The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-09-25
EXHIBIT BY
COUNTY HELD
SUCCESSFUL
Commissioner of immigration
Devine Says Exhibit I'M
pressed Wis. Farmers
WANTS MORE LIKE 1T
Morton County Raised What
Wisconsin Can't Raise on
$3.50 an Acre Land

Success Of North Dakota county
agricultural exhibits at county fairs
in states from which immigration is
sought has been demonstrated by
the Morton county exhibit, Commits
sioner of immigration j. M. ,Devine
said today.
1T was first class advertising,
practical, economical and convincing
since seeing is believing" said Mr..
Devine. "They saw with their own
eyes, what Morton county could pro-
duce on land selling for $S5 an acre
equalling the very best they could
produce whether of crops or live
stock on the land costing $3.50, per
acre..
One Of the questions often repeated
was Where in North Dakota is Nor
ton county,! am very sure that
there are at least 5000 people in
the section of Wisconsin where the
exhibit was who now know and will
always know where Morton county
is with clear idea of what that
county can do and is doing"
The exhibit was shown. at Adams,
Clark and Jackson county, I'iscon-
sin, fairs. 1t include exhibits of
what Morton county soil can pro-
duce; also display Of coal, clay
and pottery. The exhibit was in
charge of George Isles, Morton coun-
ty agent, and E. A. Ketter, secretary
of the Mandan Commercial club.
"The corn, of which there were
several varieties, and the vegetable
exhibit, which included some fine
samples of melons and cantalouples
was a never ending source of sur
prise and interest to the farm visit
ors who crowded the tent every day.
There were also many excellent pic
lures of farms and farm homes,
growing crops, historical and beau
ty spots. The section of Wisconsin
at which the exhibit was held was
in a great corn, stock and vegetable
belt. and where the best lands sell
at $3.50 per acre, yet it was admit
ted by the visitors generally that
the very best of their prize-winning
corn at these fairs did not excel
nor the prize-winning vegetables
equal those on display at the Nor
ton County Exhibit. Seventy five
percent of the attendance at these
county fairs is made up of farmers
and their families; by reason Of this
fact you get in direct contact with
hundreds of prospective home seek
ers Of the class desired"
Mr.. Devine said that he had hop
cd that there would be more such
county exhibits at fairs in Minneso
ia, Iowa and Illinois this year anc
that his department now will seel
for an increase in exhibits next
year.
II realize with no little regret
that state exhibit of like charac
ter, but more carefully prepared, ant
some more extensive in character
would produce far greater results t,
the state as a whole, but unfortun
ately the Department of Immigra
ton has no funds for such purpose, ;
Mr.. Devine said. "If the state o.
! North Dakota would carry the Nor
ton county message to the middl,
west states, through the medium Of
county fairs, and stress corn, alfal
Ola. sweet clover, milk cows, cream
hogs, potatoes, poultry, vegetables
honey, schools, coal and clay, to farm
buyers seeking North Dakota Ian,
values would advance rapidly to tn,
1 high price level of the states east O
us. Why? Because we produce al
that they do both in kind and quail
ity with as little overhead expense
! Canada has spent millions and il
still continuing to do so in this coun
try with this method and it has pal,
her big dividends for the effor
made. BY such advertising, she ha
drawn over her border 175,OO0 set
tiers from the Middle West states
alone, who sought and found home.
under her dominion and flag. Nortl
Dakota should wake up to her grea
opportunities and be no Longer
asleep at the switch. We can, if ",
go at it intelligently, meet Canad,
more than half way, and beat he
out at her own game, and W,
should"
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