The Minneapolis journal., 1906-10-19
CORN IS The KING
IN BRULE COUNTY
CONDITIONS d IDEAL IN THIS.
SOUTH DAKOTA DISTRICT.
While Corn Leads All Kinds Of Grain
Give Good Results, While for Cattle
and Hog Raising the County Has No
Superior.

Special to The Journal.
Pukwana, IS. D., Oct. 1s.A traveller
passing through. Brule county, South
Dakota, even though he be but casual
spectator of the scenery, cannot fail to-
be impressed by the gilt-edged evil
dences of prosperity that meet the eye
on every side. Should the said traveller
be possessed Of the agricultural in
stinct, which lends fresh enchantment
to the view, he will be all the more
pleased with the tokens of what, in the
words Of the poet, Heaven hath done 4
for this delicious land.''
Brule county lies on the borders Of 4
the Missouri river. 1t contains between
100000 and 100000 acres Of extremely
fertile land, all Of which is capable of
cultivation, although there are plenty
Of lots still to be had which have never
been broken. The soil is a rich black
loan, from one to five feet deep, with
a yellow clay subsoil. The country is
practically free from gravel, sand, and.
stone, three agents much dreaded by
the tiller of the earth in all quarters of
the globe.
The climate is all that could be de-
sired by the most exacting settler.
disturbed by adverse weather condi-s
tions through the entire winter. And,
incidentally, it may be mentioned, that
there is no better place on this terres-:
trial sphere than Brule county for
/ stock-raising purposes. Nor is this an
extravagant statement. It is only nee
essary to fall back on the support Of
cold, iron statistics to prove the as
sertion. So y-: E.~.> -
From Range to Market. -
E A recent shipment from Pukwana to
| Chicago included trainload of cattle
! that knew not ear corn as a diet, and
within 40 cents Of the top on arrival at
destination. Which brings to mind
the fact that the enterprising, hustling
(. town of Pukwana has for many years
maintained it's supremacy in the ship
ping Of live stock and agricultural pro-
ducts on the st. Paul road over all
other shipping stations on the line.
Crop failures have been unknown
1nisfortunes in Brule county for over
twelve years. Situated right in the
heart Of the splendidly developed arte.:
sian sygem TSa enjoys RsifSe
moisture from the 500 miles of canals
in the county has completely neutral.
lied the effects of the 'thot winds,'
which were wont to be quoted as dan
ger warning TO prospective immigrants.
| The fever breath Of the dread South
Dakota blasts is a thing of the past. =
Corn Yield Equals Iowa.
| Great indeed are the changes that
Father Time and the busy hand Of man
have wrought. Remember that only
few years, comparatively speaking,
/ have passed since South Dakota could
not begin to compete with Iowa, Ne
braska, Illinois and other great corn
raising states. Nowadays the average
corn yield in South Dakota equals that
Of Iowa and sometimes exceeds it.
South Dakota s corn crop for this year
will be over the 60,000,000 bushel
mark. :.
| Brule county's speciality is the corn
crop, the section producing twice as
7 much corn as any other cereal. Indeed,
it may be confidently asserted that the
county in question raises more corn per
capita than any other in the state, the
population at the present time number
ing over 1000. Lying as it does in
the Missouri valley, Brule county pos
sesses important advantages over its
neighbors. It is not fiat prairie land
Oul AoCAOA c SCAt1y 4OA1AuS CApdAOC
(which offers tremendous attractions to
the keen-eyed Speculation in 1and values
Increase in, Land Values. "a
! It is not to be wondered at that the
x value of land in this section is in
creasing by leaps and bounds every sea
son. A young Iowa farmer who settled
in Brule county about a year ago, ex
pressed himself as follows in regard tt
his newfound home:= s2s IS ( .ssz
You can't beat this spot for my
business. Here are the hard facts Of
the case: I bought l60 acres at $23 ar
acre, and had it all under cultivation
My corn crop averaged sixty bushels
an acre, oats the same. Within the last
two weeks I received three offers of $4(
an acre for my land. No. I sdidn'1
r sell, why should I? I couldn It get bet
ter land than this anywhere in tn,
r world - " ID" :'.-.., - :. e
There are seven banks in Brule coun
ty with deposits Of over 100000, max
ing an average: per capita of $1l5. .
There is only one poorhonse, which
contains but four inmates. And, as
matter of fact, these unfortunates ar,
feeble-rninded, and not to be properly
classed as paupers. ~
In a word, Brule county is replet
with prosperity of the real kind, tn
kind that speaks for itself to the care
. fiji observer t~'5-'' = ~.