The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-11
BY Street & Reynolds,

The surface is undulating and covered with
all kinds of timber, inteHpersed with large
number of prairie and meadow openings. The
meadows are so numerous that some can be
found on almost every quarter section and with
little attention can be hade to produce from
two to three tons of hay 10 the acre. There
are hundreds Of lakes whih add to the beauty
and healthfulness Of thi3 district and afford
numerous pleasure resor6. The Mississippi
River, and many. other smaller rivers, provide
natural drainage and higways for numbering
commerce.
Many prosper a faRlers have already
located here and are wei pleased with their
homes.
Everything col sldcredl Northern Minnesota
offers larger percentage IF advantages to the
home-seeker than any ther locality in the
United States to-daS IA few of the many
advantages here ~ be fund are enumerated
as follows:
The Legislature eE thsState of Minnesota,
having in view the sset Hat large game is rap-
idly becoming timing ofSthe past, has wisely
passed stringent game Law BY reason Of which
and the rigid enforcemQt thereof, Moose,
Deer, Caribou and Elk hn be found in such
abundance in Northern Minnesota, that the set
tier need not go hungry fS meat, nor the festive
hunter fail in his quest, i the proper seasons
Duck geese and ether gale birds are plentiful.
A glance at the map WI reveal the fact that
this country is well wateS Sd with innumerable
lakes and rivers in whose amped depths may be
found nearly every variek Of the fnny tribe.
, Black bass, muskallongeSpike, pickerel, trout
rock.bass, perch and mani other kinds.
We need say nothing uper this head, furth
er than that there is an abundance of fuel here
for years to come. The imber being the diff
ferent varieties of line, smarack, spruce, fir,
oak, Eastwood, ell i nlah, black ash, poplar,
etc., and which abound all over this country.
The lands under considd, ton, are located in
the midst Of the Lnmberig Districts of Min.
nesota, and lumber can alfays be bought rea-
sonably cheap. And sill add that there is
scarcely 100 acres Of thesl lands which do not
contain building material aff cient to erect any
and all buildings the settler may need or
require. . ri
There is no place in th Northwest where
there is as good an openingfor stock raising as
there is in Beltrami, Hubbrd, Cass and Itasca
counties. Stock running wild, feeding on the
native grasses growing in he natural meadows
and in the timber, come ot late in the fall in
splendid condition for beet Along the rivers
and creeks and around he many lakes are
found natural meadows d these wild grasses
which furnish excellent pasture, and from
which hay can be cut ID large quantities to
feed stock on during the winter months. Tim
othy, clover and all other anne grasses produce
abundant crops here, whoever cultivated
The high dry sandE ridges of this
section are attracting 1.-THE attention Of
sheep and goat raisers, Ind all those who
have engaged in this enterprise are meet
ing with success far beIond their expec-
tations. A..
All farm products raised in the temperate
zone. except corn and fruit, of which we will
speak later, are raised llele successfully and
abundantly. NoicountrA on the globe can
produce better or more abundant crops of
Irish Potatoes than the lands of Northern
Minnesota.
Wedo not claim to be alhe to compete with
the Dakotas in the asi sigl Of wheat, because
our country is newanl as yit there are too many
stumps for the use of Tab saving machin-
cry, and consequently ne ate leaving the rais-
ing of wheat to them and are turning our at
tention to the raising of csops there is more
money in. However, one year with another,
we can raise more wheat ts the acre and a bet
erquality than is raised inIan average year on
the prairie. This can be demonstrated to the
satisfaction of any one who will but take the
time to investigate. Oats, barley, flax, rye and
hops produce equally as we'll as wheat. All
kinds of garden truck, such as cabbage, onions,
carrots, parsnips, ETC., cannot be excelled in
any country. 1t is a common thing to see raised
here a cabbage head weighing twenty pounds.
With the different grades Of soil which obtain
here the wish or desire of the home-seeker can
be satisfied
We do not claiin this is corn country, al
slough corn is raised here for fodder an there
are varieties that mature early enough to miss
the frosts in the fall, and produce from go to 80
bushels of ears to the acre. It is claimed by
those who pretend to know that coru can be
acclmated to this latitude and raised success
fully and proftably. When northern Iowa
was first settled, corn could not be successfully
raised there for the same reasons as obtain here,
but now, corn is one of the principal products
of that part of the state. Samples of nearly
all farm products can be seen at our office
which will bother other and noted farm dis
tricts to equal.
There has meyer been crop failure in north
ern Minnesota, but some seasons are better than
Others Quite good crops are raised during the
most unfayorable seasons. There is no region
in any climate where greater number of farm