The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-28

..li a tale OF advancement NOR. s!o-
Acres under wh"a. g, a2I $50 500. 80
bushels wheat ."...5,5io, l1.2oo,%ap
Ngrys nnder oats il",9 49, :No'Usn
.icros ut.der barley 70. li,6to $3.50
nushvli barley .,,...., A05.3oo 2.3,c.i2o
The average yields for those SIX years
We're as follows:
bushels.
Wheat, per acre ................. 700.
Barley, per acre ..e.............. 2i.So
This does not include the great grain
growing province of Manitoba.
AS there is ut least % per ccat moro
land under crop this year 0loo5, on ac-
count Of the favorable spring for seed
ing, than there was last year. the crops
will doubtless reach these figures:
Bushels.
Wheat go 'n H
,,atS -s'u'n'o"
liarl"y S.NOo,oo"
Ii must be borne in mind that wheat
is the only grain exported c~astcrly to any
great extent. the local demand in Brit
iSh Columbia. the necessities OF the in
coming population for seed ana other
Wise consumes IL large portion of tho
"'iHt' E'p'uNb' l. iiNIlS Nv lA''N Wy
wheat at 60 cents. oats at 40. and bar
ley at 30, which are very conservative
figures, the value of the crop OF 1904 was
$lS,S25.6I This would give each farm
er established i'll the work we'll on 10
$1,000 for his years work. no this
must be added the receipts from the
sale of live stock, hay, dairy products.
roots, vegetables, etc, well on to llalt
as much more.
From a condition az nature, the two
provinces. though lying side by side and
extending from the 10Th to the Goth
parallel. have different climatic iutu-
cnccs, and as Il result are different in
their producing capabilities from econ
onlic points of view. Alberta lying next
the Rocky mountains. but mo<e especial
ly in its southern district. is affected hy
the Chinook or warm winds from tho
Pacific ocean. AS a result it has dryer
summer weather than its sister province.
and is not so much in favor as n grain
growing country, but is without question
Tho most favorable ranchins country on
the globe. Large tracts are leased nj
a mere nominal figure. and the herds
live out the whole winter through and
are invariably III excellent condition in
the 'round up or enumeration in the
spring. There are at least ~l5o,oOo.00u
aces o; free grazing lands in this wide
country. an area six times us great az
the combined areas Of all the Western
States.
Dairyin..
Many of the ranchers take mp farm
ing with the cattle industry and inci-
d~cntally d~airying as well. The latter
promises yet. profitable as the other
branches Of agricultural Industry may
be, to become II leader in farming wealth.
There is a system of d~airying establish
cd in the country under government con
troll, supervision and management that
relieves the farmers of much expense
and anxiety. Instead of being compelled
10 build structures for the care of milk
and its products. they simply turn their
milk over to the dairymen, who call for
it once n day, receive advances once Il
month on the butter and cheese, and Mt
the close of the season, or when the
years product is sold, balance up tine
accounts.
AS cattle double every third year, are
worth about $50 as 3-year-olds. and are
fed tho year through on the native prai-
RE, the doubter can rcndily understand
there are fortunes in runching and dairy
ing.
There is n class OF the community WHO
imagine the country must be subjected
10 much Inconvenience il not pr,vatiuM.
because of lack of fuel. Because the
country is prairie they conclude there
must be n complete absence of fuel. The
man who takes a trip over the country
is. however. soon relieved from ali anX-
iety on this score, as he finds all of the
rivers. many of the lakes and ponds
fringed with timber and often large
bluffs of fair sized timber in patches in
the open prairie, to say nothing of small
forests in many districts of the entire