Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-04-13
Farming in Dakota.

yes, sir" resum ed the Dakota man
as the crowd ofagiiculturists drew back
from the bar and seated themselves
around 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 a
straight furrow until fail. Then he
turned round and harvested back"
Garry his grub with him p asked a
Brooklyn farmer, who raises cabbaees
on the outskirts.
,"No sir. They follow him up with a
steam hotel and have always relays OF
men to change plows for him. We have
seen big farms I'M there, gentlemen. A
friend of mine owned one on which he
had to give mortgage, and | pledge
you ON my word, the mortgage was
due on one end before they could get
| 1t recorded at the other. You see it
was laid off in counties"
There was II murmur of astopish-
ment, and the Dakota man continued:
81 got letter from a man who lives
in my orchard, just before | left home,
and II had been three weeks getting to
the dwelling house, thought it travelled
day and night"
Distances are pretty wide no there,
amt they?' inquired New Utretcht
agriculturist.
Reasonably, reasonably" replied
the Dakota man. "A..a the worst, OF
it is, it breaks up families so. Two
years ago saw whole families pros.
trated with grief. Women yelling, chill
dren bowling aud dogs barking. One
OF my men had his camp truck packed
on seven four-mule teams and he
was around bidding everybody good
bye"
where was he going ?" asked a
Gravesend man.
"He was going halfway across the
farm to feed the pigs" replied the Da-
kota man.
Odd he ever get back to his family?
at 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"
81 understand you have mines up
that way" veutured jamaica turnir
planter.
eyes, but we only use the quartz foi
! fencing" said the Dakota man, testing
the blades of his knife with his thumb
preparatory to whetting it on his
boot
at wouldn't pay to crush it, because
we can make more money on wheat.
put in eighty-nine hundred townships
of wheat last spring"
| "How many acres would that be p
eve don't count by acres. We count
by townships and counties. My yield
was sos 100000 on wheat alone, and
I'm thinking of breaking up from
eighty to a hundred more counties
next season."
"How do you get the help for such
extensive operations ?" asked the New
Utretcht man.
"Oh, labor is cheap" replied the Da
kota man. "You can get all you wan
for from 500 to $47 day. In fact,
never paid over $4S."
as land cheap p
"No, land is high, Not that it cost
anything, for it don't; but under thu
laws of the Territory you have got t.
take so much or none. ! was i'll luck
| had friend in Yankton who got 8
bill through the Legislature, allowing
me APO, 900 square miles, which is The
smallest farm there, though it is"
"Look 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
true ?"
Certainly" responded the Western
man; "at least ii is a modification Of
what | saw in o Dakota paper that was
wrapped around pair of shoes last
night / don't dare to put it as strong
as the paper did, for no one would be-
lieve it. You can slate that last round
of drinks and III pay in the morning
| live right here on Myrtle avenue. -