Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30

pssuIts shown by the Thresnings
Yields Are Ahead of the Esti-
ate. I'm Nearly Every Instance
nm. Authority Makes an Esti-
mate of 32.OOO,OOO Bushels Of
wheat, While Bradstreet's Man
place. the Yield at 1,2OO,OOO
Bushels.
r,o South Dakota threshing ma
mines are now beginning to tell their
story and the work Of threshing out
.na grain which will this fall bring
a,n,,ons of dollars into the state has
,,rogressed sufficiently to give an indi-
..tion especially in the southern por-
Ion of the state, where the work Is
r,r,ber along than in the northern por-
lion and determine the question OF the
uheat Weld in the state this year,
which has been a matter OF dispute
and speculation during the past few
rseks Various estimates have been
made of the probable wheat yield OF
,be state this year. H. V. Jones re-
cently estimated that the wheat prod
uct of South Dakota would aggregate
r. 900 900, as against 3S,000,000 bushels
last year. Mr.. Jones estimate is based
In an acreage Of 100000. Supt. Hyde
cf Bradstreet's Commercial Agency, a
few days ago placed the yield at 21,-
100000 bushels, basing his estimate
upon reports received from 1853 points
In that portion of the state lying east
of the Missouri river-the agricultural
portion. In many parts Of the state
.hreshing has been delayed by rain,
and some localities report considerable
damage to wheat in the shock by the
Excessive rains. The following reports
from points throughout the agricul-
,ural portion of the state will give an
idea OF how wheat is yielding in the
various localities, as well as other in
formation concerning present condi-
lions in the grain growing sections:
salem-L. l.. Goheen reports the best
rrop Of wheat 80 far. Sixteen acres
sown on cornstalk and millet ground
yielded "A bushels to the acre. On an
average on 35 acres he got little over
bushels per re. J. z. Miller, Hon
est JIM as he is called, affirms that
be expects to harvest a secopd crop Of
pats off the same land and from the
fame seed this year. The first crop
Was light and yielded only about 20
bushels to the acre, but the second
crop, which will be ready to cut in
nbout ten days, promises large yield,
probably as much as 35 bushels per
hcre. There are other farmers in his
ocalty who are figuring on going over
lhelr oat fields second time.
Parker-Helmeg John son has finished
tnreshing. His wheat averaged 12
bushels and oats 400. George Apple
pys wheat yielded 12A bushels, oats
w. rye 20, machine measure. The wheat
raded No. strong. Fred Linder-
amp mas finished threshing. Besides
ns own farm of 100 acres he had 100
rented, and threshed from the two
arms 27l0 bushels Of oats from sixty-
PIX acres, 954 bushels of wheat from
orty-eight acres and S4S bushels of
pafiey from thirty-fve acres. His
wheat on his home quarter section
"en' 1874 bushels to the acre, oats 43t
nu oariey %. He has 130 acres of
'orn, which he reports to be first-class.
MIehel-W. II. McKeel had in 1s5
efes OF wheat and II threshed out l6
usnels TO the acre. He states that
oseph Dodd, who lives near him, had
V acres or wheat that yielded "a
s'neis' casper Kerr. who lives north
""n' threshed 60 acres of wheat
hch Welded ] 200 busbels-an average
ht'le over 20 bushels per acre. Mr..
,'n nad IN very large crop. and II
rhioS z" average about as well as that
Iar mas already been threshed.
Sn Soon OF Oxford. Wis, who owns
acre farm near here, has been at
iarm experimenting the threshing.
wheat field Of 300 acres Yielded an
aee OF IA bushels per acre. County
asurer Kelsey had in 100 acres of
ea'' and 1t yielded him an average
nearly lS bushels to the acre. ]. G.
y,a,s a neighbor. had a similar
Deuiah' Dawson County-There is
V,e snock threshing this year than
uIing any former year. John Bed
oes Wheat Went about 15 bushels n
bushels. WIG 'es' went ~
ouht Vernon-The threshing reports
rar piace the wheat yield all the
irom to II bushels per acre.
vonsocket-Andrew Gears wheat
v,.,s heilar place in Logan township
u over 16 bushels to the acre.
49,, Nckstein's, south of town,
s%es Halls, north of town. and III
\. WIS, In Elliott township, 10 BUSH
emI per acre. Some of the fields in
\. ".l township averaged only bush
Ru,,. whiie some east of Letcher. in
bn.h % township, averaged over II
/. p. Ray threshed some
m that went IL bushels per acre.
A.. oa,s averaged 40 bushels to the
ne p ana his splitz IA.
Is ,s' sanoorn County-James Har-
linn .. sshea "a acres of wheat on tho
els - bottom that yielded &c BUSH
bra,r;. 'he acre. Bart Rumrs, on the
Acoas, yielded 20 bushels per acre.
oca,,.i TO reports received from this
YEA none OF the wheat has aver
Ss than l6 bushels per acre.
70 rner-A - fair estimate of the acre
~ mo 20 wheat is two-fifths of the entire
" - vi cultivated land in the coun-
ane nnr out $1,000 acres. About the
fetn,. number Of acres are in corn. The
hs from the threshing macbina,
ter as reportaa fro,,, - -. -