Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-06-12
,ield from 1920. oo 10 10000 Der q, acre ,

yield from 100000 to 10000 per acre
There are two kinds of land SUR
rounding the town-prairie land, which Is
an upland, and then the bottom land.
The prairie lands are q chocolate loamy
soil. and on the prairie lands they grow
rice. corn, Irish potatoes. Bermuda oni-
ons, cotton, figs and berries. and all
kinds Of garden truck. On the bottom
lands they grow sugar cane. cotton,
corn and Irish potatoes. Like every
new country the bottom lands here have
been developed first and are the high
priced lands. selling from $500 to
$4,000 per acre. but believe the time
will come when the prairie lands will
be worth more than the bottom lands
This has been the history in all other
countries and believe it will prove
so here. These prairie lands can be
bought at $500 to $500 per acre now,
and I believe they will soon double
in value.
The farmers here in this country
have about eleven growing months out
Of the year. In fact, they market stuff
every month in the year.
After seeing the big strong buildings,
| houses, barns, and sheds of Minnesota it
| seems strange to think Of their stock
running out here the winter through
without any feed or shelter.
like. this country and city better all
| the time and feel sure that have not
made any mistake. by making the move
down here. You know, Of course, that
| we invested in some property in the
Highland Park Addition to this City,
| which is being sold as an advertisement
by the Eagle Lake Commercial Club, and
| I want to say for the benefit of any per-
| son in that country who have invested
| with the Commercial Club or who con-
| template making an investment with
them that we consider our investment
here one of the best ones we ever made,
and l am thoroughly satisfied with it
in every, particular and believe that
while it is very small investment that
it will certainly make us money, and tho
description Of the country and, city
given us by the Commercial Club was
not misrepresented in any particular.
Since coming here 1 have gotten ac-
quainted with the members and officers
of this organization, and I do not hest
tate to recommend them to any one for
believe that they are all honorable,
upright gentlemen who will do just
what they say they will, and we cannot
say too much for them and their pro-
position or the town and country, and
we only wish that you people in the
North would take the time to come
| down here and see this country for
yourself.
! We are only 80 miles from the Gulf.
Our roads are good and it is only few
hours ride in an automobile from here
to the Gulf where they have the finest
fishing and bathing in the world. Our
roads are all very good in this county
and they are now voting $1OO,OOO.O0
worth of bonds in this precinct for roa i
improvements.
! Our banks and business firms here are
all strong financially. In fact, 1 see
more money and evidence of wealth here
than I ever saw in any small place or
new country in my life, and I want to
say again that I am thoroughly salts
fled in every particular with our new
home and our investment here
Yours truly,
| J. w. SHUTE.
! Centerville, Miss, June 9Th, 1919.
Editor Willmar Tribune:
These are busy times here Cultiva-
ton Of the crops Is going on and the
truck farmers are gathering, packir 8
and hauling to market tomatoes, beans
(greehl. onions, potatoes, etc. Last
week, which we may call the first week,
there was shipped from this. station
II carloads Of such products. The man
ager of the association says he expects
to ship ut least 80 carloads more this;
week, and there are others outside of
the association. Last year 100000 was
received at this station for truck and as
the products have trebled the growers
hope IL treble the income this year.
We are told that three years ago this
town seemed dead. There was hardly
team to be seen on the streets. The
people were, so to say, stunned by the
cotton boil weevil. Then some people
began to come in from the north,
bought land, raised crops and showed
the southern people how to do the same.
Now we see the result. OF course it
will take some time to convince all of
the possibilities of raising anything but
cotton.
In conversation with an old southern
gentlemen the other, day, he told me
that the worst curse for the south was
that slavery ever existed here, and I
have found several of that opinion, altho
not so outspoken. And why? AS see
it, generation. after generation has been
taught that work was under. their dig
nifty and during the last As or so years
they have tried to run their plantations
with hired negro help and negro renters,
and they see the result. One-half or
| two-thirds of the land is overgrown
with timber and the remaining land
misused. The southern farmers are
now waking up to the possibilities of
their soil when they see the northern
men raise good crops outside Of cotton.
The railroad companies are doing their
best to wake them up. The Y. M. v.
railroad company advertised to get 40
it would be handy for everybody to see
farmers and all, how to diversity crops
The company furnished seed and an in
spector and the farmers furnished the
work, according to rules of the inspect
or, and get the crops. 1t remains to be
seen how the plan will work out Every
county almost have boys corn clubs to
each work and plant an acre corn in a
contest for prizes Last year Georgia
boy took the highest prize for raising
227 bushels and a Mississippi boy raised
214 bushels to the acre. They are re.
quired to make up and send in report
Of the work, the cost and the yield
There are also girls clubs in the south
for raising acres of different vegetables
They have the acre plowed and har.
rowed and are to do the balance Of the