A. L. Bullis Biography

	This biography appears on pages 730-731 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) and was scanned, 
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	A. L. BULLIS figures as one of the most progressive and public-
spirited young farmers and stock growers of Brookings county, where he 
has passed the major portion of his life, being a representative of one 
of the honored pioneer families of this favored section of the state. 
He was born in Owatonna, Steele county, Minnesota. on the 28th of 
December, 1872, being a son of Frederick J. and Mary A. Bullis, 
concerning whom specific mention is made on other pages of this work. 
Our subject pursued his studies in the public schools of his native 
state until he had attained the age of ten years, when, in 1882, he 
accompanied his parents on their removal to South Dakota, the family 
locating on a farm in Afton township, Brookings county, where he was 
reared to maturity, and this place still constitutes a part of the old 
homestead, of which our subject has the supervision. He here attended 
the public schools until fifteen years of age, when he was matriculated 
in the State Agricultural College, in Brookings, in which institution 
he completed a three-years course, the college having been in session 
for its first full year at the time when he was a student therein. 
After leaving the college Mr. Bullis returned to the homestead farm, 
being associated with his father in the operation of the same until he 
had attained his legal majority, when he rented land and inaugurated 
his independent career, though he still continued to reside at the 
parental home, while since 1900 he has had the general charge of the 
homestead farm, also continuing to utilize rented land for some years. 
In 1896 he purchased the northeast quarter of section 11 township 111, 
for a consideration of twenty-four hundred dollars, and he has placed 
the entire tract under a high state of cultivation. He now has charge 
of four hundred and eighty acres of land, is energetic and progressive 
and is known as one of the representative agriculturists of the county, 
while he is carefully conserving the best interests of his father's 
estate and making the best possible provision for his widowed mother 
and the other members of the family. In 1902 Mr. Bullis, in company 
with his brother Fred, purchased a twenty-two-horse-power Garr-Scott 
engine and separator of the best modern design, and in the operation of 
the same he has been very successful, his equipment being in constant 
requisition during the season. For the past decade he has given special 
attention to the raising of corn, which he considers one of his best 
crops, and through his experimentation and scientific methods he has 
done much to aid in proving that corn may be made one of the important 
products of this section. He is also engaged in raising cattle and hogs 
of excellent grade and all departments of his farming enterprise give 
evidence of his punctilious supervision and effective business methods. 
Mr. Bullis is staunchly arrayed in support of the principles of the 
Republican party, and he has served as delegate to various county 
conventions of the party and otherwise shown an active interest in 
forwarding its cause. He served as clerk of the school board of his 
district for three years.