The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-01-16
North Dakota and
It's Great Advantages
Magnificent Domain Embraced Within the Limits
Of the State Splendid Schools and Other
Attractions Offered Homeseekers.
BY Moses Folsom.

as the country increases in age the lftls-
bandry is becoming more and more di-
diversified. Grass IS produced in perfec-
ton. and dairying and the raising Of
| live stock have already taken a strong
hold. Another bountiful source oi
wealth lies east of lis in the forests of
Minnesota, as we'll as iii iron ore mines
the present largest producers in the
wosld. M 4i5 s. NJ
The Red river valley is the nearest
large agricultural section to the iron
region and the ports Of the earth's
greatest lake and an outlet to the world
by water. Indeed our state has two
more ways by water to the ocean, via
the Red to Hudson bay and the Atlantic,
and via the Missouri to the gulf and
the Panama canal To the west along
the lines Of three transcontinental rail
ways which connect our state with the
Pacific are sources Of wealth and in
dustry Of which the world has not yet
begun to know or appreciate, In this
great land west of us the. cattle, horses
and sheep industries are already impor@
tant. and will continue to be an element
of prime value in the long future. Prec-
lous and base metals are also found in
abundance, and new discoveries of such
wealth in new localities are being con-
stantly heralded to the world. The
iron horse is making his way into new
fields tributary to Fargo.
The value of North Dakota farm
products in 1905 aggregated about $I5o,-
100000, from $4,000 farms, which means
an average of about $3,ooo income to each
farm from field and garden crops alone.
What state can make d higher showing? !?
The dairy products of North Dakota
in 1905 aggregated about 5000, 600.
There are Sc creanaeries and eight cheese
factories i'm operation not to speak of
the home daiiies in every locality. N
The live stock on the ranches and
farms Of the state in 1905 is estimated
to have a yalue approaching $6o,ooo,ooo.
I'm what is usually considered small
matter, that of chickens and eggs, the
income Of the state in 1905 ran above
$5ooo 900. Il
In the total value Of all forms of
farm products in North Dakota each
man. woman and child in the state has
a ratio of nearly $3.50 each, an average
IN excess OF any other state in the TN
ion. For a state SO recently carved out
of what was once considered a part of
the great American desert 1t has made
a record by exhibits at the Chicago,
Omaha, Buffalo. St. Louis and Portland
aexpositions winning hundreds of med
ais and prizes in competition with older
states.
1t is wonderful what can Be raised
and the uses to which the products Of
fields, gardens and pastures of North
II 3t<,4f
suggests q few Of the useful ways in
which products can be utilized:
Il, @ q 81 3 n @ u rs @I @ @ X @@ b
20 From our wheat we can make q
81 -four, the best iii the world, and %
s@ the -four will make bread, crack q
3 ers, 1racaroni, erc. ~
From our oats we can make the q
q best kind of oatmeal. -
From our barley we can make q
g splendid pearl barley and beer.
From our corn we 2 can make 81
3 starch, honliny and meal q
9 From our beets we can make q
q sugar and syrup. ~
From our potatoes we can make q
~ starch. " o.
81 From olir fax fibre we can ~
g make linen, bagging and binding q
9 twire, and from the seed make oil 9
@ and cake. ~
From our hemp We can make 3
81 eordage. 4 81
From orr cows we can make q
@ butter and cheese, and beef and %
81 hides, and the hides can be made 81
into boots and shoes. q
From our sheep we can get wool %
81 and mutton, and the wool can be q
3 spun, woven and made into cloth q
g ing.
81 From our hens we can gather q
eggs, from our geese we get q
8 feathers, and our turkeys make 8
10 hne roasts. q
3 From our fields We can get peas q
81 and various root crops to fatten 81
8 hogs to make hams, bacon and g
q lard ~>
8 From our gardens we gather 81
3 celery asparagus and many kinds @
8 OF edible roots and food plants. g
While not classed among the min
eral beating states Yet North Dakota
has 5000 square miles Of Ignite coal
fields with 30 or more mines iii opera
ton, from which there was an output
in 1905 Of oyer 100000 tons. Besides.
there are extensive beds of cement
material and an iexhaustible store Of
the finest brick and pottery clays on
earth What a source of wealth these.
beds will be in the cement and brick age