Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-02-15

some friends. Taking it all in all Mr..
Thornber says it was the time of his
life.
r. B. Fursier was able to be out
Monday after an illness of about two
weeks.
An auction sale of personal pro-
perty, consisting of horses, cattle, and
farm machinery will be held on the
old Milks farm 3 miles north and |
mile east of Manchester on Monday,
February 25th.
p. Randklev came down Satur-
day from his claim near Wendt, about
20 miles west of Pierre, for a visit
with De Smet friends. p. A. has lost
70 pounds of flesh since he became a
"farmer". He looks better and says
he feels like a new man.
From the Bryant News We learn
that Geo. Cole sold his residence in
Bryant to Martin Anderson of Camp
bell county, a brother-in-law of E. A..
Syverson, and will give possession
next month. Mr.. Cole and family
expect to leave for Colorado where
they expect to make their future
home.
Special meetings will begin at
the Congregational church next Sun
day evening, Special music will be
one of the features of these meetings
and especially Sunday evening. The
meetings are to be conducted by the
pastor, Rev. Z. H.. Smith, who will be
assisted by Rev. Long, of Huron, and
by Rev. A. HI. Seymour. Another
feature of the meetings will be a half
hour devoted to social conversation
after the close of each meeting. This
is something of a departure, but it
strikes us as being the proper thing.
The meetings will be held every night
except Saturday. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to all.
Several farmers, who make
farming as much of a business as the
banker does of banking, have compli-
mented us on our suggestions in re-
gard to barley, and especially in
regard to selecting the seed. In
speaking of the value of barley, oats
and corn, the farmers told us we for
got to mention one important item,
the straw. We did not forget, but
we did not mention it because we
know very little about the relative
values of rough feed. The value, we
presume, would depend largely upon
the care taken of it, and the facilities
for consuming it. This a part of the
farming business that comes from ex-
perience in the stock feeding depart
ment. We know a good steer or a
good hog when we see it, but we have
not the nerve to attempt to tell the
practical farmer just how to produce
it at the least expense. But to return
to the matter of oats and barley. At
the present time they are the best
money crops this section can raise
and, if the straw is of any consider
able value, it is only IN additional
profit to the farmer. We maintain
also, that the prospects of demand
for these crops next season are better
than the wheat prospects. 1t is the
home demand that is making prices
for these grains. The present price
of oats would indicate that there is
very little, if any stock, to be carried
over into the next season. Any well
informed grain dealer will tell you
that the receipts of barley from Iowa,
Minnesota, and South Dakota are now
IL. 100000 bushels short of what was
expected, as compared with last year
1--WE get this information from a malt
ing firm at Manitowoc, Wis., This
being the fact. and the furthur fact
that we do not have to look to foreign
demand to make us a price on a sur
plus, IS is the case with wheat, makes
the raising of oats and barley an at
tractive proposition.