Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-09
WHAT OF THE HARVEST?
IN THE RED RIVER T4LLEY IT
PROMISES TO BE GOOD.
Seeding Season Favorable and Sowing Fir
fshed in Workmanship Hlanner-Crop
Prospects-Emfgratio Season
Beauu-Steady Growth-NO Artificial
Booms-Natural Developments.
Especial Correspondence OF the Globe. |

is located, that 1t should be honored with
special correspondence, and to satisfy this
query, let the reader procure a folder or
tiIie table of the st. Paul; Minneapolis g.
Manitoba railway, follow its trunk
lines to Fergus, GAINESVILLE,
Glyndon, Crookston and twenty miles be-
yond, and you will see Angus indicated on
the map-well, if you were on the train,
just stopping moment at Angus, and you
should look out of the car window you
would only see huge 10000 busheI eleva-
tor, general store and school house,
only this and nothing more; but should
you. like myself, stop here, and make tours
out in tbs country to the east, west, north
and south and behold the immense stretch
of rich prairie yet scarcely touched by the
plow, and still enough land under cultiva-
ton to warrant the estimate of 100000
bushels surplus for market this
fall, you would sit down and
write to your friends who may
be in search or want of the Red river val
ley lands in their virgin purity to come
direct to this part of the valley, and look
for themselves, and be convinced that half
has not been told. After having been to
the westward and eastward of the station,
several miles in both directions and having
been on several farms with fifty to one
hundred acres in crops, and some up to
500 acres, 1 climbed the stairs in the new
elevator to the hight of seventy feet and
took ''birds eye" view of the situation.
The scene was supremely grand. Crooks
ton to the south twenty miles was plainly
visible, and Fishers Landing to the south
west in plain sight, while Warren to the
north about ten miles stood
out bold enough to give an
outline of the more prominent buildings.
The cluster of houses, large and small,
with immense barns and granaries, five
miles to the northwest, is the Colony"
which means the Ramsay Furlong farm,
where upwards of 200 horses and mules
and 100 men are employed. A. O. Baily,
of st. Paul, and assistants, have several
farms in this immediate neighborhood, and
believe about 1000 acres IN crop. Dr.
Andrews, of River Falls, Wis, has large
and fine farm with substantial buildings,
joining the town. Far to the west you
see the outlines of heavy timber, banked
up like black clouds against the horizon.
That marks the course of the famous
RED RIVER.
The meanderings of the Red Lake river
to the south is easily followed in the wind
ings of the timber belt, which is finally lost
to sight to the eastward, while the Snake
river is clearly located by the zigzag course
OF the woodland from east to west. This
is general but very incomplete idea of
the natural panorama as seen from the
elevator at angus. The larger farms, 100
to 500 acre fields, appeared like garden
patches as compared with the stretch of
prairie never yet turned, and only waits
the husbandman to return more
than ten-fold. It is this unexpect-
eddy large extent of excellent and 1
may say unsurpassedly rich soil
lying here, producing, that 1 wish to
call attention to. While thousands are
projecting exploring tours far into new
countries away from reilway facilities, So
ciety and other advantages-hu and
thousands of land hunters have no doubt
this spring passed this busy station on
their way to look up lands, not thinking or
knowing, that right here, within sight of
! the station, yes L am told within a couple
ofmiles, is as rich productive lands as farm
ers ever worked. With timber in abund-
ance within reasonable distance in every
direction.
So much for the benefit of the land
hunters, and now word to the
reader who may be looking for business
chances. AS said only one general store
here kept by Messrs. Flint, Winchester d
Co. No undergrad, hardware store, drug
store, agricultural implements, nor even a
land agent and 100000 bushels wheat ia
sight this fall, with a 10000 elevator to
h. I ~
respondent, and had the necessary capital.
experience and ability 1 would make
stake here myself, but seeing [ can't. [
am willing you should. I forgot to say
there is no hotel here, and I have been
staying around with the farmers, like
school teachers in former days, and walk
ing is now my forte.
We will now retrace our steps down from
this height in the elevator and
have chat about this county in general.
So far as can learn, and am able to Judge
the seeding throughout the Red river val
ley, this season, although late was finished
III good shape, and the farmers are general
~ satisfied with the prospects for good
crop, knowing too we'll that the first re-
quirements for good harvest are favora-
BILE condition of the soil, good working
H0dIIof anu prime SEED wheat;
andEthis reminds me of what some farmers
told me about poor seed. 1t appears that
last falls heavy rains drenched some stacks
not put up ''for keeps" and that the
wheat thus exposed to the rain
was injured to some extent, so
much so, that occasionally it has not
sprouted in the ground, when sown this
spring.
This has necessitated Resolving in some
instances, much to the expense and annoy
ance of the luckless farmer, but it will n
doubt ssrve as a good lesson in the future.
Of course, the area resolved is insignificant
but as it involves principle, mention
it.
The stock-horses land mules-are gen.
orally srather quaint and show the effect
of the continuous heavy spring work, as it
is no dress parade drill to harrow this
heavy black-muck-soil. However, farmers
say that little grain and the new grasses
will soon put the stock in good working
condition for the trotting season soon
at hand. cannot speak
with any accuracy about the
increase in breaking but Judging from
talk among the farmers, whom you see
are authority for good deal in this letter,
the increase will not be quoted as large as
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