Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-19
Farming i'm Dakota.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
"Yes sir" resumed the Dakota man. as the
| crowd of agriculturists drew back from the bar
and seated themselves around a little table.
eyes, SIR we do things on rather stable scale.
I've seen man on one Of our big farms start
out in the spring and pillow straight furrow
until Iall. Then he turned round and harvested
back"
Garry his grub with him?" asked BROOKLYN
farmer, who raises cabbages On the outskirts
mo. SIR They follow him up with steam
hotel and have relays Of men to change plows
| for him. We have some big farms up there.
gentlemen. A friend Of mine owned one on
| which he had to give mortgage, and pledge
you my word. the mortgage was due on one end
before they could get it recorded at the other.
You see it was laid off in counties
There was murmur of establishment, and the
Dakota man continued
81 got letter from man who lives in nv
orchard just before left home, and it had been
three weeks getting to the dwelling house.
though it Travelled day and night"
" Distances are pretty wide up there, amt
they" Inquired New Utrecht agriculturst
Reasonably reasonably" replied the Dakota
man. "And the worst of it is. it breaks up fam
lilies so. Two years ago saw whole family
Frustrated with grief. Women yelling children
bowling, and dogs barking. One of my men
had his camp truck packed on seven four-mule
teams and he was around bidding everybody
gOOd-by."
"Where was he going ?" asked Gravesend
man.
He was going halfway across the farm to
feed the pigs" replied the Dakota man.
" Did he ever get back to his family"
" 1t isn't time for him yet returned the Da-
kOta gentleman. up there we send Young
married couples to milk the COWS, and their
children bring home the milk"
I" i understand you have fine mines up that
way" ventureda Jamaica turnip-planter.
"Yes, but we only use the quartz for fencing"
said the Dakota man, testing the blade of his
knife with his thumb, preparatory to whetting
it on his boot. 6 1t won't pay to crush it. be-
cause we can make more money on wheat. Iput
in 800 townships Of wheat last spring."
" How many acres would that be?"
"We don't count by acres. We count by
townships and counties. Ny yield was
S6S, 100000 on wheat alone, and I'm thinking Of
breaking up from so to 100 more counties next
season."
How do you get the help for such extensive
operations" asked the New Utrecht man.
"Oh labor is cheap" replied the Dakota man.
''You can get all you want for from 500 to SAT
day. In fact. never paid over S3S"
SIS land cheap"
s'No lands high, Not that it costs ANYTHING,
for it don't; but under the laws of the territory
you have got to take SO much OF none. wasin
luck. Had friend at YanktOn who got bill
through the legislature allowing me to take
420, 600 square miles. which is the smallest farm
there, though it is"
'LoOk here, - said the barkeeper as the east
ern husbandmen strolled out in bunch to con-
slider the last statement els all this thing
you've been telling true?"
Certainly" responded the western man: ssat
least 1t is modification of what I saw in a
Dakota paper that was wrapped around pair
of shoes last night. I didn't dare put it as
strong as the paper did, for no one would be-
lieve it. You can slate that last round of
drinks and I'll pay in the morning. live right
here on Myrtle avenue"