Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-06
SOUTH DAKOTA CUO;,s
SNiy huiletin Of the Soutb N,
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r., AOtn station
~ ia.est bulletin from the govern.
ua,m', once here refers to crop condi.
Au ,r, IN south Dakota as follows.
ms temperature curing the wool
vas considerably below tho normal
WIN cooi days and nights generally
~ TOT, as a rule, much brisk or high
VIM. falr to heavy showers oecnr-
Ceu over most sections of rho st,ta
over Tue southeast portion good show.
~ were quite general. There oro
some localities, however, where tho
ta'iis were light and crops s5ill naaS
uioistufe. There was considarob ,a
loneliness during the week. ~esneciaIIv
~ nlSht. The cool weotla,. witb
Loneliness. and the rain were vary
aVoiaDle to wheat and oats-esnsciaIly
the l~atter-fiax, millet. late notatoes
erasses II corn, generally, and esne,
:lally in the localities where last wnek
the crops were being adversely af.
tecteu by dry and warm weather Tho
t"p'u ripehing or the more advanced
wheat u oats was more or less
saecheu II the hlling of the latter as
sisted. Early oats harvest. however
was considerably advanced during the
week N the central and southern
counties, and some southern localities
report thls crop about all harvested
considerable early wheat was har-
vested also. The wheat ard oats that
nave been harvested are reported n
GOOD crop generally and in a number
Oh localities very good. The condition
IN this particular. however. appears
uneven. There are large areas i'm some
counties where all grain is excellent
while others report conditions ne m
quality and yield uneven. Barley bor-
vest Is still in progress in the more
uoftAe[h counties and reports of bar
icy ana rye yields are quite uniform as
10 >'helr Deing very good to excellent.
iiRse crops had the benefit before ma
turlty or almost continuous favorable
weather conditions. and were practi-
cally made before the season showed
signs of partial lack OF moisture. ex-
cept ! n a few localities. Notwithstand-
ing cool weather at it's present stage is
not considered best for corn. this crop
is reported as having done well during
the week quite generally. and espe-
claliy in localities where it was ad-
versely affected by dry, warm weather
preceding. Ears are forming gener.
ally. In the more southern counties
silking is reported mad in a few To-
calities the ears 49, Topping" Late
potatoes were benefited quite gener-
ally by the weather conditions during
the wee. Ia the ccatla. and south
ein counties early potatoes are mostly
matrrcd, with very coed yield and ex.
rsNcrt quality, except in limited To-
c%alities. Flax and millet were much
benefited and continue quite generally
to promise well. \ little of the earlier
flax is reported harvested in Clay
county and is very good. Generally,
however. fax Is in blossom or the bios
som dropping. Millet is in head and
generally thrifty. Bookings county
'eports some grain considerably lodged.
A destructive hail storm visited a pOr-
ton of Brown county, doing consider
able damage locally. 1t appears from
reports that the best grain is that
which was the best "put in" or sown.
Haying continues and more than the
usual amoun IS being put up.