The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-05
An Excellent Statement of the Progress Riches,
Income and Development of the State
During Last Ten Years
A STEADY GAIN is CLEARLY SHOWN
Over 600 Bushels of Corn-Breaks all Records-te
Bank Deposits Amount to 72,OOOOOO. Ninety
Per Cent of which Belongs to Farmers

The flax crop of the state this yea,
will in our estimation amount to over
1000, 600 bushels and will be worth
from SO, 900 to $40, 900, 600.
In the nine years, 19O0-l9OS both in.
cluded, this state has produced:
Corn to the value of +. $3.50, l59, ,00C
Wheat to the value of 239, 9,254, ,OOO
Oats to the value of =. 1856, ,OOO
Barley to the value of 46,92l, ,0OO
Rye to the value of :. -. 1898, 200
Potatoes to the value of 1880, 600
Flax to the value of 3O,52S, 600
Or a total of .... 1858, 800, 900
The Census Bureau estimates our
population June l, 1909, at 49S, 600.
We have therefore produced an aver
age of 81, ,l14.05 worth of cereals and
potatoes during the past nine years
for each man, woman and child in the
state now, or an average of 1923. SO
per year for each man, woman and
child in the state June 1, 1909.
Our population in 1900 was only
40l, 900 so that the actual average pro-
duction per capita for the period has
been much larger than this average
shows.
In 1908 we produced s195.9O worth
of these crops for every person living
in the state.
We had on our farms and ranges
June l, 1908, Sill, ,24O, 900 worth of live
stock or s223.4O for each resident of
the state. Taking this and the value
of the crop for 1908 it gives total of
s419.30 per capita.
| If we look at this from another
standpoint the figures will probably
be more applicable to the readers
comprehension. We have in the state
approximately 10000 farm families.
This does not include a large number
of school teachers, artezans and other
persons simply holding government
land under the federal statute for the
purpose of acquiring title, but not
cultivating it to any extent.
We produced in 1908, S97,50O, ,OOC
worth of different crops heretofore
mentioned, or 81 1925 for each family
in the state engaged in farming oper.
ations.
| We had on our farms and ranges
Sill, 240, 900 worth of live stock or ST.
856 worth per family. This does not
take into consideration the dairy pro
ducts of the state which were SS,5OO,-
600.
Hay worth s16,OOO,O0o.
Poultry and eggs worth IS, 500, 600.
Minerals and stone worth SO, 500, 900.
Vegetables and fruits worth So, 5OO,.
600.
Wool and hides worth $500, 900.
Honey worth 1925, 900.
The estimates of the products OF
the state for the past five years are as
follows: 1904, s1l6, 1872, 600; 1905, $780,.
1872, 900; 1906, s145, $4,000; 1907, $780,.
1898, 900; 1908, s1s5, 434, 900.
4 This estimate is borne out by the
fact that the railways actually shipped
| out of the state $9S, ,OS3, 900 worth Of
agricultural products during the veal
1908, exclusive of mineral and stone.
From these facts we find that in the
'iyear 1908 each farm family in thu
state produced $1,000 worth of agri
cultural products, and the people o1
the state produced 1872 worth of agri
cultural products, mineral and ston,
/ for each man, woman and child livin|
therein.
BANK DEPOSITS.
Il There probably isn't any one iten
that indicates more correctly the fl
nancial condition of a people than tn
bank deposits. South Dakota ha
scarcely any deposits from other state
as has the commercial centers sucl
as Minneapolis, Chicago, Omaha, etc
September l, 1909, the 472 stat
banks had individual deposits mot dc
posits of other banks) of s45, 1876, ,6s
2 and the 95 state and national bank
had deposits of 1926, $50, PAS, or tots
deposit by the individuals of the stat
2 of s72, ,59o,925 Basing our populatio
!. at 500, 900 this gives s145 individual d,
posits in the banks of the state fl
each man, woman and child.
? Another way to get at 1T is thi
$ The writer has talked with a gres
many bankers in the state in the la.
= year and in every instance they pla1
e their individual deposits as at lea
Z 50 per cent belonging to the farmer
9 This is a conservative estimate Of IL
: proportion Of the deposits which b
long to the farmers of the stat
Ninety per cent Of the gross is se:
33l, 900. With 10000 farm families
the state this means an average d
posit by the farmers Of 81, ,O9O per fa1
ltly Again South Dakota leads.