The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-23
YIELDS In S. DAKOTA
Threshers Have Been at Work In
Most All Sections.
WEATHER is DAMP AND COLD


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! Progress Of Corn Toward Maturity
So slow That Big Losses
80 Are Feared. 81
Specials to The Journal.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 23.-The contin
uation of the cool and damp weather Is
| delaying the work of threshing and stack
ing If it continues much longer the
quality of grain which is yet in the shock
may be injured, the rainy weather having
commenced before stacking was COM
pleted. The toggy mornings this week
have been bad for grain in the shock.
The farmers are hoping for hot and dry
there is now sufficient moisture to carry
corn to maturity. Hot weather is needed
to hasten the growth and get corn out OF
the way of the frosts of next month.
During the time they could not thresh
or stack. because Of the rainy weather,
thousands of farmers have taken advant-
age Of the opportunity to commence fall
ploWing. The ground Is in excellent con-
dition for this work.
Many dealers report that not within
their recollection have they sold so many
threshing machines in one season as dur
ing the present.
An idea Of how grain is yielding in the
| localities covered will be obtained from
the following reports:
| Montrose-Over 5000 bushels of barley
were threshed on the Kapaun farm, near
this place. 1t yielded an average Of 40
bushels to the acre.
| Prosper, Davidson County-Howard
Pinney has forty acres of barley that
close estimators say will average forty
bushels to the, acre. -
+ Redfeld-E. It. Furbush threshed the
grain on the old Lathrop farm. He re-
ports that the speltz went IS bushels and
the oats IA bushels to the acre. The oats
was badly lodged and did not make over
two-thirds Of crop. F. S. Meyers had a
field of oats which yielded SO bushels an
acre. The average yield of all his oats
was about 35 bushels an acre.
Bryant-Threshings so far reported
show probable average yields of not far
from 45 bushels an acre for barley. The
berry is large and plump, but consider
ably colored.. Oats will yield from 40 to
65 bushels to the acre; wheat, Is to 25
bushels. There Is much rust and some re-
ports of damage by Hessian flies.
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 rs
bushels to the acre. About all the wheat
ally mixed with smut, which will lower
the grade Oats are a splendid crop.
Wilmot-Much shock threshing has been
ldone 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 201k bushels
to the acre. That on the Priegen place
only averaged 1874, but this was damaged
by hail.
YanktonEFarmers are complaining that
spring wheat is not yielding what they ex-
pected, but the winter wheat is yielding
from 80 to IS bushels an acre.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES from shock
threshing show yield Of twelve to twen-
ty-hve 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 four
teen bushels an acre, but the berry is
round and plump and of fine quality. The
oats yielded forty bushels to the acre.
Wakonda-Daniel Collins has had his
threshing done, and reports a yield OF
sixteen bushels of wheat to the acre and
forty bushels an acre Of oats. ''s
| 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 twenty
bushels.
Castlewood-some 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 11C
acres of barley, and it averaged thirty
bushels to the acre. At present prices the
crop would bring SIS an acre.
Ashton-Julius Welland has threshet
and marketed piece Of barley that av-
eraged forty-f1ve bushels to the acre and
netted him As cents bushel. His returns
for his barley crop will be s2025 an acre.
Arlington-Threshing machines are
starting up In force in this locality. and
with warmer and more settled weather
every machine in the county will soon be
in operation.
, Woonsocket-The wheat on the Moecke
farm went nineteen bushels an acre, or
the Morse farm eighteen, on the Rickstein
farm fifteen bushels, and on the Nurnbere
farm eight bushels. The oats on the
bushels an acre:
Esmond-W. c. O'Brien reports yielt
of sixty bushels Of oats to the acre.
Iroquois-James Melvin threshed hi.
barley, and it averaged fifty bushels tt
the acre and sold for 40 cents bushel
Inc crop DIOuSQL $GO an acre, or enOugf
to pay for the land upon which It was
grown.
Watertown-F. ]. Wilson reports crop.
in his locality as simply immense. He pu,
in 400 acres and expects his wheat to av.
erage at least fifteen If not ot.twenty bushels
of No. grade to the acre.
: Bath-Jenkins Morgans threshed fort,
acres that gave a yield Of twenty bushels
of wheat to the acre, and 100 acres tha,
returned ten bushels an acre.
Selby-Threshing between this place ant
Java gave returns Of twenty bushels O.
wheat to the acre. Oats averaged forty
two bushels an acre.
sI Sioux City, Aug. 22.-Reports received
: yesterday from northern Iowa and south
: ern Minnesota indicate the prospects O
the corn crop have been badly damaged tn,
, past fortnight. There has scarcely bee,
a day when 1t has not rained, and this
with the cool weather, is responsible fol
the fact that corn is no nearer maturit,
, than the 1st of August There are Who'll,
counties of corn that have not ever
reached the roasting ear stage. frost ii
early September will kill all this.
/ - THE GOLDMAN ~.
\ She Is In Omaha and May Have De