Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-22
GREAT DEVELOPMENT IS SEEN
Great Northern Has Done Wonders
in Helping Settle New Country.
RANCHEs GIVE WAY no FARMs
where Cattle and sheep Once
GrREcd Prosperous Farmers Are
Now Growing Magnificent
Crops Of Grain,

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Crops of Grain,
Nothing at the omaha Land show that
Is attracting more universal attention
than the agricultural and horticultural
display made by the Great Northern Rail-
way company. Its presence Is due to the
efforts and labors OF President l.. W
IIill. his distinguished father, James ].
Hill, and +, c. Leedy. general lmmigra-
ton agent OF the Hill system OF roads
all of whom have been instrumental In
bringing together in the Coliseum the
products Of the vast area VI productive
country lying between Minnesota and the
Pacific coast, great erapire that lies In
the northwestern section of the United
states, This magnificent display Is to
be found Just in front OF the main en-
trance of the building aud IN charge of
competent persons, who at ali times are
prepared to give data and explain the re-
sources OF the section represented.
The exhibit of the Great Northern rep
resents the agricultural and horticultural
productiveness OF the states along its
line from Minnesota west. In Il are
shown the various grains and grasses.
the vegetables and field products the
cruits and flowers and the forage plants
and field products OF the states OF Mime
sofa, North Dakota, Montana and ore
gon. At no place i'm the building is
there more comprehensive exhibition
OF alfalfa and other tame grasses and
grains, such as turkey red, blue stem.
velvet chaff and red Russian wheat. ball
and slx-rowed barley and oats are here
shown.
Wakes To Opportunities.
II Is apparent that the section OF Min
nesota tributary to the Great Northern
Is awakening to the opportunities that
are presented, for working in conjunction
with the HIM railroad interests. the pub
llcity campaign Is bringing about good
results This campaign was started three
years ago by James J. Hin. since which
time the Hin roads have carried thou
sands of settlers into the country and
n any of them are now numbered among
the most prosperous farmers Of the states.
Northern Minnesota contains u great
area of swamp land which the state Is
reclaiming. This land offers great oppor-
tunities to the farmers, being we'll
adapted to the raising of potatoes that
yield from $50 to 200 bushels per acre
and wheat that will turn out from twenty
TO twenty-five bushels. 1t is dlstinctively
a country for the farmer with small
means. for here he can easily get a start,
owing TO the cheapness OF the land. 1t Is
also country where the climatic and
natural conditions are most favorable to
dairying and where the tame forage,
such as timothy and clover, produce most
abundantly Here farming operations are
,arried on in practically the same man
ner as in the vicinity of Omaha.
The showing made by corn In northern
Minnesota is about the same as that
made by the northern portion OF Nebraska
and much of 1t is the equal of that grown
IN Douglas county. Right at this time
millions of acres of these reclaimed
lands are available for settlement and in
towns along the l1lll lines and the
branches now being built there are SPLEEN
Id opportunities for men who desire to
engage in the various branches of trade,
Much Grain IN Grown.
In Montana. which a few years ago was
ooked upon as the COW country of the
United States, this season was produced
100000 bushels of grain. In this state
rec years ago when the Hill campaign
publicity was inadgurated, almost the
AlIt SLdlt WGS gwen over " NdNlle
Sing. For hundreds OF miles along the
teat Northern there were only ranches
I'D herds of cattle and sheep, while now
most pleasing sight confronts the gaze
the traveller upon the trains. Riding
over the road he sees that n wilderness
las been transformed into an agricultural
section, Astounding with comfortable
homes and well developed and equipped
arms.
Along the entire system throughout
Montana, where two years ago there were
only passing tracks or blind sidings, now
are found thrifty villages of from fifty to
500 inhabitants, with numerous homes,
business houses and grain elevators.
Around these towns the country, Is set
Ting very rapidly, farmers from the cen
t,al sections coming In and acquiring the
land. Then, too, these farmers have come
to stay, intending to make this section
their home. In some of these localities
as many as twenty steam plows have
been in operation, turning over, the virgin
sod that 1t may be cropped next season
Many Of these tracts of land are being
handled with outfits that will break, disk
and seed 100 acres every twenty -four
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