Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-06-29

gard to Dakota Territory, and will be De.
rused with interest BY our readers:
GRAIN AND sTO.K GROWING III
DAKOTA TIE ARITORY.
The organization of the new Territories
will give a new impetus to Western emf.
ersntion, and as we hope to receive large
accessions to the Territory of Dakota, it
may be Of advantage to those who expec,
to seek homes within her borders, as we'll
as those already here. to consider we'll the
relative advantages Of grain and stock
growing. -
The soil of our Territory is rich and
productive all kinds Of grain indigenous
to this latitude can be raised in abundance.
and with but little labor. As a means of
transportation for our surplus. we have
the great Missouri River, which divides
our Territory nearly in the center. and is
navisable for steamboats, for over one
thousand miles within her borders.
With the advantages Dakota possesses
we hope to see it one of our riches. agicul-
tural districts; but in our zeal to turn up
the soil, we mus. not forget to avail our
selves of the boun,itul harvest of grass
nature has given US. Our facilities for
stock raising and wool growing are so
excellent; that we look upon this branch
OF industry, as one which will yield much
larger per cent than grain growing.
That Southern Dakota is one of the
finest grazing countries within our present
geographical limits, none who have ever
visited it can for moment entertain a
doubt. Our prairies are covered with q
luxurlant growth Of grass, the nu,ritive
proprie,ies Of which were never exeelled
by wild grass, and, by many, considered
preferable, for grazing, to the clover fields
Of the east. The timber lands of the
great Missouri Valley are covered with
rush beds, wild pea vines and artiehokes
the two former atfording ample susie,
nance for thousands of horses and cattle,
during winter Of ordinary verify and
depth Of snow while the latter would
winter and taiten thousands of hogs.
The table lands in Southern Dakot are
not fluffy, as in portions of western Iowa,
but presents beautiful, unduIa,ing appear
ance, well watered by rivers, brooks and
lakes. and covered With thick growth Of
nutritious grass. These lands nre par,ic
ularly adapted to herdng cattle and sheep,
and We believe it to be one of the finest
wool growing countries in the world. Its
superiority Of over Texas, consists in the
increased yield. length and 6neness of the
fleece, the heai,hiness Of the herd and the
value Of the carcass
In the State of Vermont, where the
winters are at least six weeks longer than
ours where land is worth from twenty five
to fifty dollars an acre, aud corn worth
one dollar per busbel, wool growing is
considered the most lucrative business the
farmer can engage in; and if it is profita
Bile IN Vermont how much more so it mnst
be IN Dakota, where land can be pur.
chased for one dollar aud quarter per
acre, and hundreds aud thousands of
acres may be occupied Cor years without
purchase or being subject to tax.
Thousands of sheep and cattle nigh.
be herded on these lands. The expense
OF wlnterins these herds would be nomi-
nal, As an abundance of hay can be Sc
cured with the expense of cutting and
stacking, which would not exceed one aud
half dollars per ton.
Should the herdsman deem it more
profitable to feed some grain during the
winter months, corn cau be raised a, an
expense Of from ten to fifteen cents per
bushel.
The majority Of wool growers in the
east.feed their focks more Or less grain
during the winter months we would not
consider it absolutely necessary to do SO
IN this section. but would recomm end that
herdsmen provide themselves with corn,
for. if it is not wanted for stock, it affords
. cheap and convenient maj eral for fuel,
in sections where timber is scarce-it
having been proved, by actual experiment,
that corn in the ear, at fifteen cents o
bushel. is cheaper for fuel than wood at
three dollars per cord, and that it makes
hotter and peasanter FIRE than coal.
The winters in this section are remark.
ably dry, rain seldom falling between the
first of November and April. We have
none Of those cold, slee.y rains which
sometimes prove so destructive to sheep.
Tho yield Of al average flock Of sheep
will be three pounds Of wool per head;
which at the prices wool has ranged at
for the past lew years, will, if tho quality
be good, be worth one dollar, the expense
of transportation not exceeding 81 cents
a pound.
Besides the profits Of the wool, the in.
crease in the flock will be from % to 334
per cent on the Money invested. We hope
our farmers, aud those making home. in
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