The Dillon tribune., 1881-12-24
Farming in Dakota.

goose's eggs l should succeed have
more perscverance."-Indiana daily News.
Farming in Dakota.
"Yes, SIR" resumed the Dakota man, as
the crowd Of agriculturists drew back from
the bar and seated themselves around a lit.
tie table; "yes, sir; we do things on rath.
er sizeable scale. I've seen man on one |
Of our big farms start out in the spring, and
plow straight furrow until fall. Then he
turned round and harvested back"
Garry his grub with hi,n!' asked
Brooklyn farmer, who raises cabbages on
the outskirts.
mo, sir. They follow him up with a
steam hotel, and have relays Of men to
change plows for him. We have some big
farms up there gentlemen. A friend o,
mine owned a farm on which he had to
give mortgage, and I pledge you my
word the mortgage was due at one end De.
fore they could get it recorded at the other.
You see it WIS laid off in Countless
There was nurmur OF establishment,
and the nakoa man continued:
II got a letter from a man who lives in
my orchard, just before left home, and
it had been three weeks getting to the
awclling-house, though it Travelled day and
night"
"Distances are pretty wide up there, amt
list.
OCCASIONALLY, reasonably replied the
Dakota man. And the worst Of it is, it
breaks UP families So. Two wears ago
saw Whole family Frustrated with grief.
Women yelling, children bowling, dogs
barking. One OF my men had his camp
truck packed on seven four. mule teams,
aud he was around bidding everybody good.
bye"
"Where was he going:" asked a Graves.
end man.
"ile was going half way across the farm
to tt. i the pigs" replied the Dakota man.
did he ever get back to his family?'
= ut isn't time for him yet" returned the
Dakota gentleman. "up there we send
young married couples to milk the cows.
and their children bring home the milk
II understand you have fine mines up
that way" ventwed Jamaica ,urnip plant.
err
"Tes; but We only use the quartz for
fencing" said the Dakota man, testing the
blade Of his knife with his thumb prepare
tory 20 whetting it on his boot. ut won'
4 pay to crush it, because We can make NOR.
money on wheat. l put in eighty nine
;. townships last srring."
"flow many acres would that bc?'
ri 1--WE don't count by acres. We coun
by townships and counties. My yield wa
- 6S,ooo,ooo ON wheat alone, and I'm think
counties more next season."
u "ilow do you get help for such extcnsiv
=, operations" asked the New Utrecht man.
"Oh, labor is cheap replied the Dakot
n. man." "l'ou can get all you wan, 10
n. from SAG to Sal a day. In fact, ncve
!. paid over $3S."
,g "ls land cheap?'
mo, land is high. Not that il costs an,
:. thing, for it don't, but under the laws
i. tho Territory you have got to take so niue
y, or none. l was in luck. Had friend
es Yankton who got a bill through the Lesi
a lature allowing me to take 10000 sqnar
miles, which is the smallest farm there, a
II. though it is"
e, "Look here" said the barkceper as tn
Eastern husbandmcn strolled out in
I bunch to consider the last statement, "is a
Il this thing you've been telling trues"
"CertainIy," responded the Westcr
IT. man; tat least it is modification of what
saw in a Dakota paper that was wrappe
Or around pair Of shoes last night. didn
err dare to put it as strong as the paper dit
for no one would believe it. You ca
,e slate that last round Of drinks and I'll pa
in the morning. l live right here on NJ,
,e tie avcnue."-lsr BROOKLYN Eagle.
"Did you hear OF that case up on Marks
street," said Barber to Brewer when the
~ met at the Postoilice. mo; what abo,
&c t:' inquired Brewer, interested. "Whv
'S said Barber, "a man lay there in the hous
ut nine days before the family would bur
him. Had the funeral Yesterday" "B
d. gracious" said Brewer, ''thats, An outras.
ne Why didn't they bury him before: snpe'
u stition:' mo; not exactly that" and Bal
es Der slowly drew Brewers ear down t.
~ ward his mouth. "rhat wasn't it. II
wasn't dead."--New Haven Register.
Ike, hoy i" Minneapolis, was sent b
ce his teacher, a woman, 10 the Supcrintene
he ent to BE- whipped. Ike suspected the COZ
:, tents Of the note, and hired another bow IL
tic four cents to take it in. The Superintcne
&c ent did not discover until all was over, til;
~, the BIO, he educated" with his rattan ha
.s not seen the inside OF Il school house for
81. month.