Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-10
CROPS GOOD
Reports Indicate That the Stu
alton There is Unusually
Encouraging
THE WHEAT YIELD is HEAVY
Reports of Red Rust Confined to Only
a Few Counties-HeIp is Scarce and
Farm Hands Command Big Wages
-Threshine Begun in Some Places

8 SIOUX Il Oils, L., Aug. 1o'-iSiSstA
harvest weather has prevailed thru
out South Dakota the greater part of
the time during the past week, and
rapid progress has been made in harry
esting operations. The work of harry
esting is near completion in some of
the southern counties, while it is quite
far advanced in the northern part of
the state.
I'm some localities where grain
ripened early and was promptly har-
vested, threshing has commenced, but
will not become general until August
Is and 20.
in some localities the presence OF
red rust in many fields and OF the
black variety in a few was RESPONSE
BILE for the great rush, as the straw
becomes weak and crinkles at the
slightest provocation when affected by
these blights.
In the vicinity of Chancellor the
farmers were rushed toward the last,
as the heavy rust on the late oats
caused it to ripen faster than natural
and lodged the grain. In the vicinity
of Goodwin, Deuel. county, the wheat is
reported to have the best stand in the
history of the country; in some fields
the White Russian oats are so rusty
that they will not amount to much.
Some of the farmers in the vicinity
of Redfield are reporting black rust,
which appears to be in only few
fields, but the grain is too far adj
vanced for the rust to do any great
damage. altho few of the fields have
practically been ruined by it.
Samples of grain exhibited at Wes-
sington show black rust, but the
berry is plump and the head well
filled, showing plainly that the rust
arrived too late to do any great dam
age. A strange insect was found few
DAYS ago in some fields in the vicin-
ity of Claremont, and this gave rise to
the report that the dreaded green bug
pest had again appeared in South
Dakota, but it has since been learned
that the mysterious insects are green
lice, which have done no apparent
damage.
Best Crop in Years.
The residents of Hand county boas!
that not during the past twenty-four
years has the crop of that country been
so good as this season.
Allen Spencer, who has lived in the
vicinity of Fairview, Lincoln county,
for a period of thirty-four years, says
he has never before in that time seen
as heavy a crop of small grain.
1t is estimated by men who have
made a careful investigation that
Faulk county will this year produce 30
per cent more new wealth from the
soil than during any prior year IN the
history of the county.
The heavy stalks on small grain this
wear. due to the unusually wet weather
during May and the forepart of June,
made an unusually heavy demand for
binder Irvine, it being nothing COM
mon for three and four pounds per
acre to be used in harvesting crops.
AS an illustration of the increased de-
mand for Irvine, the dealers of Wes-
sington Springs this season sold 3d.
600 hounds more twina than during
last season.
Good Pay for Harvest Hands.
The farmers of the state generally
have been quite successful in securing
such help as they required during har-
vest, but wages ruled high. Scarcely
any of the harvest hands are working
for less than $3.50 per day, while 9TH
ers receive SO and some as high as
$3.50.