Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-12
FARMERS TO Be
AIDED BY BANKERS
Money will be Loaned on Crop
Payment Plan to
Hell p Farmers.
RAISE CORN IN NO. OAK.
immigration into North Dakota Should
Increase In the Coming Year,
II Reduced Railroad Rates
Are Favorable.

Are Favorable.
Bismarck, N. D.-"Quite a number
Of North Dakota bankers with farms
for sale as well as real estate men
and local immigration associations
have agreed to sell farms on the crop
payment plan, provided the buyer is
able to finance his family the first
year and, In some instances, especially
for improved farms, small cash
down payment will be required" says
Commissioner J. II. Worst.
Continuing, the commissioner says
that from inquiries coming to his Of
flee the prospects for an immigration
movement next season are good.
North Dakota in Corn Belt.
vertising, (the minimum time that
men experienced in the immigration
game say is required to get farmer
started for home in another state)
and in view of the favorable terms
upon which farms can be purchased
in North Dakota, and for the further
stronger reason that renters cannot
remain on high priced land and hope
to prosper low priced grain and live
stock-there is bound to be an exodus
toward the cheaper lands-toward
North Dakota" says the commissioner.
"Why not" continues DR.. Worst
when practically as much can be
produced on $50 to $50 and $75 per
acre land as will grow on $3.50 to $500
per acre land? From the year book,
department Of agriculture (192O) up
pears the following compilation yield
OF corn, by states, from 1911 to 1920:
For the 10-year period the aver
nge yield per ucre of corn for North
Dakota was 23.4 bu.; South Dakota,
2s.2; Nebraska, 245; Kansas, 1852;
Oklahoma, 16; Iowa, 81, and Mime
sofa, BAT. For the United States the
average for the ten-year period is 26.4
bushels.
when once the renters in the corn
states learn that they can raise nearly
as much corn on North Dakota land
that costs from third to fourth as
much as land costs in the strictly corn
belt, and where potatoes, corn, cows,
SWEET clover and hogs are depended on
more than wheat, the income per acre
will practically equal that produced
on the higher priced land, they are
bound to come and own, farm here
rather than remain renters there.
Campaign Bearing Fruit.
Moreover, quarter section farm
in the Red River valley, or even an
S0-acre farm will support family and
make money besides-if managed
properly-and will cost about one
third us much per acre as Iowa land.
A quarter section of all tillable land
in any section Of the state will make
an independent home for family and
can be had on the crop payment plan
with scarcely any risk Of failure.
"Yes, I feel that our extensive
scheme of advertising will bear fruit
in the immediate future. We are now
sending out about 1000 letters per
month. All we need is one good crop
and more optimistic expression on
the part of our own citizens.
"As it will be practically impossible
for farmers in adjoining states to sell
their livestock, farm utensils and
household goods there for cash, the
railroads operating in North Dakota
can well afford to make reduced rates
for immigrant movables. Efforts are
being made to secure such reduced
rates, with fair prospect Of sue.
cess" said DR.. Worst.
ROOSEVELT TROPHIES OPEN