The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-15
SOUTH DAKOTA
HAS A BIG CROP
FIRST REPORTS FROM THREsH-
ING MACHINES.
Many Twenty-Bu Yields of Wheat
Are Found, and Near Yankton a
Winter-Wheat Field Averaged 3512
Bushels to the Acre-Late Minnesota
Reports.

Special to The Journal.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. is. = The
threshing machines are beginning to
tell their story, and the crop situation
in South Dakota is beyond the guess
work stage.
EARLY predictions to the effect that
the state would raise one of the largest
crops in its history are fully borne out
by the threshing returns as follows:
Northville-R. A. Batten had his rye
threshed last Saturday, and the yield
was eighteen bushels to the acre. George
Cassett also had some threshed, and the
yield was about sixteen bushels an acre.
The rye is Of fair quality. w.,
Flandreau-George Pilling threshed
some barley that went thirty bushels an
acre. Hanson Bros. report thirty-nine
bushels acre. Giles Pettigrew reports
twenty-seven; Frank Mead, twenty eight;
w. S. Titus, thirty three; Ben Julson,
thirty. Barley is more or less dark, aid
is selling on the local market for % to
80 cents bushel.
Egan-Threshing Is In progress. Rob-
ert Burgess threshed his barley and :e-
ports a yield of forty bushels an acre.
Rye raised on the farm Of Mr.. Reading
threshed out a little over twenty bushels
to the acre.
Big Stone-H. B. Crippen's fourteen
about fourteen bushels an acre, and vas
sold for seed to various farmers His
| winter rye yielded only nine bushels to
! the acre.
Armour-H. P. Robinson threshed some
of his new wheat and was the first to
| market wheat here this season. His wheat
| went twenty-sIx bushels to the acre ana
| weighed out sixy-two pounds to the
| bushel.
South shore-.Among the first to thresh
in this locality was R. w. Williams. One
Of his fields Of barley thrsshed out over
forty one bushels an acre.
| Aurora-A field Of barley on a farm
north Of town threshed out forty bushels
an acre.
Mitchell-Reese Jones, residing one and
one-half miles southwest Of town, fin
| ished threshing his macaroni wheat,
which yielded twenty bushels to the acre.
Harrisburg, threshed his oats. which
yielded forty-four bushels an acre.
| Hudson-Joseph Gates threshed his
oats, which averaged over fifty bushels
| to the acre. A field of winter wheat, con-
tanning trifle less than ten acres.
threshed 237 bushels, all Of the finest
quality. Gates sold all the winter wheat
for seed at S1.25 a bushel.
Howard-The first report Of tnreshing
boys threshed a field of wheat, which
yielded twenty bushels an acre. A sam
pie Of the wheat which was tested at a
Howard mill weighed 5Sk pounds to the
bushel, which gives it a grade OF No.
| northern.
Aberdeen-Joseph Lorber, Of Ravinia
township, has finished cutting twelve
acre field Of wheat, which was sowed In
last summers breaking. 1t required fifty
pounds of Irvine to bind it. Mr.. Lorbel
expects a yield Of at least thirty bushels
to the acre.
Baltic-Barley threshed on the farm Of
a man named Felberg, near here, aver.
aged twenty bushels.
Wagner-George Soesbe threshed wheat
that averaged twenty bushels, and oats
that went fifty.
Yankton--Winter wheat threshed on the
farm Of Rasrpus Peterson averaged 351i
bushels to the acre. This fne yield viii
result in the winter wheat acreage being
materially increased in this part Of tn
state next season.