The Minneapolis journal., 1905-04-29
Facts Regarding Nortb Dak0t0
Isteryieau Nth W. c. Gilb,eaM, Commissioner ot
Agriculture for the State Of Worth Dakota.
Words From a MAJ, W,Ho Has Made Many Study
Of True Conditions Of the 1flicke,fail State. s

we got here, about $1,000. With this 1
bought a half section Of land, and you
this is, when i tell you we already i've
years ago had everything paid of, and
bought another half section Of land,
and now have in all whole section, or
$40 acres. Our land with the house,
barn and granary, and stock is now
worth in the market today $4,000. We
have q comfortable house, built Of
stone, q barn also built Of stone, which
granary Of stone, which is so feet. long
and; 20 feet wide, ,seventy-tive head Of
cattle, ten horses. This year we
raised 2,1sS bushels Of wheat 1of which
I sold $1,000 worth, keeping enough for
seed and family. use)-1,2S2 bushels Of
oats, considerable corn, 100 bushels Of
potatoes. In the meantime we have
sold considerable butter and eggs, and
this fall sold 1925 worth Of cabbage
tlss following letter: CT came to
North Dakota from Minnesota Nov. IL,
1902, and filed on 160 acres. I first
built barn l4x24 for horses, and as
soon as could broke some ground and
planted potatoes, corn and all kinds Of
better on the well-worked ground than
here on the sod.
In the fall dug a good cellar and
built our house, l6x24, and built a lean
on the barn, 14x24; built sod hen
house, sod cow barn 2Ox4O, had a we'll
! dug and have splendid water.
In the spring I had forty acres
ready for a crop and we were well
pleased with the first crop. Our wheat
yielded fifteen bushels an acre. Oats,
thirty bushels and corn twenty-five
bushels, and all ripened we'll. We have
9, splendid soil and it will produce any
thing when well rotted and taken
care of. "..- -.
"In the fall I hauled timber and built
a barn for the cattle and horses, 28x4O;
granary 10x24; henhouse 12x14.
We did all our own building, except six
days hired man. =
do. fine here; we raised 1l5 chickens
"The fuel question is simply wonder
full. We can buy coal for $1.25 a ton
or we can dig it ourselves for nothing.
What more can man ask for9
"I cut and put up about two hundred
tons Of hay; hired a man two weeks.
Our stock will keep and fatten on this
hay as we'll as cattle do in the east on
feed.
cattle and eight horses. The mail
passes our house six days in week.
We can count about forty houses
from our place now, and it is no un-
common thing to count from twenty to
thirty teams in a day passing by.
In: conclusion, let me say to all the
renters in t the east, make a strike;. 90
it now; pull out and get a home. And
to those that are looking for an invest
ment, you can never find a better place
to invest your money than here. Our
years ago." .'.'>s #z
! L. j. Stoxen tells what man Of
grit and energy can do in this state.
He H. says: II l. came to, North ,2 Dakota e
now H3v4 own n' 1866 500 acres, P all 1 practically
clear Of encumbrance, which, at the
prices at which land is now selling,
is worth at least $4,000. I have a
comfortable home, a good granary, "a
commodious barn and cattle shelter for
the accommodation Of l60. head of
stock. I located a good vein of lig-
tain sufficient fuel to supply my own
needs ever since settling here, Lig-
mite, coal is used by every one in this
section Of the country ..s.~... 81
Government Land.
There are thousands Of acres of gov
ernment land open for settlement
These embrace some of as good lands
as can be found in the state. The cost
for fling on these lands is nominal.
No greater opportunity ever presented
itself to secure a home at so small a
! cost. .c -
Conclusion. H.. ..- ....~-,
Sworn statistics snow the produc.
tiveness Of the soil. Letters from resi-
dents with whom you can correspond,
give their experiences and the result
farmhouses are springing up as if by
magic, attesting the fact that the tide
Of immigration is turning to the fer
tile prairies of North Dakota. In
; vestors are realizing the increasing
! values Of real estate; homeseekers are
!. coming: by trainloads to secure new
homes; railroad companies are propos-
ing and building new roads; wholesale
houses are being established at differ
| ent cities and towns and manufacturers
J are seeing the Importance and financial
advantage OF opening factories and
) supplying. the people with their prod
rapidly populating state. l
Homeseekers and investors who read
? the foregoing can have absolute faith
; in, anything that Mr.. Gilbreath says
, as he is thoroly conversant with every
condition that exists in North Dakota
| and is known thruout the great north.
west as man Of the strictest sinteg
ty, and one in whom absolute faith Can
2 be reposed. Ward D.. Williams.
? Best Investment on record is Land
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