St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26
BOUND TO GROW.
Minnesota a Veritable Paradise
for the AgricultuPiSt.

Everything the Minnesota farmer I'M
dertakes to grow is bound, in course of
years, to increase. We have already
noted the magnitude of the growth in
the following products: Oats. corn,
barley, rye, potatoes and beans. These
have increased more than four fold in
the past decade, and, it must be ell
forced. are in addition to the wheat
that has been raised. The reader mustn't
run away with tie idea that this article
is written to detract from Minnesota as
a wheat-growing country. Not at all.
No one can deny the excellent bread
produced from Minnesota No. hard
wheat. Minnesota wheat is unequaled
III the world. The object of this article
is not to detract from its glory. The
desire, however, is, in the first place, to
demonstrate the fertility of Minnesota
soils; In the second place, to show that
other cereals beside wheat can be cul-
tivated here; in the third place, to en-
force upon farmers and intending set
tiers the absolute fact that it pays to
diversity his cropS-iS better for
his land, creates more demand
for labor, enriches himself and
reduces his risk to minimum. A
farmer, say, cultlvates his land with
wheat, oats, corn, rye and potatoes. He
dlSO udS SOlllo Cdllt6 anu pigs. 1t Is
pretty certain under these clrcum-
stances he must make something on his
years work. Everything cannot fail
him, even if all his products failed.
If the wheat, oats, corn and rye were
totally destroyed by storm or eaten up
by insects, and his potatoes blighted,
he has his stock to fall back upon to
help him out over winter. For years
and years have the agricultural teach
ers attempted to lnstil into the general
mass of farmers these self-evident
truths. But no; wheat raising was all
the rage. The consequence was
that hundreds of men have been
brought TO penury by their fool
hardness. They put the whole
Of their capital into piece of land and
started out to raise wheat. They were
unfortunate i'll having it eaten up by
graSShoppers. AS a consequence the
farm becomes blanketed with mort
cages. Another year the foolish farmer
| places his all in wheat, and again he is
doomed to disappointment, and, in des-
peratiOn, he quits the country. All this
loss and unnecessary hard times might
| have been averted by the farmer placing
| three or more strings to his bow instead
of one. 1t has been found that the
farmers of Minnesota who have engaged
| in diversified farming are and always
have been in a comfortable position,
many of them, indeed, occupying posi-
! tons of atf1uence. Diversified farm
ing is reality in Minnesota.
The statistics already given, and yet
| to be given in this article, fully sus-
tain this statement. These statistics
demonstrated that the future of Mime
sofa is beyond the widest expectations
of its most enthusiastic citizens. And
why? For the mere reason that fully
one-half, if not more than One-half, OF
the land of the state remains to be de-
velOped by the hand of the sturdy yeo-
man. The land is ready, waiting for
the people, and, with the experience
gained by upwards of fifty years of toll
and hard experience, the future is full
of hope and brimming over with prom
Use.
But to return to our statistics. The
| acreage and yield of oats, corn, barley,