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of dollars, make large dividends on their capital by 
raising wheat alone. But the average American 
citizen can not be a‘ bonanza farmer,’ and it is well 
that he can not, for the fewer such farms we have 
the better it is for the State. They are simply specu- 
lative enterprises, and as such are detrimental to the 
development of the highest civilization. What you 
want to know, I presume, is, not what a man with a 
hundred thousand or two hundred thousand dollars 
dollars can most profitably do here, but what are the 
best crops for a man to raise who comes here with 
one, two or three thousand dollars.” 
‘Yes, that’s it exactly,” he said. 
“Then, as I said before, I emphatically recom- 
mend mixed farming. The man with a quarter sec- 
tion, a half section, or even a whole section of land, 
is sure to find this the most profitable in the long 
run. Wheat, oats, corn, rye, barley, and flax all 
produce well here and are paying crops, and a farmer 
every year ought to raise some of at least three of 
them. He should also keep cattle and hogs—as 
many as he can take proper care of. And for the 
small expenditure of money and labor they require 
nothing pays him better than poultry. While it 
furnishes a large variety of most palatable and 
healthful dishes for his table, it will bring also 
a neat income to his treasury. The Dakota farmer 
who carries on his business on some such system as 
this, and does his work well, is reasonably sure of 
success, ” 
