The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-09-28

love for his country. ~
! The manifesto is countersigned by the
minister of the interior The decree fix
ing the date of the elections for October
18th will be published on the 22d inst. !
q % MINNESOTA IN 1877. 4
4 Facts OF interest toEvery one.
To the Chamber of Commerce, St. Paul
and Board of Trade, Minneapolis:
GENTLEMEN: The undersigned com.
smittee, representing the chamber of COM
|merce, st. Paul. and board of trade, Min
neapolis, to whom was referred the mat
/ ter Of obtaining such statistical informa-
| ton as deemed necessary to the interest
of agriculture and immi grafton at the re-
cent State Fair, would respectfully re-
present that in obedience to the duty
assigned them, they attended the fair
during its continuance, and from
what they were ] enabled to gather
on that occasion, as from. personal
observation, they would report; ~
That the wheat crop of 1877 in Mime
sofa far surpasses that of any previous
year. Never in the history of the North
west has there been such bountiful har-
vest. 7zIt is, too early in the season tossgive
close estimate Of the number of bushels
| producedsin the State but your CONS
mittee feel justified in placing the pro-
duct in excess of 81, 100000 bushels. The
lasting properties contained in the soil of
Minnesota fol. the propagation Of wheat
is remarkable. Ina number of instances
your committee have reliable instances
of over twenty bushels to the acre, on
land which has been in cultivation for
more than twenty five years, and upon
1 which no fertilizers or manure has ever
been used, but wheat year after year has
been grown in the same fields, and the
product of the last crop as good as the
first, when the land was new. While your
committee cannot approve of such con,
slant and continual drain upon the soil,
the fact is only mentioned san instance
! Of the extraordinary fertility and endur-
ance of the wheat lands in question. ::
When we consider that but minor
portion of the arabic lands of the State
in cultivation at this time, and that
millions of acres of just as rich, fertile
lands arc now opened for settlement, as
those which have already been occupied
By the husbandman, and have every CON
venience necessary for the emigrant, be-
ing readily reached by the different rail
roads and the public highways, and ems
bracedin one ofthe most healthy, vigorous
climates, capable, with the proper cult
vationyo producing copiousa ecropsi eof
NheatJ oats, i ooFn,, barley, potatoes; and
vegetables efmany varieties, together
with stock, it would seem proper. that
the chamber Of commerce of ST., Paul.
land the board of trade of Minneapolis
should take immediate steps,, and act in
conjunction with the State and other
authorities, with view of an early occu-
patton by emigration Of those broad vast
tracts, which, when. once settled upon,
win add so!mnch to the; ! wealth Of the
State and to the prosperity Of St. Paul,
Minneapolis and the Other, cities and
towns within our boundaries. y !;
It would seem that most of the wheat
crop for 1877 Is. Of such a superior quail
lty that it is graded as sNo.1. For In,
stance, out of over, $4,000 bushels sold.
one day to the mmillers Of. Minneapolis,
less than 300 bushels was graded as Noe,
and none under that grade.
Il From the sources of information gath
cred at the fair, your COMMITTEES are led
tosthe conclusion that the prodnct Of oats
and barley this season has been more than
an average crop. It appears that an I'M,
usually large breadth Of land was set
aside by the farmers last spring through
out the State for the purpose Of seeding
fit with these two varieties of grain, and
that the yield is very heavy. Returns from
the State indicate something less than
the average yield Of corn, yet the product
will be 'creditable. Potatoes will not he
an abundant, but fair crop, while vepcta-
bles will hardly Be On eaverape. IN re.
lation to fruit TIE cf crop IS lfght. These,
are the opinions 81 those III attendance 1t
4 great interest aast Is being 81 developed il
regard to the growth Of stock. 1T is de-
monstrated beyond all doubt that in all
portions Of the continent where the ap-
riculturist devotes attention to this
branch Of industry the farmers are fore
handed, thrifty and have the most wealth.
The stock producing counties Of New
| York, for example, are much more,
wealthy than the exclusive grain regions
of the Genesee valley. Vermont has be-
come rich with her dairy, sheep and
horses.
The portions Of the west which have