NEARLY 200,000 settlers have moved into Northern Min- 

 nesota in the past 10 years, according to figures of the 

 United States census bureau. Since 1890, the popula- 

 tion has more than doubled, and yet there still remain mil- 

 lions of acres awaiting the coming of the homesteader. If 

 every quarter-section of land had a homesteader's cabin upon 

 it, a barnyard for dairy cattle, a chicken yard and berry 

 patch, this state would be by far the richest in the Union. 



The national government alone has 1,500,000 acres of soil, 

 1,000,000 acres of which is open to homestead. The state has 

 vast areas, some of which last year sold for as low as $5 

 an acre. All of that which went at public auction brought 

 an average of a little more than $6 an acre. The state re- 

 quires the payment of only 15 per cent down when this land 

 is bought and allows 40 years in which to pay the balance, 

 with interest at the rate of 4 per cent. 



Great Areas of Land Lie Idle Which Some Time Will Be 

 Reforested. 



Slowly, the great pine, cedar and spruce forests are being 

 cut away, to give room to the plowhsare. There are sec- 

 tions in the northern part of the state where nothing but 

 trees can be successfully grown. There are areas which the 

 state would do well to buy and reforest. Burned-over and 

 cut-over land are idle, bringing no revenue and probably 

 never will bring revenue if reforesting is not begun. Bil- 

 lions of feet of lumber worth millions of dollars to the state 

 can be produced. The settler cannot afford to buy this land, 

 reforest it and sit down to wait for a return. But the state 

 can afford it and the enormous sums obtained by European 

 countries from this source, is evidence of the possibilities 

 here. 



Railroads in Minnesota have approximately 15,000,000 acres 

 of land to offer to the settler and are doing much to develop 



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