Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-02-20
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Gambia aud elsewhere. We might as
We'll GAu them tu locate here You
have here every thing to Offer to make
Ii settler happy and prosperous
The Stale ot Aiinnesot:. has three
sources OF wealth., her mines wonder
fully rich III iron ana cupprr,-iand
the waits III tile people who work
these mines reflect back on tile farm
er>-he: forests, and they produce "
large amount III nOney-yet both
these sources do not produce one
twentieth OF the wealth that tht.
farms do. We can't have prosperity
unless the farmers are prosperous.
l pinned my faith to the Red River
valley at an e;lrlv day, and | have
always recommended people to set
tie there. have always felt that
the minnesota side was the best, and
that it hadn't Il fair show because
he land Was ~ trihe lower than west
OF the river. We know now that the
low lands are generally the richest,
and with proper drainage viii maxi.
lie best farms. One H. ;lsnn uf the
superiority OF the soil, thought,
WAS It's freedom from sand.
But Il man can't make u success
'a1>inS nothing but wheat, and
working only four mouths out OF the
twelve. lie is a. better man ami i,
better citizen ii he has some hogs,
and sheep AMI cattle to give his at
tentlon TO during the other eight,
months. Last y ar bought rejected
wheat and got 50 cents Il bushel for
1t. You can safely us i, rule figure l
cent pound for grain led to hogs
or cattle and s.. 90 Il ton for hay fed
to good cattle. He had lever sold q
lat steer for less than 6 cents IL
pound. But to make ~ success in
the cattle business every farmer
should have tOur or five or more
choice, TAT. gr;,in-ietl steers to sell, so
that when the butcher from thetiries
comes, ne can pick up IL CARLOAD in a.
day. Ii he has to scOur the whole
country aud spend four or five DAYS
to gather up Il carload, and then be
compelled to take more than half
thtJ are not 1;,t at all, he will get
discouraged. Let IL locality establish
~ reputation for good, fat, grnin-fed
cattle. the butcher will find it out
and when he comes the farmer need
not take his price either, but can fix
his own.
IN 1888 we had Il dry spring. After
the Seed was in the ground we mad
no rainfall until after the Eth oil july.
1t wsGs II most anxious time fOrevery-
body. The moisture rising from the
ground kept the wheat plant green,
bus it WAS not enough to bring it to
maturity. Finally we got some heavy
rains that saved the crop, which that
year WAS from one-half to twO-thirds
the usual yield. I thought then thai
ii were spared would do something
to instlg;lte the farmers not to put
All their eggs in one basket. | spent
$15O,OOO III distributing cattle and
hogs among them-abOut 600 pure
bred cattle and 900 pure-bred hogs.
TIE packers at St. Paul CAN tell at a
glance the pork and bacon that
comes from northern Minnesota. Not
long ago he had called upon Mr..
Armour in Chicago, and asking him
where he got his choicest and best
pigs, he replied that some came from
northern Wisconsin and Minnesota,
and DESTROYS to know why these were
superior, Mr.. Armour replied, 1T
isn't all corn Some have an idea
that hogs can't be raised except on
corn The best bacon in the world
is English bacon and the best hams
ere Westpl,alia hams, and neither
ire corn-fed. 1t they only would feed
potatoes and milk they would get
better favored pork
I run about 100 COWS and raise
four pigs to Il COW. Had to send to
Denmark to get a graduate to run
the dairy-couldn't find a competent
man in this country at that time.
This year ! expect to raise five pigs
to Il cow, and counting each pig
worth .$S will make $40. Ofconrse
it IS necessary also, in order to make
the incest pork, bacon or hams. tt,
feed some grain also, but not a dol
lar in money need be laid out. The
milk and feed were produced on the
farm and would otherwise have been
] wasted. What the farmers need is
more careful, better and intelligent
work and not to waste. A represent
tative from the Austrian government
visited the United States a few years
ago for the purpose of studying our