The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-27

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simply so out after it, in good
earnest fashion.
Among the benefits that the
farmers in Wilkin and RichlandI
counties will receive by havingl
this plant located here are many.
First, it will raise the valuation|
of their property Immediately. It'll
will place a better market for
stock then they ever had before,
or ever they could possibly get|
within the next twenty five years
and probably fifty. 1t will save
them a big per cent from shrink
age OH hoof by avoiding the longl
ship2ent. and the cost of feeding
while on the railroad. 1t will be
the means Of placing silos on the
farms, whereby a total failure
will be thing Of the past. We
had Il good example of this last
year with our corn crop. Corn in
some places matured fairly well,
but in others it didn't quite make
it. This corn could have been silo-
ed, and would have made the best
Of feed. When the corn crop here
natures, as it generally does, the
ears could be picked off, and the
fodder left could be put into the
silo. Not only a few tons, but silcs
hold all the way from fifty to one
hundred tons, showing what an
immense amount of feed that
could be saved, that heretofore
has gone to waste. Then the corn
picked and sold, would be clear
profit TO the farmer, while the en-
silage would make a good profit Ivy
making genuine fat beef, thus
making the farm pay what she
should. BY having this plant here
you will be able to put these fat
steers on the market. 1t would cut
out the middle man and thus save
you commission Of one to two
cents a pound, which would also
be counted as clear gain to the
farmer. AS Wilkin County to the
north of Breckenridge for about
twenty miles is one long stretch
of hay land. 1t would it one of the
greatest stock raising commun-
tiles in the United States. ThOus-
ands upon thousands Of tons of
IN, could be cut and put up every
ykar. Pasturage would be a simple
proposition with the farmer. That
land would Immediately be a stock
raising mecca for any individual.
The same is true i'm the eastern
part of Wilkin county. In Richland
county corn is getting to be one
of the principal crops and it is
now ranked as the best corn
county in the state, stock raising
will begin to boom in earnest.
Silos will after IL few years look
like the wind mills in Holland. 1t
is going lo let the farmers of This
state receive for their stock just
what they are entitled to.
At p. NJ, Monday afternoon
at he City Hall Chairman of tho
meeting Oscar Olson called the
itlrrIiny to order and in a FEW
hrir; words told he purpose of
the meeting. lie then called on Mr..
Henry f. Chick To tell the galIi-
crln.s more about the plant. Mi.
{ t.lliZrk said:
"A packing plant is To be built
somewhere i'm this state at :lH"
capitalization of five hundred
thousand dollars. and il at first,
il" doubt, will be started on a
>!,l"ll scale, to in IL few years.
reach il full capacity. The plant
i sio be known as the Stale Equity
Packing Plant He also added
that the site committee appointed
by the Equity Society was To re
rrive offers in the way Of bonus,
sewerage, water, power and rail-
. p;ui facilities. from each city
that wanted il.
The plant is to be on a co-op-
rrative basis, that being the
theme of the State Equity Society.
NllcI WI. NIIcLIh lIdu I'Iu Lhat III
was very hard to ge;,
nevertheless tlIc crowd presfEt
were very grateful. as the amount
of expense and trouble he had
went through to get what infor-
nation he had at Che present time
for this meeting. Then the chair-|
man called upon Mayor FligcIman
Mayor Fligelman in his brief
talk to the gathering said it wasn't
a matter Of talking, or Wishing.
or anything else. but cold cash
bargain. Did the gathering think
il would pay Wahpeton and thel
farmers within IL radius of twen-I
ly miles to put up the desired am
punt of money at least fifty thou
sand dollars. II meant dollars. not
but action with it. Appoint
HE right kind of men and pay
hem for their labors and he new
.r doubted for IA minute but what
" ahpet"m with all its railroad fa-
.ilitics and other advantages that
couldn't b. beat in tn" state. lti
vas up tn lll" farmers 1" run the
)Iamt profitable. and then it would
De- the success they would want il
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