, 1879-08-08
KED.HIVEIs.
The Zig 900 Acrss In Ona
farn-iiarvcstlnE Arsns-0rsat Ylold Of

ANA.'*S AShA'f sAuAt ls~-lIc ufkk {bnR LNG
stranger notices on nrrying at Fargo is the
mosquitoes. The air around here contains moro
of these insccts to the cubic sard than auy-
where else. This town lies ou the hank Of Tic
Red River, anu Moorhcad Is on The opposlte
Side, tle two !" "citteBn together coutaip1nr
some 1000 inhabitants.
The land nut hero makes an Eastern man
opcn bis eyes, and tho crops arc simply wonflcr.
full. Hall dozen years ago these great lands Of
The lar Northwest wcre regarded ns a vnat wilder.
mesa, covered With swnlnps. lakes, and rtrcra,
where existence or cscapc would te alike i'm
possible. III 1877, when tho Northern Pacific
opened for traffic, searccly a sIngie settlement
c1istcd along It's lne. Now the whole country
Us far as Bismarck is dotted with settlements
and rising farlns and fields Of eu}den grain. The
reclamation Of thcsc lan1s lying On both sides
of tho Red Elycr Of Tie North, anu On hosh
sIdcs Of the international boundary between
Britiah North America and the United statcs,
only fairly commenced last Year, aud even tho
large tract HOW under cultivation 10 u mere cor
ner In the vast rcvion available, The fertile
belt Of which this Is the western extremity
sweeps IN n uor'heasterlr direction some 800
miles side, a!onE the course Of the Saskatchc-
waa River md forward to the Rocky Mountains
Of the far West. embracing au area OF Mt least
aDt QUO square miles. nearly the whole Of
which Is to-day M untouched prairie OF the rIcn-
est description.
An Immense i'm migration into thla country
took p!nce last 3car, and It Inns bccn more than
trtbtcu thls year. It Is HOW nearly six yeara
stce tue failure OF JaY Cooko q Ca, the
tnautial agents Of the Nortnern Pacific, put u
cotnptets stop to al' works Of construction on
tIat unfortunate road. After the first Btock,
during tho fong wears OF depression It continued
to rush slowly but surety on IN a lue westerly
direction through country absolutely unb,p-
ulatcd a'',l unknown. Onlv Of late years have
the cxpectatfons Of its projectors been realized.
During the lrst tlrcs months 81 1877 thu earn-
nss OF thc Company were s7B,717, and tho
numtes Of passengers 4,o9s. For the samo
period ot 1875 the earnings had increased to
sl33,1f0 aMl number. Of passengers TO 10,14G
The figures for this ytar could no. obtain ac-
ccsa to. hut am assured frotn reliable suurcc
aal., ,nnt TIE Company ssckqncd on 80 per esnt
# would exrrcd 10, The ltpe Is now COM
p1etel to bismarck anil graded about forty miles
beyond. II Is being built at she ratc of u milo
day. as,0 in thr spring Uf 1851 tile solitude Of
this wonderful Yellowstone region Will DO bro-
ken for the brst time By The whistle OF the loco
motive. md tile National Park Will be thrown
open to tho world.
ycrtlnv this part Of Dakota from 4 wilderness
to civilized country are not the ordinary cluss
Vi eTnsrrants tn new district. Thcr asr mostly
wcll.t9s|o farmers with capital. from Northern
Iowa. Wisconsin, Ontario. attl other parts OF
cannda, wlIo tave sud their farms ~ thosc
rtnccs for {225 to $40 an acre md Il, few Years
will have much larger onps here worth. frc,1l
twice tn six times as mitch as those Which they
have LETT. Whatever 1nnr be the Cnisc, the soil
here is certainty more prolific thau In the older
States.
Larcln!ly-preparcd reports made UP IN 1877
from thu returns VI thiriy-laur settlements gaze
q bushels, average per acrcc, sa,,f bushels;
barley per acre, 30 to lU bushels, hveragu uer
acre, l2 buehels; anu osl,rr grains tu propor-
ton. Potatoes run a. O. high us coo bushc's to
yield. This yuar t5,ere Will bc n tnarket for tie
crops OF America which II practically bound
less. Owing to the wet. unreasonable weather,
The cru,,s ot England. nnt! indrvd, Ut ali
Sou'hcrn Russia. urs almost ratiruly ruined.
