The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-12-22
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Farming i'm Dakota.

IEoII Farming In Dakota.
,3"Yes, 81 Sir, resumed the Da Dakota & q man, "a
as the, crowd of asrieultqrists drew back
from the bar and seated themselves
Earound .aslittles tables 5syesssir, lwsado
things on rather a .sizable scale. I've
seen a man ON one of our big farms
start out in, the spring and ,plow a
straight furrow until fall..i Then he
turned round and harvested back
Garry his grub withs him a asked
Brooklyn farmer, who raises cabbages
| on the outskirts. ~Si aaIssa--
"No SIR They follow him up with
10 steam M hotel and have relays Of A aie d to
change plows for him, We haye some.
big farms up there, gentlemen. g e
friend of mine owned one on which he
had to give a mortgage, and 1 pledge
you M ~ worflI the mortgagewas due at,
one end before they could get it re-
corded at the other. q You see It was
laid off in Counties
There was a. nurmar ofij astonisRs s
ment, and the Dakota man continued:
got letter from a man who lives in
my orchard, just before had left home
and it had been three weeks getting to
the dwelling house, though il traveied
day and night. ''1s45d nj III .sa,g 10. ~
distances are pretty wide up there
amt theyg" inquired a. New Utrecht
agriculturist. l.ala 81, @;E,l.s -
Reasonably, Ba reasonably. Il replied
the Dakota man. And the worst
Of it is, it breaks up families SO. o Two
years ago I saw a whole family pros
trated with grief. Women Yelling
children rhowling, and Il dogs bark.
ing. One of my men had his camp
truck packed on seven four mule teams
goodbye" - ''-'~-''
sS*Wherel wss de goinga's sskea "a
"He was % eoino baiiwwa,v, I, ,,,,,m across pm tbaa
farm to feed the pigs, ]" replied the ,Das
Did 4, he ever get Back to ). his is,
A3ay: It. - IA tIso i8ia1.isS si4.sfsa ,t,i, ,-'.
Al = 1t isn't time for him yet.n returned
the Dakota gentleman. h'a" Up there,
we send young married couples to milk
the COWS, and their children bring
home the milk .,,I,,.s~ g,,sr,, :.
!" | understand you have fine asmi ines
mp that way ventured d Jamaica turg'
nipplante ,'''a r ias.lis2, ll'e 'a l',''''' q
tres, but We only use the quartz for i
fencing" said the Dakota man, testing
the, blade of his knife with his thumb.
preparatory to whetting on his boot.
- !" IT wont pay to crush it, because we
can maze smore money en swheats s~5-
put. IN J., eighty7nine !1J inc. townships last
- How many s acres q tai would that bea' =, !,
+ /" We don't count by aeres.ss6iWe !
count by townships and counties. MY
yield was $68, 900, oOe, on wheat alone, !
and I'm thinking of breaking UP from =.
eighty to a hundred counties mere
next season.n hARfsas.si, glf: a,.ilsMa..lt 81
*. . How do you get the help for such
extensive operations p''' y. asked the New
Utrecht man. .s,f.,tf4 has t3.,.i...,5.,
/ s't Oh, labor is cheap" replied the
Dakota man. .ssi" You fean get all you
want fol. from $29 to S47 a day. FIN
fact, never paid over $3S, - 49,. aei.' III, a
- |" Is land cheapp' s..ss. i.,,srt. ..5s. ,l,;,, S
"No, land is high. Not that it
.casts anything, for it don't; but under
the laws Of the Territory you have got
TO take SO much or none. / was in luck. |
bad friend at Yankton who i got a !
bill through the Legislature allowing
me TO take 420 900 square miles, which
is the smallest farm there, though it
S--.'laffi b9ti snisi,atl.s. lss4f;.ssi4 ssi.aI
tfFs Look here" said the barkeeper,
as the Eastern husbandmena istrolledl
out in bunch to consider, the last
statements i Is all this thing. you've |
been telling true?" lssi .GI ,ssl IA .sf,
Certainly" responded the Western
mans " at least it is a modification of
what Esaas in a Dakota paper that was 1
wrapped around pair. of. shoes last
night. didn't dare pat 1t as strene
as the paper did, for no one would be.
heveiit. You can slate that last round
Of drinks, and I'll pay in the morning. |
| live right here on Myrtle Avenue. ~
Brooklyn Eagle.
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