The Press., 1896-03-12
NORTH DAKOTA LETTER.

1 To get some idea of the products and 1 live stock of this state as revealed by the statistics of last year take the following | figures
 Wheat of course, heads the list with over sixty-fOur million, four hundred and thirty-One thousand bushels. Oats follow with twenty-five million and two hundred thousand bushels. The next highest fig ures pertain to corn; and many will be surprised to learn that over eleven mil lion, eight hundred and fifty-four thous- and bushels were harvested. Many acres did not mature at all. There were eight million and twenty-fOur thousand bushels of barley. Potatoes came next, footing up over four million, eight hundred and forty y-nine thousand bushels. Thousands Over one million, three hundred and fifty eight thousand bushels of rye were pro- duced. Of tame and wild grasses there were of tons cut, one million, two hun dred and sixty-one thousand. one hundred and sixty-three. The great bulk of it was prairie grass, and it was poor year for that crop Above seventy thousand dollars worth of garden products were sold
 Turning now to dairy products, we have these figures Pounds of cheese five hundred and twenty-six thousand, one hundred and one; butter, five million, hnnHrn6 tbnnconI hundred and fifteen; wool clips, two million, two hundred and seventy-four l thousand pounds. Value of poultry and eggs disposed of, two hundred and twenty thousand, nine hundred and forty-three dollars
 The live stock record is very good We l lump the items horses, cattle, sheep and l hOgs-One million, one hundred and four teen thousand, nine hundred and twenty 1 four head. The value of animals fatted and killed for home use foots up over one million, five hundred and fifty seven thou sand, eight hundred and twenty-two dol lars. The value of sheep, cattle and hogs sold in markets outside the state exceeds this amount by nearly four hund- red thousand dollars. Horses sold out side of the state brought over fifty thou sand dollars. There was much stock brought into the state. The state pro- duces some coal--the output last year was fifty y-eight thousand, eight hundred and sixty-fOur tons.
 For a new state we think this is a good showing.
 l Let me give you few items from the report of the superintendent of education, for the school year ending Sept. 1st, 1895 Of teachers employed there were, males, nine hundred and fifty three; females, eighteen hundred sixty-fve. Male teach CTS received, $187, ,2O6.66; female teach CTS, $36O, ,33O.38. Sixty-four thousand pupils were enrolled.
 Some of your readers will be interested in the following statement regarding the status of North Dakota women, for which we are indebted to the "Western Woman hood" a journal devoted to the interests of women, and published in Fargo, for l CnlS paper, Dy IHe Way, IS very kOOu Ou0' It sums up the status of the women as follows: We have full school suffrage, voting on all school questions, and for school officers, with the same quaIifica- tions as for men. For two terms we have had woman ill the office of state super intendent of public instruction......Ina In to- tai of thirty-nine counties there are eleven county superintendents. There are also many women on city and district school boards" It is estimated that at the last state elections about eighty-seven of the women eligible to vote and exercising the privilege, voted while of the quail. fled men nine hundred and seven voted
 It must be remembered, however, that the women could vote for but one officer the state superintendent ofpublic instruc. tiOn, while the men voted the full tick ket thus making the inducement to vote
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