The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
BIG YIELD OF WHEAT
FINE GRAIN IN RED RIVER VALLEY
Kittson County Land Man : Tells
About Favorable Crop Conditions
Chamber Of Commerce Men Are
asFsl shown ~ Som s1BE sBi amp ,aSs 2:

]: Abram Kemmerer, who. is a. heavy land
owner .in the Red River2Valley country,
waHs ver5 en- thusia a skfeg in regard tosScrop.
condit ionS when seen at theEG Golden>fWest
hotel by III b e J ossrnsa,l Ete day. MIR:
Kemn3er clares Eha t . thesswheat yield
in Kittson county Is going to breakssall
records and he had some samples of
growing grain witht hiurato prove his as
sertfDns. This wheat sste cd d more than
hves feet highland t1fea headsf Weresful III and
meaty. Mr.. Kemmerer showed the sam
pies at the Chamber, of Commerce, where
the grain attracted wide and favorable
comment. -r..
{ MT. Kemmerer is prominent ly identified
with the Northwestern Land company at
rHallock, MINI, and is lone pof.s the best
known land men in Minnesota. In speak
ing $of. the crop scond dittons Mr. Kemme erer
said: ~,
. .."Never in the history of the great Red
River valley, has the crop outlook been as
favorable as it is in Kittsen county at
the present time. While. other localities
have had their draWbacks in the way Of
weather, we have been favored, as usual,
with the best of conditions. All the fall
plowing was finished last fall in good
season, and since spring has opened up
the farmers have=lost mo time in getting
the seed in the ground in the best possi-
BILE manner. Every acre of land that. has
been spfep red for crop was sput in 4this
spring and the acreage yield will be the
largest ever known in the county. The
growing grain now stands five feet and is
Is perfect in every way -
'+The enormous tide of emigration that
drifted northward this spring made
Crookston the distributing point, and
since the weather conditions have not
been as favorable in that locality this
spring as they might have been, and
much water was in eyidencesin all direc-
tions from that point, the attention of the
enthusiastic land seeker has been re-
verted to the Canadian northwest 1t was
quite natural for the newcomer to think
that If Polk county was wet and Marshall
county was worse, Kit tson county must be
! under water altogether. :. Here is where
the land seeker has made the; mistake.
Instead of continuing his course up the
east side of the valley % Kittson county,
he has been induced toqtake the Northern
Pacific railway at Crookston and proceed
to the Canadian northwest. '-'@ :.
Big Wheat Country. . > e..
| exit tson county is the banner wheat
raising county of Minnesota. Crop failure
| is an imposstbility and has not beenssin
evidence in the past twenty years. It is
| safe to say that no equal area within the
four northern states possesses more
| QTOuuCLlV6i sui Ut HAS SuCu piUmlSG OI
rapid future development as has Kittser
county "., &..
"Our drainage is just as nature has
placed 1t. Four streams, the north, south
and middle branches of Two rivers anG
the Joe river cross the county from east
to west at favorable distance from eact
other, and empty into the Red River Of
the North, which has a fall of eight inches
to the mile and is of sufficient size tc
oYp oil ca,rr 1,,p, oforo nor Nv
cessive rains.
"Our market Is all that could be ex.
pected. Situated, as we are, but seventy
miles north Of Crookston, the distributing
| point for the grain of the northern states
we command the highest market price!
obtainable. The Great Northern roa(
| traverses Kittson county from north tt
south and the train service Is excellent.
t"There is not an agricultural commun
4 ity within the borders Of the United
. tates that offers better inducements tx
settlers than does Kittson county. Will
but a population of 10000, and room fol
i 500, 600 more good farmers; land selling a
from $40 to $25 per acre-about one-hal
4 of the actual value; the best climate fo
wheat raising, according to the. Unitet
! States government report, of any localit.
a In the union, beautiful crystal streams
skirted with valuable timber; vast area
of natural meadow, what more does tn
4 llandseeker want?
"our soil is especially adapted to tn
raising of wheat. corn, barley and oats
and since the new settlers that have ar
a rived here from Iowa and Illinois are &C
q customed to corn, cattle and creameries
4 we expect to see a revolution in the farm
Ing methods in the future that will be o
lgreat Importance S 's !
q with all these things in our favor
:. Kittson. county undoubtedly will befor
long see the greatest flood of immigratio
/ In Its history, and the prices Of Ian
I double wit hin the next three years. -