The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-03

all III eleVen WEEKS Two young 5leHOWe
did this last year.
Fortunes for "Feeders.''}
FEEDERS who fatten cattle with corn
make fortunes. It, costs more, however,
and preparing 5000 steers for market may.
cost altogether about $4,000, but if a
fairly good sale is, made they will sell
for from s16o,0oo TO 100000 Fine stock
breeders with THEN herds of Shorthorns,
Herefords and Polled Angus are scat.
tered all over the state. Registered
yearling bulls Sell to local farmers for
SIS to $780, apd heifer calves from $40
to 500. -: @ 3s = .ss IS i r 4 %ss.s
~ p - Climate and Soil. - '4rti- ~@
There is nowhere in the United States
a more healthfulH climate than in South
Dakota, The air is dry, pure and inVig-
orating.: and people from the east find de-
light in inhalingg its health giving prop
critics. There is seldom "a heavy fall of
snow. !; Travelling, is nearly always good
and with, the. pure dry atmosphere. zero
weather is more. enjoyable than the hot
days of July and August. Spring com ::
mences earlier than in the east. Seed
ing some seasons is. done in February.
Generally March and April finds this part
Of the work we'll along. as April. May and
June are the months in which the great
est amount Of moisture falls. July and
August are the dry months and farmers
have no trouble saving their crops, owing
to the dryness of the atmosphere and no
rainfall during these months.
The wheat raised in this section is the
finest in the world and commands the
highest market price. The soil is rich,
alluVial loan, from one to five feet deep.
underlayed with a clay subsoil. An an
alysis shows the soil to be composed of
silica. lime, potash soda, phosphoric acid.
nitrogen and vegetable humus. making
one of the strongest soils known, and crop
after crop has been raised without any
intermission although fertilizing pays
wherever tried. The ground is rolling,
and mixed farming can be carried on at
less expense than in any country on
earth There are farms in this section
that have been producing successive crops
OF wheat and other grains for fifteen
years. and to-day are as productive as
ever, although most farmers alternate
from corn to smaller grains with good
results.
| While here as elsewhere some things
| grow better than Others it may be. said
there is no cereal, vegetabl or flower
| grown in this latitude of the United
States which will not grow in South Da-
| kota. The vast majority of the people
are engaged in farming and stock rails
| ing, and this must always be the occupa
! ton of those who make their home in
South or North Dakota. AS agriculture is
the basis of all wealth, Dakota is DIES.
| tined to be prosperous commonwealth
| AS yet only a small part of the land is
under cultivation ,.> .....
! Governor Herreid speaks well for his
state when he says: ,.
AS an agricultural state we are pro
foundly interested in popular education
along lines pertaining to economic prOduc
ton. The spirit of Improvement and prog
ress is abroad in the land, ON the rancl
and on the farm The home Of the farme
is more and more becoming the abode O
comfort happiness and contentnient I'm
proved machinery. good roads. the farm
er's telephone and rural mail delivery will
in the near future make farming not Onl.
more remunerat tive, but delightful occu
patton. These changing conditions ar
| to some extent responsible for the increas
ing. values. of farm lands.
To the pioneer Who may be tempted t
fsellS at present Spricsssthe farm which In
Gle Sam has given, him, let me make