The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-07-14
CROP SITUATION
MUCH BRIGHTER
REGENT RAINS HAVE HAD WON
DERFUL EFFECT IN BRING
ING SMALL GRAIN TO
BETTER CONDITION.

BETTER CONDITION..
There is not SO much worry over
tho crop conditions at the present
time as there was a week ago. and
the more favorable feeling has been
brought about through reports that
have ben brought in from the coun-
Try by parties who nave travelled in
many directions In the past week.
Undeniably the rainfall has been
exceedingly small in the past month
Or six weeks, but the past ten days
with the moisture that has fallen, to-
gether with the very favorable wea-
ther the conditions are much improv-
@. One II two rains have been gen.
eral in character, while the others
have come In spots, and those places.
o : general rule. were where the
moisture was needed. These rains
have been followed by cool weather
hanearly every instance in the past
two weeks, and had as good a effect,
nearly, as the rain. Had the weather
turned on warm with a hot sun for
several days following the rain, the
wheat would have been injured to a
marked extent, In that the berry
would have been shrivelled consider
ably. but the cool weather coming
right IN the heels of the rain had
the effect OF helping the berry de-
velOp to q larger size.
There are some oats that are now
being cut. these being of an early
variety, and 1t is reported that they
are turning out wen. While the
straw 10 short the grain shows a very
fair development. The later oats are
aid to be equally as good as the
sarly variety, IL not a little better in
some parts Of the county.
In . majority portion of the coun-
~ the wheat is commented upon as
being In very good shape-not so
good as in years of plentiful moist
IRE. but all that could be desired un-
der the drier conditions. 3. j. Sand
en-, who lives northeast Of the city,
aays he has a piece Of wheat that is
the best that he has raised in a
good many years and that he be-
lieyes II will go at least 20 bushels
ri acre. The wheat was grown on
piece Of ground which has been
under water for two years, and early
this spring 1t dried out sufficiently
90 that it could be sown to wheat. 1t
stands about three feet high and is
= remarkable piece Of grain, headed
Outsin fine shape, and Mr.. Sanders is
anxious to get into 1t with the bind
er Just to ascertain how it is going
to develop.
What has helped wheat to a mark
Cd extent this year is the fact that
there was an abundance of moisture
II the ground with the opening Of
spring. This moisture has been con-
served we'll by a system Of ground
culture that has preserved it until
this dry season has called upon It.,
and 1t has responded in a way as to
make the wheat crop at least 20 per
cent better.
The situation in Dawson county
IS TO q certain extent much the same
In many parts Of the state-the good
crops are scattered due to the local
rains. A peculiar situation exists in
Douglas county. In the vicinity of
6tickney It Is stated that there has
been SO much rain during the season
that 1T has ben impossible to cult
vate the corn sufficiently as to kill
on the weeds, while in other parts of
the county the moisture has been
Hight. SO much SO that there is a wide
variance in the crop conditions.
Parties here from Iowa say that
South Dakota has no particular rea-
Q to lament owe the lack of moist
ure. Over in the vicinity of Charles
City the rainfall has been infinitely
small. and crops are in a SO per cent
worse condition than anything they
have seen in the state.
There is great hope pinned to the
corn crop for the state this year, par
ticnlarly in the corr belt region Of
the state. Good reports come from
the central and southern part. In the
north central and northern part this
igraha has not developed to the same
axtent. Late corr has grown and
eansht up with the earlier planted
g11ain and II Is believed will 60 right
aallong on the homestretch with the
ether.
@sAs 2 general proposition there is
I little ground to feel blue ove the
atuation for there is going to be a