Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-08-30

millions of dollars into the state mas
Progressed sufficiently 10 give an lndi-
cation, especially in the southern por-
ton of the state, where the work Is
further along than in the northern por-
ton. and determine the question OF the
wheat yield in the state this year,
| which has been a matter of dispute
and speculation during the past few
weeks. Various estimates ave been
made of the probable wheat yield of
the state his year. II. V. Jones re-
Gently estimated that the wheat prod
uct OF South Dakota would aggregate
81, 000, 900, as against $4,000 bushels
last year. Mr.. Jones estimate Is based
cn an acreage OF 1900, 900. Supt. Hyde
Of Bradstreet's Commercial Agency, a
few days ago placed the yield at H.
200, 900 bushels. basing his estimate
upon reports received from 1913 points
In tina portion of the state lying east
bf the Missouri riVer-the agricultural
portion. In many parts of the state
threshing has been delayed by rain,
hnd some localities port considerable
damage to wheat in the shock by the
Excessive rains. The following reports
from points throughout the agricul-
tural portion OF the state will give an
Idea of how wheat is yielding in the
various localities. al we'll as other in
formation concerning present condi-
tons in the grain growing sections:
Salem-L. l.. Goheen reports the best
crop of wheat so far. Sixteen acres
sown on cornstalk and millet ground
yielded "a bushels TO the acre. On an
average on IS acres he got a little over
Is bushels per acre. j. f. Miller, Hon
est Jim" as he is called, affirms that
he expects to harvest a second Crop OF
oats of the same land and from the
same seed his 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
about ten days. promises a large yield.
probably as much as 35 bushels per
acre. There are other farmers in his
locality who are figuring on going over
their oat fields a second time.
Parker-Helmeg Johnson has finished
threshing. His wheat averaged -
bushels and oats 400. George Apple
by's wheat yielded 12h bushels. oats
40, rye 20, machine measure. The wheat
graded No. 2 strong. Fred Linder-
kamp has finished threshing. Besides
his own farm of 100 acres he had 100
rented, and threshed from the two
farms 2,7l0 bushels of oats from sixty
six acres, 954 bushels of wheat from
forty-eight acres and S4S bushels OF
barley from rhirty-fve acres. His
wheat on his home quarter section
went 1874 bushels to the acre. oats 43lk
and barley 90. He has 100 acres of
corn. which he reports to be frst-class.
Mitchell-W. H. Nickel had in 1S5
acres of wheat and it threshed out 10
bushels TO the acre. He states that
Joseph Dodd. who lives near him. had
forty acres of wheat that yielded "a
bushels. Casper Kerr, who lives north
or town, threshed SO acres of wheat
which yielded 1900 bushels-an average
or a little over 20 bushels per acre. Mr..
Kerr had in a very large crop, and II
VIII all average about as well as that
which has already been thrashed.
Henry Coon of Oxford, Wis, who owns
a 6Oo-acre farm near here, has been at
his farm experimenting the threshing.
His h field of 800 acres yielded an
average Of Ia bushels per acre. COUNTY
Treasurer Kelsey had in 100 acres OF
wheat. and it yielded him an average
or nearly IL bushels to the acre. J. c.
Chapman, a %neighbor, had a similar
yield.
Beulah, Dawson County-There is
more shock threshing this year than
during any former year. John Bed
does wheat went about Is bushels to
the acre. Some OF the best went II
bushels.
Mount Vernon-The threshinC reports
thus far place the wheat yield all the
way from Z to II bushels per acre.
Observation-Disclosures Gears wheat
on the Kellar place in Logan township
yielded over is bushels to the acre.
Frank Rickstein's. south of town,
James Halls. north of town. and Fl.
M. Mills, in Elliott township, 10 BUSH
els per acre. Some Of the fields i'm
Elliott township averaged only s BUSH
els, while some east OF Letcher, In
Butler township, averaged oyer II
bushels. /. p. Ray threshed some
wheat that went IL bushels per acre.
His oats averaged 10 bushels to the
acre and his splitz IA.
Butler, Sanborn County-James Har-
ris threshed "a acres OF wheat on the
Jim river bottom that yielded &c BUSH
els TO h acre. Bart Rumrs. on the
prairie. yielded 20 bushels per acre.
According to reports received from this
locality. none OF the wheat has aver
aged less than 16 bushels per acre.
Letcher-A fair estimate of the acre
age to wheat is two-fifths of the entire
amount of cultivated land in the coun-
~. or about $4,000 acres. About the
same number OF acres are in corn. The
returns from the t~hreshing machinea
as far as reported from the different
portions of the county run the average
above 10 bushels per acre. One farmer
reports 3 bushels per acre, three other
farmers 10 bushels. two IL. two IA.
three Is, two is, one Is, one 20 and one
"A. II the average yield is 10 bushels.
and 1t Is probable IL viii be a bushel or
two more than that. the yield for the
county would be 400. 900 bushels. Wheat
Ii at this writing worth 90 cents here
and the value OF the crop on the above
estimate would therefore be 2s2. 0ol.
The corn crop is now practically as
sured. There is ample moisture to
mature 1t, and a week more win u
IL out OF danger from frost. The corn
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