The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-31

cant or unoccupled land, would prob
ably be from $40 to $50 an acre. In
the newer sections Of the state, i'm
proved farms may be obtained at
prices 1 ranging from $15 to $50 an
q to SO an acre, according to loca-
100000 acres Of wild school lands,
heretofore sold by the state, has been
500 an acre. State, lands sold this
At no place are easier terms Of pay
ment offered prospective settlers than
panies make five and ten-year land
contracts. The terms offered by the
state, 10 per cent cash and forty years
time on the balance at per cent an
nual interest, places tract within the
reach OF almost any one. The present
IS a good time to purchase Minnesota
land. 1t is fair to presume it will
never ne be worth less money than today.
the benefits of increased settlement
and development which are sure to
come, and which enhance land values.
Building roads, cutting bitches, erect
ing schools, constructing railways,
Crease in population, ali I'i ada @ to the he
value of land. The population of the
rural districts Of northern Minnesota
increased more than 70 per cent during
the last ten years. If we but reflect
upon the increase in land values in
the state for the last twenty years,
we cannot but come to the conclusion
that there are to be large increases in
the future. Twenty years ago farms
were ct to be had in southern Minnesota
have been income property each year
a an q are today worth from $40 to $50.
tlfteen years ago the choicest tracts
in southwestern Minnesota could have
been purchased for So and $40 an
n nGre I mGn years ago lands in the Red
Known, were going at SIS to So an acre.
timber and meadow lands in northern
Minnesota counties were being sold
for ~ and So an acre. In ali these
localities lands have doubled and
trebled i'll value and will do 50 again.
because good cheap lands are becoming
scarce, free government lands are q
th1ng OF the past. and state lands, once
SOLO, Will never be upon the markets
again upon such favorable terms.
,od The government census report for
figures at hand, shows that in 1899 Min
8 res dao produced, in round numbers, ~
1000 bushels of corn, 95,OOO,OOO bush
els Of wheat, 74,000,000 bushels Of oats
"a, 100000 bushels of barley, 100000
bushels Of rye, 100000 bushels of fax,
442S,o 0o 69o +o bushels n4 Of pStatoes and
state. Minnesota ranks first in produc-
ton Of wheat, flour and feed output:
second IN barley and flax; fourth in
oats; fifth in sugar from beets; sixth
IN rye; twelfth in hay and forage; thir-
teenth in corn and twenty-fourth in
tobacco. .-.. -.-s -.
We should not lose sight of the fact
that Minnesota is a corn state in the
corn belt: According to the statistics
OF the United States agricultural de-
partment, the average yield in this
inclusive, was thirty bushels an acre,
being within one bushel an acre Of the
average yield Of such acknowledged
corn producing states as Indiana, ILL.
nois and Iowa.
Of late years there appears to be no
question in the mind of the public as
t9 adaptability Of southern and western
1t is generally conceded that they rank
with the lands of Ohio, Indiana, iii
nois, Iowa and southern Wisconsin. The
value Of northern Minnesota lands is
Stood. - So
All crops and products grown in the
southern half are successfully cultivated
in the northern half Of the state, the
climate, and the length Of the growing
soil is rich and deep. fertile and pro
ductive. Northern Minnesota counties
each year have exhibits at the state
| fair that in quantity, quality and ex.
cellence, rival those from the older
better settled southern counties. Grains
grasses and root crops flourish. Nowhere
in the country do tame grasses, includ
ing mammoth and medium red clover
white clover, alsike, alfalfa, timothy
millet, blue joint, bluegrass, redtop
and brown top grow more luxuriantly
Professor Thomas Shaw, for many
years connected with the state agricul.
tura! college, in speaking of northeast
, ern Minnesota said: "The land has an
. almost marvellous adaptation to the
, production of clovers, grasses and, in
, deed, all kinds Of grain essential to the
maintenance Of livestock. This is an
? ideal stock country; an ideal country
for dairying.'
Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture
: Hays, for many years professor of ag