Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-04-04
SETTLERS ARE
up IN ARMS
shall County-Scathing Letter by
Farmer Who Signs His Own Name
Continued from last week.

CONTINUED from last week.
The stream of people that has been
focking in here the past two years
seeking for land tells it's own story
and should be enough to give every
body an idea of what the eastern part
of the county is. / have seen and
talked with large number of these
land seekers and not one has been
disappointed in the fertility of the
soil. From now on 1 will not be
afraid to guarantee that the number
of land seekers will double and more.
Do not think that the land seekers
would flock in here as they do, if the
country was worthless. The good
roads which drainage brings will
alone be worth thousands of dollars
to the country. Just think of it,
some years ago it took from three to
six days to make the trip to Thief
River Falls, and even then we could
haul nothing, as our horses were near
ly dead when we came back. AS far
as the roads are made now one can
make Thief River Falls from Grygla
with big load in one single day and
return the next day. An automobile
will make the trip in few hours.
Those persons who are skeptical of
our country should have been here
last fall and winter to see the teams
drawing wagon loads of grain and
other farm products to Thief River
Falls, the nearest market place. For
miles and miles there was a string of
grain wagons. Would they be seen
if the land was worthless? I only
ask this question There is a word
one hears often in Thief River Falls,
and that is "wheat-line.' The high
way or road coming from the east into
the city of Thief River Falls has got
it's true name: the "wheat-line." It
is certainly sight to see the long
line of grain wagons, some coming as
far as sixty miles. Those who do not
believe it, come and see.
The writer broke Is acres in the
fall of 1910. This land is what is
called peat or swamp land. Disked
it we'll in spring Of 1911 and seeded
flax on it. got from machine meas
ure 1872 bushels good No. 1 flax or
nearly 13 bushels per acre. This
land had been overflowed with water
for many years. By getting the first
ditch in early in the spring, the wa
ter was carried off. I sold the flax
at an average price of $1.90 per bu-
shell, making $364.S0 as the cash re-
turns from the Is acres. The flax
yield in this surrounding country was
from 10 to 19 bushels per acre. Ac.
cording to these figures we have no
reason for grumbling about paying the
ditch taxes. The chances are that if
the ditch had not come, I for one
would have had no crop at all, and
many more with me- All the so-called
swamp land will grow fax for two or
three years in succession. I recon-
mend flax on all such land. When
these low swamp lands get broken up
and cultivated they will make deep
black loan soil in very short time.
Seeding flax will help this peat to rot
very quickly. This low land will be
the best after it is cultivated
1 also seeded small patch of this
swamp land into oats and they grew
SO dense that the lodged very badly.
This showed the richness of the land.
Oats yielded so bushels per acre and
more last year, wheat from Is to 20,
barley so and over. After the drain
age is completed, no one will suffer
for want of bread and butter. There
will be many independent and we'll
to-do farmers here, and at no distant
day, either How does that strike
"misfit"?
In another letter we will tell you
something about Grygla.
Your friend,
Aaron Anderson.