Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-08-02
FOOD IN STREAMS
SOUTH DAKOTA is OVERLOOK.
ING A Big MEANS OF FOOD
PRODUCTION.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
state Institutions and from
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine state.

Pierre
South Dakota is overlooking big
means OF food production in not sys-
tematically developing the fish and
vegetable growth of her numerous
streams and lakes. This is true OF
every other state in the northwest.
In the forthcoming report OF tho
South Dakota Academy Of Science.
which is being issued by the Univer-
sity Of South Dakota, Prof. Ralph ].
Gilmore of Huron says:
Our acres of water should produce
as definite and constant IL food crop
as our acres of land. and thus is the
dream of many practical biologists Of
Today.
I'VE look at the land and their fine
crops cultivated for the food and Gcm-
fort of man, but when we look at the
streams +, ponds, lakes and swamps,
we find them barren wastes, or pro-
ducers Of very few things used by
modern man Land growths have
been selected, nurtured, and inn
proved by man. but the things Of the
water have been neglected. or If Of
any value at all, have been exploited
to the verge Of determination.
Fish and clans furnish primitive
man much of his meat. edible roofs
and wild grains his plant food. the
| furs of aquatic mammals part Of his
| clothing but as he found out that he
could plant garden he abandoned
the supply of water grown food. The
for ~ h1 hn
edge never fails. the conditions for
growth are ideal. and had he endeav-
ored by like means to supplement his
stores Of water products. we might
have a system of water culture rival
ing agriculture
Prof. Gilmore mentions many water
products which might be developed
by selection and breeding. Wild rice
grows in abundance along northern
rivers and ponds. but no attempt has
been made to improve this excellent
| food grain. Wild lotus furnishes nut
like seed and neshy stocks. The tu-
bers of arrowhead. the heavy. starchy
rhizone of the spatterdock, the tender
shoots of the cattail, the tubers OF
riverweed, and many others are eaten
| by the muskrat, but have been dis
carded by man.
OF the wild animals, only few are
| of commercial Importance. Fresh wa
ter clans. once an important item
of the Indians diet, the white man
discards except to use the clam shell
for making buttons. The crawfish.
once regarded as delicacy by the
Indians. finds no market except among
the. foreign-born element in the cities,
and no effort has been made to in
crease it's size. Frogs and turtles fur
nish highly desirable tyne Of food
but no effort has been made to devel-
ope this source of supply. The water
fowl, once so numerous. instead OF
being adapter to mans needs. have
been wantonly slaughtered like the
buffalo.
New Building at Dakota "U."
All bids on the new university build
ing will be in by August q. according
to the statement issued from the of6rn
of President Robert l.. Slagle. The
contracts will be let at cnce. and IT IN
Il
TENDER on the engineering building
and the women's building. The last
legislature appropriated $4,000 for
an engineering building and s125.nnN
for women's building. which WIN
house the women's gymnasium. the
home economics department and will
furnish added dormitory acco!nmoda.
tons.
To Aid State Sanitary Board.
DR.. ]. E. Phelps. superintendent Of
the live stock sanitary board. has re-
turned from Washington. d. c., and
while there he was able to induce the
government to locate a man at Pierre
to assist the live stock sanitary hoard
in South Dakota in its duties concern
ing the welfare of the live stock of the
state. DR.. Phelps also secured the
promise of the federal authorities to
furnish the serum needed for tests
and this will greatly aid the work Of
the board over the state.
Claims Exceed States Fund.
1t is expected that wolf bounty of
about 60 cents on the dollar will be
paid this year, for the fiscal year end.
ing June 80. 1916. Already the claims
amount to over $4,000. and this will
be issued pro rata from the appropria.
ton made by the legislature. Late
years it has never been sufficient to
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