The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-12
REPORTS FROM DAKOTA.
Wheat Makes up in Quality and Price
for Yield-Corn Great.

Wheat Makes up in Quality and Price.
for Yield-Corn Great.
Sioux Falls, S. d., Aug. 6.-Thresh'
ing is in progress in many localities
and will be quite general in the great.
er part of the state by the middle OF
next week. Corn, fax and late pota.
toes have been greatly benefited by
recent rains. With favorable wealth.
er during the remainder of this month
farmers will be pretty we'll through
with their threshing by September /,
which would be several weeks earlier
than usual.
Should 1t develop that the yield of
some grains is below the bumper
yields of former years, the crop in
general, because of the comparatively
high market price at present of most
grains, will give the farmers a reve-
nue. equal to that of former years
when larger crops were raised but
prices were lower.
The present situation with reference
to crop conditions and threshing is
revealed by the following reports;
Bridgewater-First threshing re.
ports received here indicate a bumper
yield of wheat with oats a good aver
age yield. r. A. Savage threshed
20 bushels of wheat per acre testing
Ga pounds, and 40 bushels of oats of
superior quality. II. r. Harter reports
p bushels of blue stem per acre, and
% bushels of velvet chaff, testing 60
pounds to the bushel. with oats 40
bushels per acre. Ideal weather pre-
walls and shock threshing is in full
swing.
Iroquols-Small grain harvest is
! completed in this vicinity and thresh.
ing is now commencing. Crops are
spotted and some fields will show fair.
while others will yield low. Twenty
years ago the first of August, No. /
wheat was worth 70 cents per bushel
in Iroquois. This year it was worth
on that date $115, and it is of good
quality. A half crop this year will
bring nearly as much money as full
crop in 1890.
Wentworth-The harvest in this vi
cinity has been of a somewhat freak.
ish nature. Where one man, for in
| stance, finished cutting week ago,
another has just commenced, while
another is stacking his about as fast
as he is cutting it. Some look for
80 bushels of wheat an acre, and all
say that while barley is not good
crop, it is better than last season and
the grade is fine.
! Plankinton-Several threshing out.
fits have commenced operations with
in sight of town. Oats threshed on
the farm of r. NJ Eggleston, Just
north of town, averaged about 10 bush
els per acre. Although this is low
yield, Eggleston thinks Ieighboring
fields will yield much better.
White lake-Some of the farmers
in the northern part of Aurora county
are estimating a 25-bushel per acre
yield of wheat this season.
Scotland-F. Becker, who has paid
careful attention to crops in this vi
entity for over 80 years, says the
wheat and corn crops have never look
ed better than this season. With the
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ing we'll. Threshers are bringing in
reports that wheat is averaging from
20 to q bushels to the acre. The
quality, weight and color is the best
in years.
Chancellor-Erickson brothers have
threshed some oats and were the first
to bring new grain to town this sea
son. They report the yield to be bet
ter than 40 bushels to the acre, and
the grain is of extra fine quality and
free from foul seeds.
Alpena-Fred Vail has 200 acres of
wheat, from two bundles of which he
threshed out seven and one-third
pounds. These bundles were thresh.
ed by hand right from the binder and
it is estimated the entire 200-acre
field will yield an average of IL bush
els per acre.
Observation-Disclosures place the yield
of small grain in this vicinity at all
the way from 80 to 100 percent of a
; full crop.
Desmet-The harvesting of small
grain rapidly is nearing completion in
this vicinity. Hold Perry brought in
the first load of new wheat for the
season. 1t was of the velvet chaff va
riety and tested 62 pounds to the
bushel. The quality was good, but the
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