Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-11-17
Farming In Dakota.

eyes, sir" resumed the Dakota
man, ss the crowd of agiculturists
drew back from the bar and seated
themselves around a little table.
eyes, sir, We do things on rather a
tsixable scale. I've seen man on
one Of our big farms start out In the
spring and piow . straight furrow
until fall. Then he turned round
and harvested back .r-.t
"Carry his grub with him?" asked
q Brooklyn farmer, who raised cab
bage on the outskirts. ' -'-
"No, sir. They follow him up
With steam hotel aud have relays of
men to change plows for him. We
have some big farms up there, gen.
tlemen. A friend Of mine owned
one on which he had to give . mort
gage, and I 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" 'i-f's'=
There was . murmur Of astonish-
nent, AAd the Dakota man con-
tinued: -.
II got 4 letter from a man who
lives 10 my orchard, just before 1
left home, and it had been three
weeks getting to the dwelling house,
though it travelled continually day
and night" '"
"Distances are pretty wide up
there, amt they?'' inquired New
Utrecht agriculturist. nan r ....
Reasonably. reasonably" replied
che Dakota man. "And the worst of
it is, it breaks up Families. Two
years ago saw % whole family pros
trated with grief. Women yelling.
children howling. and dogs barking.
One Of my men had his camp truck
on seven four-mule teams and he
was around telling everybody good
BY" %
"Where was he going2" asked the
Gravesend man. ...-...,.........
"He was going half way across the
farm to feed the pigs" replied the
Dakota man. i T.saT --. Sz..',--'
'Did he ever get back to his fam
lily" ...r.=.. ,s- So. ...
sIt isn't tine for him yet,' re-
piled the Dakota man. Sup there We
send young married couples to milk
the COWS and their children bring
home the milk ..- 80 $50
81 understand you have mines up
that way," ventured Jamaica turnip
planter. - .'.'.''> ' ''',
-''Yes, but We only use the quartz
for fencing" said the Dakots man,
testing the blade OF his knife with his
thumb, preparatory to whettlng it on
bis boot. sit wouldn't pay to crush
it, because we can make money On
wheat. put in $500 townships Of
wheat last spring. --'5 W.
"How many acres would that he?"
''We don't count by acres. We
count by townships and counties.
My yield was s68, 900, 900 on wheat
alone, and I'm thinking of breaking
up from eighty TO q hundred more
counties next season." ;ea. =
''How do you get the help for such
extensive operations?" asked the
New Utrecht man.
sob! labor is cheap" replied the
Dakota man. ''You can get all you
want from $29 to $47 q, day. In
fact, I never paid over $685."
SIS land cheap?" ......
"No. land is high. Not that it
costs anything. for it don't; but un-
der the laws of the territory you have
got to take so much or none. was
in luck. Had friend in Yankton
who got bill through the the legis-
lature, allowing me to take 420, ,0G0
square miles, which 10 the smallest
farm there, though it is -" s..s
"Look here" said the bar-keeper,
sis all this thing you have been
telling me true?"
"CertainIy." responded the West
ern man sat least it is . modifica-
ton Of what saw in Dakota paper"