St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-30
IN MILES OF WHEAT.
THE F0iEieH cOAEiSSi0NERS SEE
A W. Nd RFUL SIGHT.
GRAIN nzELTs BEFORE THEM.
They See Forty-Five SeIcBinders,
Manned by 100 Men, Moving
in the Same Direction at the
Same Time The Foreigners
SPELL Over What Looks
Like Magic.

Special to the Globe.
LARIMoRE, N. D., Aug. 29.-Modern
science and the skill of the best farm
ing talent of the greatest farming
country in the world combined today in
giving to the nations of the earth an
exhibition such as they never before
saw, and which made an impression
surely fated TO bear fruit in later years
and i'll other climes. Before the eyes
of the foreign commissioners and visit
ing newspaper men square mile of ripe
wheat melted away like snow before a
summer sun. and when noon came over
320 acres of waving grain had been
laid low and stacked in symmetrical
heaps about one of the finest and
best equipped farms in North Dakota.
Ehe Town of Larlmore
is nothing but corner of the vast estate
of \. Il. Larimore. whose acres number
16,000,o of which 10000 are sown to wheat.
Anarlny of men work the great farm
and reside i'll the hamlet bearing the
name of the proprietor of the farm.
From the railroad tracks to the south
lay the square mile of wheat waiting for
the harvest. The slightest possible
touch of frost the previous night had
not injured the GRIM. but had given a
hint of the necessity of action. The
guests arrived during the night from
Grand Forks, gathered to see the attack,
and at word from MIR. Larimore
Forty-Five Self-BInders,
manned by 15O men. started from one
side of the field, and, with all the speed
of the most modern appliances, cut
great SwathS and threw the grain be-
hind them in even and well-stacked
rows. 1t was more like magic than
reality to many of the foreigners, vino
gaZed spell-bOund at the work. Others
more accustomed to modern agricultural
methods watched with approval for
while and then went shooting or on a
tour of inspection about the farm, as
their tastes dictated. In either case the
visitors had a treat, for the prairie
chickens were plentiful and the farming
methods most interesting study. The
trip 10 Larimore was taken after mid
night, until which time the people of
Grand Forks en- ertained the visitors at
the Pioneer club, concluding one of the
pleasantest DAYS of the trip
The Fair Sex Present.
The people for miles around came to
Larimore with their wives. their daugh-
tiers and other relatives to contribute to
the welcome and the entertainment of
the visitors. TIE presence of the fair
sex was confined to the section of the
farm on which big tents were pitched
for a prairie chicken hunt. Gov. Short
ridge, the mayors of Larimore and
farm were on the ground explaining the
operation of harvesting 10.000-acre
crop of wheat, and expatiating On the
wealth and prospects of the Red river
valley. After the commissioners and
agricultural representatives had seen
the wheat cut, bound and shocked, to
their surprise and satisfaction, they
were driven to the lunch ground. where
the ladies We'd with the other sex in
entertaining the visitors. Over 400
prairie chickens had been shot and
presented to the people of LarImore for
the occasion.
Didn't All Drink Water.
The prohibition law Of the state did
not interfere with the enjoyment of the
visitors. Gov. Shortrldge sat at the
head of one long table and smiled upon
the party. Mayor Phillips spoke a few
words of welcome, but Rev. j. 81.
Keely. Of Larimore, was the orator of
the day. Commissioners Vincent, of
Trinidad: Euano. of Uruguay; Parallo.
of Costa Rica, and other guests ex-
pressed their wonder at the wheat of
the boundless prairies, and their graft
tude for the equally boundless hospital
ity of the North Dakota people. A res
olution of thanks to the st. Paul and
Great Northern railroads was carried.
Commissioners Ouelot, of British Gui-
ana; Pastor, of Paraguay: Sarorquan,
of Italy, and Agambuki, of Brazil, went
ON shooting expedition, bagging fifty
seven chickens among them. A visit
was paid to the Dalrymple farm, near
Fargo, on their journey.
Cost of Production.
At the banquet Mr.. Larimore was
called upon to speak upon the subject
of farming in North Dakota. He said
it costs an average of from S4 to S. a
acre to raise and garner the wheat, and
that the product averages yearly gross
= -r,o,,+ $40 tt1Nl,t. -