Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-06-11
GROWING CROPS.
A Dakota Editors semi-OccassIonal
Report to President Cleveland.
EstAliine Bell

A Dakota Editors Semi Occasional
Report to President Cleveland.
Estelline Bell.
The Bell don't pretend to be repre-
sentative of the government but never
theless it feels that Grover ought to be
kept posted on the state OF the crops,
etc, in Dakota, and as no one else seems
to be inclined to write him a friendly
letter aud let him know Just how things
are growing we feel that we are rather
forced into it and we hope no one will
accuse us of presumption or rushing in
where angles fear to even crawl under
the tent.
The crop prospects are good. Some
where in the neighborhood of four hund-
red million acres of wheat were sown in
Dakota this spring and it is all up from
q foot to two feet high. Out these figures
out, they will not appear again. Farm.
ers are now engaged in taking up every
alternate wheat stalk and transplanting
it over into adjoining states SO as to
make more room for wheat that is left.
If we don't have too many constitutional
conventions it will be ready to
harvest about the Fourth of July. The
mortgages on self binders are also look
ing we'll and are as vigorous and healthy
as could be expected.
The crop of democrats which was at
first feared would be light ia turning out
good and the yield will probably be
about thirty.seven and one-half to the
acre. The half a one will generally be
found to be mugwump. A good
many republicans were winter-killed,
bnt the democrats are stooling ont like
Saskatchewan wheat. We would just
suggest to you that if you have the
good of the Dakota democrats at heart
and want to see big yield you should
treat them with an early top dressing
of postof6ces. This will not only give
them better root but help to keep
down the republicans, who really seem
to thrive better on this kind of soil thar
do the democrats.
The vegetable crop is doing we'll ir
some places and 10 others it is back
waad. We planted four rows of pota
toes early in March, and they
are not up yet. The man We got thu
seed of says they are all right but that i
is backward season for potatoes. w,
begin to think it is. Sometimes ",
think he deceived US on those potatoes
If it would not be too much trouble t.
you We wish you would take your rail
road pass and come out and make an ex
animation in the interest of science
You could give your commissioner o
agriculture some valuable points. w,
planted those potatoes over twelv
inches deep in good soil and it would b
worth 9 trip out here to see why the,
don't come. Please write us on wha
train you will arrive, enclosing stamp.
The crop of fresh young dudes VIII
think they can jump school section o
contest piece of decided land is abou
an average yield. We shall try to cap
!. ture specimen and sand 1t to you. 70,
!; can preserve it in alcohol and keep it il
: the bay window along with Miss Clevt
lands tube rose.
Stock is doing finely; we have fou
> weeks old calf which recently bunted q
over twenty feet. If you have bee
+ bunted any farther than that this sprin
please let US know by return mail as v
. take deep interest in such things.
We hope that oar efforts to keep 20
! posted are appreciated and will promie
|. to send you other bits of information {
! they may transpire. IT you should ha,
pen to wish to subscribe for this famil
= journal it will cost you but two dollars
/; year. We will allow you liberal cor
{ mission on any other subscribers yo
;. may send us. As a pointer We woul
say that Hendricks, the heads of the d
partments and most of the foreign mil
listers do not take it. It will bear worl
ing up during spare moments.