Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-27
CHEAP FARM Lands
BY c. F. HOOD.


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ana i, ,no,,s thn, tha ,rynr,nnts il,
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under the American nar' not thai the
do nnt h',ya - ,rona ,royorn-
uenf fan. he IA has
If we wore rnn,rrllnS tn decide that
. change from thc land of corn and
clover from all sorts Of small grain
and cattle hors hors,s and sheen. wa
would 40 to the southern states and
change conditions HERE as they can
readily bc hanged by following a
line of business which the corn belt
farmer is acquainted with. Not that
corn can be raised Az chenply. but there
is less needed and the many foods for
stock which flourish there will, To a
great extent. fill it's place. The traveller
in the south will lind much To dis
courage him. yet if he is carefully
looking for its advantages he viii see
many of them.
Consider the conditions after the late
conflict in comparison with those pre-
ValeEt before the war and that there IL
any Industrial or agricultural south IL
a marvel. Not only had the chariot
wheels of war" sunk dsep iAt0 her soil
but the labor of the section WIS de-
,noralized and a whole Of "A generation
CT the best of her citizens hAd been
killed. why should NArh a ~erAi"n hook
prosperous to he thrifty western farm
tr two score years hter?
Facts are stubborn things And hiS-
tory shows that the products Of the
south in the earlier days WIRE AZ great.
II not greater than these OF any ether
section of the world for a period OF
years. Why may rEd the past be evil
dence of what the future has ia store!
That much of the country locks deeoi-
ate and in bad condition r. true, but
the results of careful cultfvat~n " the
soil and intelligent handling OF live
stock, wherever such has been carried
't - So
producer. Our own has
shown that intelligent ana systematic
labor produces profitable results ever
where the country IN general looks des-
elate.
Numerous men from the ern and
aog country have settled IN various
aarts of the south and their conclusions
ire almost always favorable The
Weather does not become more danger
'usly warm in ummer than i'm lewa
and we believe that the residents Of the
south suffer as much from the cold as
Ne do: but this is because changes
affect us both south and north and
hey dc not dress or house themselves
IS We do in the country around Sioux
lily. The actual cost of clothing to
insure comfort of the family costs
much more in Iowa than In Virginia or
Tennessee. The discomfort of 40 de-
siees In August is as great AS that
many degrees below zero In January.
a farmer who has experience in
feeding cattle found that he could put
over two pounds per day on steers
bought at Kansas City by feeding at
West Point, Mississippi, and that these
Btecrs topped the st. % market the
day he sold them there. The greatest
difficulty he has is in securing steers
suitable to feed, but he thinks that a
top of any of the beef breeds on the
native COWS will produce feeders, that
will pay to fatten, and states that such
can BE- raised cheaply.
A Baltimore. Md. salesman saws
that sheep and lambs OF good quality
appea in considerable numbers during
the summer and fall, but that larger
quantities could well be disposed of
during the winter and spring months.
There is a fine opportunity to make "A
business of spring lambs and sell In
the eastern cities. Feod for growing
these lambs and maintaining. their
dams is readily grown, and there il no
better way to build up the farms. This
industry is increasing. but there is no
Although six Of the southern states
~pTouuceu, according to tho census re-