The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-04
wheat STANDS OVER
FIVE FEET HIGH
Large, Well Filled Heads Pre-.
dict an Enormous Yield
This Year.
NO BLACK RUST U
A Careful Inspection Of Fields Over
South Dakota Reveals but Few
Isolated Patches Affected
by the Disease.

Sioux Falls, S. D., July 2G.-While
there is a great deal of talk Of rust in
the wheat fields of South Dakota on
h part of grain experts residing out
side the state, the appearance of black
rust in the wheat fields of the tate, TO
judge by reports which have been re-
ceived here from all parts of the agri-
cultural portion of the state, is by no
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 will not
again become general and cause the
damage it did last year, when the esti-
mated yield of $4,000, 900 bushels Of
wheat in the state was reduced to an
actual yield OF only about $4,000, OG0
bushels because black rust appeared
III 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 it is expected will
be definitely determined by develop
mcntS during the present week. CIV
ing to this, the anxiety is great and
h fields are being closely watched.
Day county is one of the counties in
which rust has appeared again this
year, but n u far only a few fields
have become affected. Even in the at
fected fields the rust has developed
only on an occasional stem of the
grain. The arlner of Day and the
few other counties where rust has APP
peared figure that with favorable
weather conditions until next week the
grain will be out of danger and will
yield better la for several years.
Wheat in the vicinity of Nolga is not
as badly affected by rust as was at
first supposed. While no one in thai
locality is claiming a big crop of
wheat. it now seems to be the general
opinion of those who have examined
the wheat fields that there will be a
fair crop after all.
A careful inspection of the wheat
fields in Brown county reveals the fact
that there absolutely is no foundation
for the report recently circulated that
black rust is prevalent in hat 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 no indication of rust
in the Wheat fields adjacent to Doland,
there will be considerable smut, which
viii 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 and other towns
in that locality.
Some of the farmers residing in the
southwestern portion of Brul county
repOrt that blight has appeared in their
fields of macarOni wheat, this being due
to the excessively hot weather about a
week ago. Some blight is reported in
other varieties, but not nearly so much
rs in the macaroni.
In the neighborhood of Britton it 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 yea rust has not
put in an appearance, and farmers are
of the opinion that their crops will
escape the plague this year if present
crop conditions continue.
A great deal of macaroni wheat was
this season sown in various localities.
This variety of grain is doing we'll in
general n promises a large yield. Che
of the finest fields of macaroni wheat
in the northern part of the state is
owned by r. f. Sutherland, living near
Leola, Mcpherson county. 1t stands
over five feet high and has large, we'll
filled heads.