St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-21
Marshall County.

LANGFoRD. Jan. 1S.-MarShall county
lies just south of the forty-sixth parallel
and adjacent to the SiSSeton reservation
on the west; is bounded on the west by
Brown county and on the south by Day
county. The western half lies in the
famous Jim river valley and the eastern
half lies on an elevated plateau and in
cludeS part of the COteau hills. There
are numerous couleeS extending in a
westerly direction, containing some
timber, wild small fruits and many
springs. Splendid drinking water is
obtained almost anywhere from five to
forty feet. The prevailing soil is
dark, calcareOuS loan, with an inter
mixture of clay and organic matter, bet
ter known as vegetable mold. In few
localities there is an admiXture of black
sand which apparently is as productive
as the heavier soil and somewhat earlier.
The railroad facilities are all that
could be desired, there being two COM
peting lines, the Manitoba and Milwau-
kee extend through the county and
have located six villages. BrittOn, the
county seat, is quite business center.
with magnificent school house and
several church edificeS. Amherst,
Burd, Kidder and Reward are shipping
points aud do considerable business.
LANGFORD,
near the south line of the county, has
larger territory tributary to it as a
trading point than any of the other
named villages. Negotiations are now
pending to build $4,000 Touring MILL
As gram shipping, and trading point,
LangfOrd yields the palm to none.
Wheat, barley, oats, flax and corn have,
for the last five years, yielded crops
that will compare with any county in
Dakota. Last year dent corn was an
excellent crop, although we had an
early frost. Vegetables, from a potato
tOa cabbage head, take the cake for
size and quality.
Stock is beginning to take the lead as
an industry, there being quite number
of herds of cattle and some registered
HOlStein bulls. Nearly every farmer
raises few calves and colts each year.
Greenbalghs Il Co.located horse ranch
i'll this county five years ago, and keep
about 100 head of mares and colts, and
are demonstrating that good horses can
be raised here as cheaply as anywhere.
Last season wheat raised in the eastern
part of the county, in what we call the
hills" was graded No. hard, and the
yield was as high as thirty-Seyen bush
els per acre, and all of it averag, d
twenty-five bushels per acres. The
yield ill the valley was not quite as good
last year, but still a magnificent crop.
The sod house and shack is thing of
the past, and everywhere can be seen
good houses and barns, which shows
that our settlers are getting there.
Although our county was settled but
five years ago "a few pioneers came the
year before), yet in travelling over the
county one would think from the i'm
provementS that it had been settled
much longer. Government land was
all taken several years ago, and the
only way to secure a farm here now is
to puchase decided land, which can be
purchased at from 5000 to g, 900, accord
ing to location and improvements. The
small Eastern farmer with limited CAPT
tai can find no better locality in which
to settle down with a family Good
school houses are located everywhere in
the county for the benefit of the rising
generation of boomers" The writer
came here from Iowa and was one of
the pioneers, and feels satisfied with
his success here and climate.
GEORGE A. NICKHAM.