The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-08-10
CORN Pill ACE is
HIRBINGER on TRUE
CROP SITUA TION

because it is the leading crop bu'
because ii aids the industry OF stocl
feeding and dalfying.
In addition to the great yield o.
corn the liberal rain fan this yea,
assures a very fair yield of hay O
all descriptions. The prospects ar,
for as big a crop of flax as has eve,
been produced in the state and as l.
is no uncommon thing to realize a:
much as $40 to $50 an acre from it {;
good crop OF ila& max IS up for {;
great dea! of shortage in snail grain
500 Wheat Crop.
In all the region surrounding Nit
chell the wheat crop will be at least
GO to SuTa on an average yield. Con.
vary in different parts OF the state
However. a consideration of all tn,
crops makes IL appear that Tho
make up for what has been lost OF
the wheat crop. Haley Bros, nea
Mitchell, this week threshed out {;
field of wheat that average over q
bushels to the acre and there are {;
great many other fields in the coun.
Try which will go as we'll.
The oat crop suffered more from
the warm weather in June than an.
other and while there is decided
decrease in the oats yield, it is tn,
least valuable of all the crops in tht
state andt the one the farmers cal
best afford to lose.
For ten years the farmers in Soutl
Dakota have had most abundan
crops and the greatest amount of nev
wealth. per capita. in the Northwes
has been produced in South Dakota
The Importance of this can be appre.
ciated from the fact that the aver
age, per capita, production of farm
families for the last five years was
$i33.26, as shown by the record,
and annual reports of the South Da-
kota Historical Society. lnasmp;&h
as the average farmers family EN-.
braces four or five persons, this
makes as average annual production
of new wealth of $500 to $4,000 70,
each farmers family. The farmers
of South Dakota had approximately
SO, 100000 in the banks at the be-
of this year. These facts to-
gether with the satisfactory money
harvest to be taken out of the soil
this year gives the chief reasons why
the people of Mitchell have never ev-
en- thought Of abandoning the Corn
Palace this year and why, they an
ticipate another good year during the
coming twelve months.
Tiueshing Machines story.
Threshing machines now are al
work at numerous points in the state,
thus removing the necessity of any
further speculation as to what sort
If a small grain crop has been raised
IN South Dakota this year. While
the yield. as told by the threshing
machines, in some localities is very
small, the general yield of small
grain is far ahead of what was hop
I'd for during the excessively hot and
dry weather during the first part of
the growing season. Threshing re-
turns from different parts of the
state follow:
Hudson--Bert Mckinney threshed
oats which averaged thirtN-four bu-
shells per acre; his wheat went sew
anteen and one-half and his barley
seventeen, all beling of good quality.
Oats on the farm of Gunder Twedt
hreshed out an aeverage Of twenty
i've bushels per acre, and wheat If.
teen.
Salem-Wheat on the farm of f.
!. Hart thrashed out an average Of
fifteen bushels to the acre; wheat on
he form of CLYDE Keefe went six,
nd on the farm of c. II. Diamonds
i've. All the wheat on the three
arms was of exceptional quality and
ssted sixty pounds to the bushel.
Plankinton Samuel Sorenson
hreshed his wheat, which went ten
bushels per acre: Clark Mullen S
wheat went nine; John o. Williams
vheat. six; w. c. Coombs wheat,
.irteen; j w James wheat, ten
nd Carl Furchner's wheat ten.
Nienna-The first thrashing in this
icinity was done on the farm OF A
,. Anderson. \ twenty-acre field OF
rheat thrashed out an average OF
iX bushels per acre.
Faulkton-O l.. Stone threshed a
ield of oats which yielded ten bush
Is to the acre While this is light
ield for an average year, it is con-
idered good for this season.
Scotland-Tedcy Sproul threshcd
is oats. which yielded eighteen
ushels per acre. The average yield
f oats in the vicinity of Scotland, as
hown by the returns of The thresh-
lg machines, is about twelve bush.
Is per acre \ few farmers say
heir oats yielded as high as thirty,
We bushels to the acre.
Avon-Oats on the farm of r. T