Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-24

From the BROOKLYN Eagle. I

"Yes. sir" resumed the Dakota man, as til,
crowd OF agriculturists drew back from tht
bar and seated themselves around littl,
table, "Yes, sir, we do things on rather
sizable scale. | have seen a man on one O
our big farms start out in the spring and pillow
a straight furroW until fall. Then he turned
round and harvested back"
Garry his grub with hims" asked q
Brooklyn farmer, who raises cabbage on the
outskirts.
mo, sir. They follow him up with a
steam hotel and have relays of men to
change plows for him. We have some big
farms up there, gentlemen. A friend of
mine owned one on which he had to give a
mortgage, and | pledge you my word the
mortgage was due on one end before they
could get it recorded at the other. You see
/ it was laid off in countless
There was a murmur of astonishment, and
the Dakota man continued:
L got a letter from q man who lives in
my orchard, Just before [ left home, and it
had been three weeks getting to the dwell
ing-house, though it travelled day and night" !"
*Distances are pretty wide up there, amt
they?" inquired New Utrecht agricultur-
alist.
REASONABLY, reasonably" replied the Da-
up families so. Two years ago | saw q whole
family Frustrated with grief. Women yell
ing, children howling and dogs barking One
of my men had his camp truck packed on
seven tour-mule teams and he was around
bidding everybody good bye"
Where was he going?" asked Grave
send man.
He was going half way across the farm to
feed the pigs" replied the Dakota man."
Did he ever get back to his family?'
ut isn't time for him." returned the Da-
kota gentleman. up there we send young
married men to milk the cows and their
children bring home the milk
Il understand you have fine mines up
that way" yentured Jamaica turnip
planter.
Yes but we only use the quartz for tenc-
ing" said the Dakota man, testing the blade
of his knife with his thumb, preparatory to
whetting it On his boot. ut wouldn't pay
to crush it, because we can make more on
wheat, put in $500 townships of wheat last
spring" ..'-.
"How many acres would that be 2"
a"We don't count by acres. We count by
townships and counties. My yield was $685.
100000 on wheat alone, and I'm thinking of
breaking up from eighty to a hundred more
counties next season." .r a. 'a !
How do you get help for such extensive
operations p asked the New Utrecht man.
FOh! labor is cheap" replied the Dakota
man. "You can get all you want for from
500 to SAT day. In fact / never paid over
$33"
is land cheap" .-...
mo, land is high Not that it costs any
thing, for it don't; but under the laws of the |
Territory you have got to take SO much or
none. | was in luck Had friend at |
Yankton who got bill through the Legisla-
ture, allowing me to take 100000 square
miles, which is the smallest farm there,
though it is---'
"Look here" said the barkeeper, as the
Eastern husbandmen strolled ont in bunch
to consider the last statement. is all this
you've been telling true?"
Certainly" responded the Western man !;
lat least it is modification of what saw
in a Dakota paper that was wrapped around
a pair of shoes last night. l didn't dare put
it as strong as the paper did, for no one would
believe it. You can slate the last round of
drinks and I'll pay in the morning I live
right here ON Myrtle avenue.