Show A tremendous barley farm we have now secured acres of land in north dakota for barley fat hit abo no trin thousands of german emigrants to that state from ohio west virginia and indiana said colonel 0 M towner ag he discussed the future of this great northern state colonel towner is manager of what is best known as the barley syndicate of chicago during the last two or three months the company has succeeded in securing acres of land in north dakota on which it is proposed to place german farmers to raise barley for malt purposes these landa have been purchased in nelson norman towner ramsey steele and 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 will not be tenants but owners of the land it being sold 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 st paul pioneer press |