The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 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 Fails. 5. d., July % While
there is a great deal OF talk of rust in
the wheat fields OF South Dakota ON
the part of grain expert residing out
side the state, the appearance of black
rust in the wheat fields of the stat, TO
Judge by reports which have been re-
ceived here from al parts of the asri-
cultural portion of the state, is BY no
means general. only isolated tleil.s
appear as yet to be affected. and eNen
in many of them it is claiI4cd the
grain is not seriously damaged.
notwithstanding this, the rust talk
has caused general alarm anlonS 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 50,ao0,o0 bushels of
wheat in the state was reduced to GA
actual yield of only about 23.0oc,0co
bushels because black rust appeared
in the fields a few days before The
grain Was ready 20 be cut,
Whether or not black rust viii once
more become general in the wheat
fields of the state il is expected VIII
be definitely determined by develops
mentS during The present week. NY
ing To this, the anxiety is great md
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 t!eids
ave become affected. Even in the az
fected fields the rust has developed
only on AN occasional stem of the
grain. The farmers of Day and the
few other counties where rust has ap-
nan ral ~. .La, Nyitl, Fa~ya-4I,la
weather conditions until next wee,, tho
grain will be out Of danger and Mil
yield better than for several years.
Wheat in he vicinity of Nciga il not
as badly affected by rust as was It
first supposed. While no one in That
locality is .claimi1g n big crop #
wheat, it now seems TO be the general
opinion of those who nav examined
the wheat fields thai there viii be a.
fair crop after all.
y 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 that section
of South Dakota. Conditions there. as
i'm many other parts of the state, indi-
cate Il bumper wheat crop unless there
is a decided change soon.
While there is 40 Indication OF rust
IN the wheat fields adjacent to Dolana,
wan " 'PAl'ltVie tbIe smut. NiA4N-L
Will reduce The yield somewhat. in some
instances by about one-third. As wheat
is seldom free from smut, this is not
causing muc excitement among the
grain men of Doland and other towns
in that locality.
some of the farmers residing in the
southwestern portion of Brule county
report that blight has appeared ia their
fields of mac;troni wheat, his 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 Brittou ii 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 ..ot
put in AN appearance, and farmers are
of the opinion that their crops VIII
escape the plague this year il present
crop conditions continue.
y great deal of ,nacaroni wheat was
this season sown i'll various localities.
This variety of grain is doing well in
general and promises a large Yield. one
of the finest fields of lnacaroui Wheat
in the northern part of the state is
owned by II. +. Sutherland, living near
Leola. Mcpherson county. 1t stands
over five feet high and has large, well
filed heads.