The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-10-06
FARM PAPER
DISPOSED OF
MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA FARM
Err IS SOLD TO
ORANGE JUDD CORPORATION
OF NEW YORK AND PAPER WILL
BE TAKEN TO MINNEAPOLIS.

On Monday the Farmer Publishing
company closed a deal for the sale of
the Minnesota and Dakota Farmer to
the Orange Judd Corporation Of New
York. The paper will be transferred
to Minneapolis Immediately and the
issue of October 25th will be publish
ed from that city. Otto H. Haubold
of Chicago, was here to close the deal
for the new owners
Charles E. Hall, who has been man
ager of the publication for the past
eighteen months, will remain with the
paper and will be northwestern mana
ger for the Orange Judd company. E.
l.. Squirting, live stock manager, and
+. NJ. Ellis, manager Of the subscrip-
ton department., also go with the new
company. The new editor of the pa
per is Prof. c. Willis, who has been
at the head of the agronomy depart
ment of the college the past two years,
and he takes with him as associate
editors, J. V. Bopp and w. F. Burli-
son, who have been his assistants at
the college.
The Orange Judd company have
several farm papers in the east, all
under one general management, and
thnu houn hnnn 1nnEinn Cor ON AMMAN
tunity % invade this territory for
some time. They, of course, have un-
limited capital to push the paper and
it. will undoubtedly grow to be the
largest and best farm journal in this
part of the country. They will main
tain an office in Brookings to take
care of the papers business in this
section.
The Minnesota and Dakota Farmer
was established by the Register Pub
fishing company about four years ago
and was disposed of to the Farmer
Publishing company in March of last
year. The paper has had a steady
growth and today ranks as one of the
best farm journals in the northwest.
The Farmer company was loath to
part with the paper and had condi-
tons been different it would have re-
manned here. While the paper was on
a self-sustaining basis, it had reached
a point where considerable capital
would be required to push it to ulti-
mate success. The officers of the
company made several Intellectual
efforts to sell more of the stock here,
and as more money was absolutely
necessary, and not forthcoming, they
decided to accept the f~lattering offer
made by the Orange Judd company
rather than prejudice the capital they
had already invested.
The removal of the paper will be a
distinct loss to the city, as the bust
ness men will discover after it is
gone. 1t employed fifteen or twenty
people, most of whom will leave
the city, and within another yeor the
natural growth Of the paper would
have required at least double this
number. Had they been able TO secure
the needed capital ii vas the inten-
ton of the Farmer company to con-
struct a large building and put in a
printing plant of their own the coming
spring. Not only was it OF direct fin.
ancial benefit to the town but it adj
vertised the name of Brookings
throughout the length and breadth Of
this country as would no other insti-
tuition we have ever had or will have.
The Register regrets that the sale
of the paper takes from the city Mr..
Hall, Prof. Willis and the other gen
tlemen, and We trust they will have
every success in their new location.