The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-10-09
Riyalling the BOnanzas.
THE VAST FARM THAT IS TO BE
MADE To YIELD A MILLION poll
LARS A YEAR.


MADE To YIELD A MILLION Doll
LARS A YEAR.
FARGO, DIT. Sept. 2.-This morning
l paid visit4to the Dalrymple farm
situated eighteen miles west of Fargo.
The estate embraces 100000 acres,
owned by Mr.. Dalrymple of St, Paul,
Gen. Geo. w. Cass of New York,
3. r. Cheney of Boston, and }. J..
Grandin, of Pennsylvania. The
Grandin division, consisting of 10000
acres, is situated on Goose river, 30
miles south of Fargo, and apart from
the other divisions. So far opera
tions on the farm have been confined
chiefly to wheat growing. The farm
is managed with something of the
system that is employed in directing
the operations OF an army. 1t is cut
up into divisions of 1000 acres each,
and these are managed by expe-
rienced superintendents and foremen,
the finances of each division being
brought under regular and separate
system of bookkeeping. MIR. Dal-
rymplo is general manager of the
whole.
The area OF ground under crop this
year is $4,000 acres. Next year the
area will be increased to 10000 acres.
The Spring wheat was sown the latter
part Of March and the fore part Of
April. The first of il was cut July
18th. and twelve days after that, the
work of the reapers had been finished
and miles upon miles OF wheat shocks
covered the plains. In bringing this
crop to perfection, Mr.. Dalrymple has
employed nearly 500 head of horses
and mules, 80 broadcast s. feet seed
sewers, 100 II inch ploughs, 200 steel
pointed harrows, Is 10 inch cylinder
threshers and cleaners, Is 10 horse
power steam engines, 80 self-binding
reapers, and a force Of about 400
men,. These 80 machines when in
motion, cut and bound with wire
1000 large bundles every minute.
| Threshing was begun few days
ago, and az T. stood in the midst Of
this stubblc plain to-day, and watched
the smoke curling up from steam ma.
Sn.nes .. aa,s.s sailss away, an ne
/ look when steaming far out over the
lake in front Of Chicago, / thought to
myself, what magnificent "desert"
this IS Near by me was superin-
tendent who was talking through q
telephone with another superintend-
ent some three miles away. Near
him sat an operator, who was sending
a despatch to another part Of the farm
! Mr.. .Dalrymple said that he expect.
ed the yield to average twenty-five
bushels per acre. which would give a
total OF $4,000 bushels, worth just
that many thousand dollars, two
thirds Of which would be net profit.
1t is all No. wheat. and Mr.. Dial
rymple said he had just declined an
offer by the Millers' Association of
Minneapolis of 90 cents q bushel for
$4,000 bushels. He is shipping from
his farm to Duluth, and thence to
New York, twenty cars OF wheat !eF-
cry day,
| My establishment at what had
seen was nothing compared with that
which / experienced upon being told
by Mr.. Dalrymple that it was his pur-
pose to carry forward the develop,
ment Of his farm until he shall have
put 10000 acres under the plough and
brought his yearly production OF
wheat, up TO q round million bushels.
Dalrymplc's is not the only large farm
hereabopts. There are at least halt
dozen others which number from | 900
to 1900 acres under cultivation. The
number of farms embracing from 100
to 400 acres under cultivation is very
large.--Chicago Times.
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