Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-28

But there is another cron for wiz; >,
u'n paAota IS noted. and which sur
PASSES mat or corn, and this is wheat
,4as' year the wheat crop of South Da-
No'a represented the enormous amount
W 4o'll0oOO bushels, the value heino
s2o'Ozl,ooo. There are thousands ~
aeies OF land in the state that wear
.'l'ef year are giving from Twenty-Five
~ loFty bushels to the acre. and that
never need an ounce of fertilizer
men the ease of harvesting and cult
Sa1lon with modern machinery is con-
'luered 1t can readily be seen that
sinall fortunes have been made during
0He past year growing wheat.
Asiue from the above two crops. hav
nolas the third place, with value of
Sl2,o00,0O0. and oats comes next
with such richness in the soil as we
hho" there is in South Dakota lands,
ana yielding such large crops, it must
necessarily follow that cattle raising
III South Dakota is comparatiyelv
easy, and that good remuneration must
iolio" this department of farming. The
pest Friend of man, the horse. is bred
IN South Dakota much more cheaply
IMAM any place else, not even excepting
kentucky. Where you polish off hogs
on corn for the market there is an i'm
mense profit for hog cholera in South
dakota is a totally unknown quantity.
sheep grow fat upon the plains and
ranges, and are sold at comfortable
margin. Cattle bring big money. for
they are we'll fed upon the ranges, and
with abundance of corn present a good
appearance for marketing. According
TO figures compiled by the United
States authorities, live stock per capita
IN South Dakota is valued at S16O,
Iowa being second, with a valuation of
S122.
Other Advantages of the State.
Aside from the field crops and cattle,
South Dakota has produced some good
fruit crops, though not of wonderful
nature. There is one orchard in Tur-
ner county twenty-five years old, which
alone produced something over $4,000
bushels of apples in ore season, rival
ing the big apple crops of New Eng
land and New York But it must be
remembered that South Dakota is very
young, and, as the years roll onward
and farmers become more interested in
the growing Of fruits, the crops VIII
increase. The land, climate and other
things necessary are admirably suited
for the growing of fruits, such as pears,
apples, cherries and plums, and album
dant crops may be grown. An attempt
has been made to cultivate oranges and
bananas, but this has met with failure.
The state is now attracting greater
degree Of attention from men who are
seeking homes than at any other Pc
Rod in it's history. Everywhere I tray
eled in the state the trains are crowded
by men from the East and the middle
Western states, who were there for the
purpose of buying land and starting
new homes Many of these men were
pushing out along the lines Of new
railways that are being constructed
and that are opening up a section of
the state that has hitherto been diff
cult of access. There is where land liz
the cheapest and where the free home
stead lands abound. But many Of the
newcomers prefer to remain in the old
err settled portions of the state, where
the land has been cultivated, and where
it's crop capacity is no longer a subject
of doubt. In these counties land can
be bought in any quantity for from
SIS an acre up, and 1t is a common
thing for the farmer to pay for his land
from his first seasons crop.-Herbert
Vanderhoof in Minneapolis Journal.