The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-02-09
FARMING IN DAKOTA.

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eyes, SIR" resumed the Dakota man
as the crowd of agriculturists drew back
from the bar and seated themselves
around little table, Eyes, sir; we do
things on a rather stable scale. I've
seen man on one of our big farms start
out in the spring and pillow straight fur
row until fall. Then he turned round and
harvested back"
"Carry his grub with him?" asked
Brooklyn farmer, who raises cabbages on
the outskirts
sNo, sir. They follow him up with
steam hotel and have always relays of
men to change plows with him. We have
seen 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 murmer of establishment,
and the Dakota man continued:
81 got letter from man who livee
in my 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 Utretcht
sgriculturist.
Reasonably, reasonably" replied the
Dakota man. "And the worst, of it is,
it breaks up families so. Two years ago
l saw whole families Frustrated with
grief. Women yelling, children bowling
and dogs barking. One of my men had
his camp truck packed on seventy-four
mule teams and he was around bidding
everybody good bye"
"Where was he going9" asked a
Gravesend man.
"He was going halfway across the
farm to feed the pigs" replied the Da-
kota man.
"Did he ever get back to his family"
cit isn't time for him yet" returned
the Dakota gentleman. Cup there we
send young married couples to milk the
COWS, and their children bring home the
milk.
ST understand you have mines up that
way" ventured a Jamaica turnip plan
ter.
eyes, but we only use the quartz for
fencing" said the Dakota man, testing
the blades of his knife with his thumb,
preparatory to whetting it on his boot.
st wouldn't pay to crush it, because
we can make more money on wheat. [
put in eighty-nine hundred townships Of
wheat last spring
Glow many acres would that be2'
eve don't count by acres. We count
by townships and counties. My yield
WAS 68,O00.00O on wheat alone, and I'm
thinking of breaking up from eighty to
hundred more counties next season. !"
"How do yon get the help for such
extensive operations2" asked the New
Utretch man.
ooh, labor is cheap" replied the Da-
kota man. "You can get all you want
for from 500 to SAT day. In fact, I
never paid over S4S."
"Is land cheap"
sNo, land is high. Not that it costs
anything, for it don't; but under the laws
of the Territory you have got to take SO
much or none. was in luck. had a
, friend in Yankton who got bill through
the Legislature, allowing me 100000
square miles, which is the smallest farm
there, though it is"
sIook here" said the bar keeper, as
, the Eastern husbandmen strolled out in
bunch to consider the statement, sis
all this thing you've been telling true9"
Certainly" responded the Western
men; sat least it is modification of what
I saw i'll Dakota paper that was wrap
ped around a 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. live right
here on Myrtle avenue. "-Brooklya
Eagle.