The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-02-29

: 4 DAKOTA WRRAT FlELD0.
OF the four hundred million bushsls
OF whsst prelue3 in sheU UnitsdG Gnates.
by f.r the lartet pfen = - in
the fall, and b 6ltoa winter fSin.
The vsristies ore conditioned by the
coil and climate. the latitude Of Ail.
wsakse marking in gsneral the north.
era bouDdsry Of winter wheat.
The area suited for the production OF
wheat sosx il thsspiaS hihVs4 hes
been Of limitao91Aes< ne 0e4 =
undsvelopedsssc&ikn 4 vbs S6d1 I'll 20
wide aud f~r-reschiog that it nay be
;gagsried ss tho great summer wheat
ooid OF the future. Its capabilities are
. vast. aud the insurance OF Dsodue-
ton 40 certain. that the millioos Of the
Old World may ever think Of It - .
lad th.t vii! supply them with bread
A traysIess maeis0xs tOus of ~ s..
Lawre64e I'd il eoQ ectieg Cainpf
iskss. Iandag at 1d sh, sad lourIG :
ing wese vssr Tie aorthdf fPaeiD6
R6lsea1 tVo hsndr11 u3il6e. osySSd
she fassst >sgiooA oe ths:@ Nian1ssip
will aud himself ON the eastern edge Of
this bread land Of the futurs-ths val.
Icy Of the Red river, . stream flowing
northwsrd - lake Winnipeg, and
thence to Hudson Bay.
In August. 1859. the writer Of this
article rose over tthis fegnae shqntiai
ground o. the Bleak. vhosu sGhsour6
ty-Sooe ages they chased the buffalo
and fought the Chippswss. The val
10y Of the Red river was . vest ex-
psuss. No hill. 10 gentle undalstion,
nOehing but the fsioges Of trees along
the strssms bonded shs deAk sItwds
. reach Of pslirb un6rdkes ~ the
plow. Ouf Own voices. or he Sonk q
meadsw-lsrk. plovsr. snd cuslew. and
other fowl, alone broke the solemn
and oppressive stiffness Of the solitude.
At 0apsgesDwn che Hnl1sso 0ay Coo-
pany had rssrsd . house. and I've OF
three settlers bad set up their cabins
o. the banks Of the river. We On.
eountseed man whose birth plaos
wss n Visgisia. who Aad bsso . froe.
tiersmsn in Ohio. Illinois. Indiana, Wis.
consin-a vidctts Of civilization
Have you my asighbossr Sve a.ked
3 oh yea; three fan,iiss lays just
.sttl.d about twelve miles from here.
rLey are getting pretty thick. and l
shall have to move on. ] reckon
Ttey have bese gslsi6 : thicksr bne, !.
aud the locomotive ID speeding its way
through the vall.y. On to he Missouri.
and bcy0ad the Yellowstone; it 10 hy-
i"g dsvn the valls1 - sWiuaipsg, and
soOn it will thsader alons abe ESssks.
tshe van fer away 10 Ahe dltant Meth
land. Fara houses dot the land scspe;
~ us hsse spsuao op;fAs srasslersfD
holds piles 81 ium6er: long lines Of
f.sm Wagons. ,rlows. seederss hsssews.
ssapsEs. thr<ehsfs, AMI farm Engines at
every railroad ststiho Narvelloas the,
change; in 1869 . fusrsvless plain;
1879. = harvest Of eight million bushels
Of grain ere loog to be eighty mil.
lion! S. 98Ass d
Ride ever these fertile fields sf d.
koia. and behold the working Of this
lstsss tsiumph u Amesima aaelus..
You ass i. . saa of Wheat. O the
iaros managed BY Oliver Dalsympis
are IL. 900 eosss il ons Asld. TAsse-
ere Other farmers who cultivate iroo
loO to 6VOO acRes. The seileoad tsain
rolls through 40 eeean of grein, Plgas-.
snt the alasie of the rippline yAve1 =
the West Wiaa sweeps oeGe ht@ -
pause. We encounter . sQuadrsn Of
war chsriots. not sueh ~ once swept
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