The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-30
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S..=.sT1AURSpAI e. SEPT. 80. 1908.
sf1POsiUM m GRAIN
ATaheAvarious County Exhibits Tell
Story O south Dakota's Boun-
tiful Crop Year.
Corn, Wheat GOATS, Rye. Barley,
With Fruits and Vegetables
Makes Magnificent Display.
he Exhibits are Viewed With Much
Interest and the Counties are
Well Advertised.
he Exhibits are Viewed With Much

40 Accomplished luFOuSU luS VARIOUS
counties of the state which bring
their products to the palace and there
display what has been raised. There
are quite a few eastern people in
Mitchell for the week, and they seen
to take the keener interest in inspect.
ing the great varieties of corn, wheat
oats, barley. fax. the fruits, the vege-
tables and the big pumpkins which
are raised on South Dakota soil.
Some have been here before and
others have not. but the interest OF
each seems to be about the same.
Those who have been here before
are pelased to learn that the state is
keeping up with the march of pro-
gress in the agricultural line. They
nee that the corn is better, that the
ears are larger and have assumed
more the shape of the successful corn
countries of the east. Those people
who : making their initial visit
to Mitchell look in wonder at the
products, They have been lead to
believe that South Dakota was still
part OF the great American desert
which they learned in their geogra-
\ phiesHyears ago. and 1t has taken a
trip out here to dispel that illusion
from their minds.
Through the medium of the county
exhibits inSthe palace the atmosphere
has been clarified in the east; those
people are more ready to accept the
statements about our resources with
0ut the affdavit of a justice of the
peace attached; the farmers of Illi-
noiS, indiana and Iowa have yielded
In their attitude toward South Dako-
tAs and In all parts of the state you
VIII md farmers from each state
ttlling the soil and making good
money. And 1t can be said to their
credit that they have been success
ful ii their Work--have raised farm
Ing to q higher degree than when
farming operations were commenced
here twenty-five years ago.
There tsgOne industry in the state
which Is not shown ct the palace and
that 10 the stock industry, which in
tho spast#1eW years has come forward
esOne OF the very best things yet,
and this isS due to the fact that corn
can be raised in such abundant guam
titles. The two#work hand in hand
together and the stock could not sur
vive without the soil produced the
corn With the dairy and the beef
cattle the mortgaRes have been lifted
and the farmer has started a bank
account which has been growing in
rood proportions in the past FIVE
years. South Dakota is on the top
wave OF prosperity and 1t has left be-
hind the memory Of the days when
EcrppssWere poor and the people we're
poorer.
Ten counties have displayed their
agricultural exhibits in the palace
building and many of them show rare
sstasto and skill In their arrangement.
Ia the southwest corner Of the
building IL old Clay county, which
has been settled up for the past Atty
years-so It 10 Just like an old farm
ing community which is well estab-
sslished In the business through the
succession OF years OF good crops.
Clay county soil Is said never to he
sa failure. and the products shown in
the exhibit bear out the story with,
saccurateness. E. ". Kent Is in charge
of the Clay county. exhibit. and heI
zlivessaat Burbank. one Of the small
towns Ia that county. The exhibit is
large one and has been arranged
no asSto display the grain well. There
ar9 samples OF wheat which have
averaged from 20 to as bushels per
aefe,. With#oatss running from SIS to
SA0Tbnshsls and rye 18 to 30. But 4.
siss on corn that Clay county pridesl
itself The samples shown are fine,
hut Mr.. Kent says they are not upI
to the standard Of his county owing
g tho fact that there was 20 much
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