The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-22
Splendid Publication by Nor
thern Pacific Contains Ex-
tensive Writeupof Resource
es of Barnes County.

The Northern Pacific has got out a
10000 edition writeup of North DaKo'
ia, which contains the following about
Barnes county:
Situated in the second tier of coun-
ties west of the Red river, well within
the watershed of that famous stream,
m the main line of the Northern Pa
cific railway, Barnes county has all
the advantages, including all the soil
constituents, needed for the best pro-
duction of hard spring wheat.
The population has grown from l5'-
159 in 1900 to 1906 in 1910, and by
this time would show a substantial in
crease from the latter figure The
total acreage of all crops in 1877 was
only 1000, compared with an acreage
of 589,412 in the spring of 1918. VI
this tremendous cultivated area nearly
100000 acres are planted to spring and
durum wheat, in the production OF
which the county stands fifth in the
roster of the state, with probably the
highest average yield per acre OF any.
The total acreage in farms is 737, ll9,
indicating high state of cultivation.
The Northern Pacific railway ira
verses the county from east to west
with it's main line, there being also
branch running straight north from
Sanborn on the main line to McHenry
in Foster county. The main line or
the 500 system also runs in north
westerly direction through the county,
practically dividing it diagonally from
southeast to northwest. Another
branch of the Northern Pacific travers-
es the lower tier of townships in gen
orally east to west direction, starting
from Casselton and finding its termi-
nus at Marion, just over the county
line in LaMoure county. No part OF
the county is more than nine miles
from a railway point. This favorable
solution of the transportation problem
is responsible for very even distri-
button of the population, giving to even
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of solidity which will compare favor
ably with many parts of the east that
date their settlement back hundreds
of years. Free deliveries, rural route:
and an admirable system of telephone
lines in the country districts has tend
ed to still further render cOmmunica
ton easy and to weld together town
and country.
The soil of the county consists main
ly of black, alluvial loan, with a sui
ficient proportion of sand to promote
quick growth, the subsoil being re
tentive yellow clay. The surface i!
level or gently rolling prairie, suffi
GENTLY elevated above the water leve
to render unnecessary all artificial
means of drainage. The average pre-
cipitation is ample for the best growt
of all cereal crops, most of it fallin
in the form of timely rains during tn
growing season, thus constituting idea
agricultural conditions for the thrift
farmer.
In addition to those cereal crops u
ually grown in similar ATTITUDES, a
kinds of fruit can be grown success
fully. Currants, raspberries, stray
berries, crab apples, grow abundant
and of excellent quality, while of la1
years it has been demonstrated TIL
many of the larger varieties of apple
can be brought to maturity. Appl
recently grown under ordinary climat
conditions have attained size equ
to the best eastern fruit, while the
flavor is unexcelled anywhere.
Barnes county is rectangular in sha
and has a land area of 959,165 acr