Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-03-30
NGDON, NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY, MARCH 80. 1893

'" oo"h'ieeo ouodele VI e1c SolueH
No. l hard are raised to supply the
over stocked population of the east
ern states and Europe. The Com
missioner of Agriculture and Labor,
II. I. Helgesen, in his report for
1892 states that $500 acres were
devoted to the cultivation of wheat,
from which was raised nearly a l.
100000 bushels of wheat, besides
1917 acres on which 6OO,45O
bushels of oats were raised with an
estimated yield per acre of 80 bush
els; 1886 acres Of barley was gath
cred in which yielded 100000 bush
els, or 25 bushels per acre. This,
with a proportionate acreage Of rye,
flax, corn and potatoes gives about
100000 acres under cultivation from
which a yield Of over 100000
bushels of products was brought
forth. There still remains over
35O,000 acres Of valuable fertile
lands awaiting the tiller of the soil
and which is admitted by reliable
authorities to be far richer than that
of the lower Red River Valley.
Since the advent of the branch line
of the Great Northern railroad
through the county the shipping
facilities for the farmers and mer-
chants have been greatly improved.
Some idea of the amount of bust
ness transacted over this line of rail
road can be formed from the fact
that from Langdon, the county seat,
during the year 1892, conservative
estimate places the amount of grain
shipped at a little over a million and
a quarter bushels. This consists of
wheat, oats and barley in the follow
ing proportions, wheat 1907 cars,
or about 604,5OO bushels; oats 237
oars, or about 295,25O bushels: bar
ley 900 cars, or about 225,36O bush
els the whole amounting to, as stat
ed above, in round numbers about a
million and quarter bushels of
grain raised within the marketing
radius Of this city. 1t is estimated,
by parties who are placed in a posi-
ton to know, that quite a large
portion of last years crop in sever
al localities is as yet not marketed
SO it is safe to say that to these fig
ures we might easily add several
thousand bushels, still leaving out
the amount that the farmers are
reservlng for seed this spring.
Though comparatively young
county, Cavalier has shown more
health and rapid development than
any county in the state. When Or
ganized ten years ago between 9oo,-
900 and 100000 acres were open
ed up to settlers and today all are
occupied and under cultivation ex-
cept about $4,000 acres. Accord
ing to the manner in which immi-
grants are coming in, this will be
considerably decreased before the
close of the season and thrifty citi-
zens will be utilizing the richest
acres within the state. The county
is settled with a superior class of
citizens and has inducements to Of
fer that other older countries can
not offer. There ale about 70
schools in the county with regu-
lar attendance of about 1000 pu-
pills. Every denomination of relig-
ious worship is represented within
the confines of the county which
scarcely a decade ago was wilder
ness DER which the Indians reigned.
There are two regular incorporated
towns and numerous towns and
Villages scattered throughout the
entire country.
Parties desiring to avail them
selves of the labors of the early
settlers can purchase homes at
figures that assure rapid ad-
vance on the investment. How.
ever, to those who prefer to dc
the pioneer act themselves Uncle
Sam offers hundreds of free homes
on government land in this county