The Wahpeton times., 1905-10-05
HOW THE FARMERS
CAN MAKE MONEY
j. j. Till Proves by Census Reports That Farmers
Must Diversity Their interests and Raise Live
Stock to Compete With Earnings in the Older
States.

Wisconsin. Al;
,.,I., ln.. aNs:s.s. va,,,e ri dairy COWS in the
E E""r STOCK "f Texas and the South. is
S::h'S. while the average value Of the
dairy COWS nj Mnneso,a is only $cS.as
i, IA ,,. Illinois s.. !h. avsSase value is *4N
.,n,;dl,ha:: .,;E:: Ssl.S in Miehigan. S:s0.6': ,n
IA quo, S;a.:@; i'll PENNSYLVANIA. $:A.&:
S:s.'a': in WaShnston. s;SOl, etc. Ii Will
be seen from, these :is;reS that Niune-
sn,;. holds the lowest rank as To average
sa'ne a1 IN. ~ The entire agricultural column.
AND 'hls t:.rt is tsaccabe Of course. di-
r"r'lN Z" Tie !ack of care that has been
exercised III breeding. as reelected in the
HN.Msn s; Na'n" nj Minnesota bulls. which
OF S4t't in South Dakota, S4,;. 10 in North
aud india,ia etc.
g. Ihe !isur"s show that the Minnesota
.afiarf S"'s an average of only $:..1OJ per
year out OF each COW.
NOW. want You to pay close attention
10 mus because IL means everything to
wishes YOU we'll
,, He cited tho ease of W. A. Brooks OF
ffcehofE. who cleared an average Of $5S
s.., smr COW against tn" general average of
had herd Of sh"rI1orns % 1i,r'si produeinr ~no n1
average of 1G5 gallons Of milk per cnw
zen scneraI ytr 1r,. "r ~ salons above the highest
u
Ihcsc results showed what could be ac.
complslcd in Minnesota.
In the Wheat Counties.
Nnr,,or, Nn"r h,r"d labor the wheat counties Of
~ a.:;,,., n,.n Tor each acr" of improved land.
as;.,nst only q, cents in the southern
counties ti,l ties, In live stock the northern coun-
capita aud s.. 80 an acre. as against Sas.
per capita and $40 per acre in the south,
Irn pa, section ,;, The wheat growers. Of the
Willie of sG.:::. per capita. while the farm
ers IN the southern tier realized f17.S5
per CAPITA $-''s0
section The '0,a Wr dairy xps psraur': < in the wheat
average aver, Of s9.O4 for each inliabita nj In
r were SS,onfl" woh sss1 t'rE ,., the dairy product.
have only 47.7. cows M acainst s' ri laranets RI, =,
the southern tier. The northern COW. -
t1%''ae n" asainn1S nn1S 4;S s4 gallons each per an
tn, ti,c north yielded only siS.a as asainst @ ST
!::' in The south ' Ct" "sa''ss
,,u.., H." said ,3, they might wonder why he
VIII u',,,t .,t' ftisils OF wheat when the rail-
fr.'igh! If wheat was raised 10 ''lhks this IN IN
rcnlsd f,l;.is1 that tho railroad Would Id get M
rs'sn. n ss, th. Tm"'gi, ,. any Why and he wanted
they continued raising wheat wilton, AZ ~
VIZ n"iiS'i'clt'"n ,"n they would exhaust the soil
road @ ov to earn only t small crops for the rail-
rrnl lo,>o,i, '1' ti"SlNIhA OT tie rail.
mnnn,s tt'e''oed on the prosperity Of the
- "re'Ght Rates.
,as yin. s'aa, 10 call Your attention to what
,,.S ,.,., peen Monc IN twenty-five wears in the
m"H oi railiOad rates on the Great Eorth
arn .,,,il, railway. ! want to show YOU that
kttater reductions have been made in the
i;,aerasc rate on the Great Northern Than
nave no, ever been lnade on any railroad IN
rhe u, tliited States. In 1SS1-or twentv-
~, NJ Years aso-0ur average rate. paid nv
~" PEOPLE VIII" used the railroad ID" ~ ~
~. ...:imslhS .,l tom of freight 1N, miles vvas
$50. Inr the year ending June ~ last
- -. was ~ cents and mills less than one
.,a,r" ...n "f what 1t was TWENTY-FIVE years
n,,; ,
ro,1,',..is w tlme. II We had made no
twnmt,'.; t,i,. .;I. III we mad collected the rate Of
c"lln..ia,, s,-A Years siI: ago. We would have
,"ii.ct ,rS;. %Ga .sata. more than we did
~, iI;na 1W 1Wuli'k OF u IN" amount is APP
iI,,n fi, We would nave collected more
in", III, LINES. .ili,.'s as much we did col
~ LIE ,'.. ;HNsrage reduction for twenty-
tIa .,;,,, S;t.S y S..;NN,hal al.-and that is from
r.,..,, @ ,'''Ia .ra.l ahd warehouse commissions
H. !.esE nS'tles are correct
+,,,.,', mr year closing June 10 at the rate of
SS- ~, nv @ Years asn would have give us
''f:,,.u n,'.;... more than We collected.
AM .iti' tlhic We have had our iiv,.
, Is, nave not gone without nnv.
: We nave fild our dividends regularly and
Lave Lave. tried 7" give you ynnr dividends M.
, Wv. van. You 70 prosper with us. / want
.ou 10 rca!ize that your prosmritv !.
Vii, ;. '.,," III You are poor we will sfrer