The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-07-06

SUN uAClnlulcU III Lu0 SLdL0 OF south
Dakota. A great deal of this land lies
along the Missouri river, in the west.
ern section Of the state, where the
land Is well watered and the condi-
tions are ideal for a future home,
Settlers are daily buying up this land
at very reasonable price, and with
in year or two it will be about dou-
bled in valuation. Nearly all of these
lands are traversed by railroads, CIV
ing to the farmer an excellent mode of
carriage for his products to Eastern
markets or to other sections of the
state. He is practically certain of his
crops from year to year, for there has
yet to be shown a crop failure under
the conditions that are to be found In
South Dakota to-day.
Cattle growing and breeding is one
Of the biggest industries in the United
States to-day, and years ago when the
ranchman held sway on the fertile
plains of the prairies there was mono
to question his sway. His grazing
grounds covered thousands of miles;
his ranch houses were from twenty
five to fifty miles apart, and to him
the plains of South Dakota were
paradise. All Of this Is changed to-
day. The ranchman has given way to
the homesteader, who, with his 100
acres of land, can grazo his cattle in
safety and with profit. The nutri-
tious grasses of South Dakota upon
which the buffalo were wont to feed,
produce in time sleek, fine-looking
cattle for market. In no state in the
quality of blooded stock than in South
Dakota. This is evident to all cattle
men, and the manner in which South
Dakota grown cattle have won
against competitors proves this as
sertion to be a true one. Only last
year the value of the cattle shipped
from the farms and ranges of South
Dakota represented 100000. The
railroads moved out of the state 34,-
336 cars Of live stock. The value of
sheep and hogs shipped was also enor-
nous.
The Growth Of Dairylnq.
Together with the cattlegrowing in
dustry we must not overlook its COM
panion, dairying. With an abundance
Of feed on the ranges, for which the
pasturage is almost nothing, and all
other things being equal, good cream
and the best butter are to be found
In South Dakota. The prices secured
for these goods are as good as those
procured in other states, and there
Is always a good market for them, so
that there is excellent revenue from
the products Of the dairy.
Poultry raising has become quite a
business in South Dakota also. With
ideal climatic conditions and an ever
ready market for eggs, capons and
young poultry, the farmers have made
a mint of money. There is a good
Eastern market for these products of
the farm, the shipment last year rep
resenting s4,6O0,OOO. Raising poultry
during the winter months and with
the new inventions whereby chickens
can be Matched by the hundreds In
incubators, the farmer has gone into
this part of the business with vim
and profits that are surprising.
To look over what I have told you
and to consider it, and then also to
consider the honeycombing of the
state Of South Dakota with railroads,
one can see that the farm lands Of
South Dakota will in few years be
valued at great deal more than 800
per acre, and it is the man who gets
there to-day and does not wait until
tomorrow who is the gamer in the
end-Herbert Vanderhoof in Mime
apolis Journal.