The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-08-18


There is no question but mixed
farming pays best in Dakota as it
does elsewhere. The section Of
country that rests upon any one pro-
duct for its wealth may prosper for a
while, but rcyorses are sure to come
and SERIOUS will be the result. North
eru Dakota has q worldwide reputa-
ton for her wheat crops, but we DO
not envy her. When her wheat crop
fails, as it is sure to do some day, her
moal4 Of getting wealth is gone. Il
is not so with southern Dakota. We
raise fair wheat, but wheat IS not our
best crop by any means. We raise
rood crops Of corn, without which no
country can claim to be u gO0d and
pcrmauont agricultural country. We
also raise splendid crops Of oats, bar
ic", rye, flax, sugar cane amt |ogc-
tables. a variety Of crops will not
hurry tho farmer 50 in the spring IN
getting in lis crops, for some can be
sowu carrier and some later, some
will thrive in wet seasons and others
in comparatively dry seasons, and
these several kind Of crops do not
need to be harvested in the same
week, a variety of crops enables a
maj to carry on his farm with less
help and teams, and he is not IS likely
TO make q failure IN all his crops as
if he dopondod on wheat alone. 4
few days of drouth in spring or Of cN-
cessiye hot weather while filling may
blast the entire crop Of q " bonanza
wheat farmer" but these flight 0tliic-
tons" do not materially affect the
granger who has . variety Of crops,
and q herd of cattle besides. North
Dakota in her pride smcors at the
small farmers Of southern Dakota,
because they raise sheep and cattle us
we'll as grain, and caIIr tho southern
half Of Dakota the "cow countless. >
We accept the name, for while it may
not be very uphoniouS it implies
wealth and comfort. It implies a
condition of things that is desirable
and insureS us competence for life.
Why, it is acknowledged the world
over that the Gov is the "stepmother"
Of our race. We can indeed keep
COWS, and they are the pride Of this
section. Hundreds Of them cam be
seen i'll any day in travelling through
the country Our cows furnish the
groceries and pin money for thOuS-
ands Of famiIIoS. 1t costs nothing to
keep her, The richest grasses grow
IN abundance everywhere for her sus-
tenance III summer and winter. Two
Or three COWS will support q family
until they get ground broken to raise
corn and vegetables. Every neigh
berhood has it's creamery, sending the
sweet-aayored, yellow butter even to
New York, by the carload, This is
the product of our core. Then we
have our droyes of calves, every one
of which is worth so, and these arc
the fruit of our indispensable COWS.
Besides this the greatest profit comes
when we have raised and fed our
steers and shipped them by the train
load to the eastern market, a Single
shipment often bringing thousands of
dollars to the enterprising farmer.
Then where the COWS are kept you
can keep hogs with little expense,
because of the milk not otherwise
utilized, Any country like southern
Dakota, whore corr and small grain
can be raised SO easily and surely, and
where stock raising is q success also,
must surely thrive, 1t is no expert
ment.
The happy homes of southern Da-
kota dotting the prairie in every di.
reetion, surrounded by school houses
and churches, and all the evidences
OF comfort, are such as none but a
ecow country can boast.-EEx.