The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-08-27

The summary for Dakota is very full
and Interesting. 1t is rs follows
July has been a trying one upon the crops.
A severe drouth beginning in June, extend
ing over nearly every part OF the territory,
has held undisputed sway until the last
week OF the month, when the To-
sal showers, light at first, but be-
coming heavier and more frequent until
Aug. /. it can be said that the great drouth
s broken, although there are localities
where they AVE not been relieved by the
rain. The drouth was accompanied by ex-
eessiye heat, the temperature registering
100 deg in the shade in many localities,
and as il the elements had conspired to
defeat the crops, the much-dreaded
hot winds" prevailed for several days,
with their blighting influence. The Red
river valley did not suffer from the
drouth to the extent that the country did
elsewhere. West, from the center of Barnes
county to the Missouri river, the drouth
was generally very severe and the damage
correspondingly large. Where the soil was
light or inclined to- be sandy the crops saf-
tered most. There are localities scattered
pretty much over the territory that were
favored with a shower at an opportune
time in which the wheat will make q good
yield. In South Dakota there is quite.
y scope OF country in which there are
L p
II is proven that if there's a lair quantity
OF moisture in the soil when the seed is
sown it requires but little rain to produce
a good yield OF wheat. The hot winds
caused a great injury to the wheat in South
srn Dakota. Heavy hail storms occurred
N North Dakota during the last OF the
month. They destroyed thsgrain in a large
track OF country estimated at 1000, 600
bushels. Some OF the best fields Of
the Red River country were devastated by
aail. The wheat is about all cut In South
Dakota and threshing commenced. 1t is
too early TO Judge the yield from this
source. The farmers who have threshed
generally reply that it is yielding better
than expected. In North Dakota the
wheat harvest has just commenced.
Reports are publishing that the Da-
kota yield OF wheat will be only
IL, 900, 900 bushels. Such statements
IRE rank absurdities and not warranted
by the facts, without some other misfor-
tune should happen to it. The oat crop
has suffered from the drouth more than
the wheat mostly because it was sown aft
srward. Corn has held up remarkably
during the period OF the drouth, and until
the middle OF July gavepromise OF the hest
crop ever raised in the territory. Even now
in the best corn counties, those in which it
IS the leading crop, there is a fair prospect
Of a good crop. 1t is fair in most places
where it was planted on old ground thor
oughly worked and kept clean, though in
localities where the rain did not reach the
Ears will be short and not well filed. Pas
lures are cut by the drouth unsparingly.
The wild grass makes up in ter
-itory what it lacks in condition. There
will be plenty OF pasture by driving, but
more shining has to be done this year than
aver before in the territory for grass. 1t
aas been death to timothy sown this last
spring. The seed sown was wasted; the
irouth was too big a load for it. Timothy
nay made about hall s. crop.