The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-29
CASS COUNTY


making the price in the great markets
makes better -four, and the flour makes
more and better bread than any other
in the world. 1t may not be generally
known that -four made from Red river I
valley wheat supplies the table of thef
English royal family, as it, does nstu 3
rally the tables of most of the nobility
of Great Britain ~: ( E.s.. = :
Fifty years ago but little-was known
: of this sbolntiful region. The. active
agricultural development really began
some thirty years ago and in. this. PEI.
Rod of less than a generation, as tirlaes
is measured in the life of man, a mar
velous Transformation has. taken place5
thriving cities, towns and villages are
to be seen where the bison roamed at
will half a century since, .andzthe whole
surface of the valley proper is now a
succession of splendid farms, inter :,
spersed with towns.
In a general way, it may be said that
the surface of Cass county consists of
a more or less undulating, plain, well.
drained by rivers and creeks, all Of
which lead to the east. Central tCass
county is known the world over for it's,
= hard wheat and is universally recog-
nized IS one of the most important ag-
r1cultural districts on earth The farm
ers in this part of Cass county have
never had crop failure and do not
Know What 1t means to harvest much
leSS than the following crop of 1901:
IN 1901 Cass county produced 4O4O35
bushels of corn, against 1S3,715 bushels
IN 1899. There are 71S,14S acres under
cultivation in Cass county. In round
figures the products were: Wheat.
9.0OQ0O0 bushels flax, 100000 BUSH
els; oats, 100000 bushels; barley. 50O.-
0O0 bushels; rye, 1000 bushels, and DO
tatoes, 100000 bushels. The popuIa-
llon is about 10000. The assessed VAL
uatlon is $12,914,654, a pretty good
showing for thirty-one years of de-
Nelopment, the first farm having been
settled upon in 1871
rms year the estimate is: Wheat.
20 bushels to the acre: corn. so to 20
baskets to the acre: oats. 40 bushels
TO the acre; barley, 35 bushels. and
!lax IA bushels to the acre CasseIton
is the grain market for this section
OF Cass county, having a combined
elevator capacity of 100000 bushels.
L ms section of Cass county has the
pest of graded roads; school houses.
from two to six in each district.
v.
Ihe best of hay land in all parts of
the county, making is a great dairy
country. The best of water. obtained
from twenty to thirty feet in depth,
good for man or beast, and flowing ar
teslan wells all through Central Cass
county. The farmers in this section
seed in April and this is the first hack.
ward season in years.
FROM table prepared by the United
States weather bureau showing month
iy rainfall in North Dakota since 1879.
we note that the month of June gets
the most rain; May stands second in
The list. while July has almost as much
ram as May. 1t is interesting to OBJ
serve that the rainfall for these three
months exceeds that of the other nine
months of the year. Iowa, Illinois and
indiana get about as much rain in
winter as In summer, While we are
more favored and get our rainfuil
While crops are growing-just when
we need it.
From an Eastern gentleman I have
been asked this question: "Why is it
advisable to buy land in North Da-
kota rather than in Manitoba or West
ern Canada?'
There are several good reasons,
among which I consider the following
the most important:
First-And above all, because North
1CclhOld ID part OI lIlG OUIloQ States,
the most enlightened and best govern
ed nation under the sun.
Second-Because North Dakota has
more and better schools than are found
on the other side.
Third-Because wheat and all grains
sell for from 10 to IL cents per bushel
more in North Dakota than in Mani
toba. Write this on the tablet of your
memory; it is too important to forget.
Fourth-Out of every ten men who
buy land in Western Canada, nine of
them buy to hold on speculation while
one goes there 10 live; while in North
Dakota the reverse is actually true,
and nearly every man who buys here
comes and makes this state his home.
The legitimate result is that while our
state is built up and improved in a
surprising manner, there are great
tracts on the other side which are held
by non-residents, unoccupied and un-
improved.
The soil is deep black loan run
ming from two to three feet in depth;
the subsoil is clay, all containing a re-
markable supply of plant food. The
price of land runs all the way from $50
to $50, and if you want to see land
that you can raise wheat enough on in
two or three years to pay for your
farm, just get a ticket and come over
the Great Northern railroad to Cassel-
ION Ill central lass county, N. H.. ana
you will find the farm and home you
are looking for.
CASSELToN
Casselton is finely situated, right in
the very heart of Cass county, being
almost midway east and west and
north and south. from the boundary
lines of this large subdivision, 1t is
upon a rise of ground, and angling
through the heart of the city is Swan
creek, which seven miles further east
enters the Maple river. The location
is everything that could be desired,
and in the past ten years business
buildings have been erected, homes
built, street graded, trees set out and
cultivated, until the visitor of the pres
ent day exclaims upon beholding it
that CaSselton is gem of town.
The townsite was first laid out in
1877, and since then it's course has
been steadily forward in all that tends
to give solidity and worth to a COM
munity until it occupies second posi-
tien in this great county, and is ex-
ceeded in beauty of location and per-
manence of structure by few places in
the state of North Dakota. At this
particular moment it contains a popu-
lation of LOO people and is growing
very fast. This is one of the busy
towns in North Dakota and the town
has two of the greatest railroads in
the world. the Great Northern and the
Northern Pacific, giving the town the
best of freight and passenger service
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