Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-04
Dakota'S Future.

pakota's Future.
j. II. Anderson, editor of Daily lnce-
pendent at Bellair, Ohio, recently tra>-
ersed much of Dakota. and in the fl
lowing paragraph iRGioates some Of
his impressions: u
Dakota has a great Future. In lis
immense area it has less waste LAND
than any of the western or southern
states. :.
douhf if lsaving out ils'little lakes.
which az not by any means waste land
Qmany OF them are beautiful sheets of
water). there cannot be more than one
per cent of the soil that is not tillable.
and easily tillabie. notimber tocut and
burn; nc stumps Ct roots to stop the
plow and induce profanity; no stones
to make culture difficult. A level or
Gentle rolling SURFACE OF. which it is q
PLEASURE TO- either hold the plow or
drive here invites the farmer to stir it's
rich soil, which, with favoring condi-
tions Of moisture and of warmth, yield
us rich returns as any part Of the world.
If breaking up the surface increases
the rainfall here as it unquestionably
has done in Kansas and Nebraska, and
the increased humidity of the atmos-
phere the extremes of tenn
perature, as it certainly will, Dakota
will be INT of the most richly produce
tive states in the Union. Under very
unfavorable circumstances OF .tillage
and an adverse season, l see here bet
ter potatoes, onions, beats, turnips and
and squashes than / have seen in Ohio.
With better culture .and an average
season. the possibilities of this terrific
ry are hard to overestimate. Trees of
half dozen kinds are growing well.
The asa, aspen, balm of'gilead and will
lows thrive best, and make fine annual
growths. 50 that in the future the tree
less plains of Dakota may produce rlen-
ty Of timber.-EX.
The Premium Wheat at the State Tair
The premium wheat at the State Fair
just held at Owatonna was raised by
Jacob Hurley at Ortonville, in Big
Stone county, Minnesota. IL was Il
beautiful specimen of the hard Scotch
Fife, wei ghing siXty-three pounds to
the bQshel and produced the enormous
quantity Of three bushels from u single
quart. 1t was exhibited in both grain
and straw, and attracted more atten-
ton than any u other thing on the
ground. The size of the kernels: the
brig. t., stiff straw; the length Of the
head and it's enormous productive
ness, called forth expressions of sur
prise from all who saw it. Col. John
Ii. Stevens. the veteran agriculturist.
was particularly Struck with it, and
pronounced it the finest half-bUshel OF
wheat he had ever seen exhibited at
our :alrs, 1t was the kind called the
Sast atchewan Fife, a pure variety of
the old Scotch Fife, brought down from
the Saskatchewan Valley, in Manitoba.
six years ago, and acclimated to onr
STATE. The original seed has besn
much improved by careful selection
and cultivation, and it is now unques=
tionably the most productive and best
milling wheat in the world.
The Pioneer Press Company of st.
Paul, az. ious to increse their subscrip-
ton list, and at the same time dissent
nate SO valuable a variety Of seed, have
purchased a large quantity of it direct
from the propagators. and now offer i
as a premium on their weekly. AM.
one senling in a new name at the rep
ular prize, accompanied by the cash.
viz, $115 tor a years subscription, will
identified to a quart of the wheat.
which VIII be sent to any address, put
up in a strong canvas sack, and deliv-
cred free of all express charges. AS it
sold last year at a dollar a quart, this
offer is exceedingly liberal, and will
doubtless lead to a very large accession
to "thei1 subscription list.
4 good tr e claim for sale 3 miles
from town: zen acres broken and 300
walnut trees growing. FORD & ROE.
Money to lean on final proofs BY
Bateman e. Mcdonald.