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

oVclJ cOuliIy Iuclt dIe largo anu grow.
ing agricultural interests. The splen.
thruout the state, with their universe
ties, colleges, schools, electric light and
water plants, libraries, splendid public
buildings and business blocks, substan-
5tial, comfortable homes, all depending
upon the prosperity Of The agricultural
communities surrounding them, are
silent. but eloquent witnesses to the
and to the success and prosperity Of
those engaged in tilling it.
ment for the o place s' Of his BIRTH hand and
cause. Men usually migrate because
they think they see chance to better
their condition. Because farmers Of
Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin and other
states, where land values have become
very high, have been able to sell their
lands !, and drs with fi the proceeds purchase
equally as good land in southern and
western Minnesota, many Of them have
done so and have, without doubt, i'm
proved Their. condition. For the same
pie have come from the exhausted,
wornout farms Of the eastern states,
from the overcrowded cities and from
foreign lands across the waters. People
everywhere are looking for. chances to
DO better, and # the great oppSortuni-
sofa were faithfully pictured and prop
erly placed before people who desire
to make new homes, the population OF
every county in the state would be rap
idly increased. Els"
To migrate, to change locations, to
sunder ties that have been years in
forming. to leave the old home and go
among strangers in a strange land, is
an undertaking requiring a stout heart,
and for a man Of small! or moderate
means, with wife and little ones de-
pendent upon him, it is a proposition
that should not be lightly considered
or undertaken. The careful, conserva'
! tive man will investigate before taking
with which he will vex his mind are
the following:
Has the country under consideration
healthy climate9
,, Will l be able to educate my chill.
dren?
What are the social conditions9
Is there sufficient sunshine and rain
fall to mature crops7
Is agriculture in that section an ex'
pertinent 2
What is the soil and the markets? =.
What is the price of lands and upon
what terms can ! purchase?
Will my investment increase in
values ~.
What can produces .-
! Along these lines Minnesota will
I compare favorably with any section Of
America that is inviting settlers.
The healthfulness Of Minnesota s eli
mate is conceded. Our air is tonic
pure, invigorating, bracing. There is
no malaria, no ague, no yellow fever.
The public school system is one Of
the best to be found anywhere, apou
one-half Of all taxes raised being
/ for educational purposes. Our per
manent school fund amounts to NOR.
than $16,000,000, and will eventually
ported free public schools, colleges ane
i universities are a guarantee that tn
! social conditions are favorable for tn
development of the highest type O.
American manhoodHa and womanhood.
From the government weather re
find that. the average rainfall for Min
ncsota is a2S inches, which is sufficien
4 for crops grosRl y, latitude. N
portion Of Minnesota is semi laird; W.
Ihaye nosdrou ghts; The government re
IpOTfS also snow are
about 1873 clear, bright, sunshiny days
That section of the country is bes
which has soil and climate that -d
notzsrequire artificial means, such a
j irrigation or commercial fertilizers, t.
produce for long period of years
abundant crops. Such section is Min
nesota. -,se4 ~
Farming is not AN experiment. I'll
length Of the growing season, free iron
/ killing frosts, has beenAwell determined
1t is now Welissett1ed and accepted
fact that to plant is to reap. Their
are no early frosts to. kill or hot wind
to shrivel, blight and bake. @
In the. whole history of the stat
there has never been crop failure
! And when the crop has been produce
it is not nccessarysto give a large pre-
portion of it's proceeds 70 rtransporta
tion charges, for the best markets i
the entire northwest are at our yer
doors, thus giving the producer a de
cided advantage over the man who ha
to transport his crop a thousand mile
" Lana lana values " s A in Minnesota var
widely. A fair average price for in
proved farms in the older portions O
the state, where there is but little We