The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-27
North Dakota Development
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roamed herds Of cattle. sheep and
horses. can now be seen the farm
stead of the permanent settler with its
contiguous area Of cultivated land.
Counties were organized, railway
branches and one new trans-continen-
tai road were built through the favor
ed regions; towns sprang up along
these iron highways, and all the evil
dences Of progressive and well-or-
dered civilization came into being.
It should not be gathered however
from, the foregoing that, because the
suitability of our soils in all parts of
the state for agricultural purposes has
been fully demonstrated, deveIopment
along this line is complete This is
far. from being the case.
Our land area. according to the la
test and most authentic sources Of in
formation is 447s7,477 acres. of this
probably 90 per cent ii susceptible Of
profitable cultivation. !, At the present
time, our latest statistics show that
~ IN 49, Z "a d
2O,7so,174 acres are contained in farms
and 12,s4s,4473 acres are actually un !
= der crops. $3.50 ~. ,F- -.
I. Vast As This Acreage !. :
appears, to be when viewed. as a nu-
mericalf proposition the fact remains
that two more acres could be- cropped
for each one now under cultivation
before the state reserve Of arabic land
would even approach exhaustion.
When it is recalled that the aver
age per capita wealth of North Dako-
ia is the highest of any state in, the
union, viz, s1,S6s, and that more than
any other state this high individual
wealth has been secured from agricul-
tural sources Is it possible to imagine
a more promising and enticing pros
pect for the coming settlers who, in
the near future, will still further as
sist in, the upbuilding of our state?
To these prospective citizens it will
be OF interest. to- know that, in. addi-
ton to, the large area. Of reasonably
priced lands yet available for agfi-
cultural purposes ana owned by pri-
waite individualsI.r there yet remained
on oct:s /, 1903, over 100000 acres of
government land @
Subject to Homestead Entry.
In addition to. this there will soon
be opened the Berthold Indian reser-
walton, situated in the northwestern
part OF the state, which will increase
the above figures by at least 100000
acres. sse =. ..s.s, aeerl &. yt. IL
Turning to consideration of the
products for which our soil is adapted
1t may be conservatively claimed that
any crops which prosper in north
ern temperate zone can be successful
ly cultivated here. Dr.; -. Cl-5
Wheat, the great. food staple, yields
abundantly in ALL section of the state,
although its : largest area iyof cultivs-
ton, lies in the Red river. valley and
contiguous counties. At present the
state leads the world in spring wheat
production and there is. no reason
why this, supremacy, cannot be indefi-
nitely. maintained. y. On new. land and
on. properly prepared old land crops
OF from rs to 80 bushels per acre. are
very common and although the state
average yield ,.does not come up to
thesesngures it has been clearly shown
4. that failure. to do so is to be charged
to the careless; methods of farming
rather than to any inherent defects
in the soil, M .,
It is. with reference Il to this last
phase that al, great ana, aggressive
campaign Of education..is1 being. car
rled on by our agricultural college and
allied institutions and already signs
are. plentiful that the, .
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