*fhc high rent Of land nl.f the immense cvpcnsu
Of rsapast1Ig self riich las beer worn cut IL.
s!'e ]ast two Centuries. must eventually prevent
tic ENGLISH arricnlturtsts from competing
with Our WcstcrI.-raseI grain.
Not ONLY In Wisconsin. Minnesota, Dakota,
md Montana are there millions Ut ncres ut rich,
elacls praiT!S, waiting ony ,he advent o. n.at'
thu Ercatcr part OF tho southern norton Of
British North America IL composed Of
AS PINE WHEAT uEOWIS0 SOIL As THERE IS IN
TnE wOKLn.
THIS cnornlous country Is looked upon bY
many to-auY in tho snme man,cr sI,at Mtnncso-
tn and Daaota were ten years ngo, as u bnrrc,,,
!cc-hount desert. OuIy nine yrars since II was
tic property Of tho Hudson BaY Company,
unacr charter granted III 1869 10 '' Prince Hi
terms that they should give 10 the sovereign
every time he chose to visit tho country 1.-TWO
b!ace bears nlst two tlnc nlks." Ntw men nru
just beginning to npprcclnto Tint these :sIU,tAl3
sanaru nllIrs of country arc good for something
Else besltc tllI supply OF fnrs and the ftiruisti-
Ing OF scauty subsistence to banda OF rowing
Iniiaus
At 10 O'Clock. a stecIal train took US to tic
farm, wispru wu found Mr.. Ilarymple ready to
welcome us, and plenty OF teams aud bnsgics
10 drive lis over the li,il!s. itprc wo saw thou
sinds of aercs Of wheat stanin., thousands
suora cut, nnd reaps, oIl,lIng. stacking. turcsh
Ing. and shipping 1le esatn ot! the ears 10 prog
rcss Ct Tho sasno time. The following Interest
mud may BY thoroushly relied Ip1n:
1s iTndt kn""n a. ,ne casa s,G Cheney md
which atr. Dalsrmple has llalf Interest, 4i!d
tho whole OF which Ia under his personal man
agc'ncnt. There are at present over au.oDj
buen nut under plow this summer. IN sceli.,g
he uscs onr aud onc'hnlt bushels to one busle
nt'I three pceks per acre. Ho has ullo spun VI
hnrscs or mules TO every eighty acres, t,ste ot
to cvsry 1ul acres. ll5 scls.wIro binding renocrs.
md twenty sttuln thrashEng+riarhls,Gs, which
burn tho waste STRAW. For tho sake ot eoByou-
Ienru tho farm Is divided by roads into sections
cnt 10 every 5,003 acres. rlero is coinpIe.e sst
Ut buildings on each division, ennststtn, Of sep.
arAtp stnrohouses fur each d9scrlntlol, Of ma
chtncsy. spacious boardlng.houses for Tie nle,,,
tho suuorintcndcnl's house. granny, md black.
smiths. und carpenters slors. Eartl gan. Ut
tncn w1ifa at work Is under tho rontrnl u
superintendent, md is accompanied BY man
III reuatr any accident to ille ulacl.lnrrv. Tina
working hours during harvest aru from, 5 unit.
u: Tie itaou earn s: pcr day and hoard during
sho hasycst .Mna aslraslnE, wh!vt, las,s about
five weeks. The ordinary pay Is gu per uonlh
md board. ILL., glvos his hids US n,.lct Us ..cy
san cat 1T hesf aul pork, vegetables, tbs beat
flour, cahnud fruits OF nil lsinhs cn!tee alll TEA.
H. eI'ploys 4oo mcnx'hrns harvest, n,ul about
th3 dnri,E, thu thrasllsig peslod. IIlcsa uru
mostly rcsitlouts hcre. who have newly moved
tn'o tho county mud taken III Government
l.,.da, aMl having plowel nn tAglr own .tarms
oro nnly too glau to ual SO or $50 to their own
aftcn scanty. capital, Tic original cost Ut tho
ltau averaged s. an acre, mud the llrst sntroW
was broscn In 1875, wun two SECTIONS, or |, ,22S0
acres, weru put under plow, anl III ls'I Tho
ilfst It crop was harvested. TIT, year tho crop
ml.t about 5o4oo1 b..shels will ba put ou stlc
cafs. Noue Of .i1o grau u ever stored, but Is
shipped at 0aec to tho East md sold ut the mar
kck ratrs. The coat t,f putttue iu tho llret crop