The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24
Northern Section Is a Paradise for the
StOCkman, Dairyman and Wheat
and Flax Grower.
Hay Crop Never Fails, and Stock Can Be
Pastured the Year Round-COrn
Coming Staple.

South Dakota is the best country on
earth for the profitable prosecution Of
all branches OF animal industry, wheth-
- In growing horses, cattle or sheep, or
in dairying. Soil and climate unite to
this end. Practical demonstration and
chemical analysis show that the wild
grass OF the prairies contains more nu-
triton than timothy hay. Grass Is all
most unlimited, more than enough go
ing TO waste every year to feed all the
,attle on the continent.
Hay is, therefore, abundant, and costs
little more than tie cutting, the esti-
mated expense of putting II in stack
being about so cents per ton. The hay
crop has never failed. No matter what
happens, the farmer or rancher is sure
to have all the hay he needs. AS a
matter Of fact, only small amount Of
hay is fed to stock in winter. although
prudence dictates that enough be Sc
cured to carry stock through the sever
est winter months in case of heavy
fall of snow. Heavy SHOWS are rare.
out the careful farmer always provides
Cor the exception.
Good Pnsturage I'm Winter.
For the past nineteen years there
nave beer only four or five winters dur
ing which stock had TO be fed for any
considerable period. In the Northern
section of the state, and well into
North Dakota, the peculiar native grass
cures on the stalk and makes good fod-
der until the new crop is green in the
spring Stock OF all kinds will leave
good hay to Craze on the prairies in the
lead of winter, and in the rare event of
heavy snow. the grass is still good
when the snow melts in the spring.
on the ranges little or no provision is
made for feeding. Horses. being better
able to break the snow, will thrive all
winter without being inside of a stable.
Sheep. which require more attention
than other domestic animals. are fed at
eight. mainly to keep them contented,
and in ordinary winters are housed,
more to protect their fieeces than their
bodies.
Horses.
Northern South Dakota Is the ideal
country for horses, the cost of raising n
horse being less than the cost of raising
steer. Nor are the range horses the
scruhby. understood animals of Texas
and Arizona. They are fully developed,
perfectly sound and command top
prices In the market
Practical farmers declare that horses
which are left ouc TO rustic for them
selves all winter do better than those
which are turned out only part of the
time and are fed part OF the time.
sheep and Hogs.
Sheep thrive IN Northern South Dako-
"a as nowhere else. Disease is unknown.
Owing 10 the fine Weather and healthy
condition of the animals, larger per-
?entage of lambs is saved than in any
other country where sheep are raised.
There are no violent storms and no long
housings to reduce their vitality.
Hogs.
Hogs claim a growing share OF atten-
ton and are very profitable. No case
Of hog cholera has ever been reported
In this Vicinity, and no other form Of
disease has existed, so far as known.
DairyinE.
Dairying is profitable everywhere,
feed being abundant, pasturage costing
almost nothing, and the price paid for
tutter and cream being practically the
same as where land is worth 800 per
acre
No man has ever devoted his atten-
ton to horses, hogs, cattle or sheep in
South Dakota without making big mon
ey, and from this time forward the
profits Of stock growers. under similar
conditions. will be materially increased.
Until recently but few corn-fed cat
tie were shipped from the northern part
of the state. The feeding was done I'm
Iowa and Illinois and the farmers of
those sections Melted snug sums finish
Ing Dakota cattle for the fat stock
market But times are changed. Prob
ably three times as many cattle and
hogs are being fattened I'm this vicinity
as during any season previous. Feed
can be raised here in almost unlimited
quantities. and the farmers are finding
out that II pays TO convert this feed
into beef and pork. Corn has been a
neglected crop. Most farmers have
been raising only such crops ns they
could instantly convert into cash. Now
they are beginning to raise corn, and
they find that the YIELD when proper
attention is paid TO II. Is almost as
great as in those localities where moth
Ing but corn can be raised.
Corn.
Several farmers have reported that
they raised corn last year that was
wnr'h 77 much in the market as the
Iand on which 1t was grown. Forty to
nity-bushel crops We're common, aud
TINS In face OF the fact that the outlook
Tor crop was never so poor in the
spring, owing TO late frosts.
When farmers n the northern part of
south Dakota fatten their own steers,
the farmers of Illinois and Iowa will be
deprived of another source of profit, and
the star OF empire will have logged sew
eral points to the north and west.
The extent or the cattle industry in
Northern South Dakota can only be
surmised. AS yet II Is impossible to
present reliable figures. the state being
without statistical department. The
railroad companies know about 1t from