The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28

"Yes, sir" resumed the Dakota
man, as the crowd of agriculturists
drew back from the bar and seated
themselves around little table,
"yes, sir, we do things on rather a
sizable scale. I've seen q man on
one OF our big farms start out in the
spring and plow q straight furrow
until fall. Then he turned around
and harvested back.
"Carry his grub with him." ask
cd q Brooklyn farmer, who raises
cabbage on the outskiyt9.
"No, sir. They fcllev him with
a steam hotel and have relays Of
men to change plows with him. We
have some big farms up there,
gentlemen. A f,iend of mine own
ed one on wuich he had given q
mortgage and was due on one end
before they could get it recorded on
the other. You see it was laid Off
in counties"
There was murnnur OF astonish-
ment, and the Dakota man contin-
ued.
Il got letter from a man who
lives in my orchard Just before | left
home, and it had been three weeks
coming to the dwelling house,
though it travelled day and night"
Distances are pretty wide up
there, amt they 2" inquired 4 New
Utrecht agriculturist.
Reasonably, reasonably" replied
the Dakota man. "And the worst
of it is it breaks up families so. Two
years ago saw a whole family pros
trated with grief Women yelling,
children bowling and dogs barking.
One of my men had his camp truck
packed on seven four mule teams
and he was bidding everybody
good-by."
Where was he going?" asked q
Gravesend man.
He was going half way across
the farm to feed the pigs" replied
the Dakota man.
Did he ever get back to his fam
ily?"
1T isn't time for him vet" re-
turned the Dakota gentleman. "Up
there We send young married coup
les to milk the cows, and their child
ren bring home the milk"
Il understand you have fine mines
up that way" ventured a Jamaica
turnip planter.
"Yes, but we only use the quartz
for fencing" said the Dakota man,
testing the blade Of his knife with
bis thumb preparatory to whetting
It ON his boot
1T won't pay to crush it, because
we can make more money on wheat.
| put in $500 townships of wheat
asst spring"
How many acres would that be ,"
"We don't count by acres. We
connt by townships and counties.
My yield was s6S,0O0,OOO on wheat
alone, and I'm thinking to break up
rom so to 100 more counties next
"Oh, labor is cheap" replied the
Dakota man. You can get all
-ou want for from s29 to s47 a
lay. In fact | never paid over
;3S."
as land cheap ?"
''No, lands high. Not that it
:osts anything, for it don't; but un-
Ter the laws of the territory you
AVE got to take so much or none
was in luck. Had a friend at
fankton who got bill through the
legislature allowing me to take
i20,000,000 square miles, which is
he smallest farm there, though it is
Look here" said the barkeeper,
S the Eastern husbandmen strolled
'ut in a bunch to consider the last
as all this thing you've
'een telling true?"
Certainly" responded the West
rn man, "at least it is modifica-
ion of what / saw in a Dakota pa
'er that was wrapped around
'air of shoes last night. / didn't
Iare put it as strong as the paper
i'd, for no one would believe it.
Iou can slate the last round of
Irinks and I'll pay in the morning.
live here on Myrtle avenue.