Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-09
The Great Dakota Farm.

\ Chicago Times correspondent
writes from Fargo, under date OF
Sept. >, a. follows
This morning paid a visit to the
Dalrymplc farm, situated Is miles
west of Fargo. The estate cmbrac.
cs 100, 900 acres, owned by MIR. Dial.
rymplc Of st. Paul, Gen. Geo. w.
Cass of New York, Is. L. Cheney Of
Boston, and J. l.. Grandin of Penn.
sylvania. The Grandin division,
consisting of 10000 acres, is sitnat,
cd on Goose River, 80 miles south OF
Fargo, and apart from the other
divisions. So far operations OF the
farm have been confined chiefly 10
wheat growing. The farm is man
aged with something Of the system
that is employed in directing the
operations of an army. 1t is caN
up into divisions of 1000 acres each,
and these are managed by cXpc
rienccd superintendent aud fore
men, the finances of each division
being brought under IA regular and
separate system of book keeping.
Mr.. Dalrymple is general manager
of the whole.
The area of ground under crop
this year is 1900 acres. Next
year the area will be increased to
10000. The spring wheat was
sown the latter 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
reapcrs had been finished, and miles
upon miles of wheat shocks covered
the plains. In bringing this crop TO
perfection, Mr.. Dalrymple has EN-.
ploycd nearly 800 head of horses
}. aud mules, 50 broadcast 50 feet seed
sewers, 100 l4inch plows, 200 steel
. pointed harrows, ID i0inch cVlin
N der thrcshcrs and cleaners, II 10
lc horse power steam engines. 80 self
~ binding reapers, and IL force o
Ii about 400 men. These machines
a. when in motion, cut and bound Will
+. wire 1000 large bundles every min
st ute.
Ie Threshing was begun few day
is ago, and MS | stood in the mitist u
ur this stubblc plain to-day, and watch
rs ed the smoke curling from the stcaI
IS. machines miles aud miles away, an
ut fancicd that they looked as vesseI
". look when steaming far out owe
of the lake in front of Chicago,
is thought to myself what magnit
st cent "desert" this is! Near by NJ
lis was superintendent who was tall
zee ing through telephone with a,
other superintendent some thr,
full miles away. Near him sat an opc
~. ator, who was sending dispatch
en- another part of the farm.
nd Mr.. Dalrymplc said that he o
in. pccted the yield To average - bus
DIV els per acre, which would give /
nj. tai of 10000 bushels. worth ju
~. that many thousand dollars, tw
nd thirds of which would bc net prof
or. 1t is all No. wheat, and Mr.. ID;
mt, rynplc said he had Just declined ;
ihe offer 10y the MillcrS' Association,
NJ. Minneapolis. Of % cents per busl
nv, for 10000 bushels. lie is shippiI
10 from his farm To Duluth. and then
IN. To New York, 20 cars OF whe
pa. every day.
As My establishment ut what | HI
to seen was nothing compared wi
u. that which experienced up
a. being told by Mr.. Dalrymplc that
was his purpose 10 carry torwa
,ho the development of his farm m
nor he shall have put 10000 acres I
,rts der the pillow and brought his yei
for ~ production of wheat up to
any round million bushels. DalrNmpl
,ar is not the only large farm he
too abouts. There is ut least "a hal
re. dozen others which number FRI
ers. 1000 to 1000 acres under cnlti'
ing ton. The number farms embrace
me from 100 TO 400 acres under cult
bly, ton is very large.