The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-25

their shipments of young stock in and
finished stock out, but they guard the
figures as carefully as though disclos-
ure meant ruin.
The country west Of Aberdeen, the
counties of Edmunds. Mcpherson, WAL
worth and Campbell, are simply ideal
for stock raising. and the development
Of their in this dir ection has
hardly begun.
Tho counties of Marshall, Day, Grant
and Roberts are also magnificent stock
sections, while Sphinx, Clark, Faux and
Potter counties are equally good.
South Dakota ranks fourth in the list
Of states and territories in the produce
ton Of gold: but in growing cattle.
horses, hogs and sheep---that is, in the
cost and the number of pounds of flesh
an animal will take on during a season
1T ranks so far ..head that there is 20
comparison.
One Farmers Experience.
H. F. Henry. a farmer living near
Brittor, Marshall county. had ar ex-
p%erience last fall that should open the
eyes of farmers in this part Of the state
to the nou of money they have lost
by selling their cattle to feeders.
Mr.. Henry owned 400 head Of good
steers. Numerous buyers visited the
herd, and offered all the way from 2 1-2
to 8 cents a pound for the bunch. Three
cents was the highest offer made. In
stead Of selling them, he turned them
irto standing corn of Indifferent quail
ty, ana herded them IN the corn fields
for just six weeks.
At the end of six weeks he sold the
steers for 5 cents per pound. a gain of 2
cents a pound. But this gain does not
re resent the profit. When he turned
them into tire corn they weighed an av-
erage of 1000 poun6s each. or 400, 900
pounds. When he sold them they
showed a net gain of 100 pounds per
head.
On the original 400 900 pounds he
gained 2 cents per pound. or $4,000. The
increased weight Of the bunch was Ca
OOC pounds, and on this he gained the
entire selling price of 5 cents q pound,
or SO. 200. His total gain. therefore, was
81. 300. From this should be deducted
the value of the corn, which at most
did not exceed 81, 900, while the expense
Of herGing was trivial. He also ran
many hogs in the fields with the cattle,
and it is stated on good authority that
the profit on the hogs alone paid for
the corn. The figures given are accu-
rate.
Money in Flax.
Many farmers in Brown county last
fall harvested crops of flax that were
worth more on the market than the
land on which the crops We're raised.
Dickerson Bros. the well known farm
ers near Putney, Brown county. sowed
ON acrac RI fnv and ~harVpStpd 2,bOO
bushels. seventy acres Of the land CIV
ing a yield of over twenty-one bushels.
The price at which it was sold has not
been learned, but at S1.2O per bushel.
which is abou the lowest quotation the
seed has reached. it would have netted
| them $44, 200. better than $40 per acre or
more thar the land would have cost
them had they bought it last spring.
Frank Sullivan. last spring. bought
what was known as the Dora Holland
land. near Putney. part of which lies in
! the Big Slough. paving therefor $3.50.
Seventy acres OF the land could be
| cropped. and he '.ased it on shares for
a crop of fax. The tenant furnished
the seed, labor. etc, and paid all the
expenses. and gave the owner one-ffth
of the crop. This is a small share. APP
parently. yet the share of the crop de-
| ivered to him brought Mr.. Sullivan
| s4S6. or as much as he paid for the land
and $50 in addition.
just One Example.
An Eastern investor in LAND recently
| asked a farmer what he lie in the way
| of farming in South Dakota to make a
| living. The farmer said to him:
Il take to the creamery the milk from
49, ~xxy To- thfC + rnn
| about $500. I turn off each year about
twelve head of COWS and steers that av-
| erage me about s25 to $50 per head.
worth, say, 1925, I fatten each year
about forty hogs. which, at present
| prices, gives me a little over $500. L
| generally have 100 acres of wheat that
| ayera GEES about twelve bushels per acre,
which gives me about 81 900. In addi-
| ton tn this. I have some poultry and
eggs to sell which pays a part OF our
grocery bills. I am doing well n 1
don't know where I could do better. !
| own three quarters Of land. 1t is not
for sol
Excursion to Eureka.
d. b. Walker, excursion agent Of the
| Milwaukee & st. Paul road, will run a
big excursion to Eureka on Sunday.
April ~, consisting of five trains of ten
coaches each, with from 5000 to 1000
excursionists-one train from Minneap-
oils, ore from Chamberlain, one from
| Charles City, one from Sioux City, n
one from Manila, Iowa. Accompany
Ing the excursion will be the Minneap-
oils and Sioux City base ball teams.
An auditorium tent, seating 1000 peo-
pie, will be provided; also. two bands
to furnish music. In the afternoon
there will be a balloon ascension, with
q parachute jump by an M
| Walker has bean most snccessful IN
promoting excursions for the road; u
this last one promises to excel past Ell
forts on his part-