The Baltimore County union., 1881-10-15
THE LARGEST FARM IN THE WORLD.

The farm ofMr. Dalrympie, in Dakota Territory,
has wheat field containing 5000 acres. A cor
| respondent Of the Chicago Inter Ocean, August
IL, thus reports an interview with Mr.. DalrymPle
We asked for Mr.. Dalrymple, and he came down
from some room above a slender. quiet t-lOOking
man, with pen behind bis ear, whom you would
judge TO be n schoolmaster or clergyman at sight.
Ills hands were soft and white-more accustomed
to the book or pen than the plOw-and his face,
were u not covered with beard, and not 80 much
burned rs mine. lie met Us cordially, invited us
10 spend the day and dine, and suggested that he
would have team hitched up 10 drive US over
''the place." I noticed he always called Il ''the
place."
In the meantime asked him few questions.
The FIRST one was as to the yield this year.
"It was late spring" said Mr.. Dalrympic.-
"At the time when we are usually putting In
crop the place for miles around here covered
wiih water from the melted snow, and you could
have sailed n boat over held where now there 10
wheat that will yield. feared at one time that
the crop would be failure, but am very positive
now that the average per acre will not be below
twenty bushels"
"IIave you sold your wheat ?"
"0ur plan Is different from the ordinary method.
We are sending about three train loads day to
Duluth"
GLOW many bushels is that"
"About $4,000 bushels. We load n vessel at
Duluth every two days and send IL to Buffalo,
where II Is sold on arrival at the market price"
"What ~ that 2!
"The price to-day" said Mr.. Dairympic, con.
sultisg telegram, Is "si 81 at Buffalo. Freighs
arc about % cents, 50 IL nets US about 81 bu.hcl
"what will your crop amount to!"
al am expecting about COG, 900 bushels. Besides
this We have about 10000 bushels Of oats, which
We keep for our stock"
"Do you keep stock enough TO cat up 10000
bushels of oats 2"
Mr.. Darympic smiled pleasantly and remarked
that eight hundred horses and mules eat up good
many oats.
GLOW much does your crop cost you!"
at costs US about so an acre 10 produce crop
when We use our own stock and pay our men by
the month, but when We hire men and teams BY
the DAY II costs US about IS an acre"
"what do You pay your menl'
awe pay $50 . month for regular hands and :?
per day for extra hands during harvest"
"what machinery have you going TO. day!"
1.-TWO hundred self.binding harvesters and
thirty steam thrcshcFs. These 200 harvcsters cut
an average Of $500 acres day, and the threshers
turn out about $4,000 bushels . day. As fast as
II is ,hreshed We bag the wheat cart Il over there
to the cars, empty the sacks and send away three
train loads daily"
"where do you keep your men :"
"If you had been here at o'clock this morning
you could have seen 500 men at breakfast. We
keep forty cooks"
Sir. Dalrympie explained at length how th.
enormous business 10 conducted. The 30 900 acres
under cultiv ration divided into Eve divisions Of
C.OO0 acres each, under superintendents, who are
responsible directly TO Mr.. Dairymple, the COM
mander in-ehsf Each of these regiments is d.
vidcd again into bataions, with q foreman or
major. who has chargeof 1000 acres. Under him
are three companies, each having n captain and
cultvating n section, which Is GO acres Of land.
Each superintendent plants his crop and harvests
10. reporting from time 20 time 90 Mr.. Dairymple.
who directs and oversees the whole. but spends
the greater part Of his time at the Office planning
and rairulafing for the hest results froui the