The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-12-09
congregational, Methodist, Episcopal
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On January 1, 1913, there were in
the county approximately $4,000
acres of state land unsold, also ap-
proximately 1,035,226 acres of gov
eminent. land subject to homestead
entry. a...,-.
Land can be purchased in this
county at $1,000 per acre and up
wards according to location and i'm
provements. ..-..
Beltrami county is blessed with a
copious rainfall, the average annual
precipitation being about 80 inches.
There are no dry-farming problems
to solve. Hot winds and hailstorms
are unknown. AS matter of fact
the climatic conditions which con-
front the farmer are practically the
same as those which confronted the
pioneer in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
The water is not only abundant but
is pure. ;
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The surface of the county is gen
orally level. There are no rough,
rocky or waste areas in any part of
the county.
The south twenty miles of the
county or about twenty townships in
the south end, lie in the Mississippi
Valley proper and slope to the south
and east, being drained by the Mis-
sissippi river and the Turtle river
and their tributaries.
Eight townships in the southwest
corner of the county along the Mis-
sissippi river, have a mixed soil
sandy loan with jack pine timber
and clay loan with hardwood timber,
parts of each township having two
kinds Of soil and two varities of tim
Der. This part of the. county is fair
ly we'll advanced in farming and has
good roads
The twelve townships in the Mis-
sissippi Valley which lie in the Turtle
River Basin, are nearly all clay soil,
clay subsoil, with mixed hardwood
timber, and with some very fine, large
areas of natural. blue joint and red
top meadows.
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H. One part Of the COUNTY lies in the
fertile and beautiful Red Lake Basin,
sloping gently toward the Big Red
Lakes, the largest body: of fresh water
in any state in the Union. = -.
This basin covers approximately AZ
townships. When developed, this
section will become very rich di-
versified farm and dairy country es-
pecially adapted to the raising of
corn and clover. Ninety bushels of
we'll matured corn per acre were
raised on the shore of Upper Red
Lake. .
The land south and east of the two
Red Lakes, and in the valleys of the
Shotley, North and South Battle,
North and South Corormant, Black
duck and Mud rivers is part level
and part rolling, mostly clay loan
soil, with hardwood timber and very
few stones. Along the Sandy river
the land is spotted, some of the very
best soil, and some jack pine lands.
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The balance of the land in the Red
Lake Basin slopes gently towards
Red Lake, with ample fall for good
drainage. The soil is a rich black
loan or vegetable formation, from one
and one-half to four feet in thickness,
overlaying-a solid clay subsoil. The
northwest six townships are under a
good stage of farm development, and
are we'll settled. The remainder is
covered partly with spruce, cedar,
tamarack, birch, poplar, Eastwood and
maple and oak timber, and over one
half of this section is still vacant
homestead lands.
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At the eastern ends of both Upper
and Lower Red Lakes, along the
mouth of the Battle and Blackjack
rivers, and west of Lower Red Lake,
along the outlet of Red Lake river for
many miles are unexcelled grazing
grounds, with thousands of acres of
natural blue joint and red top hay
meadows that can for the most part
be easily cut with mower. =
81 $3.50.
While it is true that there is con-
siderable low land in Beltrami coun-
ty, a great deal has been done towards
retaining the same and at 1.-The pres
ent writing there are many judicial
bitches in the course of construction.
(See ditch article) When these
lands are reclaimed it is well known
fact that they will be the best to be
found anywhere.
The crop acreage in Beltrami Coun-
ty for 1914 is as follows: corn. 1.295: