The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24

their shipments of young stock In and
finished stock out, bu. 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 resources in this dir ection has
hardly begun.
The counties of Marshall, Day, Grant
and Roberts are also magnificent stock
sections, while Sphinx, Clark Faulk 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.
II. F. Henry, farmer living near
Britton. Marshall county, had an eX-
perience last fall that should open the
eyes Of farmers in this part of the state
to the amount 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 1-2
to 3 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 cents per pound, a gain of 2
cents n pound. But this gain does no.
represent the profit. When he turned
them into the corn they weighed an av-
erage of 1900 p.Jn6s each, or 100000
pounds. When he sold them they
showed a net gain of 100 pounds per
head
On the original 400 900 pounds ne
gained cents per pound. or $1,000. The
increased weight of the bunch was Ca
00C pounds, and on this he gained the
entire selling price of cents n pound,
or s.. 200 His total gain, therefore was
81 200. From this should be deducted
the value of the corn, which at most
did not exceed $1,000. while the expense
of herGing was trivial. Hea also ran
many hogs in the fields with The cattle.
anu II IL SNdlt'l o't Spoh auNiioiiNN NAieAS
the profit on the hogs alone paid for
the corn. The figures given are accu-
rate.
Money I'm FLAX.
Many farmers in Brown county last
fall harvested crops Of fax that were
worth more on the market tiGn the
land on which the crops were raised.
Dickerson Eros. the well known farm
ers near Putney, Brown county, sowed
200 acres to flax, and harvested $500
bushels. seventy acres of the land Civ
ing a yield Of over twenty-one bushels.
The price at which ii was sold has not
been learned. but at $l.20 per bushel,
which is about the lowest quotation the
seed has reached. IL would have netted
them S44. 200. better than 500 per acre or
more than the land would have cost
them had they bought il last spring.
Frank Sullivan. last spring, bought
what was known as the Dora Holland
land near Putnsy part of which lies in
the Big Slough, paying therefor $3.50.
Seventy acres of the land could he
cropped, and he leased il on shares for
crop of flax. The tenant furnished
the seed. labor, ETC.. and paid all the
expenses. and gave the owner one-fifth
of the crop. This Is a small share, APP
parently yet the share of the crop de-
livered TO him brought Mr.. Sullivan
s4s6. or as much as he paid for the land
and S36 in addition.
Just One Example,.
An Eastern investor in land recently
asked a farmer what he did in the way
of farming in South Dakota to make a
living. The farmer said to him:
IT take to the creamery the milk from
fifteen to twenty COWS. For this / get
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. S225 ! fatten each year
about forty hogs. which, at. present
prices gives me little over $500. I
generally have 100 acres OF wheat that
averages about twelve bushels r'er acre,
which gives me about $1,000. In addi-
ton To this. have some poultry and
eggs to sell. which pays a part OF our
grocery bills. | am doing well and l
don't know where | could do better. /
own three quarters of land. II is not
for sal
Excursions to Eureka.
d. b. Walker, excursion agent OF the
Milwaukee & ST. Paul road, will run
big excursion to Eureka on Sunday.
April 81 consisting of five trains of ten
coaches each, with from 5000 to 1000
excursionists-one train from Minneap-
oils, one from Chamberlain. one from
Charles City, one from Sioux City, and
one from Manila, Iowa. Accompany
ing the excursion will be the Minneap-
oils and Sioux City base ball teams.
An auditorium tent, seating 1900 peo-
pie, will be provided; also. two bands
to furnish music. In the afternoon
there win be a balloon ascension, with
a parachute jump by an aeronaut. Mr.
Walker has been most successful In
excursions for the road; but
this last one promises to excel past eff
Forts On hts mart