Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15

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Turf, Field and Farm: While Robert
Bonner Vas Inspecting John Turner'S
horses yesterday in Philadelphia the
General told curious story Of horse
training. ''When | was q boy, Sla 5000
looked as big as 3 million, l had q horse
matched against 4 PAGER to go q single
mile for $3.50 a side. In training him
[ discovered that through excess Of &C.:
ton he hi5 his arms, was in despair,
when l was advised to try and put him
into condition by swimming. Like a
drowning man., l grasped at a straw.
The river ran lei my door. l hired a,
man to row me in a boat, While ] sat in:
the stern and held the halter. We
started up stream and the horse swan
beautifully. On the return he Struck
out eagerly, and actually lowed Che
boat. kept this up for ten days, and
| never brought a horse to the post IN.
better condition. The violent action
in the water had given pliancy and
iirmness to his muscles and made his
wind a. clear as the ringStdf a bell. L
won the race easily, but it is lucky that
it was a single dash, because through.
his faulty action he cut his arms into.
ribbons" '"''' o.
Bradstreet r%eproduces tie statement
Of Mr.. Adams, a Dakota farmer, giving
figures to show that he can grow wheat
in Dakota at Eve dollars an acre, and
that with a yield Of sixteen bushels an
acre he cal make affair profit at d cents
a bushel. 'Bradstreets, however, adds
that q yield Of twenty bushels was quite
general in Dakota last year, and the
price was much greater than ~forty-sev-
en- cents. It concludes that the North
west can grow wheat cheaper than any
part OF the country, and when Dakota
farmers cannot afford to raise wheat at
the market price with profit, the older
sections, where land is worth from fifty
to one hundred dollars an acre, will he
entirely cut of the contest. These
statements are ridiculed by the papers
in the wheat growing sections Of the
states. One Of them, The Democrat, at
Madison, Wisconsin, saysthat "the man
who raises wheat for less than enc dol
lar a bushel in Dakota, or anywhere
else, will never have but the most mea-
gre return for his labor" Papers like
the Democrat may be good authority
upon wheat growing in Wisconsin, Ill
inois and otherhigh pricedland regions,
but every Dakotan knows better in re-
gard to this country. in the winter
wheat states a good crop of wheat is
had about one year out of three, and
fifteen to seventeen bushels is a good
crop. In the No. hard region of Dako-
ia, a failure is almost unknown, and
the average neal twenty bushels. Then
computing the relative cost of the land
in the two sections, and it is apparent
that the margins are enormously in IA
vor of Dakota, so much so that the pa
pers in the states are rarely willing to
admit the facts.
The exemption bill, it will be remem-
bered, was under discussion during the
last session of the legislature, when it
caused considerable worry for the de-
puted wise men Of the territory. Be-
fore adjournment, however, d bill
amendingt the oldlaw passed both houses
and went to the governor. The execu-
tive failed to sign the bill, and it has
now become a law by limitation. 1t is
as follows:
Section 1. That section 1926 of the
code Of civil procedure is hereby amend
ed by adding thereto the following:
"Whenever any debtor against whom
an exemption, warrant of attachment,
or other process has been issued, desires
ton 1924 Of this code, the said debtor,
his agent or attorney, shall make a
schedule Of all his personal property, of
every kind and character, including
money on hand and debts due and oW-
ing to the debtor, and deliver the same
to the officer having the execution,
warrant OF attachment or other process,
which said schedule shall be subscribed
and sworn to by the debtor, his agent
or attorney, and any property owned by
the debtor and not included in said
schedule. shall not be exempt as afore-
said"
Sec. 2. That section 1928 Of the code
Of civil procedure be amended by strlK-
ing out the following words where they
occur therein:
"The property must be appraised at
the usual price of such articles atSher-
ltf's Sales" and inserting instead there
of the following: "The property must
be appraised at the actual value of the
several articles at fireplace where they
are situated"
Sec. 8. That section 1893 of the code
of civil procedure be hereby amended
by adding thereto the following:
mo exemptions except the absolute
exemptions, shalt be allowed any per-
son against any execution or other pro
cess issued upon q debt Incurred Tor