The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-06-20

Tory Lake-2-G. II. B~rumhaHgh.
Pleasant Groye-3-William Miller,
iiagie-4-G. II. hrues,
america TO. A. Crown.
y. w. Ghuitz
Chair. State Cen. Com.
Kiabali, S, u. June, l6, 1880.
TYNE sssMEsrxgsr.G Was TORE.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
rainfall Throughout eoutl Dakota 50 far
this season bears evidence that, With CON
timed favorable conditions, IL fairly
satisfactory average crop gsiii be raised,
the prime necessity far more water re
mains tic same.
In the last issue of or esteemed cou-
temporary, the Plantation Herald, there
appeared i communication from & prom
inpnt citizen. DC ayers, Inc purpost OF
which was 10 chow thai the average rain
fall i'll the state was sufficient to grow all
kinds of crops. In support OF this state
ment, The writer gives The annual rain
fail as obtained from E,orgt. Glenn Of the
G. S. Signal Station 1t Huron. The lat
te!'s report shows that tie average for
the past eight years is 1852 inches.
Now, then, despite That this is about
fifty per cent higher than tho average
annual rainfall credited 10 either Of the
Dakotas, or TO Western Nebraska, OF to
Western Kansas. or To Western mime
sofa fE the government rsc0l,;5, extend
ing over & long period Of years, ana even
greater than to most Of Iowa, we are
confronted with The fact that the raising
OF small grain in South Dakota for the
past seven years has showed d balance
IN the wrong side OF the ledger with
nine ont of ten who llayp engaged in il,
One fact is worth Il iil0rsand theories.
1t is very simple matter to iii down
and 6guEe on paper THAI 0o,22 OF 22.20
inches OF rain in q year will mako agri-
culture profitable il q man farms is,ight,
but sueh theories won't wash and held
their color with a man nhc raised a
tremendous crop III 1859, another good
n in 1884, on poorly prepared land at
that, snd has but little more than got his
seed back every year since, notw;tll-
standing lie has taSea double pains to
properly plant it and farned his lard
better in every way.
The oft-Tcpeated assertion that cur
farmers don't half farm their land" is a
chestnut. There are here and there cases
of careless farming, iuJ OF The great
mass Of farmers OF South Dakota it may
truly be said that no brayer, more in
dUstrioUs or more Intelligent farmers
exist the world. II was they-a greater
portion OF tilem-wilo suhdued the wild
prairies OF Iowa and Illinois ard made
them what they are to-day, the finest
farmer on earth. To say that such men
reared IN the West and as familiar with
soil Of the prairies as the hare with it:
native heath, 10 not know how to farm
in the West is arrant nonsense.
Before Us lies a copy of the Armour
Tribune, in which we find the following
"a sample, by tho way, Of South Dakota
newspaper editorials:
In 1855, "the dry year. the potato Gro,
Of South Dakota was 2,5o0,OO0 bushels
og = fav soa1 WI ~ - -. $4,000, nsNasa"s Insi thi
United States. South Dakota prnducaf
3,G0,Nc; cats, 11,623,6i2 bushels; barley
100000 bushels. There was ais,
Ramemhsr that ,esr a we t ha"fS d. ,as' 5 Seai
sometimes called the wear Of ,iastitu
ton.
This reads very nicely, but granting
that every word of it is true h0w muci
did 1t cost TO raise all that grain; wha
was the actual yield per acre? Isn't
true TINT there were acres upon acres G
gfalu that was not cut at all and t'ious
amos OF acres that did not give hacl
their seed. Better go tell snch Statistical
items TO the marines than seek to US
them as a panaeea for tie Ills that
afiiiet eur fa!iners.
SoMelhlIgiias got to be done.
The very wise bretheren OF the STATE
press have preached over and over agail
that there was no money in small grain
anyway, hut thai dlversiiied farming
largely made mp of stock raising, was
sure road 10 SUCCESS. The GRAPH
wonia like TO ask the press OF South Da
kota TO point out a country on God
green earth in which there isn't liyini
streams OF water or iakes ofponus o