The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-10
YIELD TURNS OUT SPLENDID.
Threshers Give Good Line on South
Dakota Crop.

Sioux Falls.-Threshing machines
now are at work at numerous points
in the state, thus removing the necessi-
ty of any further speculation as TO
what sort of a crop has been raised III
South Dakota this year. While the
yield. as told by the threshing ma
chimes, in some localities is very small,
the general yield of small grain is far
ahead of what was hoped for during
the excessively hot and dry weather
during the first part of the growing
season. Threshing returns from diff
ferent parts of the state follow:
Hudson-Bert Mckinney threshed
oats which averaged "a bushels per
acre: his wheat went liz and his
barley II. all being of good quality.
Oats on the farm of Gunder TWedt
threshed out an average of % bushels
per acre. and wheat Is.
Salem-Wheat on the farm of =. 7.
Hart threshed out an average of 10
bushels to the acre; the wheat was or
exceptional quality and tested 60
pounds TO the bushel.
Plankinton-S. SorensOn threshed
his wheat. which went 10 bushels per
| acre; Clark Mullen's wheat went Z,
! oats IA: w. c. Coombs' wheat, II; J.
w. James wheat, 10, and Carl Furch-
ner'S wheat 10.
Vienna-The first ~threshing in this
vicinity was done on the farm OF A. +.
Anderson. A 20-aCre field OF wheat
threshed out an average of six ushel
| per acre.
Faulkton-O. L. Stone threshed a
field of oats which yielded 10 bushe
to the acre.
ScotlandLTeddy Sproul threshed
| his oats. which yielded Is bushels per
| acre. The average Weld of oats in the
| vicinity of Scotland, as shown by the
returns of the thTeshing machines, Is
| about u bushels per acre.
Avon-Oats on the farm of K. 7.
| Luke threshed out an average or 20
bushels per acre, of good quality. ON
er oats which have been threshed IN
this vicinity ranged from 10 10 20
bushels to the acre. g,
Misunderstanding returns received
here from this vicinity shows that
oats are yielding in the n"eighborhood
| of 90 bushels per acre, and wheat from
10 to Is bushels. y.
Lake Andes-Wheat on the farm or
3. Freeman threshed out Il bushels 10
the acre: r. F. Austin's wheat went
10. All the small grain is turning out
much better than expected. .
Observation-Disclosures report wheat
in this section as threshing out TO- -,
Is. and in some localities as nigh as 20
bushels to the acre.
Tvndall-Oats on the farm OF Joseph
cambridge threshed out 80 bushels per
acre. coo
Tripp-Jacob Dewald threshed 600
bushels of oats from 90 acres of land
an average of so bushels per acre, OatS
on the farm of Jacob Fruck threshed
out 80 bushels to the acre.
Fmery-Some threshing has been
done in this vicinity. wheat aVerag-
ing from 4 to II bushels to the acre.
and oats from y to %.
Notwithstanding returns re-
ceived here from this vicinity show the
following: S. +. Shade, wheat nine
bushels to the acre, oats -; Lars Han
son. wheat -: w. S. Frederick, wheat
II. Albert Hill. one field Of oats on
alfalfa ground 50. another field 20.
Menno-One field Of wheat on the
farm of Andrew j. Mettler threshed
ont Is bushels per acre. the balance
averaging II. Peter VAIL threshed
1850 bushels of wheat from 40 acres,
and LOO bushels of oats from GO acres
Alcester-Several threshing ma
chimes are at work in this vicinity,
While the yields so far reported are
not IN to the standard Of former years
they are better than expected.
r.;Du OotS on the farm or Geo
Heneman threshed out an average oil
about q bushels per acre. Of good quail
inv. Robert Hales threshed his wheat
which averaged - bushels per acre
his oats going about 10. Oats on oth
or farms averaged as high as 40 bush
els to the acre.
Dallas-Oats in this vicinity are
tbreshing out from 10 to 80 bushels pei
acre. while wheat is running from IL
to 90.
Worthing-Oats in this vicinity are
threshing out from 10 to 10 bushels pei
acre: winter wheat is turning out peI
ter than spring wheat.
Chancellor--Some shock threshlne
has been done in this locality. Oats
are threshing out from III TO 10 DUST
els to the acre.
Clear Lake nEtShIHS lCNuihS
far received from points in thls
DeuelD county show that thousand;
of acres of wheat will average 10 bush
els per acre. Barley will be ahou
half a crop, while fax will be a heaV!
crop. :.
Mission Hill-Shock threshing Is II
progress in this vicinity. Report
show the grain is well filled. Oats ar,
tbreshing out an average of about g
bushels to the acre and wheat abou
IS.
White Lake-Wheat or the farm o
Ed Rebensdorf, IA miles south oil town
threshed out an average of about i
bushels an acre, and his oats about ~
Sowina Some Winter Wheat.
Pierre.-On account of late rains Il
the northern part of Stanley county,
number of residents of that section