The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-03
SOME SOUTH DAKOTA
FARMERS FIND FAULT
Much Complaint Prevalent Be.
cause Of Small Size OF
,Granaries.
HARVESTER is HUMMlNo
Wheat 10 the Bumper Crop and Rye 10
Yielding in Some Counties Forty.
Five Bushels Per Aers-ons
Reports Dry Weather.

sioux Falls. =. D.. Aug. i.-Early pre-
dictions that South Dakota would this
season raise one OF the greatest crops
In It's history IRE fully borne out by
detailed reports. which have been re-
ceived here from n number of points In
practically every county In the agricul'
tural portion of the state. east of this
Missouri river.
These reports show that black rust
has not yet seriously damaged the
wheat crop and fears Of injury or of
general damage being lone have nearly
entirely abated, Violin. Platte and
Alexandria are the first towns To make
reports OF t%hreshing having been done.
At Violin. Eugene Handy threshed his
winter wheat. which yielded an average
OF about twenty-five bushels To the
acre. Others In that locality report
yields OF ns high as forty bushels To
the acre.
Rye Forty.Five Bushels Per.
Lewis Harris. "A farmer living near
Platte. has completed threshing thirty
acres OF winter wheat. which averaged
eighteen bushels per acre. The wheat
was OF a very light stand. One field OF
rye threshed n forty-ive = pet
acre. while another field yielded thirty.
i've buShelS To the acre.
Joseph Hollis. living near Alexandria,
was the first To thresh In that imme'
dlate locality. lie threshed ITO acres
Of rye for Joseph Mcnamara, which
averaged ten bushels per acre.
y Winter when in the extreme south
ern part Of the state Is all harvested
and some threshing has been done ghe
winter wheat which has thus far been
marketed I'm that part OF h state test
cd slxty-two pounds tn the bushel ms
was OF a very fine quality.
Spring Wheat Being Cut.
Harvesting OF spring wheat ON
menced several days x In the south
ern part OF the state. and this week
will In the central portion.
Scattering fields OF early sown wheat In
The northern part OF the state have
fipened and will also be cut during the
present week.
Barley harvest IN completed I'm the
greater part OF the state. while "a great
deal OF ats viii he nj this week. The
barley crop will be "A good average one
In the state at large. while In many
localities IL will be better than for sew
cral years.
Harvesting. among other counties. IL
also ln progress Ia Lyman county, west
AZ the Missouri river. where crops OF all
Kinds are unusually promising. Lyman
" one OF the NnNlpAItliNtly HtN NbbN-
ties. and heretofore has beer numbered
anon the Cow" counties OF the state.
Il having for years been devoted chief
~ To the grazing OF cattle.
One County Lacked Rain.
Certain sections OF the state FOR sew.
eraI seasons raised very q crops
due To the lack OF sufficient rainfall
Among them was Mcpherson county
Conditions there. ms elsewhere. are Ell.
tirely different this year. Mcpherson
and other counties which had poor
crops during the rlst few seasons VIII
this year ave bumper crops. No black
rust IL reported. and by the beginning
OF next week wheat In that. the ex-
treme northern. part OF h state viii
be r, .dy TO be harvested.
Need More Granaries.
IL Is n well known fact that notwith-
standing how favorable the crop pros
poets are. some farmers Will find ome
thing TO kick about. One OF this class
OF farmers who lives I'm Hutchinson
county was interviewed h other day
ms 90 crop prospects. He kicked. as
usual. but the kick was or an original
and unexpected character. He said: III
Il Amt one thing IL IL another In this
d country. My crop IL going to be
30 big that my granary won't hold IL,
and i Will have to blow myself To build
more grannry room"
, Some OF the farmers living I'm the vi
entity OF Hartford. Minnehaha county,
express the belief that their wheat Will
thresh out from twenty to forty ash
els TO the acre.
Owing TO the heavy yields OF all kinds
OF small grain. retail implement dealers
have been pushed TO the mt To sup
ply the unusually brisk demand for
hinder Irvine.