The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-15
Fair Yield But Not a Bumper
e6yiug Wlheaf Croft of Three States Estimated at
IS3, 100000 Bushels

bushel. a considerable area will not pro-
uuce poth bread and seed, and a still
larger area will produce an average OF
ABOUT eight bushels. Eastern Polk AMI
scattered localities in the county have a
nice yield of wheat. The extreme ives,
or the county, along the Red river, has
some good yields, but the center has
very light yield, and the eastern aver
ages are reduced sharply when the
county
Average IL Struck.
Marshall county will do little better
than Polk, but 1t has suffered from wa
ter. also, and light average will re-
suit.
In Kittson county there is good av-
erage of wheat, but the acreage is not
large enough to help make up much Of
the deficiency i'm the valley. This brings
us down to the Northern Pacific rail-
road, without yields to offset the loss
from last year in the southern coun-
ties.
Becker and Wadena counties have
good averages but small acreage. Otter
Tail does very much better than last
year, but Pope falls off again, and parts
of Douglas will show the effects Of
blight. as will Stearns, though the lat
ter county will have a fair average.
Over on the west, Big Stone is light,
but Traverse does better. and Wilkin Is
very good. The gain in all this area
does not crowd the state total ahead of
last year. We strike Renville. which
may gain a bushel or two over last
years average, but several counties
south have lost two to five bushels on
their averages. Redwood falls behind,
and we narrow down to Sibley and Car
yer for gain. The timber districts
west and northwest of Minneapolis will
all show some fine wheat. but they will
also show some surprisingly small
yields.
1t is fair, therefore, as the county
yields show, to place Minnesota about
on the basis of last year.
Conditions An south Dakota.
In South Dakota the conditions have
been overestimated. Blight did serious
work. The centers of production are
changed from last year. The southern
counties had good averages a year ago.
This year they will run light, except
around Parkston and along the Sioux
Falls Mitchell road, where there Is
gain for a considerable area and hold
ing even with the production OF last
year. The James River valley and the
Missouri slope were hurt by the heat,
and yields will be very light. The ABB
erdeen district suffered a good deal.
The northeastern counties have gained
and held even. When the balance Is
struck, the yield of the state is reduced
from last year, WIN 1t was 35,0Oo,OOo &C
cording to my figure.
The North Dakota Counties.
In North Dakota. the highest county
average of wheat will center in Pembi-
ma, probably, although Walsh will make
a fine showing. In Grand Forks, the
average will begin to show some de-
cline, but it will be good; in Trail,
more decline; in Cass, only fair; In
Richland, good. There are several Sec
tions in the Red River valley where
they will not cut, and large area In
Cass and Trail will show light aver
age. Along the northern boundary good
production continues to the 500 road,
and in the west-central counties 1t Is
fair to good, which is true of the south
ern counties. The result is an estimat-
ed average for the state of nearly mr.
teen bushels.