Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1891 — A Tremendous Barley Farra. [ARTICLE]

A Tremendous Barley Farra.

“We have now secured 250,000 acres of land in North Dakota for barky farms aqd next spring we will send thousands of German emigrants to that state from Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana.” said Col. O. M, Towner, of St. Paul, as he discussed the future of this great northern state. Col. Towner is manager of what is best know as the barley syndicate. During the last Iwo or three months the company has succeeded in securing 250,000 acres of land in North Dakota, on which it is proposed to place German farmers to raise barley for malt purposes. These lands have been purchased in Nelson Norman, Towner, Ramsey, Steele and Bottineau counties. It is the opinion of the managers of this company that barley can be most successfully grown in that state and they have the conviction of their belief sufficiently to purchase these lands and to send out emigrants from other states. The Germans

are chosen on account of their knowledge of barley culture for this purpose. These emigrants wUI not be tenants but owners of the land, it being sdld‘to them on easy terms. The crops will be bought by the company and shipped to all points where there is a demand for barley for brewing purposes.