San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-09-29

Hunlsed Theasan1 Bushels a. what
sad Ninety Thsssasa busAsls
AZ Oats.

Hundred Theusen1 oushels a wheat
s'S Ninety &c., &C.. Bushels
Special Cor. Of the Chicago Intsr Ocean,
FARoo, D. T., Aug. 1S.-Can you i'm
sgine wheat.Aeld Of $4,000 acres
Thirty thousand acres Of slender golden
stems, each bearing cluster Of yellow
beads, bowling and nodding as il in ac.
knowledgment Of admiring chances. II
You cannot fancy such picture, You
perhaps will admit that it must be one
Of the most sublime and fascinating
scenes the human eye can witness.
stood this morning at the centre OF
the largest farm in the world; the larg-
est piece of territory ever cultivated
under the direction OF single man.
As far as the eye could reach, north,
south, east or west. there was nothing
visible but the bluest Of blue sky, the
reddest Of red barns, the great awkward
looking threshers with their smoke be.
grimmed engines beside them, the whir-
ring harvesters, and miles after miles of
wheat. II this farm were
STRETCHED OUT LIKE RIBBON
HALF mile wide IL would reach a. far
as from Chicago to Milwaukee. II it
were in q single rectangular piece, o
mile in width, it would be forty i've
miles from end to end, and there is not
fence, not treee, not q bush; only an
occasional strip of green across the
golden that marks the existence Of q
road or section line.
Near us was q little white house where
the "storekeepeer" ived-the commits
sary Of great army, for an army it is
and we inquired of the gentlemanly
Mr.. Mandell how we could get across to
the Office of Mr.. Dalrymple. He i'm
pressed o mule team that happened to
drive up for supplies, and sent us to
headquarters.
There was ulster of great red barns,
an acre or two of cabbages, beets, on
ions and waving corn; q lazy.looking
windmill that swung as indiherently as
if regiment of thirsty men were not
working in the, field, and 4 coy cottage,
plain but comfortable. We raped at
the door and were shown into the par
lor. The room was handsomely fur.
nished, with some evidences Of luxury,
but no more than are found in the
houses of @fore-handed" farmers all
over the West.
now DALnYMp1E LOOKS.
We asked for Mr.. Dalrymple, and he
came down from some room above; q
slender, quiet-looking man, with q pen
behind his ear, whom you would Judge
m hn n soho III Inn o%ar ~ o1>rr~xv,oou a.
sight. His hands were soft and white
more accustomed to the book or pen
than the plow-and his face, where it
was not covered with beard, was not so
much burned as mine. He met us COR
daily, invited us to spend the day and
dine, and suggested that he would have
team hitched up to drive us over "the
place."
I noticed that he always calledit "the
place."
In the meantime I asked him few
questions. The first one was as to the
yield this year.
1T was late spring." said Mr.. Dali
rymple. AT the time when we are
usually putting in crop the place for
miles around us here was covered with
water from the melted snow, and you
could have sailed boat over field
where now there is wheat that will
yield
TWENTY BUSHELS TO THE ACRE.
feared at one time that the crop would
be failure, but am very positive now
that the average per acre will not be be-
low twenty bushels.
"Have you sold your wheat?"
"Our plan is different from the ordi-
nary method. We are sending about
three train-loads day to Duluth"
How many bushels is that?"
about 10000 bushels. We load a
vessel at Duluth every two days and
send it to Buffalo, where it is sold on
arrival at the market price,"
what is that? ?"
"The price to-day" said Mr.. Dalrym-
pie, consulting telegram, "is 81 ~ at
Buffalo. Freights are about twenty
seven cents, so it nets us about 81
bushcl."
what will your crop amount to?"
II am expecting about 100000 bush
els. Besides this we have about co. 900
bushels of oats, which we keep for our
stock"
"Do you keep stock enough to eat up
$4,000 bushels of oats?"
Mr.. Dalrymple smiled pleasantly and
remarked that 800 horses and mules eat
up good many oats.
THE COST OF IT.
"How much does your crop cost
your"
1T costs us about sc an acre to pro-
duce crop when we use our own stock
and pay our men by the month, but
when we hire men and teams 10y the
day it costs us about 50 an acre"
What do you pay your menu"