West,: we cannot expect il
soon.
The very reasons that 60 far to keep
small farming Improbable prove to be
favorable to the man Of capital, but on.
" 10 ono vayl: be must invest 10 cat.
tie, horses, orzshsep, Ind give his time
and attention. to :them.i Money, and
plenty Of it, is required to build ranch
es, stock farms; and hire a. sufficient
cnumber Of sherdefs To- prevent my 1t;
tsek5 ysaither: ~hits:s or red thieves
Thossss Mo =ha,e tried ii hays: been am1
plyrep.iid, and have: found .h.tthe Far
West ldords, ats least one J: opening. for
speedy fortune. ! 2The-parehed, sandy
soft ofansar1y 8 the ;xhols 's country :'xiest
Of 'the Missouri, ,whiph ptovstsI 10! yastri-
mental to agricaallttlrs, glvea II fEatowith.Gt to
aai sbundaneesof' strongfi good goooda 4grasAss,
Of suehex client qqelitYs' sth,t.edaftless
herds: live and fatten onsthema tie: ysalir
roand.:;: The5short :se.sensz md .pe1ese
climate cure them, vithaif theiranptti.
n'ent intact, On The etslA, ::thas making
the BEST oE nnoeut: h.y; y;].nd:5af1ording ;;
fine winter grazing. jl'i ii ,Tbie deep ae.nees
and high bluffs RiiRe iii s6el ter x from, a the
periodical. snow.atorna; which are moth.
ing strange on the Plains even during
the summer months. !" With all these
natural advantages stock.raising cannot
but pay.
"It takes money to make money"
the world over, but more particularly
at the present time in the Far West,
The good old days Of placer.diggings
and pan-mining are nearly at an end,
and to make either gold OF silver mines
remunerative takes the best of machin.
cry and the:chsapest Of labor. To oh.
tain a good, paying mine, already open.
ed and in working order, will take
more money than would buy a whole
county Of the best land in Kansas
while to turn prospeotor and discover a
claim for ones self will soon eat up the
value Of ageod farm in Ohio; 5 and, in
nearly every case, the search must bt
given up, as every cavailabls foot ol