Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-11
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Rich Ia Soil Rich IN Mineral Values and The Most Resource
hil Section Ever Warmed Into Productiveness
The sg growth development Of the state Of South Da
koa most interesting Its 1850 miles part OF the
great purchase which Jefferson bought for
s. $I5,OdOooO Dakoa crop last brought 1913,
s farms were opened "a e NV Mna y NOW ra n1 1 n
be Dakota Territory divided in 1885, and the
Foryears the talk the Thomas that the climate
and that the state could never become an
have demonstrated that wherever the
pillow goes, wherever planted fall increases
you the with the state that has produe
ed for eight consecutive wealth capita than any other
Whats the with the that has money PEI
capita banks than any stte What the matter with
state that has fower idle capita e
neither north far south Her climate is the same as
southern better In thirty there has been
two deep SHOWS eleven winters which
and winters in which
very little The rainfall for the past
by the station y inches
than II inches of this falls the six growing
year The soil Of the Missouri river rich
deep black loan undertake. by porose OF clay
grasses unsurpassed cattle and horses
and sheep ten without the that produced the
buffalo Of only twenty Timothy clover and
alfalfa and Kentucky blue fast getting foohold Blue
grass follows civilization,
Dakota does claim be wheat state
more mixed farming She produces the great
quantities wheat oats barley flax ez potatoes
Ae fruit horses cattle and dairy products sheep wool and hogs
raised 80 49 55 bushels Of wheat which sold
81 557 Bushels of oats WORTH SD SOL 1885,
bushels Of barley which brought So 3So97
worth 0O0 455s708 bushels Of spe worth ST. 6l2
poultry worth 900 and bushels Of corn
with average yield for the of 80 bush
South Dakota laid claim being crop pro
duoing yet she produces than all the six New Eng
land and the great Empire state OF New York. New Jersey,
Delaware North Dakota Montana Idaho Utah. Washington
gon, California Colorado and Wyoming combined
Second South Dakota than Minnesota, Mich
gan Or Wisconsin.
It may know that Dakota
sold loads of horses CATTLE hogs and sheep 1906 which
into the people Of this state
Illinois Iowa. and Indiana called hog states and Wisconsin
state South Dakota hog state state, she is
both hog state and According to the figures furnish
ed blythe United States authorities live stock per capita South
Dakota valued at sIeo and the rich long settled Iowa
second with the valuation sI22 The poultry business alone
worth $5,OOO,OOO to the
beginning t. raise fruit Last South Dakota
raised 217 600 bushels of apples and orchard of $50
Hurley Turner county produced 2Ae 600 bushels Of apples
Syery child resident within the South
cattle e sheep and flock If chickens 50 bushels If wheat 100
bushels 10 bushels Of barley, go bushels of
orh Fl cold bullion The value of the real and
Of South akotas 81 4o every and child residing
within the borders of the state
ask the eadef he thinks there anything
" the with the climate people the pro-
duces these things and shows these results
There other things greater than
stle hogs and dollars.
The homes the schools the churches and the character Of the
people the the real after all The quality
citizenship OF the South Dakotan unsurpassed the
the Quickest from other and from the nations
and always tie
South Dakota like the Of the Children
from land of beautiful supplied
many comforts Of life This
homes 28s Of them owned by the occupants and
Truly, South Dakota
Dakota public schools her chiefest pride
planted white before they
with than house She today
colleges normal schools and her institutions
doing good them The public school
1914 aud loaned at five and per
belonging the school Yet
estimated that the total school fund will
yielding the people Of the state 1925 600
sto assiat maintnnng the public schools
Of the hatering condition
Che full peoples money
bank failure within years. We Just