The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-01
A DOLLAR A YEAR
WILL KEEP STEER
Secretary RObinson'S Eloquent
Tribute to South Dakota

pSi inNHe. ilS Sllllic Dol llOIl cast
of the Missouri has been settled for
more than twenty years. The pio-
neer settlers were confronted by
new conditions. Many Of them,
who came to Dakota as homestead
ers, We're factory operatives and
tradesmen, wholly inexperienced in
agriculture. That many should fail
and g1'e up in Encouragement was
inevitable.
And, too, there were periods cal
culated TO try the hearts of the most
experienced Fire flood, drought,
seemed TO be the portion of the pio-
neer in every section and the gen
eral rule. But once tried out nature
turns to the pioneer a smiling coun-
tenance and showers the faithful
ones with many favors. So it has
been in Dakota. The men and
women who had the faith and cour-
age to stick it out have learned the
heart secret of the mother state and
she has given to them the blessings
of great happiness and prosperity.
She has taught them the trick of the
soil
Inch by inch she has yielded to
them for fruitful agriculture until
all her abounding domain blossoms
with rich harvest or nourishing
pastures, where uncounten herds
fatten on the lush grasses; and where
once the buffalo and the antelope
painted for water there now gush
from her bosom many hundreds of
never failing fountains, feeding pur-
ling streams and beautiful lakes,
about which spring groves to shade
and comfort the land. Even her
breath once, once hot and scorching
as a desert wind, has become soft
and humid. bearing frequent show
ers to refresh the earth.
In other words these years of oc-
cupation and experience have taught
the South Dakotan how to avail him.
self of the natural conditions and to
adapt his to the best ends, and in
this age, where material results are
the measures of all values, South
Dakota passes the extreme test, for
she yields to her people more per
capita wealth than any other COM
mon-Wealth.
To summarize in a paragraph the
advantages which South Dakota pre-
sents the homeseeker 1T may be said
that the soil is uniformity fertile, pro-
duclng fair returns Of all field crops
Indigenous to the north states.
Wheat growing is no longer a chief
deDendence, though a good average
crop may always be counted upon.
Corn is fast encroaching upon the
wheat field with most advantageous
results. Barley is a sure and profit.
able crop of growing Importance.
Flax is extensively and profitably
grown. Hay and fodder grow in
prodigious quantities and find pro.
fitable market for shipment. Dairy.
ing has revolutionized many sections
and is unquestionably the coming
great industry Of the state, already
adding millions per year to her
wealth. Cattle, hogs, sheep and
horses are turning thirty five mill.
ions per year into the Golfers of our
breeders, and feeders. 1t is the
great live stock paradise. for here.
"A dollar year will keep steer
These are some of the material ad.
vantages offered. On the other side
South Dakota offers a highly devel.
Noped citizenship, fully organized foi
all humanities. Schools, churches
universities, hospitals. intelligence
sobriety, morality, patriotism
Everything which combines to make
the home congenial, comfortable anc
prosperous. Doane Robinson.