Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-10-21
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LARGEST FARM IN THE WORLD.

The farm of Mr. Dalrymplc, in Dakota
Territory, has wheat field containing
30, 900 acres A correspondent Of the
Chicago Inter Ocean, August 10, thus
reports aud Interview with Mr.. Dali
rymple:
We asked for Mr.. Dalrymple and he
came down from some room above; n
slender, quiet-looking man, with pen
behind his ear, whom you would judge
to be schoolmaster or clergyman at
sight His hands were soft and white
more accustomed to the book or pen than
the plow-and his face, we're it not COW
cred with beard, was not so much burned
as mine lie met US cordially, invited
us to spend the day and dine, and sug-
gested that he would have a tenn hitched
up to drive us over the place. noticed
he always called it "thc place.
In the meantime | asked him few
questions The first one was to the yield
this year
g 1t was a late Spring" said Mr.. Dali
rymple. "At the time when we we're
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 u field
where now there is 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"
Our plan is different from the ordi-
nary method. We are sending about
three train loads a day to Duluth"
GLOW many bushels is that I"
about 10000 bushels. We load
vessel at Duluth every two days and send
it to Buffalo, where it is sold on arrival
at the market price
"What is that?'
"'rhe price to-day" said Mr.. Dalrym-
pie, consulting telegram, lis 81 ~ at
Buffalo. Ifreights are about " cents,
50 it nets us about 81 bushel."
"Wbat will your crop amount TOT"
81 am expecting about SOC, 900 bush
els Besides this we have about 90, 900
bushels Of oats. which we keep for our
stock"
"Do you keep stock enough to eat up
80, 900 bushels of oats p
Mr. Dalrymple smiled pleasantly and
remarked that eight hundred horses and
mules cat a good many oats
How much does your crop cost you 7"
at costs US about SO an acre TO pro-
duce a crop when We use our own stock
and pay our men by the month, but when
we hire men and teams by the day it
costs US about IS an acre"
1--WE pay $50 month for regular
hands and 81 per day for extra hands
during harvest"
what machinery have you going TO-
day :"
1.-TWO hundred self-binding harycsters
and thirty steam threshers. These two
/ hundred haryesters cut an average Of
$500 acres day, and the thrcshcrs turn
out about 5000 bushels u day. As
fast as it is threshed VIC bag the wheat,
cart it over there 10 tho cars. empty the
sacks aud send away three train loads
daily"
Where do you keep your men p
"Ifyou had been here at o'clock this
morning you could have seen 800 men ut
breakfast We keep forty cooks"
Mr. Dalrymplc explained at length
how this enormous business is conducted.
The 80, 900 acres under cultivation are
divided Into FIVE divisions Of 6 900 acres
EACH under superintendent, who are
responsible directly TO Mr. Dalrymplc,
the commander-in-chief Each Of these
regiments is divided again into battal-
ions, with foreman or major who has
charge Of 1000 acres. Under him are
three companies, each having a captain
and cultivating section, which is GAO
acres Of land. Each superintendent plants
his crop and harycsts it, reporting from
time TO time to Mr.. Dalrymple, who di-
reefs and oversees the whole, but spends
the greater part Of his time at tho office.
planning and calculating for the best re-
suits from the smallest outlay. The su-
perintendehts are responsible for the good
order Of their men, stock and machinery,
and there is decided rivalry between
them as TO which can produce the big
gost crop When the blowing com
mcnces IN the Spring the men 60 out in
gangs, each taking $40 acres. under the
direction Of foreman, who rides along
on horseback TO see that the work is
done properly. Everything is in the
military style.
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