Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-11

DlEVTA NEWS NOTES.


0fzetaa Crcp REPORTS Of DAketa xsrritnry
The UnEssa ssAsss ssshssseal agent fw N.
ksen makes inc t~aaacsazg reporstor Ssracrneef-
Tho na0nA az Angnss, sstAsngh accompanied
w hessy rs.in> hss h<sa csAeFwsss favoaAsss
.er scrarsfAg the esssgsS III spsae hecsasfsas 90
xnssA rsaRaaa Assvestre NJ mt ye4 ccSnplebad
IN waasA nsarks harvest only commenced
sssnt sAe I'D u August and II - regrescnied
~ as esas srsn raised ia fsur yess-S although
d ~ssrv7srsss fafz tilsre IL considerable smut
= it Ugml last year no cenzFlasat was raade
q iuszTy u xkesa frata sraut in tAae ssrrstorFi
Aas gssz 4 b 10 AgraAter or less extent arhto
rener@l II Is conAnea principally = ne
Ssss varieties. "A al wheat IA whlen
smut ID found Z. graded no higher ulan
No & IL viii aus t%zR1rs 10 T1ss-
cse naoTe care IN the eheaoe on ssah
seed IL the frsGrc. II il not generally 9l-
HerStood OF al least regarded thas as naueh
care should De used IN the selection Of seed -
va blood IN INisSng pure stock The hlssaAas
IN sanae localities of the southern oonnnSs %
lbs tarf1Aary, ly repeatedly sowing an udif-
fecent quality 81 wheat deiersorafed the pro-
Duet untl ii l. xlrasst worthless siutsMian
county reports exceptionally hae crops Ihe
wsole q North DAkots, IN fact has . nne yaald
q small grain II VII average much heFto'
thar LAST vsar and better than South Dakota
Last rear il was just The Foyerss. The heavy
rain storms in the third week Of harvest dam.
Aged grain 5 per cent in C&ss county and : Pet
seat IN BUrleigh ard Barnes counties
Ihrnshing u iuss beginning in Aarth pAkohA
while II i in full blast N the scnsh. The yield
gaazraIlF IN the south is NOD quitan up % tao e1-
recitation, AlthuuES, tho guAlssy " better than
last year, Tho report is universal thai me
!ArEuers Of the territory VIII nos market theas
49,. a wNAAfs1aaEt
wheat ~ present press ualeas uleg areo.as
70 40 80, 10 hquidata SSn2n1s against them,
that their wishes VIII be practically nEll4hed
CORN
The corr crop gives pruuasse OF the best
yield ever pro5acei In the territory. the eoGn-
hes In which IL Is the leading crop with ton
days more favorable seaiher wli bs on OF the
way Of harm from frost and IN nfsoen days
thai planted in season throughout the teTgso-
~ wil be safe Many fields are already npa
and some have bsen cAs up
The yield 81 Irish potatoes u not as good as
Is usual, the first seed planted ia new coil for
tour years have. with hat hsae attention q
cultivation, given remarkable yisld5 whach
hiss secustomcd us 10 sueh generous returns
that w lock upcu . fair crop with come dis
appointment Thare was a short dry spell
that affected thu crop 70 some extent The
price Ast year did nos Justify shipping exten-
sIvely, aud this may be partly the cause for
less attention than vhen tho sulsrs were .
profitable crop
orTEg
The farmers are Just finishing hay making
from the bins Joint aud other native prairie
grasses In the Valleys OF the Missouri, Sioux,
Yermillisn aud James or Dakota rivers hay
can he put in the stack At a cost of IS cents per
tom The fax crop has become an important
one 10 South Dakota. and tho indications are
that 2,ouo,0oD bushaIs0 of seed viii be harvested
this year. While some OF the crop has bae1
marketed there are fields not got ripe. II was
sown from the first OF April until the mid
die OF Juna II is selling at the ele-
vators for 81 70 sl.io per bushel, and lie
being marketed quite freely as the price is sat
i~sfactory 10 tae producers. Thofe il IN in
crease IN the number u stock hogs for fat
tening compared with last rear OF % per cont
The low price nf gratis and the high prize Of
pork is the seIf-evident cause The cattle of
the territory are generally healthy no eascs OF
pleuro-pneumoniA have been reported Iha
following is the percentage Of average condl-
ton Of crops;
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