The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-07-18
CROPS IN THE DAKOTAS
QUITE FAVORABLE REPORTS
FROM MANY POINTS.

Central Portions of South Dakota Suffering
From Heat-Damaging Hail in the Vi
cinity OF Jamestown Harvest Hands
Wanted at Fargo-News From Various
Points.
Crops on the Missouri slope are ell in a
most favorable condition at present for q
bountiful yield. Harvesting at Bismarck
will begin in about two weeks. Wheat is
expected to average at least thirty bushels
per acre. Never before in the history of
that section has rain fallen so freely and
p~rovidentially during the dry periods.
Recent hailstorms have done som dam
age to garden truck, but very little to
growing crops. 1t is reported that rust
has appeared in some sections, but inquiry
of farmers failed to elicit anything to sub
stantiate the rumor. Every farmer, to a
man, does not hesitate to express himself
regretful for not putting more ground to
crop. Last years poor yield discouraged
a great many, and nearly all but the bo-
nanza farmers were chary of seeding the
usual acreage. The hum of the thrasher
will be merry.
Critical limo mt Aberdeen.
Spotted" is the word which best indi-
Gates the appearance and condition of crops
in the region ABOUT Aberdeen. There are
all kinds of fields, early aud late sown,
broadcast and drill-sown, high and sandy
fields, low and marshY ones. The general
condition of wheat, we'll put in, is excel
lent. The damage from heat in the early
part of last week was not as great as at
first supposed. The hot wind of Thurs
day threatened great injury, but the rains
of the afternoon and evening nearly OF
quite repaired the damage. Reports from
every direction indicate a short crop in
som localities and a fair or large yield in
others. The fact that men who declared
their crops ruined on Thursday, said they
were looking finely the following day, il.
Illustrates both tue panicky tendency of the
country and the critical situation of crops
at this season. Little is said of oats,
barley and fax, aud the condition of these
crops is generally good, flax especially
promising a large yield. Estimates upon
wheat vary widely, br- upon present con
ditions Is bushels to tho acre is not ia,
out of the way.
Suffering Some from the Heat.
Reports received at Huron from variou.
parts of the state indicate that the hot, dr.,
vino on Thursday was confined chiefly t.
the central portion of the state. Some
damage was done to late sown wheat ani
oats, in some localities quite severe,
Beadle county grain was somewhar
scorched, but a rainfall of over one incl
Thursday night will repair much of the
damage. There is every indication of al
excellent crop, though it will not be 81
abundant as many have expected. Will
favorable weather harvest will set in from
q week to 10 days earlier than usual. Hal
has done less damage than in 1878; thu
districts that have suffered most this sea-
son are north and northwest. Cutworms
played mischief with corn early in the
season, but what is left is in fine condition
and but little effected by hot winds anG
drouth. The acreage being greatly in ex-
cess OF former years, will swell the cror
beyond any ever produced in the state,
Relying upon reports received at the
United States signal office, it is safe to say
that the wheat, oats and barley crop is moi
now in as good condition by 20 per cent.
as o week ago. Flax has suffered little and
promises a good yield. Mlllet and tame
and wild grasses have luxurisnt growth.
Pounded Out by Hail.
The crop outlook in the James river val
ley has not materially changed during tn,
past two weeks. Since the rains com
menced the prospect has indicated o hi,
harvest. Last Sunday nights storm
brought with it some hail, but it fell j,
streaks. 1t only touched Stutsman count
in one place. A strip four miles wide
through the southern half of the county
was destroyed. There are about fit
losers, and 5000 or 1000 acres wer
pounded out. Outside this strip but it'll
hail fell. Conservative judges estimat
that barring hail md hot winds, tn
country ought to average twenty bushels t
the acre. A great deal of grain sown i
low places has been drowned out. On tn
Darlington & Casey farms at Milville, tn
prospect Is said to be the best ever known
There is some fear of rust expressed, bu
none has yet appeared. The seaso
does not seem to have been very favorabl
for flax.
Harvest Hands Wanted.
The present condition of the wheat GRO
in Cass county may be said to be the bes,
with the possible exception of 1886, that
has been for from six to eight years. The1
is no rust to speak of, but if the weathe,
such as we have been having (rainy, fol
lowed by hot weather) continues, rust wi
be inevitable. In all fields are low place
where standing water has either ruined c
bleached the whcat, and the average wi
thus be decreased. The straw is Iong an
large, and an increased number of harves
hands, in this section, will be required j
any event. The wheat is generally head
ing out now and the heads will be lare,
In Cass county little damage. was done I
crops by the storm of Monday mornin
and Thursday afternoon. 1t is reported
however, that hail, Monday morning, dc
vastated a strip six or eight miles wide an
reaching from James to Cheyenne rivers /
Stutsman and Barnes counties, It
understood that hot weather has iniure,
wheat near Lisbon, in Ransom county.
The Weeds Getting in Their Work.
Cool weather and several rains in tt
past week have helped North Dakota whef
considerably. 1t is now heading out. N
rust is reported in Ramsey county, BIZ
weeds are doing a good deal of damae,
Wheat growing on ground that was sun
mer fallowed is doing the best. Son
wheat is looking splendid and will aaverse
twenty-five or thirty bushels to an acr,
while there is considerable that has bee
ehoked off by the weeds. Good Judge
estimate the crop for this county at 60 n,
cent.
All Serene at Milbank.
Wheat has not been damaged bv n
recent hot weather. The winds reporte
from points in the Jim valley have n,
reached this valley. Wheat is general
headed and the kernel fully formed
early sown localities. The indication a,
for a harvest at about the usual time.
Sparks from the Wires,
HE c%oroner's Jury at Dunbar, Pa. b,
lieve that Robert Lang, superintendent,
criminally responsible in causing the deaf