Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-09-18
FOR GRAIN RAISING
SOUTH DAKOTA OFFERS ApvAN.
TAeEs ExcELLED BY NO
OTHER STATE.
THE FINEST CROP or CEREALS
DAKOTA WHEAT Is RECOGNIZED
EVERYWHERE AS THE VERY
BEST.
OUTPUT INFLUENCES PRICES
BARLEY, OATS AND FLAX lMPoR.
TANT CROPS RAISED AT
SMALL COST.
OUTPUT INFLUENCES PRICES

APSu " iOOm CANNOT 90 D2L-
Ter h sell his high-priced farm and
invest in South Dakota's rapidly ad-
vancing land.
Inc natural productions of South
dakota embrace everything of real
substantial value belonging to the
western continent and the north tenn
perate zone, from gorden grain to
golden nuggets, and from the grasses
OF the prairie to the granite of .Ae
cliffs.
TWo-th:rds Of the people of South
Dakota are engaged in some Of the
departments OF branches of agricul-
ture. In the products of the field, the
garden and the pasture, this state is
destined to take pre-eminent rank. AL
ready her productions have had a
marked influence upon the commerce
OF the country the markets of the
world. South Dakota's wheat is
known everywhere, and the output
here influences prices in Chicago,
New York and Liverpool. South Da-
kota -four is celebrated on both sides
Of the Atlantic and is used in the
households of Boston and New Or
leans as well as in those of London,
Berlin and Paris.
Grain-raising will, Of course, never
be abandoned in South Dakota, be-
cause the conditions here favor the
production Of
Four Staples.
the finest wheat in the world;
The heaviest oats in the world;
The brightest barley in the world;
The richest and oiliest fax IN the
world.
Wheat is South Dakota's principal
agricultural product, and doubtless
will always be her chief staple, owing
to the extremely favorable conditions
which prevail for raising the best quail
ity at the lowest possible cost per
bushei. The superb quality Of Dakota
wheat is well established and generally
known. At the worlds exposition in
New Orleans, in 1884-5, Dakota was
awarded first premium for wheat over
competitors from all the famous
wheat-growing countries of the world.
Dakota hard wheat-a grade by itself
usually commands q higher price a
bushel than any other wheat grown,
and yet it is raised at a less cost here
than in any other section Of the coun-
try. The cost Of producing a bushel
of wheat in South Dakota ranges from
"a to 40 cents on farms indifferently
titled.
The report of the bureau Of ckemis-
try of the United States department
o-.Io,Ik,,nn Cow 1904 contains fhn
result of an analysis of 2,759 spect-
mems Of wheat, among which were in
cluded samples from every state OF
the union and many foreign countries.
The result of this very valuable 1nVes-
iigatiou establishes the important
fact that in dryness and richness in
albuminoids, South Dakota wheat
ranks the best of any grown on Amer
lean soil. and probably averages the
hest in the world. The average per-
rentage of albuminoids in the wheats
NJ the all the United States and Brit
lsh America is 1915; in South Dako-
Ia it Is 14.95, leading every state n
3 territory. The average percentage or
water in the wheats OF the United
states and Canada is 1915; the aver
age percentage of water in South Da-
kota wheat is but 8.84, leading every
competitor in this respect in the Unit
ed States except West Virginia, whose
average Is S.55.
The Most and Best.
These experiments demonstrate W
! imnortant truths: First, that a bar
rel Of South Dakota wheat flour will
maize more bread than the same guam
titv of wheat raised In any other state
NJ territory in the union; second, that
broad made from South Dakota flour
contains more gluten and other OF the
materials which nourish and build up
tba human body than bread made
from -four of any other kind.
other experiments prove that South
Dakota -four made from No. l r
wheat, cured naturally, contains 3 per
cont Less moisture than California
6our made from wheat dried in kiins,
and will make practically more bread:
.s compared with common grades OF
Eosteru -four, the difference in bread
n~roSucing qualities amounts to no
pns" +hon afteen pounds Of bread In
every hundred pounds OF nour III ia'of
of the South Dakota product
NO Lack or FRUIT.
II, IN within a few years the aver
noe South Dakota farmer looked upon
ss,,t+ culture as a very uncertain and
unnroftable undertaking, Blu mas
now turned his attention in this direc-
80 and now, from all parts OF the
state come encouraging reports snow,
;n1 that the cultivation and care OF
ing y orchard is becoming a prominent
factor in diversified farming.
r. has been clearly demonstrated
49, South Dakota can easily raise
nodb for home use and for export an
oSsI of apples, plums, cherries
anas pears, peaches, apricots,
so%osseDerries, e=urraats' strawberries
ana other small fruits.
Port Columbia Burning.
Astoria. Or, Sept 13.-Port Column
,,a wash. is On fire, . result OF tne
o Ora;ris Ares raging in that part OF tne
pr ra,rtT 4 steamer has left here to
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