Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-18
vrF1ciAL PAPER OF DAY COUNTY
THE DAY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL,
SOCIETY,

At the meeting on last Saturday
| was authorized to set q time for
our next meeting and ] will now set
the last Saturday Of this month and
| earnestly request every farmer and
person interested in agriculture to
meet with us on that day at the
Court House in Webster at 2 o'clock
p. m. Now please do not forget it,
for ] shall consider it special per-
sonal favor from each Of you. | do
not mean just those few tht | am
acquainted with, but / wish to see
and become acquainted with every
person in Day County, men and
women--yes 1 mean the ladies as
well as men, for we might just as
well try to cut thick cloth with one
half OF a pair Of scissors as try to
get up good Agricultural Society
without the ladies.
Now not only request you to be
present but want to make you feel
that your interests and mine de-
mands it Of you. We wish TO finish
the good work we have commenced
but we need your helping hand to
do it. VIII you give itS The far
merS in many places East of us are
organizing under the name OF AL
lance and many other names and
there ia no doubt that it is profitable
to them as well as very pleasant.
Would it not be very pleasant for us
to meet once or twice a month and
while we are having jolly good
chat over our very promising crop
and the superior facilities TO Day
County, we will interchange ideas
and profit by each Others exper-
fences. That is the reason that /
am 80 anxious to get a good working
Agricultural Society started in Day
County. We made a faint effort
last year at organizing and holding
fair and with the odds and ends
against us we actually surprised our
selves aud neighbors, and nov | as
sure you with the aid Of your pres
ence aud good will and all the great
facilities of Day County, we can
make a showing second to none in
the Northwest. Some Of you may
say "Well don't like the leading
officers, there is too much Webster
there Now my dear friends do
assure we did not mean to be selfish,
we are working for the interest of
Day County. We called regular
meeting, stated the purpose Of the
meeting and what could we do but
elect those that showed their interest
by their presence. Don't excuse
yourself because you have not had
some experience in this matter Re-
member there is niche some place
for each one of us TO fill and the
sooner we get together and get ac-
quaipted the sooner we will find
where we belong and where we can
do the most good. There is a good
deal Of work should be done at our
next meeting that requires the aid
OF our best talent. That is the rea-
son that ! am so seriously soliciting
your presence and acquaintance that
we may get our best talent fore
most. Now ladies don't You forget
it. just make your husbands bring
you TO our next meeting, but if they
won't do it, you hitch up and bring
them, and tell US when you get here
and they viii not fail the next time.
One word to the Directors and then
| am done. At our next meeting
we are obliged to do some work that
none but Directors can properly do.
Don't fail to meet with us--let
every school district be represented
by goodly number of delegates.
Now i want everyone Of you to
say something to your neighbors
about this NEE ing, il YOU cannot
say anything else, criticise it, al d
by so doing You a1=ertise our Agri-
cultural Society and oblige your
humble servant,
G.. ECKER,