The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-06-22
ALL ABOARD FOR THE TOUR

NEXT Tuesday and Wednesday, June
26 and 27. are the dates set for the
Mellette County Alfalfa Tour, the
first tour of its kind ever held in the
great state of South Dakota, and If
rain or bad roads do not interfere
we believe the tour is going TO go
across in big shape and will be one
OF the best advertising features ever
put on III this county, from which the
whole county will derive an equal
amount of benefit. 1t should also
be the means Of increasing the alfalfa
acreage in this county many told with.
in the next few years. The advance
publicity given this tour by tn" news
papers of the entire state and the dairy
press of this and adjoining states, is
bound 10 attract the attention of
farmers Of other sections to Mellcttc
county, and no doubt there will be
more publicity following the tour, IN
agricultural papers and magazines
that will still further impress those at
a distance that Mellette county is n
mighty good place TO live in, and IN
ideal country for diversified farming.
the hog, dairy and poultry business
We have from the very start, he,
lieved in the merits Of this ,our, and
the great amount of good that would
be derived from it, not only to cur
own home people, who viii gain a
better knowledge Of alfalfa growing
and grain, and other Valuable mfor-
nation about successful farming, but
that il would be the means of inducing
others to come to the county an1 nclp
30 develop this truly rich agricultural
ecticn.
1t is the unusual that %ttlarts the
2yeracc human being, and it is for
lis reason that We have sucn great
aith in tie genuine good to D. derlv-
d from this alfalfa tour, and tcliev-
ng a: We do, we have sparv'i neither
rains nJr effort to bOoS: aloirr this
project, and hope for It's 'iAal success
next TUc3day and Wednesday. We
eliccc it viii mean more in actual dol
arS and cents to every residcu' ct
Ncllctte county than any other event
+ whatever kind even attempted in
the county since its organization.
An exceptionally good array of
speakers has been secured for this
gleat tour, and the itinerary has been
arranged so that there will be some
thing doing every minute Of these two
long days. All the different parts Of
the coup' that we should liked to have
seen visited by this tour cannot be
visited in the two days, but the tin
crary includes as large a number of
such points as it will be humanity pos.
sible to cover in the time specified,
and the caravan will have to move
strictly on schedule time if they are
to complete the itinerary each day.
Since our last issue we have re-
ceived definite information that w.
II. Jones Of Omaha, division passenger
and freight agent of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad will be here to
make the tour with Us, and it is pos
sible that he will make a little talk
the tour. We have also re
'eived definite information that the
State college people have decided t,
send their moving picture camera man
to make the tour and he will shoot a
few hundred feet Of film on the act
ivities OF the two days.
II. c. Muckler Of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad has also
wired that he will be here TO make the
tour.
Now every n of our local people
who possibly can should arrange to
Join the tour, If not for the entire
two days, then for one day or a part
t the day. II you Just simply cant
ioin the tour at all, then attend some
one or more of the meetings, and es-
pecially the evening meeting at Wood
on Tuesday. Remember that the bio
orchard will e given away at White
River on Wednesday evening to some
member in good standing Of the Mel.
lettc County Farm Bureau. There
Will be sufficient care to take all who
care to 90.
The following is a complete list Of
thosc who have registered to make the
tour:
Noma Size Of Car Have room for
Passengers Passengers
f.. II. Hamilton 5 3