Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-15
FaraahiMg I'm Dakota.
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WoRT1 OF
WHEAT FROM a FIFTY FIVE Thou
SAND DOLLAR FARM

SAND DOLLAR FARM
FARGO, DAKOTA, August Is What is
known as the Raymond farm is declared
to be perfection in cror, equipment and
management. 1t lies twclves miles North
west of Fargo and contains about 6000
acres. 1t is managed by John B. Ray
mond, Unit d States Marshal, cone of the
men God maue," as they say up here, and
is owned by him aud Mr.. Grceue, banker
of jackson, Miss Mr. Raymond is uu
llIinosian, and went to the war as u mem
her of General Iiogans old regiment, tho
Thirty first Illinois enlisted at Prkin. lie
war at the age "f lG aud serving with
honor until the dissolution of the armies.
wnc" he scttled N Mississippi MIR. Raymond
is well known MS the last man who spoke to
Gcneral NlcPhrlsun before the Iattcr's
death lie was only few feet from the
Gcn"rn! whru he fell. aud w.s taken pris,-
nrr by The squad that killed him. The
10 iti"n! revolution 10 Nlississppi aud the
overthrow of the Republican party there
ny The inreachmeut and ie.ianatlou Of Go.
vernon Amcs, destroyed his business, and
he concluded to 90 where the despised
carpet bagrer was welcome. lie sought
the Office Of United States Marshal of Da
kota, in order to sCcur" foothold, and
after securing the appeintmcnt and looking
the Territory over, concluded to settle in
Fargo aud become u land owner Ia cOu-
pany with Mr.. Greene, an old Mississippi
friend, he bought, in August, 1879, ii
sactious of land, comprising 5000 acres
AL f,,, Il
whom | asked for history of his farm
which had been cultivated one year. We
pid SS 90 IN acre; for Tho new land we
p,d S5 an acre to the taiiroad con. panv
We snId three sections Of the new land
to Marshall Field, of Chicago, and have
about 6,O0O acres in orr farm
"When did you get your first crnp?"
"rhis year. I,st fall we broke three
sections, 1000 acres, for seeding, and put
up our buildings"
"What is your crop going to hc?"
eve will have an average of twenty five
bushels to the acre, or about SO 900 bush-
els Of wheat
WHAT wha: WAS your entire invest
mcnt?'
"l}etore we receive return from our
Drop we will have Invested $4,000. That
includes the purchase of our land, the
an elevator capable of holding 100 200
bushels Of wheat aud oats, all the stock
and machinery necessary to run the farm
and all the cost of breaking the land. plant
ing and reaping the crop aud delivering it
at the market, but you must remember
that we have owned our farm two years.
and that the first year it was idle, 80 that
we lost tho interest on our money by not
cultivatng it We have 1000 acres in
wheat aud enough oats to keep our stock.
We will get about twensy-live bushels
to the acre, which will he $4,000 bushels
from the entire place. We will save out
our seed wheat for mex, ycnr, and can then
sell the crop for about $4,000"
"That is your dividend upon $685.
900 Investment"
"Ycs, two years dividend; about 90
per cent tor two years, or 45 per cent. for
one. If we bad worked tho farm lust year
wc should have made Us lurgo n crop and
perh"ps larger, for that wno better year"
"Have you figured up what your first
crop has cost you, outside of what may be
considered permanent improvements"
ca, l oan tell very nearly. 1t cost
US just about ON even $40 an acre to mako
the first crcp. 1t will cost less to make the
second, becnuse there is one less ploughing.
1t takes from 81 to IS hn acre to get off
crop, with prudent management"
GLOW many hands and horses do you
work."
"Fifty mules and horses and about forty.
five men"
"What do you do with them in tho win
teri"
"Send them all to the pineries, the lum-
Der regions of Minnesota, under my fore
uan, who goes along to sec that they are
we'll treated. We got $3.50 month for
saoh mulo for six months in the year, that
Is S75 and his kccplpg--about oue-holf the
cost Of the nuImal-during that tine, aud
the rest of the year wo work him our
sclves."
", a,seuc, of Jackson" Mississippi, a !