The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-17
S. D. CROP BULLETIN,
Past Week Was Very Generally Fa-
vcrable for Crops


| vorable for Crops.
! Huron, S. D., July 9.-The crop report
for the past week says:
| The weather during tho week was
| favorable for the growth OF vegetation
! with generally warm days, and fire.
quent showers. In the aggregate the,
rainfall was generous over nearly all
! OF the state, and heavy in some sec
tons. There was some local DANA ge
by hall in u few counties.
! The rains We're especially beneficial
Ia the northern counties that had been
affected BY the preceding drought and
( nave caused marked improvement in
| the condition of al crops in that sec
| ton.
| Wheat oats and spelt are heading
! generally; barley, except the latest, Is.
generally filling we'll; rye is ripening,
and some is being harvested in the
southeastern counties; rye is gener-
| ally q good crop. The condition Of
wheat, oats and barley is generally
good and promising. except where hurt
by the preceding drought in some
northern counties, where it is poor to,
| ta1r, but improving. In the southeast
ern counties some wheat and much
barley and oats are rank in growth,
and lodging OF considerable oats and
barley Is reported. There is also some.
little rust on small grains reported, but
as yet no evident damage has resulted
therefrom
Corn has generally made very good
progress, but wet weather retarded
cultivation, and as result some south
eastern fields are weedy, especially OF
soWlands. The crop is still backward,
on the whole. In some extreme south-
eastern fields water is standing.
Flax has done well generally; the
| early sOwn is in blossom.
POTATOES have grown well and are
generally very promising; new native.
potatoes are in use in some south
| eastern localities.
Pastures and hay grass have been
| much improved. The hay outlook is
only fair in some northern counties;
elsewhere generally good. Grass on the
stock ranges is generally reported as
In good condition. Millet and alfalfa
are doing very well. Haying has been
IN progress in the southeastern coun-
Ties when the weather was favorable.
but was retarded by the rains.
The outlook for wild fruits is good
along and west of the Missouri river;
, Tor tame plums, fair to good, and for
! apples fair; Strawberries have yielded
very we'll.
Very Satisfactory in Beadle.
Huron, 8. D., July 9.-Ample mois-
ture and satisfactory condition for crop
, development have prevailed the past
week in this, Beadle county. Fair prog
ress toward development is the result,
and the outlook continues specially en-
couraging for g large harvest of all
kinds Of small grain, while corn is
making rapid growth and potatoes and
hay are doing as well as could be de-
sired. A few corn fields are weedy be-
cause of inability to cultivate on ac-
count Of wet grounds. Oats, barley and
rye have made marked growth and al
; though the season at first was back
ward, the crop, generally speaking, is
almost as far advanced as at this date
| last year. Small grain heads are form
Ing on straw OF reasonably good length
and the heads are strong and filing
nicely. There is some concern as to,
sufficient help for harvest work, but
there is yet time enough to secure what
may be needed. Indications are that
the bulk of the small grain acreage will
be ready for harvest at about the san G
date, and for that reason farmers are.
i securing help as rapidly as possible