South Dakota. Agreeable And Bountiful Living

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION

Publication: Times Printing Co, nd ca 1941, Ft Pierre

Quarto. Black and white pictorial stapled wrappers. 28pp. plus wrappers. No pagination. Double column text. Numerous black and white photographs. This booklet is promoting South Dakota to potential farmers. Eastern South Dakota is part of the great corn and hog belt. The northern area belongs to the spring wheat empire and it's western ranges are a part of the cattle and sheep country. Topics discussed include grain crops such as wheat, rye, oats, barley, corn and grain sorghum, the annual cash income and annual production for each, livestock such as cattle, hogs, sheep, dairy products, chickens, turkeys, eggs, and wool, the annual cash income and annual marketings for each. Also discussed are irrigated crops, land values, meat packing, flour and feed mills, concrete products, sugar refining, gold and silver mining, retail trade, construction et. al. Very good copy with light wear to the extremities.

Inventory Number: 36085