The Dickinson press., 1884-01-19
NORTH DAKOTA.
Its Broad and Fertile Acras-Where
and How Obtainable-The Great
Empire the Northern Pacific
is Ruil;:ing Tn.

BY North Dakota is meant the
northern half of the great territory of
Dakota. lying between the 10th and
10th parallels of north latitude, and
traversed by the Northern Pacific
railroad. 1t contains all urea of
about $4,000 square miles, or 4s,32O,-
900 acres-nearly a $ much as Penn
sylvania and Ohio combined.
The suface of North Dakota. ex-
cept the valleys. a small portion
broken by occasional buttes and a
few chains of low coteaus, is rolling
prairie. North Dakota possesses a
number of highly important advan-
tages not shared by the remainder of
the territory, and stands without a
peer among the farming regions of
the continent. The wheat belt which
produces the celebrated hard spring
wheat, acknowledged to be superior
to any other variety grown; crosses
North Dakota. The hard spring
wheat produced here and in northern
Minnesota was found to be superior
to No. l hard winter. and to COM
mand prices 80 much higher, that it
required a distinctive designation in
markets and by boards of trade, and
it is quoted as NO. one hard" In
North Dakota this king of kings ce-
real yields from % to 40 bushels to
the acre, weighing from 81 to 81
pounds to the bushel. 1t is so con-
cededly superior to every other grade,
that it re ,ularly sells for from 10 to
Is cents higher than the best grades
of other wheat. OF Il total product of
100000 600 bushels of wheat in the
territory in 1882. in North Dakota,
with only a very small portion of its
famous wheat belt under cultivation,
produced over 100000 bushels of
No. l hard" spring wheat. This
wheat contains an unusually large
proportion of glutinous properties,
and makes the best -four in the world,
producing the largest number of
pounds of finest bread from a fixed
number Of -four. This grade of
wheat is eagerly sought after by mil
lers and grain buyers. 1t is a cash
product at full prices at every ship
ping point on the Northern Pacific
and it's branches. The demand is al
ways in excess of the supply, for the
reason that the successful growth of
this exceptional grade of wheat is
confined by we'll a%scertained natural
conditions to a limited area, lying
largely in what is popularity known as
the Northern Pacific wheat belt.
"No. l hard'' spring wheat is peculi-
arly identified with North Dakota.
While the famous mo l hard''
wheat can be raised in perfection in
North Dakota, and in large and GER
tain crops in each successive year, it
cannot be produced practically. south
Of latitude 40 degree. The wheat
grown south Of the 10th degree Of
latitude in the territory of Dakota,
even from mo. l hard" wheat seed,
natures deteriorated in quality. EX-
haustive efforts have been made to
produce mo. l hard' wheat in South
Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska California
and other wheat sections, but with.
out success. This is owing to the
fact that climatic conditions and pc
culiar quality of soil required to pro
duce the hard variety of wheat il
perfection, are not found south of the
limits of the Northern Pacific wheat
belt. No climate is more healthfu
than that of North Dakota. There is
general exemption from the malari
ous and pulmonary diseases known to
many portions of the United States
And there are in North Dakota thu
qualities of climate in all seasons O
the year which permit and supper
5 sustained physical activity.