Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-11-26
FARMING IN DAKOTA.
Irron The BROOKLYN Eagle. ]

"Yes, SIR" resumed the Dskota
man. As the crowd Of aEriculturists
drew back from tho bar aud seated
themselves around little table, "Yes,
sir. We de things on rather sizablo
| scale. Pve seen q mau on one of our
big farms start out IN the spring aud
plow a straight furrow until fall.
Then he turned round and harvested
back"
Garry his grub with him p asked
Brooklyn farmer, who raises cab.
bages OH the outskirts.
mo. sir. They follow him up with
. steam hotel and have relays OF mea
TO change Plows for him. We have
eome big farms up there, gentlemen.
A freud Of mine owned one on which
no had to give mortgage aud
pledge you my word, the mortgage
was due on one end before thsy could
get it recorded at tho other. You see
it was laid off in counties."
There was Durmur Of astoBish.
meDt, aud the Dakota man continued:
81 got a letter from man who lives
III my orchard, just 5etsrs left homo,
sDd it had been three week getting to
the dwelling house. though it travel
ed day and night"
DISTANCES are pretty wide up there,
ain't they ?" inquired the New
Utrecht sgriculturist.
"Reasonably, reasonably" replied
the Dakota man. "And tbs worst
Of it 10, it breaks up families so. Two
years ago saw whole family pros
trated with grief. Women Yelling,
children bowling and dogs barking.
One Of my mon had his camp truck
OH seven four-mulo teams and he
was around bidding everybody good.
by"
"Where was he goiug1" asked .
Gravesend man.
"He was gong half way across the
farm to feed the pigs" replied the
Dakota Mau.
Did he ever get back to his fam.
lily"
"It isn't time for him yet," return.
cd the Dakota gentleman. up there
we send young married couples 70
milk the CO ws and their children bring
| home the milk"
81 understand you have some Aus
minee up that way" ventured Ja-
maica turDip man.
~ %, but We only use the QusrtE
Tor fencing" said the Dakota mss,
testing tho blade of his knife with his
thumb. 1T wouldn't pay to crush
1T because we can make moro money
on wheat. l put in eighty-nine hum
dred townships of wheat last spring."
"How many acres would that bs p
1--WE don't count BY acres. We
count by townships and counties.
NY yield was sixty-eight millions Of
dollars on wheat alone. and I'm
thinking Of breaking up from eighty
to hundred more counties next sea.
son."
How do you got the help for such
n M.s 1senrl,e n4,0. operations :" asked the
Dakota man. "You can eet ali YOU
want for from twenty-nine to forty
seven dsllars q day. In fact I never
paid over thirty eight"
"No; land 10 high. Not that it
costs anything fer it don't; but IN.
der the laws Of tho territory, yen
nave got to take 90 much Or none. I
was 10 luck. Had friend at Yank-
ton who got bill through the lsgis-
lature allowing ,ne to take four hun.
dred aad twonty thousand square
miles, which 10 the smallest farm
there. though it is-n
"Look here" said the bArksepsr, -
the eastern hnsbandmsn strolled out
in bunch to consider the last state.
mont. SIS oil this thing you've been
telling truel"
"Certainly," responded tho western
man "at least IL 10 modification Of
what l saw in Dakota paper that
was wrapped around . pair Of shoes
last night. didu't dare put IL ~
strong rs the paper did fer no one
would believe il. Ysu can slate that
last round of drinks aud I'll pay In
the morning. 1 live right round here
on Myrtle avenue"