The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-09
Valleys of the Red, James, Missouri
and Mouse Rivers Offer Opportunities
for the Homeseeker to Become Inde-
pendent-All Lines Of Farming Pros
nnro,1a

Cattle, sheep and hogs are :successfulcc
~ and proftably raised in all parts of
The Red river valley. 1t has shown
itself to be an extra good livestock
country. Many large herds and hockss
are raised in the different parts and
Farmers and others are fully aware of
the value Of livestock on the farms
and great effort is made to stock the
farms as soon as possible. Creamerles
are established in many places. When
the farms are we'll stocked, two things
will be improved in the system Of agri-
culture, the fertility Of the lands will be
preserved and weeds will be kept down.
The increase in the price alone Of a
given number Of acres in the Red river
valley in one year, will be more than |
the profit that can be made over and
above the cost of production on an equal
number Of acres Of high-priced land fur
Their east, and one will have to put in |
year Of toll to get even that.
On high priced lands, one digs for |
results, While with the advancing price
of cheap land, one makes money while
he sleeps. Wheelock &, Wheelock, Nor
ton & Co., J. B. Folsom and W. D.
Hodgson, all Of Fargo, are among the
best known land dealers Of the Red
river valley. Their reliability is I'M
questioned and the homeseeker and in
weston can make no mistake in opening
negotiations with them for Red river
valley lands.
Claims Substantiated.
North Dakota, counting the actual
production of the soil per capita, which
is the best test Of a states agricultural
worth, is one of the richest spots on
the face of the earth. The state, raised
in 1901 about fourteen acres OF grain
for every man, woman and child IN It's
population. It raised forty bushels Of
flax and 235 bushels of wheat per cap
tia of population, which sold at an ag-
9 more acres Of good farm p lana per cap,
union. One Of the first farmers in Ward
country to market grain the present
sat hS had Sr%s aSsdE %S
eeived a check for $1,S75 to pay for it.
The land on which it was raised is not
grain (wheat) had been sold two days
later it would have brought six cents
Another farmer from the same
vicinity a geP 90 that ninety acres
from north Of Minot reports 1850
ian S'lS Yields G's Of twenty-five to thirty
five bushels of wheat are common:
Still, many of the best pieces of
grain in the county are now in the
given. For instance, John Ehr has a
200-acre tract in macaroni wheat, and
ing the Yield as high as forty-fve
bushels, while all concede that it will
20 as high as forty bushels to the acre
These instances can be .,eequaled by
any, goo5 farmer who will work his
land as the farmers in the older states
work theirs. It must be remembered
that farming in this country is new
yet, and that most of the farmers are
new. Many of them are men who, in
farm themselves, and either worked fo1
other farmers or rented farms. But
can their old employers and landlord:
show any better reports than tn
produce more dollars to the the acre, ' yea
after year, than this $l2 to $40 an acr
lands
Best Of Soil for General Farming
not merely a marrow strip Of countr!
lying along the Mouse river, but tn
cial Lake souris. This valley is stu
ated in the north central part of Mort
Dakota and the south central part o
Canada In the state Of North Dakot
it includes within its borders McHenr
county and. parts Of Ward and Botti
neau counties.
This loop Of the Mouse river en-
braces a large expanse Of land that
equal to any soil on earth for genera
farming: The soil is rich, dark drift
Of alluvial loan, from two to four fee
deep, resting on a, deep ana! very tens
adapted to grain growing, giving
bountiful yield Of the finest quality.
w. Torgeson of Minot deals in thes
lands, and has large lists from which
make selections. .. =.
Ransom County.
Ransom county has few equals as
/ stock country. Particularly is tn
the case with reference to freedo
from livestock diseases, and the sma
cost Of producing marketable hors
steer, or hog; The common diseases
livestock, those maladies that ha'
proven SO destructive to stock produce
in other states and countries, find l
Favorable conditions for their develo
ment here.
Lands in Ransom county will doub
In value within three years, barril
general financial panic, which do
not now seem to be in the range
probabilities. =.
Diversified farming is doing for Ra
| som county what it has done for low
Minnesota and Wisconsin, that is,
is creating a new era of prosperity al
solid condition of values and a rap
advance in the values Of land. Adal
& Frees and Walter Williamson a
strong and reliable business men of L
bon, the county seat of Ransom count
and make a speciality Of choice far
and gilt-edged investments.
1 Valley of the JIM
This region lying midway betwe
the Red and Missouri rivers, is one
the most promising as a general, a