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throughout the agricultural portion or
the state. There seems to be little cues
ton that the acreage devoted to wheat
and oats'will be materially increased over
that of last year. AS a reason for this
intention to increase the wheat and oat
acreage the farmers point to the COM
paratively high price of the two cereals,
and express the opinion that the war in
the east will be Of long duration aud
perhaps extend to other powers, thus
creating a demand for American wheat
Should this prove to be the case, raisers
of feed, hogs and cattle also expect to be
benefited, and are preparing to devote
more attention to those branches.
The state land department has just
| sent to the different state intitutions the
returns from leases of endowment lands,
| which are set aside for the support Of
| those institutions. The total amount sent
out was S19,662.64, which is S2,122
greater than the amount sent out at the
same time last year. This fund is all
| from leases of lands of the different in
| stitutions. The amounts to the different
| institutions were: Aberdeen normal
| S1,03020; Vermillion university, 81
| 592.02; agricultural college, $6S9.Tl
| deaf and dumb school, 1,250.60; reform
| school. 81, T24.64; Madison normal, ST.
| 0S2 43; Springfield normal, $1,91S.ST;
Spearfish normal, S1,0S2 40; northern
| hospital, $921.0S; blind asylum, S469.17;
school of mines. $701.24.
While the prevalence of mango in many
| sections of the state is causing a great
| deal of discussion as to the best way to
| treat cattle affected. in the northwestern
| part private enterprise is going ahead to
| handle it practically. At several points
| large dipping tanks are being, or hare
| been constructed, where the cattle own
| ers can dip their stock at a small price
| per head. Two years ago this disease
| caused a great deal Of trouble in west
| ern Sully County, but the dipping tank
| was constructed, and the proper methods
| used for the past two years has elm
| mated it from that section. The same
| methods will stop the disease in any sec
| don.
Following is a summary of the bust
ness transacted by the Chamberlain
| United States Land Office for the month
| Of March; 1873 original homestead entries,
| for 20,S50 acres; final homestead
| proofs, for 9S8 acres; sc commuted
! homestead proofs for 7,445 acres; or a
total of POI entries and 29,2S3 acres dis
| ,osed of. During the quarter ending
! April / the business was as follows: Ala
original homestead entries for 61,S25
acres; III final homestead proofs for L.
49, acres; 157 commuted homestead
| proofs for S5,S47 acres. Considering
that the period covered is winter months
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satisfactory.
Stockmen on the great ranges Of west
ern South Dakota expect more activity
in the horse raising business this year
than ever before. Just at present the
horse raisers are riding the range and
gathering up saddle horses, the intention
being little Later to gather together
everything in the horse line which they
own. A meeting of horse raisers will
soon be called for the purpose of arrang-
ing for a general horse roundup. An eff
fort will be made to secure the co-opera-
| ton of the horsennen on the Upper
Cheyenne River and on White River, so
they will run wagons at the same time
| and exchange representatives.
title to desirable tract of land at Fort
Pierre, the intention being to construct
| county building and court house on the
| grounds. 1t is now proposed to purchase
large building at Pierre, move it to the
tract purchased by the county and re-
model it into a county building. At
| present the county rents quarters for its
officials, and whenever the sheriff has a
1 lplcpnnr in a,Ict ODD no he re- 70
in the Jail of an adjoining county for
safe keeping. All this costs a large sum
| annually, which would be saved if the
county had building and Jail of its own.
| Up to the present the only effort to
sink artesiap wells west of the Missouri
River this side of the Black Hills sec
| ton, is well at thesMcClure ranch on
| Cedar Greek about fifteen miles south
| of Fort Pierre. The people of Lyman
County are discussing the question Of ar
tesian fow, and are waiting for some one
to make start. If it is proven the wells
| can be secured in that county, number
of those who own large ranches will go
| after the flow, and tap the underground
stream which appears. to be general all
over South Dakota.
The drillers at the artesian wen at
Pierre nave reached the second flow in
the well at depth Of 1850 feet, and ex-
pect to get to the main flow within a few
days.
Those who are settling west of the
Missouri River are taking kindly to fax
as the best sod crop, and large acreage
will be put in this year. From ali re-,
ports the heaviest cropping in that sec
ton this year will be fax and corn.
Those who tried sod corn last year re
ceived yields which encourages them to