Warren sheaf., 1916-05-03
10000 cattle, 564,0OO sheep and /
2OS,OO0 other domestic animals. -.

$4,000 cattle, 564,0OO sheep and T.
208,000 other domestic animals.
The chief center Of Minnesota is
the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St.
Paul, with a combined population Of
over one-half million. There are
many cities throughout the state
| which are centers for smaller dis
tricts. All kinds Of industries flour
ish, but it is agriculture, the states
chief industry, on which all the
others depend
Southern Minnesota, meaning by
this the four tiers of counties across
the southern part Of the state, is a
chain Of smiling landscapes. In this
section pioneering is a thing Of the
past. There are thousands of clear
ings in the forests of the eastern
part, and on the endless prairies of
the western part grove upon grove
has appeared, in the centers of
which are comfortable farmsteads.
There is no trace of the old Indian
Trail, in it's stead we find a network
Of graveled roads. Nearly every
acre of this section is fenced and in
use. The price Of land varies con-
siderably, from $4,000 for unim-
proved land to $4,000 per acre for
highly improved land. There are in
stances where farms have been paid
for at the rate of $275.0O an acre.
All kinds Of small grains are grown;
but these southern counties comprise
the states Corn Belt.
There are thousands of lakes,
numerous rivers and veritable net
work of railroads in this district.
The climate is favorable. There
is so to 60 per cent sunshine. The
average temperature is 43 to As
degrees. The precipitation is 27.5S
inches Of which 2064 inches fall dur
ing the time moisture is most need
ed, from April to September.
1t was in this section of the state
that the Norwegian settlers first To-
Gated In 1851 Even Ellertsen Dahl
and Halvor Gjaellervig settled in
Fillmore county. Others soon follow
ed, and the following year there
were quite number of Norwegian
settlers along the Root river in Fill
more and Houston counties. Even
now, IS years later, Spring Grove in
Houston county is considered one of
the strongest Norwegian spots in
America. The clearing and pioneer
ing was done mostly by Scandinav-
ians, chiefly by Norwegian pioneers,
and in Freeborn county large num-
Der also were Danes.
Indeed, Minnesota has become the
agricultural state it is,
largely as result Of the work done
by immigrants from Norway,
Sweden and Denmark. Of the g.
O75,70S inhabitants Of the state in
1910, 585,147 were Of Scandinavian
percentages; but there are now in the
state those Of both third and fourth
generation also, and it is safe to say
that between one-third and one-half
of the farm population of the state
is Of Scandinavian descent.
The northwestern part of the
state, which among other things con-
tains the famous Red River Valley,
owes it's growth in large degree to
Scandinavian energy. 1t was as a
result of the travels which the Nor
pioneer editor,
Paul Hjelm-Hanson, made up
the Red River Valley in 1869
that settlers began to stream into
this territory in the early seventies
He realized the great possibilities of
this fertile soil, and described what
he had seen in letters to Norwegian
American newspapers.
The district comprises 5000 square
miles. The soil is black loam with
clay subsoil. Here the production of
small grains is without a parallel.
In this district is an institution
which is Of great Importance to
farmers, the Northwest School of
at Crookston, the super
intendent Of which is a Norwegian,
Mr.. C. G. Selvig. This is the main
branch of the State College of Ag-
riculture in the Twin Cities. There
are quite a number Of experiment
stations throughout the state. All
these institutions are connected with
the State University, as it is one Of
it's purposes to furnish the farm
population a thorough knowledge of
those things which belong to farm
life .. $685.. ...
Seventy-six out of eighty-seven
cases of typhoid fever which occur
red in a recent outbreak have been
traced by the United States Public
Health Service to infected milk. Had