The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
MINNESOTA

Minnesota farm lands are advancing in
value because they are worth the money.
The Iowa and Illinois farmer who has
just sold out to the man from Indiana is
showing his faith in the future of Mime
sofa farm lands by buying freely at pres
ent prices The big tracts of central and
northern Minnesota held for years by cor
porations are on the market and are
gradually being cut up into small farms.
This process is going on SO rapidly that
in two years the big tracts in that section
will have been almost entirely absorbed
by the small purchaser. Just as the
holding of the big tracts intact has de-
pressed the market so will the sale into
smaller tracts tend to boost values; There
is sure to be big contribution to the
volume of Minnesota's dairy products
from central and northern Minnesota. The
farmer from the south and east values
this land for this purpose. Other sections
of the state have proved their value as
wealth producers.
Passing by Good Lands.
One of the officers of the Central Min
nesota Land company calls attention to
one of the mysteries of the present farm
land movement as follows: ~ =.
1t is one of the unfathomable mysteries,
homes, pass over some Of the best land and
60 far from good markets to settle. Such
was the case in the early eighties, when the
tide OF immigration rushed past the most
fertile lands in Minnesota and northern Iowa
and settled in North and South Dakota. The
same thing occurred in the rush to south
western Kansas, where homeseekers passed.
western Missouri and settled on the prairies
of southern Kansas. After few years the
ali Dart fertile
pralries of Minnesota and eastern North Da-
kota-lands they ignored in their first rush
for new homes. There they have prospered
We are again experiencing great movement
of new settlers to the northwest, and it is sur
prising that so many overlook the advan-
tages of the northwestern part of Wisconsin,
where the most fertile lands In the world
can be had at a very low price. These lands
have everything needed for home builder,
abundance Of spring water, sufficient pas
turage for stock, timber for building purposes
and an everlasting supply of fuel. The same
reasoning will apply to the Red River valley
prairie land on the Minnesota and North
Dakota side of the stream from which it de-
rives it's name. -, -. s.@s l.
The above statement represents the e1-
perience of the Minnesota Land company, Gov
ering period Of over twenty years Of land
trading. ~ ala
B. c. Church, president of the Guaranty
Farm Land company, gays of Carlton
county farms - - !~t ,...:.
A significant feature Of the sale Of Carlton
county farm lands is the fact that they are
being largely bought and settled up by good
practical farmers from Iowa and southern
Minnesota. These men are we'll fixed finan-
cially and as rule pay all cash for their
land
m how hoc NV h.or
knocks. and they do not invest 1t in property
without knowing pretty we'll what they are
buying. 1t is worth a good deal to mar
who Is settling in a new location to have de
sirable neighbors instead Of lot of ignorant
and dirty immigrants, as is the case IN many
places
TO the many natural advantages Of thes'
lands in the way of splendid soil, pure spring
water, hardwood fuel and fine climate art
added the proximity to consuming popula
ton of over $4,000 at Duluth, Superior an6
the nearby mining and numbering towns, AM
good wagon roads and railroads, with only
distance of 20 to 25 miles to be covered t.
reach the center of this large population.
The sales Of land in Carlton county thi
spring have been at least three times as lsrg
as during the same period in 1901. and tn
prospect now is that by the end of this yea
all the good lands in this county will hav
been disposed OF to actual settlers. One
land here which can now be bought at iron
S. to So per, according to it's proximity tt
railroads, will produce as much grain and al
kinds of roots, and more hay an acre, thai
the best land in Illinois or Iowa which cost
$50 to $500.
In the "Garden Spot"
J. j. Lund, manager of Lund's Lane
Agency of Candy, Mimi, says:
immigration into the garden spot of til
world" which is conceded to be the south
western portion of Minnesota, the northeast
ern part of South Dakota and the southeast
ern part Of North Dakota. has been wonder
full.
Our firm sold a fabulous quantity of Ian
last year and handled over 5000 land buy
ers. The buyers cared for this year are al
ready double in number those of last year
and the trains, the liveries and the hotel
are crowded already to the utmost capacity
What this wonderful movement is to termi
nate in Is hard for me to say. am con
WINGED that lands will double in value with