The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-10-02

FARGO, ID. T., September 2. Thi:
morning | paid a visit to the..Dalrym
pie farm, situated eighteen miles ives
of Fargo. The estate embraces loo
600 acres, owned by Mr.. Dalrympl,
of ST. Paul, General George w. Cas-
of New York, Il. Z. Cheney of Bos
ton, and J. l.. Grandin of PenDsylva
MIA. The Grandin division, consist
ing of 5000 acres, Is situated Oh
Goose river, thirty miles south of Far
go, and apart from the other divisions
So far operations oil the farm have
been confined chiefly to wheat grow.
ing. The farm is managed with
something of the system that is EN-.
ployed in directing the operations Of
an army. 1t is cut up into divisions
of 1000 acres each, and these are
managed by experienced superintend
ents and foremen,t the finances of each
division being brought under a regu.
lar and separate system of bookkeep.
ing. Mr.. Dalrymple is general man
ager of the whole.
The area of ground under crop this
year is Is, 900 acres. Next year the
area will be increased to 20, 900 acres.
The spring wheat was sown the lat.
ter part of March and the fore part OF
April. The first of it was cut July
%, and twelve days after that the
work Of the reapers had been finish
ed, and miles upon miles Of wheat
sEoexs covered the plains. In bring
this crop 10 perfection Mr. alrymple
has employed nearly 500 horses aud
mules, 80 broad east 81 fee. seed SOW
ers, 1919 l4inch plows, 200 steel-poin.
ed harrows, Is 40incb cylinder .bresh-
ers and cleaners, ID l0-borse power
steam engines, so self binding reap
ers, and q force of about 400 men.
These so machines, when ia motion,
cat ana bognd with wire 1000 large
bundles every I,iBES.
Thresbing vas begun 6 few days
ago, and, as l stood in the midst OF
of this stnbble plain to-day, and
watched smoke curling up from stesm
machines miles upon miles away, and
fancied that they looked as vessels
look wien steaming far cut over the
lake iu front Of Cbiesgo, l thought to
myself what a magniEcent desert"
this isf Near by me was Q superintenG-
ent who ~ass talking through a tele-
phone with another superintendent
some three miles away. Near hin
sat an operator, who was sending q dis
patch to another part of tie farm.
Mr. Dalrymple said that be expected
toe yield to average twenty-five
pounds per acre. which would gise
q total of 323, 900 bushels, worth just
that many thousand dollars; two
thirds of which would be net profit.
1t is all No. l wheat, aud Mr. Dial
said be had just declined an
oAer by tie Millers' Association Of
Minneapolis ofsz cents per busbel
for 10000 bushels. He Is chipping
from his fsrR 70 Duluth, and thence
to New York twelsy ears of wheat
every day.
Ny establishment at what | had
seen was nothing compared with that
vt1eh experienced upon being told
by Mr.. DslryI1bie thctii was his Pur-
to carry for ward tee Development
OF his farm until be shall hege put
5000 acres under the piow and
brought bis yearly production CT
wheat up to a round million bushels.
is not the only large
farm hersabolts. There are at least
a half dozen others which namssr
1000 to 1000 acres under cult
vation. The number of farms en-
from 100 to 400 acres under
is very large.