River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-05-13
j. j. HllI,s Remarl.s.

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-. Hiu's Remarks.
Mr.. Stickney spoke about the corn
crop Of Minnesota in 1879 If he had
taken the figures for 1855 no would
have found that wa-and Iowa / con-
slider in the front rank of agricultural
states-in 1885 raised thirty-iive bushels
of corn to the acre. while Minnesota
raised thirty-seyen and half bushels
GApplausel. We have a county
kandiyOhi where it was said no one
could raise corn But that county
raised last year $1,000 bushels on poor
land too, and didn't ship bushel. but
fed il To cattle. | had IjS acres in
corn and raised an average OF tiftY-
three and oue-half bushels TO the acre.
1t was not touched with frost and /
harvested it. A few years ago it was
said a man was pretty far from home
when he was whore they could not
raise corn. Now a man GOES Il good
ways from home and finds he can raise
corn. It's hard to say what YOU can
and what YOU cannot raise. There Is
one thing the people lose sight of when
they undertake to feed cattle-that
they can 10 it without corn. The
highest price paid Ia the world for cat
Tie sold on the hoof is in Il country
where they never raise an ear of corn
and don't feed it. That Is in tHC
northeast of Scotland, in the
county Of Aberdeen. They send their
animals to market in better condition
4
cent a pound at least more for them
than any other cattle in the market,
and they can raise corn. Now can't
afford TO be wastoful IN my farming
(Iaughter), and SO | imported "a mEu
from that country just to feed my stock.
We haVe an agricultural university in
Minnesota with large endowment,
but no place whore a man can learn ID
feed cattle. Now pay my farmer
$1,000 a year A voice don he
strike? and he don strike. Now
the difference between intelligent farm
ing and farming a carried on in our
state. Is the difference between poverty
and wealth. Nowhere where there is
civilized state of things Is the soil cult
waited with as little intelligence as in
Minnesota. If there is u left-handed
way To doit our farmers VIII find it
out, and continue in il a man will
get Il farm. aud lie wants 3 big one
J00 or 900 acres. liz VIII cultivate
800 acres and put q mortgage on it all,
and expect to work four months in the
year Now there l. 10 place out
side the tropics where "a man can live
by working faur months In 2 year.
Now il seems that they don catch on;
they don { find the WAY TO do better.
thought the trouble was with the
railroads, | heard 50 much about it.
8nd / examined our own conScicuces.
fGreat laughter. After considerable
rakng | found one. Renewed laugh
ter All we'll regulated railroads have
one laughter and remark by Gen.
Becker. " lie must have used a micro
scope. | wanted to see if it was our
fault. la the competition for settlers
we find that they 20 to Kansas and Ne
braska, where land is worth 9l5 to $50
an acre. They can live here. They
can raise corn. They want to feed
stock instead of going broke on wheat
don't mean the men who get rich
aising wheat in Chicago. Laughter
no MORE HIGH-PRICED WHEAT.
The day for high-priced wheat is
gone forever from this country, and
will never return as long as wheat is
rais cd for export. Some governments
want cheap wheat and are willing TO
put up money to get it. Great Britain
paid three hundred millions sterling To
open the wheat fields of India. The
rent paid is $500 per acre, and the
price of transportation from the interior
10 the seaport at Calcutta is more than
from Devil ; Lake to Liverpool and
vet they sell it in Liverpool for -
cents per bushel. We have been eX-
porting 20, 100000 or S0,O00,OO BUSH
els per year. Not over 10, 900, 900 BUSH
els will he sent, however. of the pres
ent crop. The average crop in this
country is $1,000, 600. OF this we use
for bread and seed $4,000. 900. This
leaves As. OOO. 600. bushels. aud this res
idue makes the price for all the balance.
Ii the farmers would buy this 10000
0OJ bushels and dump it into Lake
Michigan they would make money by
it. But they ncedu I do IL; if they re-
duec the production Il per cent. they
would reduce the 400, 600, 600 To- So
00o, 900. and this against 3l5.O0O.uO
for bread and seed would leave 10000
600 deficit. which wonid bring Dakota
wheat up to 81 a bu-hel. Now, be-
side. saving this II per cent. in area
expense and time. the farmer can put
in another crop that will be even more
profitable. For the last four years-evcry
man must do something for a living
daughter II have been raising cattle. |
commenced in q small way. ! tcd my
steers on grass and cabbage a little
ground oats and oil cake. and the last
two weeks put in a handful Of cheap
brown sugar. ! sent four steers to
Chicago 20 compete in the stock show
with SIX hun' red fat cattle, from older
states and states that make "a business
ri feeding cattle. At Chicago ] found
it an Illinois show. and they didn ike
to see people coming from Minnesota
aud compete with then. on fat cattle.
Ranchmen were there watching them,
and the result made them look blue. /
took the sweepstakes prize tor the best I
two-vear old, and then killed and
dressed him. He dressed at / 3St
pounds Tapplause], and he DIRE s-ed +
Il 4 per cent OF has gross weight Tap
ulause1. and that was better than aud ]
other steer ever seen in Chicago. IHen /
the butchers came and didn't know (
whose OK was being sored, so they |