Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-10-11
Majority of Depots in Coun-
ty Send Out Quota of
Exports to- Varied Mar
kets of Country; Vege-
tables Lead Products

Notwithstanding the low price OH
farm produce and grain, the season
of 1928 should be a fairly prosperous
year to the farmers of this section.
in view of the fact that fair sized
yield is reported from practically all
sections of Pine county and with
prices pointing back toward normal
again after the November 9Th cleo
ton, which is probable, there should
be decided advancement in the
financial rating of the residents of
this section. After being requested
to send in a report on the number of
cars shipped from their respective
stations this fall, agents from all
over the county have responded with
very encouraging reports and many
have shown a decided increase over
the shipments up to this time last
season. The farmers in this section
are advancing in great Strides, as the
reports show, toward the ultimate
goal of diversifcation and already
have attained the stage when they
are assured of a somewhat steady in
come throughout the year. Dairy
herds are being built up, both as to
quality as well as to size and. with
few more years added, this will be
difficult section to surpass in this
particular industry. 1t seems that
almost every year brings new indus
| tries and more ways of charging the
| farm income here and it is no un-
common thing to drive on the high
ways of Pine county and see substan-
cial new buildings being erected.
Reports from the various station
| agents throughout the county aggre-
gate to sum Of 265 carloads of
bagas, II cars of potatoes, n cars of
| livestock, 1 car of cucumbers, of
mixed produce, 1 of mixed grain and
cars of lumber and an undetermined
number of carloads of pulp wood and
lumber from few other stations.
With the stations divided as to their
various quotas, the following list will
attest as to the volume of exportable
produce raised in this section:
Askov leads with 207 cars of bagas,
10 of potatoes and 10 of livestock;
| Sandstone follows second to date with
shipments totaling % cars of bagas,
1 of potatoes, with II cars of building
stone, together with 20 cars of con-
crete culverts, slabs and piling being
sent cut from the quarry which is
located at that place; Finlayson takes
third place with % cars of bagas,
% of stock, 1 car of cucumbers and
of lumber being shipped from that
station; Willow River has billed out
13 cars of stock and 3 of produce, the
kind not specified; Beroun-1 Car of
grain and II of stock; Rutledge-1
car mixed grain, several cars of pulp
wood and lumber; Groningen-3 cars
of bagas, with the announcement that
the potatoes have not started to move
yet; Henriette = cars of bagas;
Friesland4 cars of bagas; Markville
expects to have several cars of po-
as yet there has been none; Kings
dale-the stock from this section is
picked up by trucks from Superior;
Cloverton-6 carloads of stock to date
and Hinckley N. P. has shipped IA
cars of stock.
Although the season is not yet over
for many kinds of produce, neverthe-
less fairly good estimate can be
made on the volume of business that
is being done by the farming industry
of Pine county. Not included in this
report, is the large amount of produce
that has been stored away on the
farms throughout the county. which
will be shipped later or released in
the spring as price trends entice.