Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-08-29
~ as PAPER OF THE COUNTY.

As President John n. Worst, OF
the state agricultural college. will
speak at Hazelton on the evening of
Saturday, Sept. It'll. the Record
prints below the text OF letter
from Mr.. Worst that appeared in
the Emmons County Record OF Sep
TENDER 2, 1887 The letter shows
that Mr.. Worst was at that early
day profoundly impressed with the
possibilities to be found in this re-
gioD, and that he was twenty-five
years ago as firm believer in the
necessity for diversified farming as
he is at present. Following is a re-
print Of the letter:
Il located in Emmons county.
Dakota, in 1883, coming from south
crn Ohio. have lived. travelled or
visited in twenty states or territor-
les, and find that each possesses ad-
vantages peculiar to itself Four
years Of farm life in this county have
convinced me that in no county with
which | am acquainted can farmer
rely upon surer and larger returns
for has labor and money expended
than here am also convinced that
aquarter- section Of Emmons county
soil, judiciously titled. that costs
very small amount Of money. will
net as much annually on an average
as the same amount Of land in
Pennsylvania or Ohio. that costs
from $4,000 to $4,000. In other
words, Dakota offers to the poor but
Industrious man the same degree Of
home comfort, independence and
net annual profit as Ohio or Penn
sslgania, with from So. 600 to SIP. 900
less capital necessary to start with;
and, while his high priced land there
appreciates but little or nothing in
value. here it is constantly growing
in value
Prices for farm products are
lower. but a man can farm larger
acreage, which fully covers the
difference in the market price.
The extensive drought that pre-
vailed early i'm the past summer cut
the crop short, but the average will
still be good one. have late
sown oats and barley that will yield
not less than so or 60 bushels per
acre of the former and 40 bushels
per acre Of the latter, it requiring
> pounds of Irvine per acre to bind
the oats and 3 pounds per acre to
bind the barley. Wheat will aver
age about 20 bushels per acre all
through. Vegetables of every de-
scriptlon are mangificent in quality
and quantity. The potato crop could
not be surpassed. and corn surprises
everybody. German millet will av-
'itS Wis pei 0SAC
With unlimited facilities for
pasturagc, considerable wild hay.
and country we'll adapted to mil
1T and tame hay, the stock business
is sure and remunerative; so that,
aitt diversified farming and some
attention paid to live stock. the man
tha, fails % prosper IN this favored
region has himself alone to blame.
Observations and experience will
de.eiyp better methods Of farming
and earin2 for stock, and introduce
see:s ard gram more fully adapted
- ,ae soil and climate; SO that the
fl.1fe Is more promising even than
ne present. or past.
1a.er is Of excellent quality and
abundant: health unsurpassed;
-chsos. and teachers Of high grade,
and society refined, progressive and
intelligent. Ninety per cent of the
population Of Emmons county came
here 70 make it their permanent
horne. and the longer they remain
the more thorough their content
mens and the more intiexible their
determination TO embellish their So
cial surroundings with elevating in
tlaences The honest home-seeker.
With sufficient capital to purchase
farming outfit and erect passable
buildings 4, start with. will not 90
ainss when he settles in Emmons
county.
The increase from few brood
mares and few head of cows will
alone realize handsome income.
besides performing the necessary
farm work and furnishing the family
with milk and butter. Poultry does
we'll Ignite fuel is plentiful and
cheap, and the bottoms of the
Missouri will furnish cottonwood
for years to come. Box-elder
thrlves wherever planted and cult
waited.
These statements are made and
based upon the average of all farm
ing countries. We have our incon-
venienccs and drawbacks, but this
is true of all countries. and no one