Minnesota Farms

Tlie farms, as deaigned by the surveyors, aro 160 acres, a quarter sectíon eaoh; and all the farms now under ciütivatian are of 160 aerea or sorne multiple thereof. A quarter seotion, more or less, out here doesn't matter niuoh to a farmer. The only questiou f or him to oonaider ia: How muoh land can be cultiyated? The cost ia a secondary conaideration. Timber is the great want of the country ; bui the cara that carry the grain to a uiarket come back loaded with lumber and fuel, and the want ia suppüed. Of course both are expen8ÍT6 becauae of the cost of iransportion, but in reality the Minneaota farmer'a expense for lumber is laas than that of lus Michigan brother, for he has no fences to build. Minnesota is as barren of fencea as of foresta. It may bo asked, what becomea of the flocks? There are none. I havo not seen a sheep in the state, but a traveled resident declares that ■+,TlAl nva fVi-o i-li-VTu-r 't +tn Tnnra lina "Poitm vuuiu mu ujuitío tvjnn uj' mw iwn.u uuo. iaiw "work ia dono with horsea, and they arO stabled throughout the year. But few cowa are kept and they aro led out in the early morniug to a feeding ground and tethered, or. to ue the vernacular, anchored to an iron pu ■ long rope, and leftthere untü nighr. ,;rass is nutritivo and abundan t - knee Ce n that matter, and thia muat ultimo I .■ ma x great oonntry for dairy purposi '.