The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-10-23
From the Geneva IN. Y.) Advertiser. .';,>.
;MINNEsoTAoI4EADs THEM ALL

EDITOR 1t ADYERTIsER: ::
; DEAR 1R::sohe d our people fetl
that your st3tement in. the Advertiser
OF Sep, 30t6. ''Minnesots is = treacher:
ops county," etc, is mislt a1tng and
Liable to work ns Injury: Permit me
to sly few words. The Farmers Re.
view Of Chicago recently gave the fol-
lowing table show ing the crop esti-
mate for corn tosbe Kansas s9per cent;
Nebraska, SO per oent., Indiana go pei
cent, Ohio ,62,per cent. Illinois 65 per
cent, Iowa % percent, ~ iscohsinE 81
per ceut. minnesota 81 Per cent. This
speaks pretty we'll for Minnesota does
1t not? Before me lies = letter which
Fresde as fotD4s:S 5 ::;aT.s- :
- apartment Of Agriculture
-. :. Washington, p: s9rrs::'tk 9 ~
siat 9fssss; sssSoa.. q ;saf y,l l. IN, M. u:
E1 asktheao aorrs,uq
sat ptedact u xAeatI~, = estimated ;,
Acres " Bushels
Minnesota a.,,s.4oe 4a.%s.ooe
California; 80: a.9l.sA %s,7s' .ooo
aTAe Dak0eas ,A.lu,o34 :. :, Il. So. .0O(
Very Respectfully. -
~. - -, Ss,:.> &C.,: J'k: DODGE
Anagze these figures and they speak
we'll for Minnesota, 60 <hey not?
:: Personally 1 can say have been herr
now for. nt*rly> eight years, and from
all l oad learn about other sections l
do dot believe 'rhero is any part.of the
country where people are doing better
than in Southwestern Minnesota.
There ara shiftless farmers here. who
never succeed any where; But good
farming does pay here. One real es-
tate agent says fas commissiQas on
land sales since last January are over
80 ,0O0s: People are coming from Iowa,
Nebraska, kdnsas; Illinois .snl else-
where, to look over this fertile section.
Would they buy after looking the land
;qver if they did not find that those now
here are prospering?
This section has never been boon-
ed"at all rs have Dakota. Kansas. Ne.
braska and lowa--it has taken longer.
for the, ,people abroad to lear,ithe value
of our soil, hit it is btin demonstra:
ted that it possesses &. oil staying quail
tiles. and with suitable care produces
most excellent and re,nun aratiye crops.
J, Our Worthington mill has calls for
its flour from Iowa, South Dakota, Ill
inois, Ohio and Rhode IsIand: One OF
our farmers recently sold twenty-five
Thousand head OF cabbage to go to Kan
sas.: .Yhe Worthington hay dealers
ship hay t" Wisconsin, Illinois, lndi~
ana, Ohio, Montana and Kansas. This
section when fully developed is bound
1st6 6esa2rica> agricultural district, and
already tt.@ farmers are beginning IT,
have money to loa" t." each other.
Since writing the abo 'e, my eye has
lighted Oh the following in tie North
West Presbyterian: ''Dr. Ii .bb, the
veteran journalist wants to knowwhy
Indiana only gives 6O cents per mem
Der to home missions and Ohio 80, Pen.
nsylvania S,1O2, Illinois $l,2O while
Minnesota gives $l.25
Turning to the Minutes Of the Gen
eral Assembly OF the Presbyterian
church in the L. s. for 1880, l find that
the great Synod OF the state Of New
York with all the wealthy churches Of
New York City (leavlng out the f,r-
eisn churches) gave last year for for
~ign missions Ill average of SLIT per
member, while the Synod of Minnesota 4
young and comparatively poor, Raveat
the rate of $l.66 per member. Thus in
different departments Minnesota is
surely coming to the front.
Respectfully,
GEO. ID. DAYTON.