The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-07-11

sweet potatoes of fair. quality, and III
considerable quantities. I have raised
well-1apened peanuts; several bushels.
l did not raise them for profit. Toma-
toes were not at all killed by the frost
of last September. They sold at twen-
ty-fve cents q bushel, retail, i the ST.
Paul market till the first of October. II
generally have tomatoes in abundance
till the middle Of October, or later.
/ nearly always plant my first sweet
corn the last week in April. i have
planted it earlier; and I never had good
seed to rot in the ground, and never
had it seriously injured by frost but
once. and then it came on and made q
moderate crop. l have sold sweet corn
by the wagon load from the 9th to the
middle of July; and in October. Ihave
had green corn for the table July A, and
summer squashes, also, from seedplant-
ed in the open ground. Last year,
luckily, 1 had no sorghum. I raised il
five years in succession, on the same
ground, without manure, and never had
it injured by frost. The blades were
killed once or twice before I cut it, but
no harm was done. The syrup and
seed always paid me. Ny best crop
was ZIG gallons Of good syrup from ex-
actly n acre. / have mentioned
few OF the products of nor southern
regions that do we'll here.
Dakota is our younger sister and lies
right by the side Of Minnesota and ex
tends some further south, butno further
north. The great farming regions Of
Minnesota and the greater part Of the
vast territory of Dakota are Just as
near alike as possible, in climate, soil
and productions. There are churches
in the villages, and there are school,
houses in the country in which the speo-
pie have preaching at present, but the
man who has the idea of God in his
brain will find affairs for worship all
owe the prairie. To me it seems liter
ally Garden of the Lord" Icannot
describe the feeling of exhilaration and
elevation I felt while driving rapidly
over the long, rolling swells Of bourd-
less prairie. It is not all level, but il
is level enough. There are some beau-
tiful streams, and the natural roads arc
the finest / ever saw.
Donot take q family to Dakota unless
you have some money; and do take
AopLoSGcuu w 1AI IIOuu
Close settlements are best, for society,
for schools, and for help in time of sick
ness and trouble. Don't let winter,
catch you u%nprepared for II; it may set
in earlier than You expect. The fact
that o poor family can get along for a
while in 9 sod house, and with hay for
fuel, is great thing. Many good wonl-
an have cooked and baked all winter
with hay. A large box, full Of the rolls.
or twists, stands near the stove, and
neat people do not have much litter.
Some who are able enough to buy coal
and wood burn hay to save money.
There is fortune for the man who shall
invent a machine for compacting hay
and straw into o sort Of stove wood.
Iknow there is some grumbling all
over Dakota. They think the price'oi
wheat is lower than it should be. But
groceries and other goods are cheap, too.
] have heard my father say that after he
had sc titled in the great woods of Muskin-
gum County, Ohio, and had cleared come
land there, wheat brought but twenty
five cents per bushel; and heard moth
er say that she paid fifty cents q pound
for coffee in GAINESVILLE, and fifty centssa
yard for calico.