The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-09-19
DAKOTA WHEAT Is RECOGNIZED
EVERYWHERE AS THE VERY
BEST.
OUTPUT INFLUENCES PRICES
BARLEY, OATS AND FLAX lMPOR.
TANT CROPS RAISED At
SMALL COST.

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invest in South Dakota's rapidly ad-
.vancing land.
The natural productions of South
Dakota embrace everything of real
substantial value belonging to the
western continent and the north tenn
perate zone, from golden grain to
golden nuggets, and from the grasses
of the prairie to the granite of .4e
cliffs.
T~wo-thirds of the people of South
Dakota are engaged in some of the
departments or 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 we'll as in those of London,
Berlin and Paris.
G~rain-raising will, of course, never
be abandoned in South Dakota, be-
the conditions here favor the
production Of
Four Staples.
The finest wheat in the world;
The heaviest oats in the world;
Thu hriohtnc< hor1oy IN %h1 would.
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
bushel. The superb quality of Dakota
wheat is well established and generally
known. At the worlds exposition in
New Orleans, in 1SS4-5, 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 a higher price a
bushel than any other wheat grown,
and yet 1t 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 chemis-
try of the United States department
of agriculture for 1884 contains the
result Of an analysis OF 2,759 speci-
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 inves-
tigation 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
best in the world. The average per-
centage Of albuminoids in the wheats
of the all the United States and Brit
ish America is 1915; in South Dako-
ia it is 1895, leading every state and
territory. The average percentage of
water in the wheats Of the United
States and Canada is 1915; the aver
g percentage of water in South Da-
kota wheat is but S.S4, leading every
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ed States except West Virginia, whose
average is S.55.
The Most and Best.
These experiments demonstrate two
important truths: First, that a bar
rel of South Dakota wheat flour will
make. more bread than the same guam
tity Of wheat raised in any other state
of territory in the union; second, that
bread made from South Dakota -four
contains more gluten and other of the
materials which nourish and build up
the human body than bread made
from flour Of any other kind.
Other experiments prove that South
Dakota -four made from No. l hard
wheat, cured naturally, contains 3 per
cent less moisture than California
-four made from wheat dried in kilns,
and will make practically more bread.
As compared with common grades OF
Eastern -four, the difference in bread
producing qualities amounts to no
less than fifteen pounds OF bread in
every hundred pounds of -four in favor
of the South Dakota product.
No Lack of Fruit.
Up to within a few years the aver
age South Dakota farmer looked upon
fruit culture as a very uncertain and
improbable undertaking, but has
now turned his attention in this direc-
ton, and now, from all parts of the
state come encouraging reports show
ing that the cultivation and care Of
the orchard is becoming a prominent
factor in diversified farming.
It has been clearly demonstrated
that South Dakota can easily raise,
both for home use and for export, an
abundance Of apples, plums, cherries,
grapes, pears, peaches, apricots,
gooseberries, currants, strawberries
and other small fruits.
Port Columbia Burning.
Astoria, Or, Sept 13.-Port Column
bia. Wash, is on fire, a result Of the
prairie fires raging in that part of the
country. A steamer has left here to
render assistance.