Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-05-18
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Eastern States to .Becoms Land
Owners and WelIste do In life. AT M
In an article on opportunities for
farmers In North Dakota !: Deputy
Commissioner Of Agriculture e. E..
Kaufman says: a..5
For the last few years all eyes have
been turned to the great northwest
+ as the wonderful resources of this
region have gradually become known
in the middle and eastern states. and
probably no state In the galaxy Of
g commonWealths EN- mbraced in this vast
territory has made greater progress
or offers better opportunities to the
home seeker than North Dakota.
Twenty years ago the immense
possibilities OF the Red river valley
for wheat-growing first began to
attract attention and draw settlers
to the northern part Of Dakota terri
tory. AT that time, or even after
two states, has been carved from the
territory, it was little dreamed that
beyond the limits of the famous
valley there was vast region OF fer
tile agricultural lands capable Of
producing abundant crops year after
year without failure. Within the last
few years it has become evident to
the thoughtful man that ere. long
the public land Of the United States
available for farms will soon be taken
! up. Also. lands in the middle states
were becoming so high priced that.
ito tile renter or young man just
starting In farming, it seemed folly
for him to- ever hope to call farm
ibsthese staJes his own.,:,.. A few dar-
ing ones pushed on beyond the limits
Of the valley and found the land
yielded bountiful crops, and in a few
gears they owned large, well kept
farms. Others followed gradually
and today North Dakota is the Mecca
toward which hundreds and thous-
! ands Of farmers are rushing to obtain
I some Of this Cheap land. '"''
Il h LAND VALUES INCREASE. &s
/ tits true that land values are grad
ually Increasing and yet according to
the income that can be obtained one
7 year with another, land in North
Dakota is cheap. Thousands Of acres
Of rich, fertile land can be bought
from o to sl5 an acre. Government
land can still be obtained convenient
to market and the school and insti-
tutional lands can be purchased from
the state. one can file on homestead
and purchase quarter adjoining,
thus obtaining two quarters for the
price of one.
In making the above statements as
to the fertility of North Dakota soil,
it 10 realized there must be some evil
dence presented as to what the state
has been growing the past few years.
Grain growing Is first and foremost
in the agriculture Of the state and
nearly one-half Of the cultivated area
is sownto wheat. North Dakota
stands second in the production Of
spring wheat and was exceeded By
! only one of the winter wheat states
three times in the last four years.
The average per capita production Of
wheat for the last four years has been
1867 bushels. having an average farm
value OF 1856 for the same period.
s.r <& FLAX AND OATS.
North Dakota soil and climate are
well adapted to the growth OF fax
seed and many instances can be cited
where farmers have more than paid
for their land with one crop Of fax.
The past four years the United States
has produced l03, ,9s5, 900 bushels Of
flax seed Of which "a. 1926, 600 OF 50 per
cent were grown 10 North Dakota,
The average per capita production for
the same period amounts to 81
bushels having an average farm value
OF U5o. %. ss.ss, s''sS sEE! :.
According to the last federal CEN
sus North Dakota ranks Fecond 10 the
per capita production Of oats; Iowa
! alone having q higher rank. For the
s past four years the average yield per
acre has been So. 9 bushels com pared
with 30.2 bushels for the Omitted a ( q
/. States. II
Since 1901 the average Of 4barleyt has g
increased .fr0m 2b7, 600 to 6225, ,OOO g
acres. The average yield for the
{ same period Is 800 bushels compared
With al average for the United q liti q
n States of n. ! bush els. 35ls.S !.
The fonr crops above men I. q TONED t, q Z
cover 80 per cent Of the yated
n area Or 4 the state and !; the tl1 reports t
If the bureau of stat tistics. United a's1
States depart ept sof agricu1l ~ tu1e ls|
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