The Wahpeton times., 1905-10-05

facts OF startling Significance which are
s,"!:c at a fair s' at II ' WilIns,r. S Skandiyoh
county. few days ago and as usual his
REMARKS were prcsnant witt. 'o", for
Thought. A large portion OF his address
was devoted to showing the farmers Of
Minnesota and the Northwest how much
."nre profitable they could nake their
labor and investment. lie drew largely
to show how much larger per aero carn-
ingS are in other states than in Minue-
sofa asserting that the other states did
advantasss as minnesota. iii. contrast
with tho ncighborin: state OF Iowa sub
Stimulated his argument with great force,
Iowa was actually forced to abandon
wheat raising and &" int" live stock with
III" result that she was according to
census report producing $50 per acre
against Minnesota $ Si.G1. Thirty Years
was raising grade "i wheat known AS
Amber Iowa and now only the older pro-
pie remember that ti,.r. ever was such Il
thing as Amber Iowa.
u thc farmers of Minnesota realized the
same yer acre III dollars and cents as the
farmers of Iowa. it would ,n;.kc a dif..
ference every year OF over $1:I.tHH'.' .'Ax,: aud
that is too mncis money L" pass idly by
and too large All amount not to he conSid-
cred aud Il, make an effort to redeem It,
Acre for, acre. Minnesot:. farm lands
arc capable of producing AS much or
moie wcalti than the farn, lands in any
other division of the country: yet acre
for acre, they are. with il,cOnScuucntial
less in value
Agricultural states like Illinois. InhI-
l'cnnsNlvani:l and Wisconsin. are produce
their farm lands under cultivation. Min
mcsota is producing only $t.s7.
Vet in walking from. the l.;tll where We.
had Our lunch. Mr.. Eddy. whom many of
you know. told me that on a farm OH,
here of about 5G1 acres he got an average
Of FlO an acre. and t1e got it from his
cattle ] snow when l.e told me he got
cause i'll no other way under the sun
could he get $40 per acre profit.
Minnesota SHY.
The agricultural workers nf states like
kansas. Nebraska. New York. Illinois.
North Dakota. Iowa. South Dakota. Mon
are producing yearly fr,u Sa;!ai to- Si.nl:
each. Now, ! speak of the agricultural
workers. whether il is the man who owns
Tue agricultural workers of Minnrso,;,
are producing only $ti2a
iihnols flaIvests q cr"r of grain and
tmie of S'.7O,ttn for labor and the us" "f
sci .O0U worth of machinery. The 9TH
"r states in the agricultural column do
apprnximately as wcit: some. better Min
and uses machinery worth 22...taA,MO 10
\: harvest . hay and grain crop worth only
$ttJ,SNNnNNM.
Labor in the United States averages
% per cent of the value. of the crop.
lM Minnesota it is 1913 per cent. OF almost
5p per cent more.
Mimnesota Cattle.
The average value per head of cattle
"a 1a, II. n4cd 5s Sa,S si The average
states ranges from ST. to s.4.G.. Bulls
IN Minnesota have an average value of
stsEe valu. Of bulls is s$4 ': g. and Il" i" Tie Tie
leading agricultural states the valu+ runs
For each agricultural worker within
hcr borders Iowa is marketing live stock
and meat products to the value sf S::.S.
AS against an average. of only xSl in Min
nes".a: Ia: In the other states the figures
times as high as Minncs"las. acre for
acre and man for man
The value of live stock for each acre
Iowa il is $500. and from this figure il
agricultural states.
With mos, cMrcptiona! advantages f,r
snccp raising. Minnesota has only :.l4. .tMD
s,ccp as against Mic!,isan'S ..1k,.lMu,
li producing values the average in Min
ncsota is S:.::na per acre. In The other
impor!ant agricultural states i, averages
about $40. in the dairy states. lik" Now
York New Jersey aud Pennsylvania,
with which Minn''sot:. has come to pii
over $50 Ier COW.
I'm Minnesota the average yearly pro-
nMtt"n Of milk for each COW is: AZ; s:.l-
Tic unitcd states it is = ri 81 s:.n"s: i!S ,,;s Is
general average including the ur,iuc, Of
all th" low-sradc and non-'I;iityins states.
The dairy farms 'f Miaucs"l;l lroolccd
n,liy $.'2a per "crc. II. The United States
TIL" average n,ndw'ion nn dairy farms
was $.s.:a' OF =, per ocnt greater In tl..
important agricultural states the produce
ttfal LII.
your own neiehlor. Mr. Eddy. ,,l;lkts $40
an acre here. and every tnan wiu, will do
'h'. same as lie docs c;,'l max" the same
rrNrl.uc.
Hay and Forage.
In hay :tnd f"ras" Minnesota is pro-
=: l,7.G:M ac,rs of her f;.rtn are. ,icyut, d
IL. these crops. The average in ,,,r
tnitcd States is S7.S:'. OF almost twice as
s. s.ra, . '!s ;.., M,nr;",a ,,!, ,, rc iot' ya'r
illinois. "h Eractlra'ly 1iic same area.
raises i. crop worth uver x:aAhni.t!,n,, :,nd
Ohio. also ON practically the s,nc area.
raises Il crop worth $20.Ma'.Ms,. Michigan
harvests "a crop worth $2!.,htI.tN'. or
<7.MMtAN greater than Minnesota. on an
acreage less by thre"-u.t:,r,"rs "f mil
IN the fact that, will, equal culiivati"n.
MinncSOt;. has demons; rated her capacity
to- produce more value per acrc in tu,v
and forage than almost ANY other state
y
tie told Of his "w' Minnes"t:. STOCK
farm and low year after year hc sent
cattle TO the Chicago ia! stock show aud
won a hatful OF gold medals. One steer
from his farm competed with 20 head of
cattle 1T Chicago ard took seven rrizts
including tli.. sweeps; kcs.
Illinois. lu said. took frs, rank as "a
wheat state in 1881 In 1:Ax, siu. f,,,i
dropped to fourteenth place. Ohio held
third place in 1851. producing 10 NJ, cent
Of the wheat of the country. willie now
she produces only 7.6 per cent or wheat
She has SO thoroughly diversified her
crurs that she ranks well up IL rrnry
class. AS a result she produces xs..H, IL
{, he acre. as against $l.h1 rnr Min,,,.a.:,
The net value OF products per acre. was
xse3 in WiscOns;n for 1HN or. abn,t q.
per cent above Minnesota.
wisconsin farmers reduced their wI,.a,
average from 1.9W.ODO in 1880 to :JialOds,
acres in 1000. while Minnesota ircreascT
hers from 3.:SD.OW to G.:INtaO WiSc,,n.
sin fell from ninth place in the wheat
row. with "a per cent Of ttr: Wi,o;t. ,.rUp
to twenty-eighth place. with only ia per
cent. BY intelligent divcrsislcaiion She
row manages to extract $1N4l from
every acre Of improved land she farms
as against oEly 1896 of improved nd in
Minnesota.
OF tile farms in Minnesota 1873 per cent
raRSe.in area from 2tU to :1n a..rr.
Throughout the United States the aver
sge expended for hired lahur on farms Of
this area is $l6G per farm: irl Minnesota
II is $:4O per farm, or 44.5 per cent
greater.
Minncsota ranks only twenty-second
among the states In the average DrOijuc.