The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-04-13
LIICOLI COUNTY!
The Banner County OF
Dakota, AS You
Enter it from
Iowa.
A Truthful Statement
Concerning The
Advantages
Offered.
Its Climate, Soil, Water Rail-
road Facilities, Etc.
A County That Has Little Indebted
ness-And Her Financial
Condition.
Why We Invite The Homeseeker,
And Why You Should Locate
In Our Midst.
Why We Invite The Homeseeker,
And Why You Should Locate
In Our Midst.
A Good Farm For The Farmer and IL
Good Point For the Capitalist.

A Good Farm For The Farmer and IL
Good Point For the Capitalist.
To the west to the west to the land of the free,
where the mighty Missouri rolls down to the sea-
Where a a man if he's willing TO toll,
And gathers the fruits of the mellow soil.
INTRODUCTORY.
There is an abundance of truth in the
above quotation As writer who values
his sayings and who stakes his honor up
on what he has to say further on in this ar
Gle, We say to the eastern states, or sec
tions, or neighbors, come west ere too
late Leave your crowded sections and
come and breathe the free air Come and
enioy your own choice and making, while
land is yet cheap. Come and secure one
for your sons, growing up to man
hood. The free land offered by our gen
erous government, the land that is worth
taking and toiling for until it becomes
your own, is fast becoming scarce, as re-
CARDS the facilities, climate and soil This
much as regards an Introductory, and
while on this question will say that the
writer intends to confne himself to facts
and not fiction, that he favors no one in
uiNIuudi VI ppitiOH VI lHC COuHls W Z
have an abundance of the richest and best
land for general purposes God ever let sun
shine upon, and it is our purpose to let the
fact be made known, and the reader, on
seeing our beautiful county, will bear us
out in the assertion. We invite you to
come The county is large and prosper
. Gus, and I've know that i'll some portions of
it we can suit you, The name of the
countris
LINCOLN.
The name bears that of our dead presi-
dent. 1t was organized in 1867 1t is
separated from northwestern Iowa by the
Big Sioux River, stream which furnish
es endless quantities OF water power for
factories Of all classes, and is about %
miles wide east and vest by thirty miles
north and south, which gives it an area of
66O square miles. 1t is virtually bounded
iowa, on the west by Turner county, on
the south by Union and Clay counties.
There are l6 congressional townships,
named as follows: Delapre, Springdale,
Perry, La Valley, Dayton, Grant. Lynn,
Canton, Delaware, Lincoln, Highland,
Fairview, Pleasant, Brooklyn, Norway
and Eden The townships bordering the
Sioux are Springdale, Dayton, Canton,
Highland, Fairview and Eden All are
good townships to locate in, have the IA
cilities, settlements etc, but what we have
to say is of more Importance so shall ask
the reader to follow us in this review We
think the most important item every one
is interested in would be the
CLIMATE.
The climate is all that could be asked
for CT be desired Everything grows and
soil. 1t is dry and clear and can say it is
no colder here than you will experience in
eastern Iowa The winter OF lSS0-l was
an exception to the general rule, as all sec
tions of the west and north had the same
weather, but can say that we have had
very few days this winter when the ther-
mometer has been below zero. No rains,
but little snow tall the snow that has fall
len would not measure three inches in
depth; carpenters have worked out doors
all winter: no severe wind storms; horses
and cattle have kept fat all winter with
but very little grain You can see no
downcast Dakotaians. All seem to be en-
JOylng the blessings OF lite.
SOIL.
The soil is unsurpassed for richness and
mellowness. Farms that have been TILED
three years are like pulyerized chalk, and
the husbandman fairly laughs az he goes
through his daily task of work There is
very little choice of farms in this county,
speaking of their natural advantages, as
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differences of soil exist as are found in the
eastern states. There Is no section Of
country in the west where the soil is more
uniform in its nature than here.
One of our enthusiastic writers gets of
the following: ''Squashes and pumpkins
have been grown here, in the natural soil,
weighing one hundred pounds, and beets
and turnlps so large as to require the use
of an ak rather than knife for the cary
ing operation.
STOCK RAISING.
Stock raising is rapidly becoming the
principal feature with our farmers Grass
grows very luxuriently and profusely and
the cattle become fat upon it. 1t grows
timothy, and can be put up at prices
ranging from 81 per ton and upward.
There are numerous streams of living
water i'll the ;ounty that afford facilities
for this enterprise The farmer, by
building shelter for his stock for winter
ing purposes, needs have no further fears.
S Corn is also becoming great staple and
the cattle buyer will call at your very door
and offer you the market price for voul
stock Stock raising has been thoroughly
tested with us and is a recognized success,
either in cattle, horses, sheep OF
swine. This is the true channelto wealth.
andenables the farmer to keep out of debt
make his heme pleasant and comfortable
and enjoy the same luxuries of the eastern
farmer
WATER AND STREAMS.
"a Water is great factor and in this coun
IS ty is to be fonnd at various depths. 1t i
pure, sparkling and clear, as most of i
bubbles up through bed of gravel. w
have no stagnant polls or marshes. 1t /
to be had by digging from six feet an'
downward. The different streams in tn
county are the Sioux river, mentione'
elsewhere, which flows along the entir
eastern border OF the county, the Big an
Little Beaver, the Saddle creek. Mn
Mile creek, South Beaver, Pattee creek
Long creek, Spring creek, and the Brul
creek. All these are never-failing stream
and flow In different directions, being tn
means of excellant drainage and affordin
excellent facilities to the stock raiser.
.s DAIRYING.
Dairying is also fast becoming featur,
with our wide awake farmers. The Pic