Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-23
SOUTH DAKOTA CORN,
THE CORN BELT OF THE STATE.
The Weld Ofthe Grain This Year
The Mitchell ExpOsitiOn-
i. Attractions offered
The Decorations.

From the Chicago Tribune:D South
Dakota is n of those states in the
country which are at present on the
top wave Of prosperity, and her resi-.
dents, with the object of calling the
attention of her sister states to her UNI
bounded u and her richness
in an agricultural way, have decided
to hold a corn belt exposition in Mitch
ell Sept. g, to Oct. 6, 1892. The ex-
position is to be held in IA corn palace
building, which at this time is about
half completed. The building will be
u large and expensive II and archi-
tectural skill is being employed to
make the exterior very attractive. The
interior is sufficiently large to accom-
modate several thousand people while
seated, besides the various exhibits
from the twenty-one counties in the
corn belt of the state and the mineral
exhibits of gold, silver, TIN, lead, etc ,
from the Black Hills. While the eX-
position is expected to benefit the en-
tire state only those counties lying with
in the corn belt district will have
charge of the exposition.
THE CORN BELT.
The corn belt region consists Of the
tWenty-one counties situated in the
south eastern portion of the state. 1T
is here that corn Is successfully raised
and Of such quality and quantity rs to
rival that grown in more soltherly
states. This is the SPOT in the state
where the farmers have grown wealthy
from the annual sale Or turning OH
Of vast quantities of cattl" and hogs.
Diversified farming here is the rule
and the farmers are IN consequence
successful in their pursuits.
The corn belt is the oldest settled
and most prosperous part ul The state.
A crop failure has scarcely ever been
known, and with the pride born oi
success the residents of the corn bell
are e~ndeavoring by this exposition 10
show its resources in all attractive
manner aud tn rid the milIdSoi EASTERN
trs of the idea iIal South Ia -uta ls ii
place where only billiards. drOughts,
Indians and destitute people Dound
In this land Of bright stiliSiiiny wealth
er genuine "bliZzards are AS rare AS
in the east, urOugnts nave never Affect
ed the corn belt, Indians are as scarce
as on the streets of Chicago, and the
farmers are housed in substantial
homes. their stock in roomy barns, and
the residents Of the state are intelll
gent as a class. Americans by birth in
an overwhelming majority, they are
mostly educated. They are proud of
their state and they intend that the
rest of the world shall know it as they
know it and admire it as they admire
it..
FEW DISCOURAGEMENTs.
In that part of the state north and
west of the corn belt region the farm
ers a few years ago were subjected to
the acknowledgements incident to a new
country and to pioneers. The south
eastern part was more slowly settled
than the rest of the state, and the resi-
dents were farming successfully at the
time of the great influx OF immigration
into the rest of the state III the early
sos. The people who then came to
secure Dakota land were far different
from the present class OF residents.
They were brought here with the eN-
pectation of securing land without
making it their home. The majority
Of the fertile acres of the broad prairies
of the state were taken up by this class.
Many never titled their land at all OF
did 1t in "A careless, hap-haZard way.
The experienced farmers among those
who first came staid; the inexperienced
ullu luIIiVlCSo "CIC "VSNS" ~ w
their places taken by the betterele- |
ment. To-day. without exception, the
farmers of the state are t the right
class and are working their way to-
ward sure success.
AVERAGE OF CROPS.
The great crop yields Of 1891 have
been, taking the state rs a whole, re-
peated this season. Conservative eSti-
mates place the wheat crop ut 5000.
OU bushels. the corn crop at 25.WW,OO
bushels and the Oat crsp at 10000, 600
bushels. The effect of these magi iii.
cent Yields has been to lnstill a spirit
of enthusiasm into the people of the
state and a spirit of enterprise. which
is showing itself IN all directions in in
creased business activity. From an
assessed valuation of $47,7Ot.OO in
1882 the state has prOspered to such an
extent that the assessed valuation this
year is Sl37 1873, 761, an increase of Bon
per cent. This part of the northwest,
which was once considered away out
west, is but 500 miles from the Worlds
Fair city and can be reached by a
twelve-h0urs' ride from that place.
Proximity to large markets is therefore
clearly shown. Investments by eastern
concerns will be made to Large extent
in the next few years. South Dakota
is about the only section of the country
where the effect of ''booming' is not
shown, aud capitalists are bound in a
short time to become convinced that
the avenue for rich investments has
surely opened in this state.
CORN ELI EXPOSITION.
South Dakota expects in the future
to have the only o r palaces in the
northwest. The celebrated corr palac-
es of Sioux City attracted the atten-
ton of the entire country to that city.
and yet Sioux Clty's prosperity a lie
attributed to q great extent to the hogs
and cattle raised OF South Dakota
coil and fed on South Dakota corn.
The present corr belt exposition will
be one of great Importance to the state.
It il no small affair, but of such mag
nitude that visitors wonder, when they
view the building now going up, at the
size Of the undertaking. The exposi-
ton 10 directly under the management
of the citizens of Mitchell, who have
assumed all the cost, but the prominent