Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-25
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,,,cre,se in tho Acreage Of Corn.

increase in tho Acreage OF Corn.
~, accounts show that there will this
ha a great increase in the acreage
pnted in corn in the northwest. Official
,orts nut the increase at about 20 per
r. In any other section this would be
.,rjed as remarkable increase, but it is
,btful if it is not really far under the
.,o, extension of the northwestern corn-
IA Certainly the unofficial reports in
,alnewspapers and otherwise indicate
,,h larger increase than 20 per cent. In
~ event. this extension of the northwest
!, corn field is most suspicious fact. It
a,ns. directly, of course, the enormous
crease of the corn crop, for within the
nm belt of the northwe t, to plant corn
IA Gather it. Not rs in other soils do,
hires alternate with successful years in
is soil. but as neither drought nor excess
iva moisture has ever yet caused failure.
4 il may be presumed that there will be at
Last fair return this year: It is there
IRE not presumption to assume that the
1tension of the northwestern corn field
nsnres vast increase of the aggregate
neld of corn. There cannot be too. much
Iorl. The northwest needs the corn for
!, own possessions of stock, which have.
rown so wonderfully during the past few
ears. It needs the corn for the unnum-
cred thousands of head of cattle which
INST come from the ranges to it's corn cribs
or fa.tening. The northwest needs to en-
prps the area of it's corn field for their direct,
uiimmediate needs; but there is q far more
hportant consideration which must be.
t,euded to, and which indeed is at last be-
kuning to attract general study. 1t is the
bet that the legitimate corn area, the re-
lion in which corn can be raised to best
lvsntage, is limited, whereas the demand
or corn is growing with great rapidity, and
bust continue to grow with the growth of
be country in the future. Too. far north
here is too much frost, while to the south
latitude is soon reached where there is
30 little frost, but small, indeed, is the
rea of land in the northwest that will not
roduce this crop. The region of the
PIPER Missouri valley is the very acme Of
PERFECTION of soil and climate for the corn
liant, soil naturally SO underdrained as
prevent failure either from drought or
1cessive rainfall, and at the same time
practically inexhaustible in properties to
ourish it. Year after year, therefore, this
pnrivaled northwestern corn belt produces
treasure of golden ears more precious
han the yield of the mine, while other
PORTIONS Of what is regarded as good corn
and fail in the crop rs often as they sue
(eed The growing pressure of the gen
krs demand for corn, as before remarked,
must by itself pour constant stream Of
profit into the pockets of the corn raisers
bf the northwest, while in the years Of
lotal or partial failure in other regions
Rler gain must be immense. This is the
bright and extraordinary future of the
northwest. The lesson Of it all is to plant
bore corn-always more corn. This is
Fhy there is reason for congratulation
Prom the widening of the northwestern
corn field this wear.