Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-31
RED RIVER VALLEY.


The famous Red River Valley Il by
some students Of such comparative
values declared to lie the third agricult-
urai region, Ia point of fertility, In the
world, there being one Aslatic aud one
African valley In the foreground beyond
Il. This Red River Valley takes In
many counties Of Minnesota aud the
most easterly counties Of the two
Dakotas. Il ls prairie land of black soil
that once formed the bed or deposit of
an ancient sea. u reaches up Into
Canada, beyond Winnipeg. and IL grca:
deal richer at its southern portion In the
United states than In Canada. This
region pour. lis wealth Of grain Tor q
great part of 10 Into Minnesota's t~in
cities, there 10 exchange IL Tor merchsn-
dl.e. Other cereals and cattle are pro-
duced beyond this valley In the new
states, and the valley itself returns the
same commodities along with its Won
derful output of wheat. In the extra
fruitful year Just closoi-wonderful for
lis crops aud for tie worldwide demand
for breadstuffs from this country-the
predictions that we're based upon the
results of the sale 10 the crops seemed
fabulous. For instance, u Was boasted
that the farmers Of the Northwest would
make sufficient profits 10 pay on all their
this year.
II IL In the Red River Valley that one
may hear of q farmer whose profits last
season were clo.e Ia $4,000; u IL there
that men bought farms of great extent.
expecting To pay for them In an indeh-
nl,e number of years, and then paid for
them out % the hrst crop raised upon
the land, the wonderful Yield Of last
year. such is the region at the very |
,loors of III. twin cities of the Northwest. |
n C.re. left the Old World when the |
Worship Of her went out of fashion, " |
must have BEEN to the valley of the lied |
River that .hc came. Hut II mythology |
!. suggested at all by study of this |
msryelou. rrgion, IL IL In the r-collcc-
Ion of the fabled river ioctolus, where
In King Mhs. washed OF his power Ia
iurn Into gold all that he toucbe'i. That
nav we'll have been the stream that
pnc. swellcd from aide To aide of thl.
valley, for, truly, lts sediment retains
little les. than Midass power.
We rrall,e th. majesty of agriculture
,s W.. never did before when Ne learn
hat Ia Minnesota aud the two Dakotss
he wheat crop alone was worth one
hundred aud twenty million. % dollars
a.t year. Figure for yourself the e.tl-
mated Yield of one hundred and nfiv
million. of bushels ceiling at from -
pnts to :? cents q bushei. In what
.tory of fsiryland Ia there an account ut
. literal field of gold to equal thatt
There are s,sii, ,Oco acres In the valley,
md lc.s than q quarter of u was Ia crop
as, year. II every acre we're put Into
wheat, there would be no market for the
. shest; IL would become . drug. \. u
., of the portion that II under cultiya-
Ion. only about thrcc-qusrt.r. we're la
= heat. and the Weld of last year was e.-
Imate,i At from 100000 Ia T,OO,GO
,u.hels, grown at the average proportion
q ~ bu.hel. to the acre. III. wheat
.rop of the valley, Therefore, fetched
bout 81. ,Oo,ODO. ~ ~ cents = bn.li.l,
,.ch acre r.turp.si siS, at q cost of from
~ Ia e.. Good land has produced III
,u.hel. to the acre. aud good land,
armed sufficiently has yielded a. high
!. q. bushels Ia the acre, but - bushels
!. the average product, and the farmer
. entitled Ia q profit of slO an acre,
Nth price. ss they were last year. Ma.
ur-i farming will raise the Yield to an
average of Is bushels an acc.-iisr-
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