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

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Plankinton-Streeck brothers of Pal
attn have threshed some of their wheat
and IL made from IL to IA bushels to
the acre.
Emery-John Ollenburg reports that
his wheat yielded II bushels per acre.
Fred Allen, living in Beulah township,
threshed 2s acres of wheat that aver
| aged 10 bushels to the acre.
Spencer-P. Dexheimer threshed out
So acres Of wheat that yielded 500 BUSH
els, an average of 1414 bushels to the
| acre. The grade was No. hard and
the yield is the best yet reported here.
Charles Hetts threshed 80 acres that
| went bushels ana T.. J. Otter had 80
| acres that went 7lH bushels per acre.
Madison-O. s. Jones threshed out 90
acres OF wheat on the Cline place ad-
joining the city and secured nearly
900 bushels. or nearly 10 bushels to the
acre. This crop was so badly dam
aged by drought in May that Mr.. Jones
thought seriously Of blowing it under.
The quality Is No. /. He sold the crop
from the machine at 60 cents per
bushel. Mr.. Jones has %, 900 heads of
cabbage that promise we'll and 25 acres
Of potatoes that he estimates will yield
200 bushels to the acre.
Hartford-L. /. Willard Of Taopi
township had pretty good crop this
year. His wheat averaged % bushels
per acre and his oats 40 bushels. c.
Sanford threshed his wheat and claims
yield of 26 bushels per acre. This is
the best yield thus far reported here.
John Lanners reports 10 bushels of
h,lS Of la
acre. His corn is the best he has
raised since coming to South Dakota.
Hudson-Threshing in this locality is
well under way and enough progress
has been made to tell how 1t is going
to turn out. In almost every case
wheat is a surprise, turning out from
to bushels per acre more than anyone
expected, In most cases it yields from
15 to 20 bushels per acre, but there are
not few cases where IT reaches up
to 25 bushels, The quality is very
good, and in most cases will grade No.
/. Barley is turning out fair and will
average 25 bushels per acre. Some
fields will do much better. The oat
crop is not as good as in former years,
but will probably turn out close to 40
bushels per acre. Flax is a good crop.
Corn is coming along in fine shape and
will be the best crop of that cereal ever
raised in the state. Within two weeks
lots Of corn will be out of the way cf
frost. All thing considered. the farm.
ers of Lincoln county will find the year
1900 a most prosperous cne.
Sisseton-The prolonged wet weather
did some damage TO grain in the shock,
some Of 1t having sprouted to a con-
siderable extent. That which was
stacked is all right, as none of the
downpours were accompanied by driv-
ing winds. but there was only a small
percentage of the grain in stack. The
wet weather proved q serious draw
back to threshing and stacking, but
many of the farmers improved the op-
portunity to commence their fall plow-
ing and a great many black streaks
have been drawn across the fields dur
ing the past week. The ground is in
excellent condition for plowing.
Beulah, Hanson County-FrGed Allen
finished threshing. He had 2.l00 bush
els Of wheat. One field averaged 10
bushels per acre and the lowest aver
age was IL bushels.
Epiphany-Michael Schmidt threshed
his wheat. which yielded him on an
average about s bushels per acre.
Reville-Wheat is turning out much
better than expected. Wheat grown
on the farm Of a man named Franz
yielded 10 bushels from which he ex-
pected an average Of only bushelS
per acre. A field belonging to George
Myers yielded 1a bushels per acre.
Flandreau-Wheat is yielding far
ahead Of expectations. Several reports
have been received here of fields which
yielded an average of % and % bushels
to the acre, and of fine quality. Wheat
reports thus far range all the way from
9 to 2S bushels to the acre. Threshing
machines are numerous in this Moody
county, and farmers will have no
trouble in securing them. Their chief
trouble is in petting though help. One
thousand seven hundred and seventy
FIVE bushels Of wheat was threshed off
Of eighty acres of school land short
distance north of town. This years
crop nearly paid for the land. James
Julson reports his wheat at 20 bushels
to the acre. oats 20, barley %. He says
It is one Of the finest crops he has ever
harvested.
Laketon, Brookiags County-Not-
withstanuing the light crop. help is
very scarce and not day passes but
some one ir inquiring for help, and
large amount of grain lies In the fields
Just as 1t was dropped from the binder,
for the want of shockers.
Olivet-Aleck Maxwell finished his
threshing and reports that IS acres OF
wheat which he had on the bottom
land threshed out a fraction over 20
bushels 10 the acre. The field would
have yielded considerably more had II
not been damaged by recent storm.
Viborg-John Wolff threshed his VIM
ter wheat and the yield was % bushels
to the acre. Spring wheat in this vi
cinity is averaging is bushels per ocre.
Mellette--L. Deloy threshed about rs
acres of wheat for L. Ondell that yield
ed 13 bushels to the acre.
Virginia, Union County-The Doctor
boys finished their threshing and their
wheat averaged about 16 bushels to the
acre. and their barley above 80 bushels
to the acre.
Lennox-John Young threshed out
small load of oats scarcely an acre,