. Minnesota .. . Minnesota farmers profit by the combination of dairy, cattle and grain Minnesota All the states in the Union offer opportunities andpossibilities for agriculture. Minnesota is espec-ially fortunate in this regard. It has a strategiclocation, a dependable climate, fertile soils, abundantrainfall, pure water, good markets, progressive menand women—everything needed, in fact, for a pros-perous, permanent farm life. In addition, its mines,its forests, its manufactures, its railroads, its otherresources are developing, and each is adding to theStates wealth and prosperity. Old Jona
. Minnesota .. . Minnesota farmers profit by the combination of dairy, cattle and grain Minnesota All the states in the Union offer opportunities andpossibilities for agriculture. Minnesota is espec-ially fortunate in this regard. It has a strategiclocation, a dependable climate, fertile soils, abundantrainfall, pure water, good markets, progressive menand women—everything needed, in fact, for a pros-perous, permanent farm life. In addition, its mines,its forests, its manufactures, its railroads, its otherresources are developing, and each is adding to theStates wealth and prosperity. Old Jonathan Carver, writing more than 140 yearsago, told of a region where trees bend under theweight of fruit, where meadows are green and luxu-riant, where the waters teem with celery and wildrice, where the earth is stored with useful roots andis carpeted with beautiful wild flowers, where thehills rise boldly and are crowned with oak andmaple. He also told of the wild duck, the swan, thebrant, the goose, and the p
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