The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-28
OF
A fine CROP
IN NEARLY EVERY SECTION OF
STATE.
CORN IS A BUMPER CROP
BROOkINGS COUNTY PROSPECTS
COULD HARDLY BE BETTER.

Brookings county will this year har-
vest one of the best crops in its his
tory. Reports from every part OF the
county show that the crop has not
been hurt by the dry weather, except
in a few spots. Barley looks we'll,
wheat is good and late oats is fine.
but the best crop of all is corn. The
weather this year, with just enough
moisture to keep it growing we'll, has
worked wonders with this crop and
unless we should get an unusually
early frost we will have the best yield
Brookings county has ever seen.
In company with George Scxaucr,
Mayor Leighty and f. Ii. Carlisle We
took an auto ride of about thirty miles
one day the last of the week. We
went both north and south of the
city and the crops looked so good
everywhere we went that there was
little to choose between the two Sec
lions. The corn stands from seven
to nine feet high and Mr.. Sexauer the
crop expert of the party, sad that it
was the best looking corr he had ver
seen in South Dakota at this time Of
especially the wheat and late oats,
and much Of it was ready for the
harvester.
We do not believe that the people
of the city appreciate what a nice
country we have around Br%ookings.
We do not have a chance to get out
in the country often and were aston
ished at the fine homes, the well kept
farms and nice groves on every hand,
and we can now understand better
why Brookings county farm lands are
increasing in value every year..
Superintendent Moulton of the Chi
cago & North Western railroad, has
just made a tour of all the lines of
that road east of the Missouri river
in this state and, in his opinion, the
state will harvest fully seventy-five
per cent Of an average wheat crop and,
barring hail and early frOsts, will har-
vest fully an average corn crop. In
fact. in his estimation, the corn crop
will be better than last year. While
there are a few spots east of the river
where the drought vas severe, and
the crop very short, they are small
in extent as compared with the whole
state, and in many other localities the
crop is ahead of what it was last year,
which will go a long ways toward
the eastern and southern part of the
state to be in fine shape. An area
between Cavour and De Smet has been
hit hard. North of Redfield as far
as the state line the crop will be
short except in a circle about Colum-
bia, where it is above the average.
While the straw is short in that par
of the state the grain heads are well
filled and the grain is of a good quail
ity. Mr.. Moulton thinks the farmers
of the state will secure even greater
cash returns for their crop Of this
year than for that of last year.
Off the lines of the road, the Mis-
souri, valley has commenced its oats
harvest, and some good samples are
being brought in from the fields. The
country north from central Sully coun-
ty through Potter and Walworth IS
reported to be making a better show
ing than it has for several year
West of the Missouri river there are
local spots where the crop is a prac-
teal failure, one of these being along
the Bad river from Fort Pierre to
Midland. Another bad section is in
the extreme northwest part Of Hard
ing and Perkins counties. Other spots
west Of the river which received time
ly showers report better crops than
for last year. The crop estimates have
not in the past taken much consider
ton of the country west of the river
outside Of the Black Hills section, and
any gain shown in that section Of the
state will be in the shape of a gen
eral gain for the state.
The wheat crop of last year was
10000, 900 bushels, and the corn crop
sc, 900 900 bushels, and the estimate
for this year place wheat at 10000, 900
bushels and the corn practically up
to last year.
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