Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-08-04
WHEAT STANDS over
FIVE FEET HIGH
Large, Well Filled Heads Pre-
dict an Enormous Yield
This Year.
NO BLACK RUST FOUND
A Careful inspection of Fields over
South Dakota Reveals but Few
Isolated Patches Affected
by the Disease.

Sioux Falls, :. D., July 25.~-Whlie
there is a great deal of talk Of rust IN
the wheat fields of South Dakota on
the part of grain experts residing out
side the state, the appearance Of black
rust in the whea fields of the state, 10
Judge by reports which have been re-
ceived here from ali parts of the asri-
cultural portion Of the state, is By no
means general. Only isolated nelds
appear as yet TO be affected, and even
in many of them it is claimed the
grain is not seriously damaged.
notwithstanding this, the rust talk
has caused general alarm among the
farmers of South Dakota, who have
hopes that the rust visitation VIII not,
again become general and cause the
damage it did last year, when the esti-
mated yield of so, 900, 000 bushels ot
wheat in the state was reduced 10 an
actual yield OF only about 23,000,000
bushels because black rust appeared
in the fields a few days before the
grain was ready to be cut.
Whether or not black rust will once
more become general in the wheat
fields of the state ii is expected viii
be definitely determined by develop
mentS during the present week, Ow-
ing to this, the anxiety is great and
the fields are being closely watched.
Day county is one of the counties in
which rust has appeared again this
year, but thus far only a few fields
have become affected. Even in the af-
fected fields the rust has developed
only on an occasional stern or the
grain. The farmers of Day and he
few other counties where rust has APP
peared figure hat with favorable
weather conditions until e week he
grain will be out of danger and viii
yield better han for several years.
Wheat in the vicinity of Volga'is not
as badly affected by rust as was at
first supposed. While no n in that
locality is claiming a big crop IF
wheat, it now seems to be the general
opinion of those who have examined
the wheat fields hat there will be a
fair crop after all.
A careful inspection of the wheat
fields in Brown county reveals the fact
thar there absolutely is no foundation
for the report recently circulated that
black rust is prevalent in that section
of South Dakota. Conditions there, as
in many other parts of the state, midi
cate a bumper wheat crop unless there
is a decided change soon.
While there is 40 Indication of rust
I'm the wheat fields adjacent 10 Doland,
there will be considerable smut, which
will reduce the yield somewhat, in some
instances by about one-third. AS wheat
is seldom free from smut, this is not
causing much excitement among the
grain men of Doland n other towns
in that locality.
Some of the farmers residing in the
southwestern portion of Brule unit
report that blight has appeared in their
fields of macaroni wheat, this being due
TO the excessively hot weather about q
week ago. Some blight is reported in
other varieties, but not nearly SO much
as in the macaroni.
In the neighborhood of Britton il is
now the belief that with the favorable
weather of the past week all danger Of
black rust is past. Black rust injured
wheat In the vicinity of South Shore
last year, but this year rust has not
put in an appearance, and farmers are
OF the opinion that their crops viii
escape the plague this rear IL present
crop conditions continue.
A great deal Of macaroni wheat was
his season SOW in various localities.
This variety of grain is doing well in
general and promises a large yield. one
of the finest fields of macaroni wheat
in the northern part of the state is
owned by r. r. Sutherland. living near
Leoia. Mcpherson county. 1t tands
over five feet high and has large, Well
filed heads.