The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-29
IOWA FARMERS
DESERT STATE
MANY TILLERs or THE SOIL
HEADED FOR NORTH DAKOTA.
The Increased Price Of Farm Lands
and High Rents in Iowa Have Caused
Many to Seek North Dakota Soil
This Spring.

Onawa, Ia, March 20. Inspired by
the great crops of the past year raised
on the rich fields Of North Dakota. sew
eral hundred farmers with their FAM
lilies from Monona, Ida ana Calhoun
counties are preparing to remove en-
i1lasse to new lands in that state. TO
leave Iowa that they may better their
position in lire may seem amazing, but
when the several causes are consi6-
cred why they are leaving iowa it will
not seem so unusual
For ten years the price Of Iowa farm
land in the western part of the state
has been increasing so aiarmingly that
no ordinary man can ever hope to own
a farm OF his own. To buy but 100
acres would cause him to be in debt for
forty years at the present price of In
terest and farm products.
Then again the landlords are steadi-
~ raising the rent of farm land until
now the farmers are almost paying for
the farm land in annual rents
With these complaints over 200
farmers will this spring leave Iowa for
the rich fields around Denhoff, N o.,
where they have already or win soon
buy land AT the present Price Of land
near Denhoff every farmer can own his
own farm and begin the raising Ct
stock and the cultivation of grains M
once without the imposing presence II
landlord lowering In fancy before his
brain.
North Dakota win profit in more
ways than one by the addition Of THESE
farmers from Iowa They are farmers
In every sense Of the word and besides
they have the best families Iii tho
world. Well educate.l girls ana gro~
ing young l4en wi9o win aid in tke fl.
ture welfare OF North Dakota They
have becn well trained in iowa and
when they leave their native sc ttv they
will do so with the regrets OF all and
it is hoped by their friends flere th$
evelvf last person will make lace
for himself In the new country wnsrs
he Will b. of use 10 all, and liz thel
meantimr better his own position in
life.
Mans people In Iowa are opposed 10
the settling OF the western part OF
North Dakota but after they have once.
heard OF the good crops raised last year
there, they have changed their minds
Like the settling OF the older Western
states there is a concerted move in
Iowa toward the northwest oil intent
on reaching the land OF cheaper and
better homes away from the yer PRES
tnt empty hand OF the landlord Iowa
people at large are considered the best
iil the world outside Of the states Npher1
they see fit TO settle and everyone in
the vicinity where these people have
lived are sure there viii be no draw
back in North Dakota that may deduco
any failure In the future
The state will also profit much from
the Invasion of these farmers By tbc
new FLOODED stock which Will be
brought along ana by the newer meth
DDS of farming.
1t must not be considered that be-a
cause most of these persons have been
renters In Iowa that they will be east
on the state OF North Dakota as pau
pers. Not so. Many OF them have large
bank accounts and will build up-to-s
date homes In the now land and rear
groves and instill all the prosperity
that has attended them in Iowa into all
the new land
There is always unrest in farming
districts at this time Of the year bur
rarely has such large body OF farm
ers decided to leave a certain locality
as from these three counties mentioned
above.