Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-03
SOUTH DAKOTA WHEAT AND coux
Examination of Eleven Counties
show Crnnn Little DAMAGED.

Examination of Eleven Counties
shows Crops little Damaged.
MITCHELL, s. D., Aug 2--(Speclal)-
Crop reports from eleven counties in the
central part of the state, and given out
through the investigations Of bankers in
tho counties, indicate that the situation is
much better than was anticipated earlier
In thef season when the rainfall was
so short as to possibly preclude anywhere
near a good crop Of small grain. Reports
were received from Aurora, Brule. Devi-
son, Douglas. Hanson, HutchinsonS Jer-
auld, Lyman, McCook. Miner and San
born.
The harvest has been completed in
practically all of these counties and the
rains which have come In mo past two
weeks have materially Increased the pro-
portion Of yield of wheat and corn, the
latter grain having had the benefit OF the
greater amount of rainfall in the past ten
days when 1t was Of little benefit to the
wheat
The yield of wheat will fall little below
the average of last year, although the
| higher price will yield the farmer perhaps
| heavier income from that grain alone.
The oats crop shows a greater falling off
than wheat, and like wheat, the higher
price will not affect the financial returns
to any great extent
| Wheat has responded to q great amount of
moisture that was in the ground at the be-
| ginning of the season, left over from the
heavy suows OF the winter season. When
| wheat first commenced to stool In the spring
the cold weather about the middle of April
gave the roots an opportunity to shoot
downward and remain there to get the
benefit OF the moisture in the drier part
of the growing season, and this has be-
come evident in the manner in which the
wheat heads filled out so we'll when the
straw was so short. Corn has responded
In much the same way to the conserved
moisture throughout this section.
In Aurora, Brule, Douglas, sanborn, Nc
Cook and Miner counties the wheat crop
was expected to turn out an average
crop, running from rs to So per cent of
| the yield of 1909, while in Hutchinson 1t
was expected to make a yield OF 125 per
cent of the 1909 crop. Lyman and Jer-
| aud counties reported the wheat very
| thin and ranging from 90 to sc per cent
of crop. These latter two counties state
that the corn Is not quite 50 far advanced
as in 1900 but with rains at the present
time It will show big increase.
Throughout this section in Aurora, Brule,
Dawson, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson
| Miner and Sanborn the corn crop is excel
| lent as general proposition, not one Of
4 the counties reporting anything particularly
backward on the crop. In practically all
of the counties the ears have commenced to
form, and they indicate a good develop
ment Of the ear even at this period. Not
withstanding the fact that the seed in the
spring was supposedly poor the crop
throughout this section shows that 1t has
1t is the general opinion gathered from nine
1t is the general opinion gathered from nine
developd much better than was anticipated.
1t is tn general opinion gathered from nine
OF the eleven counties that the corn crop is
going to be better than that of 1909. The
moisture throughout the season has been
scattered at times one section of a county
would get a heavy rain while other por-
tions were not touched. The corn outlook
/ is indeed very encouraging.