Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-09-11
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Many South Dakota dealers raror,
ina not within their recollection have
.ney sold so many threshing machines
one season as during the present
An ldea of how grain Is yie,dirg -
she localities covered will be obtained
from the following reports:
mohtrose-OVer 5000 bushels of
earIey were threshed on the Kapaun
ain hear this place. 1t Welded an
"'11rage OF 40 bushels to the acre.
PROSPER, Davidson County-Howord
rihney has forty acres of harley shat
los estimators say will AVERAGE
IoLty bushels to the acre.
fedheld-E. T. Furbush threshed
IHe gram on the old Lathrop farm.
ne reports that the speltz went thirty.
elsht bushels and the oats forty-four
oushels to the acre. The oats was
oauiy lodged and did not make over
Nwo;thlrds of a crop. F. S. Meyers had
a neld OF oats which yielded fifty
three bushels an acre. The average
yield OF all his oats was about thirty.
hVe bushels an acre.
Bryant-Threshing so far reported
snow probable average yields of not
tar from forty-fve bushels an acre for
barley. The berry is large and plump.
oats Will yield from 40 to SIS bushels
10 the acre; wheat, Is to Is bushels.
Corona-C. Pew had some wheat
that averaged 80 bushels to the acre.
Mllbank-Many of the wheat fields
IN this locality are averaging from Is
to % bushels to the acre. About all
OF the wheat is of good qu"ltty. Oats
are a splendid crop.
WilmOt-Much shock threshing has
been done in this vicinity. Wheat is
yielding about 20 bushels to the acre.
GrOtOn-Helmick Johnson a Y that.
with n binder, he cut $50 acres in
nine days. Helmick has eight horses
with which to turn the trick, and two
men placed the grain in the shock.
SissetOn-The wheat on the Jenk-
ms farm threshed an average of 20 IL
bushels to the acre. That on the Prize
gen place averaged about Is IL, but
this was damaged by hail.
Centerville. Reports from shock
threshing show a yield of II to rs
bushels Of wheat, and 26 to 65 bushels
of oats to the acre.
Beresford-The Egerstrim grain, or
the Fisher place, was threshed and
marketed here. The wheat yielded
only about IA bushels per acre, but the
berry is round and plump and Of fine
quality. Oats yielded 40 bushels to
the acre.
Northumberland Collins had his
thresh:.1s dcne, and reports a yield OF
10 bushels to the acre and 40 bushels
of oats to the acre.
Blunt-Postmaster d. Hall On Nye
reports 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.
Castlewood-Some oats and barley
have been threshed in this vicinity.
Both turned out well and are OF n
quality.
Deli Rapids-O. H. Smith threshed
10 acres of barley, and it averaged 80
bushels 10 the acre. At present prices
the crop would bring SIS an acre.
Ashton. Welland has threshed
and d plSC0 "a oaAASJ
averaged As bushels to the acre, and 1t
netted him As cents per bushel. His
returns from his barley crop Will be
$20.25 per acre.
Arlington Threshing machines are
starting up in force in this LOCALITY,
ard with warmer and more settled
weather every machine in the county
WI soon be in operation.
Woonsocket-The wheat on the
MocKel farm went 10 bushels to the
acre. ON the Morse farm, IS, and on
he Rickstein farm Is bushel' The
oats on the Jake Mikel farm yleloeo
75 bushels to the acre.
Eemord-W. c. O'Brien reports a
Weld of 60 bushels of oats to the acre.
his barley, and it averaged ~ ".9A+~45
70 the acre and sold for 40 cents per
hnshel The crop brought $40 per
acre. or enough to pay for the land on
which ii was grown.
Watertown-F. j. Wilson reports
orons in his locality as simply i'm
mense. He put in 400 acres, n ex-
meets his wheat to average at least
Is If not twenty bushels or NO L
grade to the acre. ~
Rath-Jenkins Morgan threshea ~
acres that yielded 20 bushels OF wheat
to the acre. .h,,
Selby-Threshing between thIs
Mace and Java gave returns OF ~
bushels of wheat to the acre. oats
overag4i AZ bushels per acre