The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-14

Col. J.. w. Reedy Mixes Wise Obser.
vatiOns with Calls for Bids.

Yankton Press and Dakotan: A
Press representative yesterday after
noon was invited to be present at an
auction sale OF Yankton county land,
and never having been present when
land in Gods country" was going
under the hammer at public auction,
accepted with alacrity. . = . The
chief and most interesting feature
I of the occasion was a very fine SER
mon from Col. j. w. Reedy of Beres-
ford, who has sold land in every
county of the union and taken a peep
in addition at Cuba and Old Mexico.
| When 1t comes to land and farm mat
ters the colonel is hard to beat.
Therefore the words that fell from
his lips were pearls of wisdom and
worth some space.
The farm in question was the fam
Gus scenic spot of Yankton county
known as Cedar Bluffs" owned by
22S acres, through which the James
river winds and turns, and on which
are high bluffs from which most of
Yankton county can be seen. or this
tract 100 acres are in high state of
cultivation, 80 acres are in hay and
tame grass, Is acres of big timber
and so acres in pasture. 1t took but
a few minutes of actual bidding to
sell this farm for $104.50 per acre,
land that only a few years ago was
considered high at $40, and back in
the SOS SIS per acre. With the fine
Improvements on the place, a resi-
dence that cost $1,000, the peer of
most homes in this city, and the fine
barns. ETC.. the place would quickly
have sold for $40 per acre more had
II not been for the rough cedar bluffs
the place takes its name from, and
hardly a man at the sale but what
thought the place sold just that much
too cheap. Ole Nelson of this city
was the fortunate purchaser.
Col. Reedy furnished the chief
amusement at the sale. or rather the
instruction, by his advice on how to
keep the boys on the farm, and what
he said to the farmers around him
he ought to be hired to give in lee
lures at farmers Institutes, as it
would make a hit. Boiled down, Col.
Reedy advised his farmer hearers
| who had sons to hook on to a farm,
| advance the coin to a son and say,
"I1l loan you $500 at S per cent;
go to ii and make the place produce
the interest: il you fall down the first
year your father is back of you, and
you try again: the farm is yours
| when you make ii produce the cash
in ten or more years" Col. Reedy
made a hit with a lot Of young farm
ers around him who wanted to
stretch their wings a bit. and he
guaranteed that il Dad" would
make a business proposition to his
boys he would find the young fellows
very different young men from the
boy who work for Dad" and don't
see daylight ahead until such time
as the old man dies and there is a
funeral at the old home place.
Col. Reedy went a little farther
than that; he cautioned farmers
against forgetting the girls. He ad-
vised deciding eighty acres to a
daughter and letting her find a good
mate to u the place, as beating to
a FRAGILE" letting her drift to the
city to marry a 'city dude" From
many years OF wide experience Col.
Reedy drew on illustra-
tions to show that the farming prop
osition in the very heart of the corn
belt. which Yankton county and
hereabouts Is, had every other game
of life backed of the boards and out
of sight. He showed from conclu-
sions drawn from his own ripe ex-
perience that not only were South
Dakota farmers producing wealth
faster and easier than In any other
state, not excepting Iowa and Illinois
but that in addition conservative es-
Inmates, based on actual conditions,
on what had already taken place,
and what had to come within a few
years. the land while knocking out a
very good living was the best kind
OF investment. owing to the rapidly
increasing value of farm lands that
could raise such crops as this section
was doing year after year.
Col. Reedy drew on the European
war somewhat to show what that
great struggle would mean soon in
this country. through heavy immigra-
ton and consequent further boost in
land prices. He told Of land sales
going as high as 5000 in his own
neighborhood and $50 to $40 COM
mon. The talk was replete with
good advice and tersely put illustra-
tons Of present day farming condi-
lions, every word of value and worth
the space that cannot be given In a
limited newspaper story.
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