Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-04
FARMING IN DAKOTA.
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eyes, sir" resumed the Dakota man, as the
crowd of agricuilurists drew back from the
bar and seated themselves around a little
table, eyes, sir; we do things on rather sz,
able scale. I've seen man on one of our big
farms start out in the spring and pillow a
straight furrow until fall. Then he turned
round and harvested back
"Carry his grub with him?" asked Brook
Ign farmer, who raises cabbages on the out
skirts.
mo, sir. They follow him up with steam
hotel and have relays of men to change plows
for him. We have some big farms mp there,
gentlemen. A friend oNEnine owned one on
which he had to give a mortgage, and pledge
you my word, the mortgage Was due on one
end before they could get it recorded at tue
otner. You see it was laid off in counties -
There was murmur of establishment, and
the Dtkota man continues:
81 got letter from man who lives in my
orchard. just before l left home, and it h ID
been three weeks getting to the dwelling
house, though it Travelled day and night.'
"D>tanceS are pretty wide up there, amt
they?" inquired New Utrecht agriculturist.
Reasonably, reasonably" replied the Da-
kota man. "And the worse Of it is, 1t breaks
up families so. Two years ago saw whole
families Frustrated with grief. Women yell
lug, 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 goodbye"
"Where was he golng?" asked Gravesend
man.
"He was going half way across the farm to
feed the pigs" replied The Dakota man.
"Did he ever get back to his family"
at isn't time for him yet" returned the
married couples to milk the COWS, and their
children bring home the milk"
II Understand yru have mines up that way"
ventured Jamaica turnip planter
eyes, but we only use the quartz for fenc-
ing" sid the Dakota man, testing the blades
of his knife with his thumb, preparatory 10
whetting it on his boot. at wouldn't pay to
crush it, because we can make more money on
VIII at I put in eighty mite hundred town.
ships of wheat lat spring"
"How many acres would that be?'
"We don't count by acres. We count by
townships and counties. MY yield was $685.
000, 900 on wheat alone, and I'm thinking of
breaking up from eighty to 100 more cOun-
ties next season.
Chow do you get the help for such extern
sive operatIons?" asked the New Utrecht
man.
"Oh, labor is cheap" replied the Dakota
man.
"You can get all you want from 500 to $47
day. In fact never paid over S4S.'
SIS land cheap?'
''No, land is high. Not that it costs any
thing, for it DON'T but unier the laws of tn
territory you have got to take SO much or
| none. l was in luck. had friend at Yank-
ton who got bill through the legi ,ature,
allowing me 10000 square miles, which Is
the smallest farm there, though tits"
"Look here, sad the barkeeper, as the
eastern husbsndmen stroll ed out in bunch
to consider the sta ement, sis all this thing
you've been telling true?''
"Certainly,' responded the western man;
''at least it is modification of what saw in
Dakota paper that was wrapped around
pair of shoes last night. l don't dare to put
It as strong as the paper did, for no one would
believe it. You can slate that last round of
drinks, and I'll pay in the morning. l live
here on Myrtle avenue"