The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-09-28

and the oats shown are of a fine
quality. and the growers report that
they have raised all the way from ~
TO % bushels per acre of the wheat.
and there are a number OF samples
OF oats which are yielding as high as
50 and 40 bushels per acre. The
display is completed with some fine
vegetables and fruits. and in the
latter cast the county shows a fine
progress.
Good Wheat Yields in Aurora.
Aurora %county's exhibit is under
the direction of Gus Steinfeldt, of
Plankinton, who has gone to much
care and expense to make a fine
showing for his county this year.
tiful in that section as in others the
corn that is displayed is making an
average of from % to 50 bushels per
and the farmers are pleased
with the results. Some corn that
has been raised on a scientific basis
is showing a yield of As bushels.
Wheat is a fairly good crop. and
Mr.. Steinfeldt stated that 20 acres
the Sullivan farm averaged II
bushels and his own on $50 acres
went II bushels. both of which he
believes to have been exceedingly
good. The fruit display is from the
orchard of NJ. l.. Mott, who has %
acres of trees all of which are bear
ing in good shape. MIR. Mott farms
1 500 acres and uses nothing but
gasoline power for all his work. The
potato yield, in Aurora is large and
they are fine quality.
Has Creditable Exhibit.
Sphinx county is one of the farth-
est in the northern section of the
which has made an exhibit at
the palace, and it is a very credita-
BILE one that has been brought to-
gether. 1t is in charge of w. H.
Gillian. There are numerous grains
and grasses which attract the atten-
ton of the sight seers in the build
ing, and high words of praise are
given for what is shown from old
Sphinx. 1t aspires to be in the corr
belt, judging from the large display
of corn, which is now raised in that
section with a marked degree of sue
cess. Sphinx, along with other coun-
ties in that section, suffered in the
lack of rainfall in the early part Of
the season, but despite that there is
a fine showing of wheat, oats, barle,
and rye. together with fruits and
vegetables. Especial attention is
drawn to the grains and, grasses
which are displayed on the wall and
shows that the stock food proposition
is not an embarrassing one up there.
Strong ON Corn and Fruit.
Yankton county's production for
the corn palace is mainly devoted to
two big things-corn and fruit. The
corn is taken direct from the field
and left on the stalk, and the massive
big ears, strong looking kernels in
dictate with what success corn Gull
ture has been pursued in the mother
county of the state. The corn is
yielding very heavily in that section,
where it got rains on the bottom
lands that did not fall elsewhere.
The indications show that Yankton
county ought to product a very
heavy crop, and it is stated that much
of the corn will touch past the 60
bushel notch. The apple display in
the exhibit is something marvel
lous, the varieties being numerous
and the fruit is among the best ev-
er shown at the palace.
From Black Hills District.
To show that there are some agri-
cultural productions in the Black
Hills country an exhibit is made
from the southern section of that
part of the state, when some fine
corn, wheat, oats barley, and vege-
tdDloS anu lfultS are ulSplayed IN a
small space on the lower floor. These
have been gathered from various sec
tions of that region and a display is
made that is considered, most excel
lent. 1t is viewed with a greet deal
of interest from the fact that so lit
tie has been heard from that section
in years past that agriculture was
not connected with it. Since the ir-
rigated project has taken on such
prominence the Black Hills country
is being heard from.
Lyman County to the rore.
P. C. Nichol with others interested
themselves in bringing an exhibit to
the palace from Lyman county, just
across the Missouri river. The
stories that have been reported from
the west side of the river are to the
effect that they were burned up dur
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