Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-07-20

iOatss corn, eges and butter haye
better average market here. AN hest
generally commands az high price
here, hut sas there u NO wheat XIII
consequence grown there AZ fornls
no consid Iteration Ii comp
Their winters are not quite 90 severe,
nseqnently less feed for atoch IA
required, but this Il par tlcally over
come here Nv the excess I'M atuyal
product ion oi;Rrasses. That country
has advantages oyer this ir fruit
growing, but fruit growing forms nj
Important basis In their farming
The quality 81 soil there a more
even than here but the most 81 olr
lands, excepting Ii 9 few localities,
average fairly well In comp
Water IA better distribut ted here and
can be secured for use at less cost.
Going back ten or more years the
markets there, were to their advant.
age but today and for the future the
development Or the Northwest and
our nearness to the Great lakes gives
US equal If not better market nd
var1tages. Prospects for futuI emar-
ket advantages are better here than
there. There they feed most OF the
corn. oats and other produce grown
on the farm. All this remains as ssa
fertilizer for the farm. Milk is sent
to the creamery and 10 q source 81
regular bi-nonthly or monthly
money income. Creameries have per-
haps more than any other one thing
contributed to Minnesota and Iowa
farm success. Stock raising is close
ly attended and as. q result the lands
have regained the fertility lost
while under the poor system 81
farming. Their lands are several
times more valuable than they were
under the old method OF farming.
AS examples, saw in Fillmore
county 100 acres of badly broken
land, mostly hills and ravines, that
was sold for $751; 900 last spring and
the buildings did not enter into the
price. If q like farm was located the
same distance from Little Falls, "a
good city, as that is from Preston.#a
village, it would be difficult to sell
here for "a per acre. / saw Y acres
OF good improved land, no buildings,
in the same county, that sold this
year for 1900. We have as good;
land here, located as well and ;as
well improved, that can be boughtfor
$1S per acre., Lands that average
$12 per acre here in value. fands there
OF same kind average $45; $50, and
well to- ) farmers will not sell at
any price. 800 an acre isnotuncom.,
mon. The value Of the lands, how
ever, Is OF minor Importance as com
pared with the impo rtanceef the pros
Eperity 81 the people. There You ind
competence every where. Here
among our farmers com etence III
the exceptio on and want the rule. OF
course this section is not as old and
could not be expected to be as rich,
but there have been untold stores in
nature that our people have let go
by and are still letting go by. There:
is plenty OF means and latent energy
here to bring out these reserved.
forces ii nature and they ought to
be brought out and no delay should
be allowed. It il Of more import
ance to our people than any other
one interest tn get onr farming com
munity moving right. Every farmer
should have the energy and intelli-.
gence to bring to his assistance ma.
ture. 1t is all here for the effort.
Flooding farmers should realize how
much success and consequent enjoy
ment they have lost by neglecting
the past, and see that no further
waste OF time. occurs. 1t would pay
orr farmers to arrange excursions
into the well farmed counties. Al half
week occupied in this way to witness
the causes 81 prosperity In these To-.
calities Will be Of inestimable value.
Farmers should put themselves in
touch with our state agricultural de-
lpartment and should take at least
one good farm journal. " ~
The subject :is not alone Of interest
TO farmers but our city as well.
Little Falls, on the :add itional sup
port that IT would secure from
the country surrounding II that
country was farmed to the most :ap-
proved method az farming. would