The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-04-25
Northern Section Is a Paradise for the
Stockman, Dairyman and Wheat
and Flax Grower.
Crop Never Fails, and Stock Can Be
Pastured the Year Round-Corn
a Coming Staple.

South Dakota is the best country ON
)arth for the profitable prosecution Of
I'll branches of animal industry, wheth-
y in growing horses, cattle or sheep, or
dairying. Soil and climate unite to
yhis end. Practical demonstration and
themica1 analysis show that the wild
krass Of the prairies contains more nu-
rition than timothy hay. Grass is al
host unlimited. more than enough go
hg to waste every year to feed all the
(attle O the continent.
Hay is, therefore, abundant, and costs
title more than tie cutting. the esti-
hated expense of putting 1t in stack
icing about so cents per ton. The hay
3rop has failed. No matter what
happens, the farmer or rancher is sure
10 have all the hay he needs. AS a
halter of fact, Only a small amount Of
lay is fed to stock in winter, although
Prudence dictates that enough be Sc
5ured to carry stock through the sever
4st winter months in case of a heavy
all Of snow. Heavy SHOWS are rare,
nut the careful farmer always provides
pr the exception.
Good Pasturage in Winter.
For the past nineteen years there
lave beer only four or five winters dur-
hg which stock had to be fed for any
considerable period. In the Northern
lection Of the state, and we'll into
Forth Dakota, the peculiar native grass
lures on the stalk and makes good fod-
er until he new crop is green in the
>prins. Stock Of all kinds will leave
tood hay to Craze on the prairies in the
cad Of winter, and in the are event of
heavy snow, the grass is still good
Fhen the snow melts in the spring.
On the ranges little or no provision is
nade for feeding. Horses, being better
bile to break the snow, will thrive all
finter without being inside Of a stable.
heep. which require more attention
han other domestic animals, are fed at
Right, mainly to Keep them contented,
Ind in ordinary winters are housed,
bore to protect their fleeces than their
>odies.
Northern South Dakota is the ideal
country for horses, the cost Of raising a
borse being less than the cost Of raising
J steer. Nor are the range horses the
)cruhby. undersiz I'd animals of Texas
Ind Arizona. They are fully developed,
Perfectly sound, and command top
)rices in the market.
Practical farmers declare that horses
ehich are left ou. to rustic for them
elves all winter do better than those
which are turned out only part Of the
me and are fed part Of the time.
Sheep and Hogs.
Sheep thrive in Northern South Dako-
as nowhere else. Disease is unknown.
Owing to the fine weather and healthy
cndition Of the animals, a larger per-
entage Of lambs is saved than in any
finer country where sheep are raised.
here are no violent storms and no long
ousings to reduce their vitality.
Hogs.
Hogs claim a growing share Of atten-
kon and are very profitable. No case
hog cholera has ever been reported
this vicinity, and no other form Of
4sease has existed. so far as known.
DairyinE.
Dairying is profitable everywhere,
led heing abundant, ~pasturage costing
Rmost nothing. and the price paid for
utter and cream being practically the
Rme as where land is worth 800 per
ere.
No man has ever devoted his atten-
on to horses, hogs, cattle or sheep in
outh Dakota without making big mon
y and from this time forward the
rofits Of stock growers, under similar
p~nditions, will be materially increased.
Until recently but few corn-fed cat
e were shipped from the northern part
the state. The feeding was done in
rwa n Illinois, and the farmers OF
hose sections netted snug sums finish
ng Dakota cattle for the fat stock
Earket, But times are changed. Prob
ply three times as many cattle and
(ogs are being fattened in this vicinity
during any eason previous. Feed
Rn be raised here in almost unlimited
nantities. and the farmers are finding
pit that 1t pays to convert this feed
ITO beef and pork. Corn has been a
eglected crop. Most farmers have
cen raising only such crops as they
puld Instantly convert into cash. Now
hey are beginning to raise corn, and
hey find that the yield, when proper
ttention is paid to it, is almost as
feat as in those localities where moth
Pc but corn can be raised.
Corn.
Several farmers have reported that
hey raised corn last year that was
""N &c much in the market as the
IND on which it was grown. Forty to
Ity-bushel crops were common. and
lis In face of the fact that the outlook
pr a crop was never so poor in the
prlng, owing to late frosts.
When farmers IN the northern part of
putin Dakota fatten their own steers,
ne m Of Illinois and Iowa will be
eprived Of another source of profit, and
pe star Of empire will have logged sew
al points to the north and west.
Inc extent of the cattle industry in
orthern South Dakota can only be
armised. AS yet 1t is Impossible to
resent reliable figures, the state being
ltnout a statistical department. The
eilroad companies know about 1t from