The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-28

IN SOutll-easueIn.SOuth Dakota n
Iowa, has::daily reports from his men
al OF whom are close observers, and
Ne says the wheat crop vas damaged
One-fourths by the heavy rains, but
that barley and oats are a good crop
and that With good weather for the
next forty days cs,rn will be q good
srOp.
Mr.. a. A. Truax, of.this city, the
oWner OF twenty elevators, is receiv-
ing daily reports and he says oats
are 4 heavy crop, barley q medium
crop, macarona wheat is somewhat
II Alightcd where it has been wet, and
that2Mtth.terl days Of good weather
blue stem and ife wheat will be good
Yield in the east half Of the state.
He also Teports the prospects for corn
very promising.
aHss Martin Gleason. q successful farmer
ten miles north, reports a very heavy
cat crop, but that barley and wheat
\ muchsligl1ter.
Station agent ". d. George, of the
Milwaukee railway company, 81. G..
Preston and w. T. LaFollette made
tripSsfX miles north west in the
district near the county poor farm
SlastHT tuesday and made u close exam
ination Of many fields OF small grain.
They found oats a very heavy crop,
many fields already ~fipening, blue
4tem9wheat d very heavy crop aud at
present in a fair way to yield Is
Bushels per acre, macalona wheat
q iiRiited so that the loss will be from
s2OSStO % per cent, but that the yield
may still be II or Is bushels per
cre;; barley = good crop with only a
ittle loss from blight III the top of
the heads, and corn growing very
Es1apidly,,sbeing not more than eight
Nays behind the average year. The
s1ssSin acreage from too muchsrain in
Tune was estimated one acre in ten,
but5tlIat the great growth In oats.
harley and some Of the softer wheats
ullllllamake the average yield not far
#aronnsl5 bushels per acre, barring hail
stkrms and nnfayorable weather for
AaEvestine.SsT The hay crop is every
there II Immense.
aJnl later interviews by The Repub-
can g. Miltimore brings in en-
eotlkaginR reports from r seaale
essnstlip Hanson county. He says
q lleeanever saw better prospects for
ss1ia aId tlaat the average yield will
Abs 70 bushels per acre IL not cut down
nv early frost.
sASl Hanson township, Hanson.
county 2. Sanders places the av-
erase yield Of wheat at l8 bushels per
1ere with an unprecedented crop Of
eots. The corn IL growing at the
ssate Of Two to four inches per day.
AZ GINNING crop he says is above
alie average crop.
Most OF the crop. both corn and
mill giain In the Jim River valley
sUas completely destroyed by the
lure lood But the hay will be all
1REtWitbsraiils to wash the Shiny
settlIngsS OF Of the grass.
Reports from the western and
.o,llttl.-western part OF Dawson county
plassed the Weld OF oats at from so to-
eOSbnshels per acre, barley FROM so to
k bushels per ere The harvesting
"a harley has commenced and there
Z en to besquite variation in re-
q efts. In some localities the Yield
ae j barley will be reduced on account
~ not filling we'll: The wheat will
yield from II l-2to rs bushels per
SakEe and possibly some fields will goI
d xRaa5ushels. The macarona wheat is
sSepprtca inc with an occasional field
3 Winged some by bligllting. The
sATl Is recovering very rapidly from
|faheSdamage OF too much rain. Corn
\ se!aasEEneyer known to grow more rap
dlyHthan " Is now. Many fields arel
|ygassseling and many report corn as far
advanced as at this time last year.