The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04
NATURE sCLEARGIFT
Artesian System Of South Dakota a
:: Boon to the Stock Grower
and Husbandman.
Over 1900 Flowing Wells in the
state-Facts From Diary Of
. the State Geologist.

Many South Dakota dealers report that
not within their recollection have they
sold SO many threshing machines in one
season as during the present.
An idea Of how grain is yielding In the
localities covered will be obtained from
the following reports:
Montrese-Over 5000 bushels of barley
we're threshed on the Kapaun farm, near
this place. 1t yielded an average Of 40
bushels to the acre.
Prosper, Davidson County-HowardP Pin
ney has forty acres Of barley that close
estimators say will average forty bushels
to the acre.
Redheld-E. T. Furbush threshed the
grain on the old Lathrop farm. He re-
ports that hte speltz went thirty eight
bushels and the oats fortyfour bushels to
the acre. The oats was badly lodged and
did not make over two-thirds Of a crop.
F. s.. Meyers had a field of oats which
yielded fifty three bushels an acre. The
average yield of all his oats was about
thirty-five bushels an acre.
,Bryant-Threshings far reported
show probable average yields of not far
from forty five bushels an acre for barley.
The berry. is large and plump. Oats will
yield from 40 to IS bushels to the acre;
wheat, Is to Is bushels.
Corona-C. Pew had some wheat that
averaged 80 bushels to the acre.
Milbank-Many of the wheat fields In
this locality are averaging from Is to 25
bushels to the acre. About all the wheat
is of good quality. Oats are splendid
crop.
Wilmot-Much shock threshing has been
done in this vicinity. Wheat is yielding
about 20 bushels to the acre.
Groton-Helmick Johnson says that
with one binder he cut 2S0 acres in nine
days. Helmick had eight horses with
which to turn the trick, and two men
placed the grain in the shock.
Sisseton-The wheat on the Jenkins
farm threshed an average Of 20h bushels
to the acre. That on the Priegen place
only avera ged 1874, but this was damaged
by hail.
Centerville-Reports from shock thresh-
ing show a yield Of twelve to twenty-five
bushels Of wheat, and twenty six to sixty
five bushels of oats an acre.
Beresford-The Egerstrim grain on the
Fisher place was threshed and marketed
here. The wheat yielded only about II
bushels an acre, but the berry is round and
plump and of a fine quality. The oats
| yielded 40 bushels to the acre.
| Wakonda-Daniel Collins has had his
| threshing done, and reports a yield Of 1t
bushels Of wheat to the acre and 40 bush
| els an acre of oats.
| Blunt-Postmaster D. Hall Of Ney re-
ports that the crops in his locality are the
best he ever knew them to be, and he is
an old-timer in this part Of the state. His
wheat will yield an average of 20 bushels.
| observation-disclosures oats and barley have
been threshed in this vicinity. Both turned
out we'll and are of fine quality.
| Dell Rapids-O: H. Smith threshed III
acres of barley, and it averaged 80 bushels
to the acre. At present prices the croI
would bring SIS an acre.
Ashton-Julius Welland has threshee
and marketed a piece of barley that av
eraged As bushels to the acre, and netteo
him As cents bushel. His returns for hi:
barley crop will be s20.25 an acre.
misunderstanding machines arr
starting up in force in this locality, an6
with warmer and more settled wea thel