The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-08-24
YOU KNOW AND I KNOW

settlement 10 the Whlle man III l9lZ.
You know and | know that Mellette
county is a natural farming country,
where We raise corn that will yield
from thirty to sixty bushels per acre
where oats will average around forty
to fifty bushels per acre, where barley
also gives a good yield year after year
as does wheat, rye, speltz and other
small grains. You know and | know
that the very best alfalfa seed that
grows anywhere in the world can be
grown right here in Mellette county,
and you know and know that the al
falfa seed harvested from one acre of
ground in one season has been known
to pay for the land it grew on twice
over. You know and | know that ii
the alfalfa acreage in this county were
doubled OF trebled in one season that
it would spell real prosperity to this
county. You know and | know that
il every farmer in this county woulo
devote more time to the building up
of his dairy herd and milk from fif-
teen to thirty cows, that the farmers
of this section would never be "hard
up" that they would all have plenty
of money in the bank, and you know
that this is a natural dairy country,
and that the industry is yet in it's
infancy in this particular section. You
know and | know that the '"helpful
hen" thrives in this county, and that
the poultry business can be made al
success on any farm in the county
You know and l know that the hog
business has perhaps grown faster
than any other single branch of farm
ing and stock raising in this county
during the past two years, and those
who have given it any attention have
made good money in it.
You and / know these things, but
what we want to do is to let the out
side world know about them. Wei
must convince hundreds, yes, thou
sands OF farmers-renters, who are
plodding and toiling in the high
priced farming districts of these
United States that this is the real
truth and that there are opportunities
here that will put them on the right
road to successful farming and home
building. We need thousands of
new settlers here to develop this coun
ty, and we can get them if we but let
our lights shine, and tell the unbeliev.
ing OF our wonderfully rich soil, our
mild climate, Of the conveniences that
one has In a new country that has
been opened to the white settler but
ten years. The good roads we have.
the good water, the schools and
churches that are getting better and
better year by year as the country
is developed and settled by more and
more thrifty and prosperous farmers.
You and l knowing these things, it
is our duty as good citizens, to tell
the good news to the outsiders, and
for this reason we want you, Mr.. and
and Mrs. Mellette County Resident,
to join our Booster Club Come
and tell us that you will make the
pledge and diligently keep it, to write
to some friend or acquaintance, who is |
now plodding along in the high priced
farming sections of the United States,
and tell them the wonderful story of
Mellette county, that you will tell
nothing but the truth, and while the
story may sound unreasonable to the
party who receives the letter, urge
them to come and investigate. That
you will write one such letter each
week for six months -twenty-six
letters in all. Remember this-every
new settler who comes to Mellette
county makes one more neighbor, and
one more farmer who will add mater
tally to the wealth of the county, and
it is our honest opinion that every
settler so brought into this county will
thank you in after years for inducing
him to cast his lot in this new rich
country. We can reduce our taxes
and increase our conveniences by
adding 1000 new farmers to our pop
ulation within the next year, and this
can be done if we will but all unite
in a real booster campaign.
This proposed lctter-writing cam.
paign is going to help lot. 1000 new
farmers settling in Mellette county
next spring will jar that railroad ex-
tension loose and the iron horse will
be pushing its nose out this way.
Let's have your pledge that you will
join this big countrywide booster or
ganization.