Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-02-21
LEADING INDUSTRY
Most Profitable Product for South
Dakota farmers.
sheep Raising in thc Central Fart o.!
the state Takes the Place OF
Wheat--Corn and Hogs.

MITCHELL & D. Ecb lit bnpin6
IN 1o,l, ,sir r.hn f,r,,,rs ~ south IA.
i.,,, =,
80, V, -, -, 'o"n- - 90''., ..'"5 '~"' T,n
MANY vn,rs tbav b,va triol vfeat M 2
l,ss o,,5 tba,, na.sis.ol -. ,,,s .,apstrr
ny
80 'ons 'naV they reacAei VHo verge Vi
bankruptcy. n good crop ono year
made them wild 70 try it another, and
while failure followed failure. they did
not taI,a ,bo vo,ri,r, IN ,i,,a ~ avoid
- -.
."'' VI '''" '''"g' "'''oi no
peeh the lot OF the a-r'co!turaIlsts OF
this state In tho older counties OF
Union, CLAW, Turner. Yankton. Bon
Uommo Irtcbipson ,nl lincoln wheat
r,i.;,,a -. -, .,...l,ol
''-7'''7' - e ''''''V'S' vas ''o'''''o''0'
so'he years aTo' anu corn ana s'oth VooA
us place' Inc Farmers IN theSe couh'
I'cS LOT some years rave "orNeu az
PFoH.' Aitihg the mortgages "hea'
I"iihlhg p!acru on tAelr Ithus ana cAa',
I'!S' ana b"l'aIng nice homes ana
otneF"Is" improving lhclr poa'essSoIlS'
R"t IN the newer couhtlCs' IouoWlh3
the phenomenal winter OF loSO Wheh
VheFc was no rack OF moisture ior seN,
cral seasons inc farmers Ha'urally sll9
INTO the rut OF wheat culture ana
S!scS e. Ii3en m dN nays hgt bafin s ni,i'' c"nn1ia,
as RroT,r Sni,l, E,rii- D. ~,
mpnds SpIIy md ntbars ,,,Laro f'r
tbrno .vcors f11lnu,i,,, ts,.o +Iaro ,yara
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tinos in which ,n,,rrr' cit;n" ,,r,,,,, .r5
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As tbo forn,nrs h,l ~ n,Iar
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90 P'""'"o'c III tuc SOU uOhcrh I'CF o.
counties. ~ laSJ tuey mt upon sheep
culture, which has thus far proved
cminently successful. The climate and
the grasses of South Dakota seem to ba
particularly adapted to sheep. No dis
eases are reported from any OF the coun-
ties whero there are large hoclls of
sheep. 10 the contrary sheep thrive
as we'll as could be wished No trouble
has been experienced in raising lambs
In Jerauld county on a sheep ranch of
over 900 head, the owner reports the
loss OF seven lambs out Of a total OF ls3
for 1890
There is good money in sheep. 4
young man in Clark county put Sill 100
into sheep two years ago The cost of
caring for them has been very small,
and really figured no cash outlay. He
informs your correspondent that in two
years he has sold enough Of wool and
sheep to get back his original invest.
ment and still leave him few more /
head than his 81, 100 bought 10 start |
with. This beats wheat raising even in !
the best times and most bounteous !
,rops.
In nearly all the newer counties
hcep are fast taking the place Of
wheat. In Clark county there arc at
s'1i,r'' - L-i"-,tf''ir''. 49,.
$50. o,,d p.".,',, ro,,n, y,'iiy, ne r,,n,,
: !, ,,,a,,,,,,,o,,, -, 49,, ,r