Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-07-22
Day County Crops.

The news from various parts of
the county with reference to the
crops is most encouraging. From
Pennington, Union and Homer
townships, we learn from citizens
there that the prospect for a good,
average crop was never better. In
the vicinity of Andover there are a
few pieces damaged, but not enough
to seriously impare she average crop
OF the township. In Oak Gulch
and Scotland townships, south of
Andoyer, the reports are of the
most fiattering kind. In the GEN.
trail tier of towns in the county,
East Union, Lynn, Bristol and
Troy townships there is an occasion
al piece damaged, but only where
grain happens to be planted on
sandy knowls, and these not such
as will make any serious inroad into
the crop. In Liberty and Rariton
the report comes that the yield will
be fully up to, if not better than
last year. In Webster township
there are several pieces damaged on
the east side. of the town, but only
for q rod or two in the fields on the
south side, and these only in the
fields that were just heading out
during the hot weather of the fore
part of this month. In the balance
of the township we are informed the
crop is decidedly fine. In Wheat
land, Egeland and the town east of |
it, the reports are very fiattering, in |
Egeland and Wheatland particular
ly so, In tho town east of Egeland |
we have only meager information
but are informed that the town will |
produce not more than half or
two-thirds of crop. Waulay has
very fine crop, though like several
of the other towns in the county, |
there are some fields injured on the |
south side for a few feet but beyond
that no damage has been done by |
the hot weather, and even this re-
ported is not regarded as in any
sense damage to the general crop. |
In Granville the crop is a very SUI
perlor one, and the grain not only |
stands thick upon the ground but |
is well filed. We can't hear of |
single piece of wheat in the town
ship being at all damaged.
The barley crop of the county is
now almost harvested and the gen |
eral report from every direction is,
that it is simply immense. The
heads are all well filled and the
straw good length, bright and
clean.
The oat crop Of the county bids
fair to be an Average, though from
some parts of the county our infor-
mants claim there are fields that
are badly damaged so much SO as
only to produce about third of a
crop.
The above facts have been ascer-
tanned during the past week, by a |
careful inquiry of the people living
in the townships mentioned, and
leads us to the conclusion that the
crop in Day, as whole, bids fair
to be more than an average one.
In the matter of potatoes it is |
most too early yet to say just what
the crop will be, but many with |
whom we have conyersed are posi-
tive the crop will be at least an aver
age. A good rain within the next |
ten days would permanently settle
the matter,
The corn crop of the county is
everywhere reported TO look better
at this season than it ever has be- |
fore in the history of the county, |
and the probabilities are that the |
crop will be good one.
DGring the entire season we have
had plenty of rain-this has been
the case in all the seasons past
and, rs consequence, the ground |
has been moist and the grain so sus
tanned as to be able to resist the hot
weather that has been so destructive
to the crops west of the hills, or be- |
ween the hills and the Missouri
river.
Our people certainly have great
cause torejoice.
-LoST-July 5th, 1886. a note
for so to the Farmers Mutual Pro-
teotiye association, Of Plankington
OAK, due Sept. 18th. Finder will
confer favor by leaving at this
office. Maker John Detcker.