St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26
MAGNIFICENT SHOWING.


The GLOBE this morning presents to
the millions residing in localities whose
population is naturally tributary to the
Northwest magnificent number. 1t will
be noticed that the subject matter Of its
general contents is unimpeachable teSti-
mOny to the most enthusiastic cOngratu-
latiOnS that have hailed the remarkable
crop returns Of the season Of 1891. The
burden of this years Thanksgiving song
is the prosperity of the country at large.
And the keynote of this harvest festival
hymn was struck in tile Northwest. To
the Northwest all eyes were turned dur
ing the making of this wonderful crop,
and the returns have more than justified
the predictions of the most sanguine.
The attention of Eastern people now
contemplating n removal to the North
west is directed to the series OF articles
in this issue bearing directly upon the
practical side Of diversified farming in
the state Of Minnesota. In the East the
idea has obtained that wheat is the one
great staple of Minnesota, if not of the
entire Northwest This view is entirely
erroneous. At least it is not true today,
whatever may have been the condition
of our agricultural interests fifteen or
twenty years ago. 1t is true there are
men, like OLIVER DALYRIMPLE, who,
upon a stupendOus scale, make a spe-
cialty of wheat. But these men are
purely specialists; and we have. also,
specialists equally prosperous in stock
raising, dairying, numbering, mining,
and in the cultivation Of other cereals
than wheat. The marked success of
these men emphasizes the advantages
offered by the state of Minnesota in
| diversity OF what are recognized as
purely agricultural pursuits.
The articles on Northwestern indus
tries published in this number are
from the pens of practical and success
| full men in their individual lines. Their
opinions are candid, and their facts and
figures indisputable. All the statistics
presented have been carefully prepared,
and are free from eXaggeration. 1t is
| true that the Northwest, the greatest
hard wheat country in the world, offers
advantages superior to those of any
other locality. But this fact in no wise
detracts from the scores of other indus
| trial pursuits that can be profitably fol
! lowed. Among those which may be
classed as purely agricultural may be
mentioned, aside from wheat, corn,
sheep, hogs, dairy products, neat cattle
horses, hay, poultry, fax, barley, oats,
other cereals and potatoes. Aside
from wheat crop Of 81, 1919, 6St
bushels, averaging twenty bushels t
the acre, in 1891, these other diversified
industries produced gross returns to the
value of S152, 1902, 443. 1t is true that thu
magnitude and Importance of the bread
cereal crop have Obscured the vision 0
the hOme-seeker in the East. But thu
expert miner, lumberman, dairyman
hOrticulturist, bee-keeper or stockmal
can find most interesting data for con
sideratiOn in this mornings GLOBE
There are facts and figures which car
be studied to their advantage. In ont
sense they are condensed records of tn
years wOrk-a tiattering resume of on
busy year ID the great Northwest.
The attention Of manufacturers-ca
italiStS and artisans lis especially Gale
to the wide field for their various indus
tries offered by the state of Minnesota
The large variety of hardwood timbe
offers superior inducements to wOOd
workers in the hundreds of lines repre-
scented in this business. The day caI
not be far distant when the natural &C
VantageS offered by the state in TIL
direction will place it second to non
other in the Union. In browning Kin
Wheat. the country has overlooked tn
fact that as far back as 1886, at the Ne
+ ! Orleans exposition, Minnesota's dair
| products captured first premium il
= competition with all the world. Their
has been 10 TetrOgresSiOn since. I'll
values represented by the dairy int
eSts of Minnesota for the present ye;
amount to $32. 29S, 7O4.3O.
In the Northwest there IS still lars
amount of vacant land. North DakO
alone has within her boundaries 16.OOC
600 acres open to homestead, and the
are yet many millions of acres in Mi
nesota. For the prospective immigra
no state in the Union offers greater il
= ducementS and more diversified natuT
= advantages than does Minnesota.
~ climate is unsurpassed; its organ
, healthfulness proverbial. AS local.
i in which to lay the foundations
: rugged constitutions in children it h
:, no superior in the world. The figur
y of one years work of those devoted e
q tirely to agricultural interests, asi
a. from milling, numbering, mining a
n manufactures, are startling. A re-
Y pitulaton of the principal industries
= Guided in articles contributed to Il
/ issue show the following
- VALUES:
~ Dairying ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. So, POS,
h Wheat ............... 5000
If Other cereals. 56003