The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-06-18

Thrcshine and marketing 5, 3OO bu at lOc. 800
Interest on cspital invested, ", 900, at 10
per cent one veal. ............ 2Go
Total. . I. /. I. ]. 81, 49,
Crop. o.. g. zoe. I'D: Syaeld 90 In an aero q
: st. 300 soS :. n Il: II " Y ], Z
Cost Of production FER acre tinclpdins ~, i,
Cost q prodnctioa Per bnilel: i 81
S$s L: ExPLfNATORY REMARK
aThe cost OF sprndu ction depeldA upon the
methods employed by the farmer. upon his
means. and on the character and extent Of
his operations / II The figures: given in the
above tables were made up. from those fur;
nished by several farmers out Of their own
experience IN Central Dakota during tbs
past two and three years, and arc based upon
what 1t costs the average farmer, who puts
in his own time behind the plow, with the
help Of perhaps, couple Of men to prepare
the ground and put IN the crop, and who
hires his threshing and has his harvesting
done With other machinery than his own.
His invested. capital of So. 900 includes the
cost of his house and other improvements
Including the first cuit ivationS Of his ground
by abreakingn 1t with the plow, his barn and
outbuildings, and the cost Of the two or
three horses, the cow or two. and the few
agricultural implements he hns been able to
couple of years before he takes off the above
CROP We will any that he Is living on d
Homestead, the title OF which lie " nj acquirG
freet after "a rsside Of five yearH
ne NAG Dought ibO 81 acres $ Of
1eeaed ;lana Of Wnlcn Gnefe a1s plenty
'Iors sale IN & D N ~ would shave
Gnty ,a5 IRON SS ~ V N e
~ can pe ~ y as 1as
yicinity II to loraer tawns ~ TIe vsa x
twerty h,ishest tx lila inase consjd N n
average on q farmlwell cJlItiyated. ri An acre 81
land IN Dakota uni der the hiehest state 81 Gull
tivation. hns bcen known to yield over thirty
I'VE s9nsheis. and twenty-hye bushels are fre-
gnentiy obtained from every acre ct q we'll
~ tha t, nY tne geheral avesag
her NJ, ~
accnr,et II inc ~ csi-
tivation.oF from the destfuctiYe ELECTS 81 hail
and wind Sin Il few localities. The .auestion,
fatmerIgema1ns en- open one Ard can only "
~
small anaIs a te au
results. 81 each. tom Wficf eomparI nav Ia
safely drawn. ~
Y, ,+.s {. BATE or IA AT1oM 81 4.
I %Fhe tables OF fates: Of taxation present
epme INT festing con sons, owing to the
preventative charac ter Of the counties
taken from seach DC the three sections OF
DakotA east 81 Che Missouri river. Ther;, ia
y asan y.
Y iouna 70
81 "
Sc sh sp saPds
accumulation of wealth, which should be as
speedily put to.varioua usas There is q liz
-
s,.,,,Is olsL eliAe
tisv YEARS w aro,tS fb,s ,ys County,
apt to be run, up to e rate which, while itlnay
not seem TO be at all oppressive, Is of q
reality excessive. and is calculated 70 oper-
+ - : ca iIpl fnr 10
e II ad
,caltiva r. .nainas ~,
~ the iront;ss is nothfng salnrnltiig,
however II the present rates Of taxation 81 i,
fasH Eogssty III hakns 4. asRna
sfsS,isa IN aIs III 81 wss M Ia
~ g{i ~ Ir,i
territorial statlsticien Ia furnish ia liz Iiie
endeavor excited on the part Of the tax
payers 81; the inherent counties TO- correct
any aneluali1ies that slany ,esisr md keel
sspt With H sound pa aS oMsss
Ths 1T. i tssssiea IS IS follows s Yanktoa
y miis
YanEton county. seainst wEici, tst ahnya sstss
Sot b nppiied. IlinsS shoit nj foiinws
Average VALUATION Of lands, IS per sore; average
5galnsttol q hoIsss $50 psEhead ;taserage yalua.
tsGa q Sows yiS Per hssa; average lol
+ .ssss 81 Ssss
farm mschierv sSont sa , r. p pe,, ~
value Snd per 1ens of aSspa
per cent Of actual value. II s'.a "a.
z BssSlo, county "A Central Dakota Rats IN ii
d 2 IN mi " tofa!, ~. 4. y.
III mills: total, %. In dition to tie nb ny