Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-03-21

pelling the citizens Of Alcester to pay q double
tax. In order to avoid this double tax .. Jen-
authorizes It y n.se Tie commissio 1ssa,'e to ! refund |. IL
not fully organized into townships. He sent the
S Saat e houses asRss & sns issi sGaassn a nda was = s s'snsa
by Governor Sheldon and In therefore q law.
This bill will be . saving to Alceater OF something
for this township.
THE SOUTH AS IT Is.
An Interview With q Gentleman
Who Recently Returned from the
Land Of Perpetual Sunshine.
Sioux Falls Press; The Press yesterday en-
joss sv = very lint interesting r anS|i Interview ,agw.h MIN m Ms; r. /.
liable farmers. and who has been 9 citizen here
for the past twenty-one years. The gentleman
has but recently returned from RON p. visit through
neighbour some OF the knowledge he acquired
by y very careful inspection OF the country south
o Of the so Mason S1on ana =. as,n = %ot,o Ins s,,,n AT. Myddi *
mitted TO make his Investigations without the
assistance Of the land sharks that infest the
said the gentleman: l dc not want to say
anything that might lead one to think my state
nsnt exaggerated. Il l tell the whole sl. truth !
Dss0At ~ S~Ns0 Va OVVAcVOyAM6 OaEO
that exists In the ''sunny south" the first thing
to impress me IS ! reached points ea.t and
south ..o Of a Memphis : way Sss the nssd s1 Is 1ss1, q lG ssr.
where the soil d black ~ your hat and five or
six feet deep. II was = general thing on my
trip to notice that the earth seemed gray. or
white. Other pilgrims ON the train remarked
about It. | thought ut times that she fields were
covered with alkali. or salt. Finally we side
tr n.caS ain, to =, wait as, for = T., trsi a.. /, ! improved mp s%;s,, the
Held. Jumping over the rickety ~five-rail fence l
gathered up . few handsful Of dirt. 1t was al
most pure white sand: Here and there would
greater part Of the. Held Was destitute Of all
yegestatiOn: A native On the train explained
the matter by saying that close cultivation kept
ground. He did not say whether they planted
wire grass.
Al point along the line between. Tennessee
. couple Of hours. A darky was piOwimg In y
field. He had . small single shovel pillow drawn
BY 2 small mule. l Thought Of our big subscribers
why be didn't get y bigger pillow and pillow deep
or. He replied by bearing down on tine handles
Of his jumper. aud said: "see dat, boss?" His
Up ! dirty blue clay. / understood then Why lie
didn't paow deeper. This character OF soil pre-
ysiis generally througho.t the whole south;
ground in hOllOws where the debris u higher
land has washed down and made It compare
lively productive. frequently had occasion to
wa SAHN OuSAA 2 VlS0t 4 WUsAAu hHOt 6tVS OuG
acre OF my south Dakota land for 2 whole quart
er-section down there. Much land down there
does ~ . run " government e, me Or state : survey, but
Bun creak hence south along the meander Of the
stream eO8 gray sand stone 1t the northeast
corner Of somebody.'s farm. ETC., ETC.. ? until 9
nothing describable. These boundaries date back
to old grants made In early days, and 1t IS re-
Mably stated that there are whole counties in
and generally 81 unstable that the best title 10
that Of y buatter or else the one allowed for the
time g exist ~ common surface. Thi. in .
In the shape OF the little fields in the south. A
man may nave 100 acres IF land. You can zee 1t
10 your mind a. z certain sized block; !, When
II . Dig clay. Till for . couple Of miles. Yes. l
was much disappointed with the south.
Another thing that impressed me was the fact
that each plant II an individual to tile farmer.
Out in this country the individual is the particli-
lar field. Down there the ground u checked OF
the best the uneveness will permit. Then the
planting takes place. There are only two crops
Il don't care What the land agents say-and
they are only corn md cotton. In either case az
the plant 10 Z few inches high the farmer or his
help take . hoe and go through the field chop
ping out OF each hin III over two stalks. Slung
sacks before We got machine planters and
drllls-tlea southern farmer carries u sack filed
with bird ~guanO-the sinking fertilizer from the
s0uthern seas-Or the crushed bone and animal
matter made In the large cities by the scaven-
farmer drops q handful Of guanO on the hill.
6y this slow ahd painful method the farmer
makes . poor living. The northern immigrant
doesn't do 50 well. The slow pace IL all the
country win stand. l win illustrate. A farmer
from MlnncsOsa anne dowu into Georgia. He
saw their method. Putting she fertilizer by
hand was too slow for him. He rugged up i
seeder In such . way as to deposit seed and
guanO Ut the same time. The fertilizer gene
rated its greasest heat Just - the seed began
to germinate. The result was that all seed was
burned out and not y single SprOut appeared.
The next season he tried two experiments. In
ono field he drilled In the fertilizer first, intend
Ing to put In the seed y week later. Wet wealth
or made It two weeks before the seeding was
done. The result Was the sandy soil had given
all it, vitality to the winds before the seed ger
minated. In another Held he turned up the
clay and put In no guanO. The corn never got
higher than two feet in either field. The man
II now following the approved method and seek
ing m opportunity to come back to the north,
Work nurses connot stand the greater heat and
= resort Of mules II necessary.
There are parts Of the south where fruits can
s and rushed ssp e the market mark Ii lust na u the tim ~ tsere
Is ! sint, and 70 make = farmer see q years
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