Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-08-18
THE THRESH|NG
MACHINE CAN TELL.
Yield OF South Dakota Grain
Fields Thus Far Reported
Good.
BARLEY, OATS AND WHEAT
Ia Averaging rronn 90 to 40
Bushels Per Acre; Oats Is Heavy;
wheat WI Co as High az
Is Huehe!s.

Sioux Nrlls q, D, ~. '2.--Thrcrl-
Ing snnchInsH $40 e:..rerciag % ;eii
their stories IN .aa.y s,ssl,,!e. II. The
rovthern hn!f Of Eou:h D.kp.a. During
this wcek ,hrcr....y w ci-o commence
IN many teris Of iie rcrthesa haif.
Early prediction. ~ - The generally
Dakota are fully hc-ne cut by the coed
Yields OF grain vA!ch h,a thrs Ear bcea
threShcd.
a Moody county farmer nu,ned r. a.
VnnNice threshold '.aco hushels " har-
Icy from nifty acre, cf !anA-evc. -
bushels TO the acre. !:a.'cy On III.
farm OF II. ID. VanN.ce. In the Same
county threshed out IN average of Il
bushels per pcre. u !s conservetively
estimated that the bs-'sy crop Of the
entire county will AVERAGE between 20
and 40 bushels 20 tbs acre.
Jacob smith. Of Dawson county.
threshed his wheat crcp. which yielded
q bushels per sore. THIS wheat was
early rown n because OF this fact cs-
capped the rust which badly injured
surrounding felds of late Gown wheat.
=. =. Goodykcontz, h owns n farm
IN the ~ county, estimates that his
barley Will average 70 bushels per acre,
md his oats 80. lie places his wheat
yield nj IL bushels to the acre. owing
slNt 4OttG NY IuSt.
]. J. Mccormick, OF Hanson county.
threshed LOO bushels of harley from
about one and one-half acres OF tand.
Threshing machines which are cper-
ating In the vicinity of Menno are tell
ing a good story. One farmer reports
that his barley threshed out 20 bushels
per acre: Barley on an adjoining farm
averaged Is buahels TO the acre. Come
OF the wheat fields In that locality WILL
yield finely, while others. owing to
rust. Will have larger straw stacks than
yields OF grain. Oats Is auch a heavy
crop that some OF the farmers had to
Set the first row OF shocks out m the
road In preference to renting land on
which to shock their oats after cutting.
Chris Mettler. living near Memo, Is the
hrst In that section to finish stacking
wheat. He has n new variety which
was not injured by rust, and which will
yield at least 25 bushels per acre
The FIRST oats threshed N Charles
MIX county. 60 far as reported. was
raised on the Gordon farm. ncar Platte,
and yielded nifty bushe per acre. F..
Reading. n farmer living near Egan,
threshed oats raised ar HIS farm which
averaged nfty-efght hushels to the acre.
Linn beavers. residing neal Jeffer-
son, In the extreme southeastern part
OF the state, threshed winter wheat and
reports that It yielded an average OF
NWCAily-AOuI OuSuciS per acre. IL IL OF
nne quality. sound and hard. His oats
averaged sixty-two bushels to the acre,
which e the h g s!.s q test, ggtfslId t 2f t sta grain
Threshing Is well under way near
Yankton. and large yields arc reported.
oats is yielding an average Of fifty
bushels per acre and upwards. Most
OF the oats tests thirty-two pounds per
bushel. which is two pounds better
than oats In that vicinity went last
year. Wheat is not yielding so well.
having been injured to some extent by
Fields that indicated yields of at least
eighteen bushels per acre are thresh-
ing out only from fourteen to fifteen
bushels. which shows. however, that
the damage by rust was not great. The
wheat crop In that locality. notwith-
standing rust injury, will be up to the
average Of former years In that part
Of the state.