Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
South Dakota'S Merits.
YANKroN, 5. OAK, Dec. a. l8sq.

| don : say that NY judgment Il
absolutely correct, but having been
over the gfeaier portion of the state {
east Of the Missouri river several !
times, studying conditions and pos
sibillties, it appears TO me e be the
most perfect area Of farming lands I
| have eyer seen; less liable, when
the soil Is properly understood, to /
suffer from loss Of crops han al /
most any other section. Nearly all
the soil is very fertile. It seems to
me that in the neighborhood OF Rev.
Dawson it could not be more 70, nor
attractive as "a prairie. But II Is just
as true that we must become ac
ouainted with soils a. with people,
and accommodate ourselves % CIR
cumstances as they are. IL seems to
be admitted now that the climate Is
in cycles of wet and drouth, but as
but Few people have been IN the
territory ten years, they have not
learned what to expect, and to be
prepared for Dame NATURES freaks.
Those best posted believe that we
have reached the limito Of the drouth
and that the ensuing four years viii
be wet Then again the people are
learning what the soil will produce,
and that on the 1850 to 1900 feet
above sea levels corn does we'll. !
was in fields of Yankee corn on q
1850 feet level that yielded about
100 bushels Of ears TO the acre. The
next ten years will see South Dakota
great corn state. Another great
CROP in the north is miIlet which
grows luxuriauy After corn and
mllet, wheat has generally done
well this year.
Every new country has It's draw
backs and of course this Is no eX-
ccplou, and as "a gentleman IN Iowa
told me last summer, Every country
has "a hayc its sweat" Millions Of
trees are growing, homes are started
and eXpprIelc gained IN this decade,
which will produce wealth IN the
decade to come Dakota has Won
derful soil, mud IA the centre OF the
state east Of the Missouri river Is
an artesIau well basin, whose value
and power cannot be comprchended
by one not on th, ground. la Aber-
deen, Rodticld and Huron their wells
are "a marvel la water producing.
In Nauktou i, asma.l well that runs
a pressed brick yard, q tow mill,
and for SOME time the electric light
plant lu IA few years these wells
viii bc As plentiful rs springs in the
Pecatoulca Valley are, that form
brooks, Every farm can have It's
lake aud brook for about q $1,000.
Senator Stewart says, "Fhe prl-
mary consideration IA any country
II water, not land, - and rs we bring
water 10 the surface of the most
fertile soil, who can tell what great
resources may be developed through
changes wrought in climate. The
people who are here are OF the best
mental and moral mold, aud they
generally believe in the country aud
viii make it a glorious land, If they
can only have time and credit Last
year (le6s) when the blowing was
done the soil WAS as dry as a dusty
road aud clouds of dust followed
the teams. The stubble Was dry
and stiff and, like so many legs,
held up what few ciods there were.
THIS year it has been more moist
and the stubble is we'll plowed and
lays solidly, SO that we go into the
winter in better shape than last
year. But remember that South
Dakota aggregates a greater crop
despite her lean streaks than ever
before, and her lean stre4ks were
usually ON her latest lands.
Don't blame South Dakota, for
Wisconsin had her SO and 81 that
tried mems souls, and if the country
had been AS new many there would
have needed help. Help these poo-
pie to stay here, for IL is a goodly
land i'm the hands Of a great people
who will soon have learned the ways
of doing and controlling things |
believe 10 contains AS fine POSSIBLE
ties for man with $500, who is
willing to work hard and profit 10y
the experience of Others, MS any
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