The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-06

Hill. president OF the Great Northern
road delivers an address he produces some
facts of startling Significance which are
worth considering and rejecting upon. lie
spoke at a fair at Whitman. kandiyohi
county. few days ago and as usual nus
remarks were pregnant with food FOR
thought A large portion of his address
was devoted to showing the farmers ct
Minnesota and the Northwest how much
tabor and Investment He drew largely
upon the late United States census report
TO show how much larger per acre earn
ings are In other states than in Mime.
not have any more if as many natural
advantages as Minnesota. The contrast
with the neighborns state of Iowa sub
stantiated his argument with great force.
Iowa was actually forced to abandon
wheat raising and go into live stock with
the result that she was according to
census raTopt produssinHE SS% per acre
ago the great reliance Of Iowa farmers
was raising IL grade of wheat known as
Amber Iowa and now only the older pr"-
pie remember that there ever was such u
thing as Amber Iowa
If the farmers of Minnesota realized the
same per acre in dollars and cents as the
farmers OF Iowa. il would make ~ diff
ference every year of over S75..Hn. 900: and
That is too much money to pass idly by
and too large an amount not to be cousld-
cred and to make effort to redeem 1t.
Acre for acre. Minnesota farm lands
are capable OF producing as much or
more wealth than the farm lands in any
other division of the country: yet acre
exceptions. producing less, less in volume.
less in value.
Agricultural states like Illinois, Indi-
ana. Iowa. Michigan. New York. Oh,".
ing from $3.50 to $50 on each acre of
their farm lands. under cultivation. Min
ncsOta is producing only $4.S7.
Yet in walking from the hall where We
had our lunch. Mr.. Eddy. whom many of
you know. told me that on farm out
here of about 800 acres he got an average
cattle 1 Enow when he told me he got
it from his cattle he told the truth. be-
cause in no other way under the sun
could he get $40 per acre profit
Minnesota Shy.
The agricultural workers of states like
North Dakota. Iowa. South Dakota. Mon
tana. Wyoming. Washington and Oregon.
are producing yearly fr" SG'd TO Sl.n4:;
each Now. | speak of the agricultural
workers. whether it is the man who owns
the farm or the man who pays wages.
The agricultural workers Of Minnesota
are producing only $500,
hay worth Sl:5o. 600. with an expendi-
turc of $9,7n,O0O for labor and the use OF
2lNO.OO0 worth OF machinery The 9TH
approxima tely as we'll; some better. Min
nesota eXpends $l3.2ONO0N for hired labor,
and uses machinery worth S.1... G(k|ON to
na ~ est a. hay and grain crop worth only
Labor in the United States averages
~ ncr cent of the value of the crop.
In Minnesota it is TO-: per cent. OF almost
Minnesota Cattle.
The average value per head of cattle
for the United States is SILT and the
average for the important agricultural
states ranges from ST. to $.4.0,. Bulls
only $751;. In the United States the av
crage value of bulls is $34.4!, and in the
leading agricultural states the value runs
;. For each agricultural worker within
her borders Iowa is marketing live stock
and meat products to the value of S:::.S.
as ss against t., an "a, average Of only ssh IN Min
run from two and One-half times to four
times as high as Mnnesota's. acre for
acre and man for man.
The value OF live stock for each acre
Of farm land is $3.50 in Minnesota. In
Iowa it is sS.O6, and from this figure ii
runs down TO $4S5 in the other important
With most exceptional Advantages for
sheep raising Minnesota has only a,Nm
sheep as against Michgan's I'm, 900.
IN producing values the average i'll Mi'-
nHS0th IS S222.OI per acre. In the other
Important agricultural states i, averages
about $50 In the dairy states, like New
,1,@, MY, MY 1erssy and psnnsSlva n
herself. the value of production averages
over SD per COW.
In AHnnesola the average yearly pro
Ions: in Michigan ii is :'iJ gallons: in
the United States it is l.t GALLONS: this
general average including The product OF
AL the low-Gradc and non-dairying states.
The dairy farms of Minnesota; produced
only So" pc! a"re. la Tia" United States
the aver;t:" nr"in"'i"n on dairy farms
was 500. or - per cent greater In the
important agricultural states the produc-
ton per acre ran as high as $l0.:a. And
YOUR own neighbor. Mr.. Eddy lnlkes $40
an acne here. and every man who will do
revenue
Hay and Forage.
In hay and forage Minnesota is pro-
dyciii. at the rate ri ;lio per ac,,. ON
:l.,I.L:in acres of !icr farm are, devoted
i" these crops. liz" average in the
great us Minnrsoih Tia" tnr:il va!ur
OF her hay and forage crop is $ll.:,S:,. Isl
Illinois. uu practically the same AREA
Raises :, crop worth ever S2,,Wn, QUO. ard
Ohio. also on practically the sa,ile area
Uses IL crop worth S2u.Wn.mH. Michigan
halve:Is Il cror worth S.l.MAL.,nu. or
S'.Mni.ouo greater than Minnesota. on an
acreage less by thrrr-uu:lrlerS az - mil
lion. The strength of these figures lies
in The fact that. With equal cultivation,
Minnesota has dcmonSi tod her capacity
Ia produce more value per lilS
and forage than almost any other Sl.,i:
in the Union.
He told OF his own Minnesota stock
farm a,u! how year after year he sent
cattle TO the Chicago rat stock Show and
won hatful of gold medals. One steer
from his fnrnl competed with "a head OF
cattle at Chicago ard took seven prizes
Including hl. sweepstakes.
illinois. he said. took first rank az :,
wheat stale i'll 1850. in 400 she had
dropped to fourteenth place. Ohio hcltl
third place in 1850 producing 10 per rent
of the wheat of the country. while now
she produces only 7.G per cent or wheat
She has so thoroughly diversified her
cruIs that she ranks well UP IN every
class AS a result she produces SIS 70 Ia
the acre. as against xl.S7 for Mi,rsn,;,,
The net value OF products per acre was
sos; in Wisconsin for 1890, or abollt II
per cent above Minnesota.
Wisconsin farmers reduced their wheat
average from 100000 in 1880 to 800 M
acres in 1900 while Minnesota ncrca stG
hers from 3,3OO.OOO to G,;ag,,OON Wiscon-
sin fell from ninth place in the wheat
row, with "a per cent Of the whole. crop
To twenty-eighth place. with only / a ne,
cent. BY intelligent diversified ton she
now manages to extract $lO41 from
every acre Of improved land she farms
as against oEly $685. of improved land in
Minnesota.
or the farms in Minnesota 1913 per cent
range in area from 100 to 500 acres
Throughout the United States the aver.