Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-27

factor. The diversity of cereal crops
suited TO stock feeding. the abundance
of products from the mills, and the easy
distance by freight a ideal condi-
tons for finishing stock for the market.
One OF the best laid principles of g
riculture is that all products raised or
the farm should be fed on the farm.
thus preserving the natural fertility OF
the soil. 1t this principle were fol-
lowed to the letter ii wouldl mean vast
ly more live stock on she farms of the
northwest than at present. The farm
OF $50 acres, which Is about the average
for the locality under discussion, now
supports about one-third the stock
which could be supported We're all the
products of the farm to be fed there
aud then what immensely greater crops
could be grown than are grown. Farm
ers are only beginning TO comprehend
the value of intense farming. Instead
of being satisfied with a crop of hf-
teen bushels OF 60-cent wheat from an
acre people are now demanding returns
OF much larger proportions. Dairyings
stock raising n stock feeding offer
grand opportunities for profitable firm
ing n each industry is-receiving due
attention from its followers.
The contention often met with is
that the northwest cannot grow corn
and that stock feeding Is out OF the
4hGStiOA Ntlfi0ut IL. oQtl VI tUtSC ~
gurnent can be successfully refuted.
In the first place the northwest does
grow corn. No one will dispute that
question in regard to Iowa. South Da-
kota is within the corn area without
question. yellow dent varieties of corn
mature as far north as Crookston.
Mimi, and Fargo. ". u. Flint corn does
well even farther north and Ii is only
a question of a few years when varie-
ties of corn will be found. or bred up
IL necessary, that viii yield as heavily
In the Red River valley and west as
do the varieties now grown in northern
Iowa and Minnesota The corn belt has
moved northward IS to 100 miles dur
ing the past decade and progress has
hardly begun. Corn Will yet be grown
in the Canadian provinces. Varieties
and methods are sure to be developed
that Will make corr a profitable crop
all through this section. IL not for the
crop OF ears at least for fodder and
ensilage.
Our Canadian neighbors have sue
cessfully grown hogs and fattened cat
tie for years almost entirely without
corn. Investigations appear TO show
that all classes OF stock made better
growth on a diet from which corn has
largely been eliminated. AT least IT can
be made q minor factor In the ration
where other suitable grains can be had.
To sum up the situation. we have
a splendid variety Of grains aud
grasses, rich soil, abundant water.
cheap shelter, progressive citizens and
good markets 60 put against a cold but
dry winter season. Mill feeds and oil
cake, screenings from the elevators
and gluten feed from starch and sugar
factories are being exported in large
Quantities TO the east, and even to
Europe. These products fed at home
and supplemented with the root crops
which may SO easily be grown will
provide conditions and feeds for stock
growing which cannot be duplicated.
Professor Boss is the live stock ex-
port at the. agricultural experiment
station OF the University of Minnesota,
ST. Anthony's Park