Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-01-04


Office =. second class N after.
The Bismarck Tribune prints q
table giving census statistics for the
Missouri Slope group Of counties
consisting of Morton. Mclean
Burleigh, Stark. Billings. Emmons,
Sheridan. Mcintosh, Hettingsr, Lo-
gan, Adams. Mercer. Oliver. Kidder,
Foster. Dunn ard Bowman. We
have given the above list in the or
der of population. Em,nons. in
population. stands sixth. being ex
ceedei b. Morton. Mclean. Bur-
leigh. Stark ard Billings.
Emmons Is fourth in the the num-
n. &. farms. 40. teing exceeded
only II Merton. Mclean. and Bill
rigs. ii ne o.ie. rau.si. En,lons
t@ :. more farms than Barleien.
lie . --:y II shich ne ssase cspi-
= : ,.z.s.i
a-i AREA this county is
sx.ses;sss Is Morton three times as
xrse Mclean. Billings with zp-
?.osIuz.sly twice as nlaea ssr..-
tory. ard Dunn.
IN salas u al farm properly En-
mons IS third SIS y, 81. with only
Merton ard Mclean ahead. Ensnssns
exceeds BarlsiSh. with SIS sl6..1S.
By about five millions # dollars
In percentage Of increase IN value
OF farm property. lsslls.o. this
county is third. beng exceeded BY
Oliver and Logan.
Total value Of lard in county. En-
mons SIC. 524.7.0. is third. giving
way 10 Morton ard Mclean. Bur-
leigh figures are So, 81 81 So. diff
ference Of about four millions in
favor OF Emmons county.
Farm buildings. Emmons sl.aS5.-
$50 is behind only Morton and Nc
Lean.
In farm machinery and lmple-
ments. Emmons s727, sos, is ex-
ceeded only by Morton, Mclean and
Stark.
Domestic animals. poultry and
bees. On this connection we will say
that the only bees on the Missouri
Slope are the bees the politicians
wear in their bonnets.) Emmons
S2,5S3. 9222, is outclassed by Morton.
Billings, and Mclean.
In value Of all domestic animals.
Emmons with 1850, s2S is behind
only three counties. Morton, Billings
and Mclean.
In cattle. s630,0l9, this county is
exceeded by Morton and Billings.
1t has more value in horses.
Sl,Sl9, 460, than any of the seven
teen counties save Morton, Mclean
and Billings.
In swine, this county, with value
of s77,l7o, beats EN- all but Morton.
which is three times as large in area
In sheep Emmons is away behind,
the value of the woody profit ma
kers being only $50, 1874. with Bill
lings, Dunn. Morton, Stark, Het-
finger, kidder. Burleigh, Mercer and
Adams ahead. Emmons is tenth in
value of sheep. although there was
time when this county was second
only to Morton in that respect in the
entire state.
In value of poultry, Emmons with
So, 094. is behind Morton. Mclean.
Burleieh, Stark. and Sheridan. the
last two counties named exceeding
Elnmons county poultry values by
only a few hundred dollars.
The census figures show that. IN
practically all the items given. except
sheep and poultry, Emmons is we'll
up toward the top; and that, with
the except of the two products
above named, when area and popu-
lation of the counties are taken into
consideration, Emmons leads the
bunch.
Now, dear farmer reader. don {
you think you ought to be greatly
discouraged with the SLOW prog
ress' Emmons county is making.
sell your farm, have an auction. and
go to Canada, or back to live with
your wife's folks