Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1881-11-16
FARMING IN DAKOTA.

FARMIa1G IN DAKOTA.
AAs AghopplaG Ssories ~ Mhaeh Tssni
b 0se - af3sd for ~ ilaax xin.rx
CsmpanY Dsysn KAes. !
DraoAiyn kpeIs.
Yes cir, febpsnetl the Dakota man
a the crowd sof agficnlturists drew
back from the bar and seated them
selves around d little table, Yes Sit
|yn do things on 4 rather sizabls
|scAle. I'M seen / man on one o
dur big farms start out in the sprin,
|sMd plsw ! straightfnrrow until fall
Then lle tArned round and harvest
ed back
Garry his grub with him ~ 'askct
4 Brooklyn farmer who raises cab
bages on tho outskirts,
" "a \ air They follow him III
sRstl u ss6iss laessi and have spiay,
Of men TO change plows for him
We have some some big farms W
there gentlemen. A friend Of mine
owned one OH which he had to give
a mortgage, and | pledge you my
word, the mortgage was due on ont
end before they could get it record
ed at the other. You see it was
laid off in counties" !"
There was murmur of astonish.
ment, and the Dakota man contin.
ued:
Il got a letter from man who
lives in my orchard, just before ]
left home, ard it had been three
weeks getting to the dwelling-house,
though travelling night and day"
"Distances are pretty wide up
there, amt they 2" enquired a New
Utrecht agriculturist.
REASONABLY, reasonably, replied
the Dakota man. "And the worst
of it is, it breaks up families SO.
Two years ago | saw whole families
proSrated with grief. Women yell
ing, children howling and dogs
barking. One of my men had his
camp truck packed on seven four
mule teams, and he was around bid
ding every body good by"
"Where was he going ?" asked a
Grayesend man.
"He was going half way across
the farm TO feed the pigs" replied
the Dakota man.
"Did he ever get hack to his fam
lily ?"
at isn't time for him yet" re-
turned the Dakota gentleman. "Up
there we send young married co,i-
plies to milk the cows, and their
children bring home the milk.
II understand that you have
mines up that way" venturca Ja-
maica turnip planter.
"Yes but we only use the quartz
for fencing" said the DAKOTA mar,
testing the blades of his knife with
his thumb, preparatory to whetting
it on his boot. 1T wouldn't pay to
crush it, because we can make more
money on wheat. | put in $500
townships Of wheat last spring"
"llow many acres would that be. :
eve don't count by acres. We
count by. townships and counties;
my yield was s6S,O00,0o0 OH wheat
alone, and ! am thinking Of break.
ing up from so to 100 more counties
next season. "How do you 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 from 500 to SAT day. In
fact | meyer paid over s48."
lis land cheap?"
No land is high. Not that il
costssanything for it don't; but un
der the laws Of the territory yor
have got to take so much or none.
was in luck. l had a friend il
Yankton who got bill through the
legislature, allowing me 420,0U
square miles, which is the snalles
farm there, though it is"
"Look here" said the bar-keeper
as the eastern husbnndnen strollee
out in bunch to conside
the statement, lis all this thing 70,
have been telling me true?"
Certainly" responded the west
ern man; 9at least it is a modifica
ton Of what saw ina Dakota pa
per that was wrapped around pal
Of shoes last night. don't dar
put it as trong as the paper did, f
no one would believe it. You ca
| slate that last round of drinks an
| I'll pay in the morning. ! live hel
/ m Mvrfln nven,1a