The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-12-23
STILL in THE LEAD
SOUTH DAKOTA REMAINS TIL
REMNANT BEARER IN PER
CAPITA WEALTH
GOOD SHOWING FOR YEAR
The State Statistician Reviews States
Products For Present Year
and Declares Showing
Is Very Good

FlerTe-Doane Robinson, OF the
state department of history, issuing
his tenth annual review of the PFC
gress of South Dakota, says:
Perhaps the most striking feature
of the year 1910 in South Dakota WIS
the rather unusual weather conditions.
fhe year opened with moderately cold
weather with considerable snow AMI
these conditions continued until the
latter, part of February, when the snow
disappeared and glorious summe
weather came on and continued TO-
more than so days. Most of the seed
Ing was done; ground prepared 70
planting corn; many gardens were
planted, grass started, and the trees
burst into full leaf more than a month
before the usual season and fruit trees
were loaded with bloom when, on tie
18th of APP IL, a hard storm came with
hard freez ng quite destroy ng the
fruit and foliage. but not OF erwise
affe ting crops. The season con in ed
e~rratic, many attributing the unus al
conditions to the influence of Haley
comet which was visable during tie
spring.
THE rainfall during the growing
months vas much below the ave age
and came generally in local shove S
in a way that would afford an alb IN
dance to one neighhorho0d while ad-
jacent territory suffered from drouth
The utmost apprehension was felt for
the welfare of the crops and 1t was
before the harvest thought that on y
a partial C op could be secured, ami
while this proved true in manv loc9l-
tiles, as a whole the state prod ced
a fair return, though of course, not
up to the average Of a series Of years
"The erratic weather conditions aid
drouth areas gave splendid opp rtuni-
ties for testing the efficiency O. dry
farming methods and without ex e =
ton where these scientific metho s
were pursued early enough to fn7 2.
sufficient supply Of moisture in the
soil, the methods conserved this mos
ture and made a good crop.
prices have varied a good deal
since last year, wheat upon the aver
age about the same, corn and oat
very much lower and fax, hay End
potatoes much higher, as are dai y
produrts and eggs.
"The fruit r OF all sorts is pref
ty nearly a failure, due to the hard
freeze in April. Potatoes are a We y
/, short crop this year everywhere in
the state in some portions being quite
q failure.
at is likely that the total produc-
ton of dairy products is less than fer
several years, though it Is diff ult to
obtain entirely reliable fioures. t e
prices, however, have advanced a~d
the revenue therefrom is soTewh't
increased. The egg crop Is bigger
than ever before and returns mo.
cash.
"I use the estimates OF the Nation
al Asso, iation of Wool msnufoctu ers
upon the wool crop OF the state Their
figures are somewhat larger tran the
number Of sheep reported In tie as
sessment would seem to justify, but
the wool Is reported to be actual y
shipped from here. The e%xplanat on
is that perhaps a good many sheep on
the ranges escape the assessor.
"The hay ron is perhaps one-th'rd
below the average IN volume. brt TIE
valves is not materially affecteI. In
comnaring the hav estimates o. this
department with those OF the agr'cul
tural denartment OF the cove nment
Remember the government does not
take srcount of our very valuable cror
Of Wild hav.
"The total products Of the coil Of
South Dnkota for 1910 are estimated
bv this 1~ero~trnenty as follows:
Wheat OK geo non bushels SGT eco. non