The Bank of North Dakota : an experiment in agrarian banking by Alvin S. Tostlebe. 1924 [Leather Bound] by Alvin Samuel Tostlebe

CHAPTE R I 
AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS IN NORTH DAKOTA 
SOIL AND CLIMATE 
North Dakota was organized as a state from a part of 
Dakota Territory and was admitted to the Union in 1889 
Its boundaries were fixed so as to embrace an approximate 
land area of 70,183 square miles.
 As to size, therefore, it 
is typical of the middle-western states. It has a variety of 
soils. The eastern part lies in the Great Red River Valley 
of the North while the western part of the state is much 
less fertile and doubtless never can become a rich farming 
country. The geographic location of North Dakota is 
such that it possesses a somewhat rigorous climate. On the 
Canadian border and far from any tempering body of water, 
its seasons are severe. Winters are long and cold. The 
growing season is short, but intense while it lasts. Precipi-

tation is not heavy in any part of the state, not exceeding 
twenty inches a year in the more humid sections and falling 
well below eight inches during the summer months in almost 
the entire western half of the state. 
POPULATION 
North Dakota is a sparsely settled state. Census figures 
show that its population has grown during the last thirty 
years as follows

The Bank of North Dakota : an experiment in agrarian banking by Alvin S. Tostlebe. 1924 [Leather Bound] by Alvin Samuel Tostlebe