The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-30

reaching the finish, beating ontssthe;
frost by ten days, as It has done for
the past ten years.
One of the surprisingly good ex-
hibits is that of Perkins county,
! which Is In charge OF J.. A. Stoner.
which stands just north of the west
side entrance. Perkins is one of the
new counties that is cut out of Butte
county and it has had but two years
to get a start in the agricultural
line. Its exhibit indicates many more
years than that. While some corn is
shown the exhibit runs more to the
smaller grains aud it is a remark
able showing. Perkins county seems
to indicate that it is going to jump
right into the agricultural business
without any delay. Bundles of wheat.
oats, flax, barley and rye tell the fine
story of successful crops in that cOun-
ty this year and in a few more years,
with cultivation, Perkins will
have made a fine advancement. The
fine potatoes, melons, squashes. etc.
indicate that the soil is thrifty along
this line. Mr.. Stoner is doing some
tall talking for Perkins and his home
town of Lennon, which is one Of the
newly developed towns on the Pacific
coast extension of the Milwaukee
road, and where a part of the regis
tration for the land in the Standing
Rock Agency is to be carried on.
Hyde county makes a speciality of
speltz, and flax, and this display is
something grand. Arranged in neat
bundles the northwest corner of the
building is we'll covered with these
products that make the story easily
believable of the richness of the soil
in that section. Samples of these
same grains are displayed in jars, and
represent a high type of production,
coming as they do mostly from the
state experiment station located at
Highmore. A great variety of vege-
tables is also displayed.
Hand, the sister county of Hyde,
is there with a display of its products
which marks the graduation from
the cattle country to the agricultural,
for it was but a few years ago that
the greater part of those counties |
we're devoted mostly to raising cat
tie on ranches. The scene, however, !
has been changed by the increased
rainfall in that section within the
past few years and now the pursuit
of agriculture is followed with the
same per cent of profit as in many
other parts of the state. The corn,
wheat, oats and all other grains are
there displayed and bears out the as-I
of the people of that section
that they r in the corn belt.
Over on the east side of the build
ing one first encounters the McCook|
exhibit and while 1t is not
very large it speaks e1oquently of the
soil producing proclivities of that
county. Arranged in a long neat
boxing row is the samples of corn
that are raised over there, and those
McCook county people take great
pride in what good corn is raised.I
Sixteen varieties are displayed in the|
exhibit and it bears the evidence OIL
good cultivation of the farmers oil
hat section. The smaller grains are
shown to indicate that these are Civ
IN their due attention, and the yields
show up with the best counties in that
of the state. With a fine dis
)lay of vegetables and some fruits
Y Is thus shown that McCook is
Its share to increase the
'e%sources of the state,
hutchinson county presents an
Exhibit of a general character and it
$ in charge of John Gross, who took
he responsibility og getting the ma
erial together to bring to the palace.
dr. Gross is engaged in the %nurseryI
business and takes more than the
ordinary interest in this matter. Hell
aid that wheat yielded from IL to
10 bushels per acre and oats from 2b
o so. and of a quality that is excel
ent. Mr.. Gross brought along al.
ample of cornstalks to show how
Ugh they grow down there, and his
ample measures 16 feet. The corn :
is good and all other yarie-
les from the field speak in the same ,
ashton. Mr.. Gross presents a dne dis
lay of apples, of which he has 35
.arteties, and they look just as fine /,
s any of the eastern or western {
can produce. He also has a
ample of the grapes which are /,
rown down there. and peanuts and
yalnuts. Hutchinson county ranks
Ugh up in The agricultural faI,e OIL
he state and it has a fine class of {
as shown by the exhibits. :
Stanley county, located west of the +
iyer, has on display many Of It's pro-
ucts and it is something Of a reyela- /.
on to see what is grown over there =
"a country that was once the hone =
+ the steer and agriculture was far !
emoved from any thought. G. Pfeif- =
#. of Kadoka, arranged the exhibit !,
nd Stanley county people ought to
eel grateful to him for giving it a
lace in the palace. They produced r
God corn. wheat. oats, barley and :
fine fax over that way, :
nd it is brought about through a =
borough cultivation of the soil and =
lenty of rain. Mr.. Pfeiffer says that 9
county is settling up fast
18th a fine class Of farmers who are :
udying the conditions Of the soil toll
ct the best possible results, and \
hat he has to show indicates that 9
ley are doing exceedingly well.
Pennington county in the western n
irt of the state made ITO fraf an. !.