Dakota's Hanging Farms

'Yes, gentlemen," continued the Dakota man, "we havo got the biggest country, the biggest peoplo and tho Liggest íarms there aro any where on earth. What d'yo ihink of íarms thrce or four hundred milessquare?" and the Dakota man leaned baok and enjoyed tlio nslonishment of the rnob. "What d'yo raise chieflyP" asked a quiet man who had taken it all m. "Wheat," replied the man f rom Dakota. "Wo don't do any bnsimns but wheat" "I don't think I want any of it," remarked the quiet man. "It looks to me as though there couldn't bu any houses to lire in up that way." "That's so," murmured the crowd. "Houses!" cselaimed the gentleman irom .uaKota. "Houses! liouses! Wüy, when I saythat Territory contains more and better buildings than all tho rest of the United States put together, I am ashamed of myself tor tlio müdness in whioh I drawit! Houscs! Gentlemon, it is a positiva f act that thero isn't a squaro foot in that Territory that isn't built ovor, and in somo cases thoy have to run poles oif tho roofs of tho inga already erected and on thoso polea tliey havo buüt houses right ovcr tho streeta aud roads. That's wbat keops us so warm in tho winter and cool in slimmer. The cold and aualighi never get through." "Do I uuderstand you thateveryfoot of Ihat country is roofod in?" domanded tho quict "si that a friet, or re you gasing?" "Just as suro's you'ro born," replied lbo Dakuta man, promptly and confldoutly. "If a man gons i'nto that district with the idea of building: he'sgoing to he left bard " "In tbat oase," rcjoined the quiot man slowly - "in that case, will you be kind enough to cxplain to me just where those big farms you' ve been speaking of aro located? " "Stranger," said tha Dakota man, "stranger, you think you bare put a poser, uut thero is just where we utilize tlomtín, tliüm aráis is on tho top of the houses, and we put them up there so's to let'em get the sim and at the same time keep them out of the wet! You see, wheat- " But they Interrupted Mm uith a bnck.