Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-10-15
BIG OPPORTUNITY +
7 FOR IMMIGRANTS
MINNESOTA APPEALS STRONGLY
TO MEN oEstRiNG CHANGE
OF LOCATION.
fine FARMS At LOW COST

fine FARMS At LOW COST
Anything Raised In North Temperate
Zone Can BE Grown in Southern /
Section o4 State-Many Acres |
Of Aoaneskead Lands Open.
~ F. .. Sherman,
State Immigration commIssiones.
The tide OF immigration which %
constantly moving westward, comes
principally from the states of Iowa,
Illinois and Indiana, although practi-
Ca1ly all of the eastern states are
substantially represented i'm this
movement. To these men who are
seeking change in location, the estate
~of Minnesota appeals strongly, lbo-
cause >of the many opportunities al
1orded in this state, SO rich i'm init
aral resources.
Improved farms in the states to
the south and east are selling from
$3.50 up to $500 per acre and are. rent
ing at from 81 to $40 per acre, while
lin Minnesota, highly improved farms
In the southern part OF the state,
which is conceded to be lin the Corn
Belt of the Northwest, are sselling at
from $50 to $15o per acre, land these
farms will compare savorably with
the richest agricultural lands to be
found anywhere in the UNITED States.
While corn is the principal product in
Southern Minnesota, grains, grasses,
:lfruit and vegetables of sall kinds are
grown abundantly. In fact, anything
that can be raised IN the North Tenn
..perate Zone, can he sgrown in South
ern Minnesota.
Natural Dairyirg Country.
Looking further northward, we find
ourselves ia what is known as Gen
trail Minnesota" This is section of
all developed, ;hut i'm every county
embraced in the TERRITORY mentioned
above, many highly improved farms
are found growing corn, grain, fruit
and vegetables Abundantly. The fact
that Central Minnesota is dotted with
many lakes and streams makes this
part Of the :HtAte "a natural dairyfng
country, because :of the pure water
and abundance t6f vegetation, coupled
with favorable <climatic conditions.
The western fpart of Central Mime
sofa il fur the most part level
prairie country, excepting that hard
wood timber is found along the lakes
and rivers, while the eastern portion
of Central Minnesota is a gently roll.
ing hardwood timber country. I'M
proved farms can be purchased in
Central Minnesota today at from SOS
to 500 per acre and wild land at
from SIS 10 $40 Per acre.
"8read Basket Of the WorId".
Northwestern Minnesota embracing
all the countiss south from the Cana
dian border 1E,e to Ottertail and west
of Beltra1d to the Dakota line is what
is generally alarmed THE Red River
Valley" and iE frequently referred to
as the BREAD Basket of the World"
Northwestern Minnesota is nearly all
prairie and the soil is heavy black
loan resting Gle "a clay subsoil. While
corn, grasses. eand vegetables are
raised in this section of the state.
small grain, such as wheat, oats, rye,
barley and fax ARE the staple crops.
About fifty per cent of the lands in
Northwestern Minnesota are under
cultivation at the present time. while
the remaining fifty per cent awaits
only the hand OF man to make them
bloom and give forth abundant crops.
Improved farms are selling in North.
western Minnesota at from $40 to SIS
per acre and wiR land can be pur.
chased at from $40 to $40. North.
western Minnesota lis probably re.
:ceiving more immigrants at this time.
than any other seetinn of the state,
because Of the low price placed on
Jher lands, the fertility of same and
their comparative ease lin bringing il
under cultivation, and ia a few years,
i am Of the opinion, that practically
every foot Of tillable land in this sec.
tion of the state will be ;farmed.
The statement made tthat Mime
ssota is receiving more immigrants
Gnan any or the Otner northwestern
states is made on good authority.
Last year, the Minnesota Transfer
Raflway company, locatedanidway be.
tween st. Paul and Minneapolis, han
died 5,277 cars of immigrant NOV.
Ahles, Of which 1850 cars were left
ut various points in Minnesota and
the remaining 1927 cars were dis.
tributed between North and South
Dakota, Canada, Washington, Oregon
and other western points. In addi-
ton to this, statements made by land
dealers, who are selling lands in prac.
tically all of the northwestern states.
admit that during the past year, they
have handled more Minnesota lands
than they have in any of the other
states included in their territory.
Take the state Of Minnesota as 4
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