The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-14

way, and 1854 feet at the summit of
the Bad Lands.
= In the western part of the state large
areas of public land, vet remain open
for settlement and are availabl for
grazing purposes by the settlers in that
vicinity. Here the live stock industry
f1ourishes while the country is in tran
sition from the pastoral to the agricul-
tural stage. -.-..,, .~a~ ..:G..Ss
President Hills Opinion.
=. In comparing the lands of North Da-
kota with those Of the older parts of
the eastern states, President j. j. Hill
of the Great Northern said:
Glands in North Dakota are worth
actually, as much as the high priced
lands of the eastern States when con-
sidered from the standpoint of produce
tiveness and the certain profits realized
from cultivation. Lands that are no
better are selling at $50 and 800 an.
acre at Elgin, ILL.,, due mostly to profits
in dairying with high-grade stock. -
Natural Home of the Cereals.
In the production of flax the state
growth of wheat is third. The average
yield OF flax year ago was twelve
bushels to the acre, which at 81 a
bushel IN many cases paid the entire ex-
pensee of making the crop, besides pay
Ing for the land. While the state was
long considered too far north to raise
corn successfully, yet varieties are be-
ing, developed suitable to the climate,
and which compare in nutritive proper:
ties with the celebrated hard wheat,
which ranks as the best in the world
North Dakota corn won second prize,
silver medal, at the Pan-American ex-
position, in competition with the great
corn states.
Vegetables Of all kinds are success
fully raised. Possibly potatoes lead in
this Glass; both as to quality and guam
tity. : :, :.
Barley, oats, rye and speltz are among
the staple crops from which the Dakota
farmers receive good revenue. M
Land Values.
While land values have not vet been
affected to any material extent bv in
q creased settlement and prosperity, there
Is every reason to believe that prices
will very quickly respond to the in
fgGas?i ta demand 1e,,n and that land will at
many times it's present selling price.
The nelghboring state Of Minnesota fur
nlshes an example Of what one NAV
shortly expect in eastern North Dakota.
Lund on Land Buying. s.,
John G. Lund, manager of Lund Is
land agency, brings some good news
from the fields of North Dakota. Mr.
Lund is very busy nowadays with his
sentative for the forty fourth legisla
tive district, wherein he resides, and is
sanguine of his success. / s1:-
Asked as to the farm land situation il
| North Dakota, he said "The move
ment Of land buyers to North Dakota i
firm sent over 100 land buyers int
; North Dakota, and as we opened ou1
mail this morning, contract after con
tract of the sales Of quarter sections, to
gether with earnest money drafts ant
notes, were, opened and the sales aggre
lions, showing plainly that the condi
tons or the country, both in the ieas
and in the west, are highly satisfactor,
! because the land buyer is true indie.
of the conditions and prosperity.
If matters financially become strin
! gent, the land buyer does not move, bu
: with the promise Of enormous crops @
J corn in Iowa and Illinois, and the prom
! Use of excellent prices for wheat an,
} other small cereals Of the northwest. i
!. is, a double inducement and index Q
} what we might expect, and the presen
| movement of land buyers at this seaso1
! of the. year is merely an index Of wha
: is to follow.
3 |The threshing reports of the Mort
S Dakota fields are satisfactory. Th
: northwest has annually, for the las
t fifteen years, reaped a harvest whic'
e has been more than satisfactory to til
: farmers, and but one result has bee
shown, and that is the continued pros
$ perity Of the farmer-getting bette
i year, and their lands becoming nor
( valuable.
Values Will Double.
t "1here is only one condition in til
o farm land movement which it seems {
me is detrimental to the land boomer
and it will put him out of business--an