The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-09-18
THE FINEST CROP OF CEREALS
DAKOTA WHEAT is RECOGNIZED
EVERYWHERE AS THE VERY
BEST.
OUTPUT INFLUENCES PRICES
BARLEY, OATS AND FLAX IMPoR-
TANT CROPS RAISED AT So
SMALL COST.

The eastern farmer who feels him
self cramped for room cannot do bet
ter than sell his high-priced farm and
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 ,Ae
cliffs.
Two-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
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
bushel. The superb quality of Dakota
wheat is well established and generally
known. At the worlds exposition in
New Orleans, in 1S84-5, 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
bushel than any other wheat grown,
and yet IL is raised at 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. U.
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
tact 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
lsh 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 10.16: the aver
age percentage of water in South Da-
kota wheat is but S.S4, leading every
competitor in this respect in the Unit
ed States except West Virginia, whose
10 QRE