Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-09-20
Boom! Boom! Boom!
This is What you Hear q ! over
Dakota.
The Garden 0. Eden Heard Tr:m,
Old Union County to the Frurt,
The Great CORN BELT Of the West.

1880
For the past two years Dakota
has advanced in wealth and porula-
ton to II degree unprecedented IN
the settlement of any state or terri
tory in the United States. The
great tide of emigration from the
eastern states, and from foreign coun-
tries has been directed Dako,award
until our vast and boundless prai-
ries are now teeming with human
life and activity, and large and thriv-
Ing cities have sprung up as if by
magic. Counties in southeastern
and central Dakota which two wears
ago did not contain a single inhahit-
ant, now count tllcm by the thous-
auds, with thriving cities and towns.
and with the mighty railroad train
rushing hither AMI thither througl,
them. The cause of all this excite
melt and rush to- Dakota, is thu
fact that Dakota has the best pro-
ducing soil of any country in the
world. North and central Dakot;,
is the great wheat raising belt, while
southeastern Dakota Is the great
corn belt.
While there is scarcely a quarter
section of land in southeastern Da-
kota hu: is capable OF producing II
good crop of corn, Union county, the
oldest and extreme southeast cuun-
tv. stands at the head as a corn rails
iug county. The Brule, Sioux and
Missouri river valleys which are all
IN Union county, are perfect gardens
of prosperity and wealth. The corn
crop of Union county this year, at a
low estimate, is $4,000 acres, which
now stands in the fields ripe and out
of the way of frosts. The yield will
be simply inmense-5O, Is and 100
bushels to the acre. There are also
acres and acres of potatoes which
are being dug now and roll out 200
and 800 bushels to the acre of the
finest potatoes in the world. There
was small acreage of wheat sowli,
but every acre of it will turn out
from - to 20 bushels per acre OF
No. wheat. Quite a large acreage
of oats and barley were sown
and the crop is immense. The
most wonderful and valuable crop
raised in Union county is the hay
crop. The assessment rolls of our
county show that we have about 20
600 head of cattle, 5000 head ui
horses and mules and 3 or 4 tlIous-
and head of sheep, I'LL of which re-
quire feeding of hay from 5 to Z
months in the year, and the amount
for this years feeding is now up
and in the stack, and still there are
thousands and thousands of tons OF
the finest hay in the world standing
uncut.
a large number of our more pro
gressive farmers are introducing fine
bluoled stock into their herds and
Union county will at no distant day
he tn. center of the best beet, butter
and cheese producing country Of the
west. Last Sundays issue OF the
Sioux City Joar"aA tersely and truth
iuily puts the question OF the corn
belt" The scope of the Joarmt'
takes in all OF Union county. |;
saws
It is not so striking matter tc
our home people AS to strangers
conliug IN from other parts-the un
irersal prosperity of the farming
class hcrealnuts While other sec
tions of the west have had scan
crops of corn for two years the iarn.
evs hereahouts lad last season an,
have this Il full average yield. III,
big price for corn, AMI the beet ant
pork made by the corn, has set on
farmers up in business. Statistic
are not needed to show that the far
ncrs within fifty miles OF the cit,
have increased III wealth during las
: year. and this rs have the farmers i,
II" other part of the country.
This is not owing to their bette
luck. 1t is because Of their bette
land. No, only that the land is fe,
tile, for there is rich soil elsewhere
, But nowhere else is there Il soil $
little effected by extreme Of wet an
dry weather; that respond SO quick
ly &c the early warm days that stal
+, the corn growing; that is at ono
out of the frost and chinch bu
belts; that furnishes such abundar
aud excellent natural grasses ft
{ hay; that is better supplied wit
e running water for stock. Such
: country must he the center of I'll
e corn, cattle and hog interests of II
s continent.
a As stated at the start this sectio
S is better appreciated 10y stranger