St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-12
THE HOTEL CORRAL.

Hon. W. F. Keiso of Kittson county. after
spending several days looking after his
business in this city, left for home last even
ing. Mr.. Kelso is hoping for favorable
weather in the spring, and says that the size
of next years wheat crop in the Red river
valley will greatly depend upon the weather
and the condition of the ground for plough
ing in the spring. Even with the most favor
able weather, the acreage next year is liable
TO De less than in the past season, and the
crop can hardly be as good even with favor
able weather. for the reason that fall plough
ing is the more valuable for seeding pur-
poses. In addition to the ploughing, many
of the Red river valley farmers have a great
deal of threshing 10 do in .he SPRING between
30 and 40 per cent of the crop being yet I'M
threshed.
Il hope never to have another such an ex-
perienee in handling CROP" said Mr.. Kelso
For nearly three months we had to keep
our thrashing crews around, when every
thing ought to have been done i'll thirty DAYS.
The men were working by the day, and they
grew dissatisfied on account of the small
time they were making. We kept telling
them to wait assuring them that the next
week would be all right The next week was
just as BAD and there we were We are all
IN the same fix, with little piowing done.
Even Mr.. Dalrymple. who finished his thresh.
ing much earlier than the rest of us. has
much less land plowed than usual | can.
not tell you how glad felt when the last
bundle of our crops went through the thTesh.
ing machine
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Mr.. Kelso Is farmer who conducts his on
erations on business principles He was one
OF the first men 10 commence cultivatiug the
rich soil OF kiltson county and has never let
CO. lie thinks that the farmers are entering
upon an era OF prosperity that will stop the
rush of people to the cities In speaking of
this he declared that it was his belief that no
more low prices for wheat will prevail for
years. The area of wheat-raiSing lands has
about reached the limit, in his opinion, and
the result will be better prices than have
been known for some years. This will prove
good thing for the country, as the report
will go out that the farmers are making
money and the rush to the cities will stop.
i commenced farming" he said, lat its
lowest ebb and am srtisfed that the turn
ing point has been reached Up in our
county there will be a demand for IaborerS
at good wages next year that cannot be SUD-
piled. All the men who came in last fall
have left and the farmers can get no help"
Will this prevent threshing from the stack
this winter?"
1T would if there were not other reasons"
replied the KittSon county farmer 1T is an
lmposSibility to get men to work at threshine
on the prairie up north in January wnen the
thermometer is below zero, and besides the
snow is too deep to move the machines.
Aside from this the owners of the threshiug
outfits, which cost about $4,000, will not risk
their machines in such weather Something
is likely to break, and there is too great
risk. The threshing that remains to be done
will have to be completed in the spring. and
II we get warm rains much of the wheat will
be lost. Rains in the fall 10 not hurt wheat
because the weather is not warm, but it is
different in the spring. Unless wheat is ex-
ceedingly well stacked it is likely to come
out musty in the spring"
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Mr.. Kelso, who is a close observer of the
tendencies of the times as we'll as a student
Of economies anticipates an exodus to the
country and lull in the rush towards the
big cities The inability of the farmers to
get men enough to carry on their farms
promises good wages to laborers in the
country, and it will not be long until this
will attract those who are out of employment
in the cities For the past ten years farmers
could not afford to compete with manufact-
Crers for labor, but with increased prices for
their products they can ana will do So
Arguing in this way Mr. Kelso is inclined to
take rosy view of the situation as a farmer
with some GOOD acres Of the richest land in
the world in his possession.
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Secretary Ezra G. Valentine, of the Red
river valley drainage commission, was at the
Merchants yesterday. Mr.. Valentine states
that the commission has been hard at work,
and will present report at the meeting Of
the legislature in January, 1893. and ask for
an appropriation with which to carry on the
work. The commission has been working to
secure immigration. and has succeeded in
getting tettlers on these wet lands who arc
willing to assist in draining the lands if the
state will help the work along They will
ask for an appropriation, because they think
the drainage Of these lands Will be of GEM
eral benefit to the state.
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Ex-senator W. II. Robinson of MayviIle
n. D., dropped into the city yesterday and
spent some time shaking hands and chatting
with friends he CHANGED to meet i'll the Mer-
chants. Senator Robinson hopes TO see the
Democratic convention held in St. Paul, but
does not think that either convention will
have any great effect on the politics of the
Northwestern states.