The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-11
REDWOOD COUNTY.
Lands, Timber, &c.
GENERAL ADVANTAGES.

! GENERAL ADVANTAGES.
, Redwood County is situated on tn,
South side Of the Minnesota river, Is
miles from the Southern aud ~ mile.
from the Western boundaries of .he
State. No. 81, is the Eastern Range
and No. 80 the Western Range and
No. 100, the Southern tier Of Town
ships 1t inclades twenty three full
Congressional Townships, and parts o1
four others, divided by the Minnesota
river, making, in all, an area about
equal to 26 Townships.
GENERAL SURFACE FEATURES.
The face Of the county is undulating
= prairie: diversified by Lakes and streams
which add, greatly, to the beauty Of
the Country and enhance, in an incal.
: culable degree is value.
The principle streams are, the Min
ncsota river, a nayigable stream, form.
Ing the northern boundary, and bore
ering on Eve Townships, the Redwood
river running from southwest to north.
east through five Townships and the
Cottonwood river running through six
Townships in the Southern part Of the
County. There are Lakes scattered
through tho entire County. surround
ing which are, almost invariable
found valuable hays lands.
TIMBER.
Within the County there are from
ten to twelve thousand acres of timber
The principle kinds are Elm, Oak,
Maple aud Eastwood, there is also, to
be found, in considerable quantities,
Cottonwood, Ash; Hickory, blackberry
Walnut, &c,
1t is estimated that there is, now
standing, sufficient timber to meet the
wants Of the County for twenty years,
This, in connection with the we'll dem
onstrated fact that timber can be grown
in ten years large enough for fuel and
fencing, and that almost every farmer
has from: one to ten acres growing,
should set at rest in regard to Red
wood County, the fears, SO often enter
tanned with reference to prairie coun.
tries, that the supply Of timber will
either become exhausted, or so source
as to be ruinously high priced. At
the present time good seasoned wood
can be purchased at from $500 to
$3.50 per cord. The latter being the
price Of dry hard Maple cord wood de-
livered in Redwood Falls.
Soil.
The soil il unsurpassed in fertility
and durability, being dark rich loan
intcrmixed with sand, and is from one
to three feet in depth, with a clay sub
soil.
There is not, probably, another por-
tion Of territory to be found in the
country, Of like extent, of which it
might as truthfully be said "Therc is
not foot of Waste land in it."
1t is a fact, invariably noted by
strangers, that the entire surface is til
able, save only the Streams and Lakes,
which are of much greater value than
the same extent Of plow land.
The soil is adapted to general farm
ing. All the cereals and every kind of
vegetables grow prolidcally.
The TENURE OF THE LANDS.
The Winona & St. Pete. Railroad
runs through the Southern tier of
Towns. In that section of the County
one half the lands belong to the Il. 4.
company, the remainder were open to
settlers under the Homestead and Pre-
Emption laws and large proportion
Of them are occupied, but there are
vet number Of valuable claims vacant
In the central part of the County
small amount of State swamp lands
a1d portion Of the Internal Improve
ment lands arc located, the remainder
open to Homestead Settlers aud con-
siderable portion taken. The northern
part Of the county is a portion of the
Sioux Indian Reservation. This Res
ervation comprises q strip of territory,
averaging ten miles in width, on the
south side of the Minnesota river, be-
ginning few miles cast Of the boun-
dairy line Of Redwood County and ex-
tending west to tho State line. These
lands were not open to settlement un.
der the Homestead aud Pre- -Emptiou
laws, but were sold for cash. At
present about 100000 acres, in this
County, arc owned by residents,
aud large proportion Of them are
for sale There are cultivated farms
on all parts of tao Reservation
and occupied by mo:e than ordiuari-
ly intelligent class Of farmers, gencr-
ally American. The only exception,
as to nationality, being Swede settle
ment and ono Of tho best in the Coun.
ty) in the northwestern part.
These lands, and the adjoining lands
on the South are, for general agricul.
tural purposes, the choice lands Of the
State.
ESPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES To PER
SONS WISHING CHEAP FARMS.
There is no other portion of tho
west where the same quality Of lands
with the Same advantages Of surround
ings, can be purchased as cheapIy as in
Redwood County. Productive soil,
easily cultivated, convenient to timber
and market, organized School Districts;
in fact, almost all the Social and bust
ness advantages Of . settled and we'll
organised farming community.
1t is a we'll known TACT, that the soil
in this portion Of Minnesota, under in
ferior cultivation and the ordinary ap.
plianoes Of farming, yields Aiore boun-
tiful crops Of grain than, the Eastern
or Middle States produce under the
most careful and laborious treatment
and the most approved method Of
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