The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-12-15

yes. SIR resumed the Dakota
man, as the crowd Of agriculturisis
drew back from the bar ana seated
themselves around little table, "yes.
sir. VIC % things on rather a sizable
scale. Iye seen a man on one oil
our big farms start out 10 the spring
and ploW a straight iufrow until fall
Then ne turned round ard harvested
back
"CarFy bis grub With him 2 asked
nrooklyn farmer, who raises cab
bagos on The outskirts
"No, sir. They follow him up
with astoam hotel and have relays
Of men b change plows for him.
We have fome big farms up there,
gentlcmed A friend Of mine owned
one on Which be bad to give o mort
gage, and pledge you my word the
mortgage vas due at one end before
they could get q recorded at the
other. Yop see Il twas laid of in
counties"
There vt a murmer Of astonish-
ment and tie Dakota man continued I.
IL got aletter from a man who
lives n my orchard, just before / loit
home, and Il had been three weeks
getting to ths dwelling house, though
it travelled dly and night"
''Distance4 are pretty wide up
there, amt doy p inquired a New
Utrecht agri4lIurist
"Reasonabg, reasonably, replied
The Dakota dan "And the worst
Of 10 Isl il breaks up famiiiss g
4 Two we'd 3 ara4 Fas.n whole family
l.aostfated With grief Women yell
ing, children bowling, aud dogs
barking One Of my men bad bis
camp truck packed on seven four
mule teams and be was around bid.
ding everybody good bye"
Where was he going ~ asked O.
Graycsend man.
"HeRas going b4'l way ACROSS The
larm to feed The Hgs, replied the
Dakota man
Did be ever gei back 70 his fami-
lyYn
1T isn't time fof him SET" roturn-I
ed the Dakota gentleman. "UpI
there we send young married couplesi
to MIX rTr->s6 ,gd their child
brinG home thZiS.l
81 understand You .4lhc
up that way ventured a Jal
turnip planter
"Yes, but we only use the qual
for fencing, said the Dakota man.
testing the blade Of his kniie with b}
thumb, preparatory to whetting Oh
his boot. 1T won't pay to crush it.
because we can make more money
on wheat | put in eighty nine
townships last spring.
"How many acres would that be p
I'VE don't count BY acres. Wei
count by townships and counties
My yield was S68.000,OOO on wheat
alone, and I'm thinking Of breaking
up from eighty to a hundred counties
more next season,N
How DO yen get the help for
such extensive operations p asked |
the New Utrecht man.
"Oh, labor is cheap" replied the
Dakota man "You can get all YOU
want for from $2g to $47 day. Inl
fact ! never paid over S3S."
Is land cheap r
'No, land is high Not that it /
casts anything, for it don't; but un
dee The laws Of the Territory youI
fsvo got to take so much OF none
I was In luck. Had a friend in Yank
ton who got bill through the Leg
islature allowing me TO take 42O,O00l
square miles, which is the smallest
farm there, though It ls-"
Look here" said the hafkeeper, |
as the Eastern husbandmen strolled |
out in a bunch to consider the last |
statement lis all this thing you've /
been telling true 7"
grtainly," responded the West
ern man cat least it is a modification I
OF what Lsaw in a Dakota paper that
was wrapped around a pair Of shoes /
last night. l didn't dare put Il as |
strong as tue paper did, for no one
would believe it. Yor can slate that |
last rouRd Of drinks, and Iii pay in
the morning. | live right here on
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