The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-23
annual SPRING
ROUNDUP TO BEGIN
Stockmen West of Fort Pierre
Making Arrangements
for the Event.
RETIRE FARTHER WEST
Like the Indian, the Borders of Civ.
iIization Will Force the cattleman
Westward, Probably for the
Last Time.

Fort Pierre, S. D., March 22-l'he
stockmen in the region west of here
are making preliminary arrangements
for the annual spring rounGups of cat
tie and horses in such regions as yet
are devoted to the raising of stock. A
number of wagons will be operated by
the stockmen this year, and everything
ia the line OF cattle and horses will b.
rounded up in the territory directly
west of here. The incoming of thous-
:inds of new settlers, who for months
have been occupying the entire region
through which the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul and the Chicago and
Northwestern railroads are extending
their lines from the Missouri river 10
the Black Hills, has sounded the death
knell of the cattle raising business over
a wide extent of country west of Fort
Pierre. Stockrasers are gradually be
ing forced to abandon their old range
and retire with their herds to the more
remote portion of western South Da
kota. where they for the time being at
least will be safe from the invasion
of railroads and settlers. The stock
men will soon hold IL meeting for thu
purpose of determining upon the dat
when the roundup will commence.
TO TEST GRASSES.
Gary, S. d.. March % Professor w,
A Wheeler of the South Dakota Agri
cultural college, spent some time at
this place comforting With M. +. Gree
ley in reference To the coming season. )
experiments at the sub-statioa which
the agricultural college conducts at
Highmore. The sub-station is devoted
largely to experiments With drouth-
resisting grains and grasses. The idea
of establishing the sub station orisi
mated with MIR. Greeley. and while II
member of the state senate he intro
duced and successfully carried through
the Legislature the measure providing
for the establishment of the station.
in view of this he always has taken II
deep interest in the result of the eX
periments carried on at the Highmore
station, and has made many very val
uable suggestions as TO varieties OF
grains and grasses to experiment with.
The work of the sub-station was never
li"re important than now, when thou
sands of new settlers are occupying the
vast region between the Missouri river
and the Black Hills in western South
Dakota. AS many thousands of acres
in that region will this season be de-
voted to crops for the first time, it is
important that the new settlers, occu-
pying as they are a heretofore untried
region so far as crop raising is con-
cerned, provide themselves with seed
which the experiments at the High
more station have demonstrated will
be the best for them in that new coun-
try. During the coming season the
sub station will continue experiments
along the line of bringing out and de-
veloping plants, forage, tillage, rota-
tion, etc, best adapted to the newer
portions of South Dakota. which be-
cause of their non-cultivation in the
past may not receive so much rainfall
during the season as the parts of the
state which for years have been under
cultivation.