Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-09-10
Harvest is Fine in South Dakota.

yielded in South Dakota now is at an
end, for threshing machines are tel
ling their story i'll all parts of the
agricultural portion of the state.
Threshing operations are in full blast
and are being pushed as rapidly
as possible. More h re hing
outfits than ever before are at work
in the state. With favorable weather
all threshing will be completed we'll
in advance of the coming of cold
weather.
Owing to the moist condition of
the grounds, due to recent rains,
many farmers have taken time by the
forelock and already have their fall
blowing we'll under way.
| In many of the southern counties.
such as Bon Homme, where corn is
the principle crop, and where little
attention is given to the raising of
small grain, the corn crop is reported
to be an immense one; in fact, the
best ever raised in that part of the
state. Fields of corn which will yield
100 bushels to the acre will be common
in South Dakota this fall.
Decidedly encouraging reports are
| being received from scores Of points
in the state in reference to the volume
and character of the crop raised in
South Dakota this season. While in
some few localities hailstorms injured
crops to some extent and rust caused
slight damage in other localities, the
crop in general is very good, and it is
believed is larger than any prior crop.
The following reports from all parts
of the state are based upon actual
threshing returns and will prove in
teresting at this time as setting forth
the volume and character of the crop
of small grain raisd in South Dakota
this season:
| misunderstanding returns indi-
cate that the injury from black rust
was slight in this locality. Most Of
the wheat grades No. /. Barley is of
| fine quality, but oats are rather light
G. j. Weaver threshed 80 acres of,
hard wheat that averaged "a bushels
per acre. His whole crop of hard and
blue stem averaged better than 2obush-.
els to the acre and his barley 3Sb-
r. e. Bowles wheat threshed out an
average of 20 bushels and his barley
40. Wheat on the farm Of the Sather
brothers threshed out an average of
80 bushels per acre.
| Vienna %. Torkeldson reports that
| his macaroni wheat threshed out an
average Of 26 bushels per acre and
his barley 20. Barley on the farm of
of Frank Holdsgrafer threshed out
better than 30 bushels to the acre.
Jos. Knadle threshed the crop from a
1o0-acre field of barley and secured
$500 bushels, or an average yield of
nearly 40 bushels per acre.
Dallas Wheat on the farm Of
Daniel Heinert threshed out 20 bush
els to the acre. 1t is of extra quality
and weight.
Draper VIM. Schrader threshed
wheat that averaged 80 bushels per
acre. Flax on the farm of r. y. Tay-
lor threshed out 10 bushels per acre.
Wessington-Wheat yields thus far
/ reported here are: w. I. Stobbs, Is
bushels per acre, and Mr.. Rombough.
20 bushels to the acre.
Lake Preston--A 4o-acre tract Of
barley on the farm Of Z. Z. Omdahlem
threshed out 55 bushels per acre and
a field of bearded wheat threshed out
1 n bushels to the acre.
Clark-Whe on the farm of Ole
Ronning threshed out 20 bushels to
the acre.
Oacoma-A. A. Hodgins threshed
a field OF winter wheat which averag-
ed Al bushels per acre.
/ Bonsteel- Wheat in this vicinity is
threshing out an averaged Of from 20
to 80 bushels per acre. Oats will
average around go bushels, the high
est yield yet reported being 81 bushels
to the acre.
Burke-H. w. Henry threshed his
wheat, which averaged % bushels per
acre. Winter wheat on the farm Of
Henry Bartling threshed out an aver
age of 81 bushels per acre. The crop
netted him s23.25 per acre. 0
Henry John Graham was the first
IN this vicinity to commence thresh-
ing. His barley yielded IS bushels
1 per aero.
Lesteryille-Spring wheat on the
farm of Peter Hasker threshed out am
average of "a bushels to the acre. The
wheat is of fine quality.
Milbank-Rye on the farm Of A. E.
Stevenson threshed out Al bushels per
acre. The crop yielded him profit
of about $50 per acre. inneapolis
Tribune.