Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-28
SOUTH DAKOTA NOT DRIED UP
Z c. Misner Comes Back with News
from Mellette County.
PLENTY OF RAIN AND GOOD CROPS
season Has been Generally Favorable
since the Hot Days Of June, and
Farmers Are Getting Good
Yields.

r. e. Misner, Just returned from Mel
.stte county, South Dakota says the report
hat south Ds<ota'is burned out is ground
- He says South Dakota has had more
&sIr this year than great many other
I .tates and that, while some parts OF the
Mate have been ecorched. as a general
lHthg South Dakota is enjoying a year OF
prosperity and good crop yields. Mellettc
county il one of the Rosebud reservation
aounties and is soon 20 be opened for set
Element, the registration TO begin I'm Octo-
Der.
south Dakota is a big state" says Mr.
NIisner 1T is more than 900 miles in
width and almost 400 miles in length In
a territory Of this extent It is possible for
all kinds Of conditions TO exist. 4 portion
Of south Dakota Is in the semi-srid region,
- and in this small portion Of the state they
resort to irrigation. In the counties lying
directly east Of this portion OF the state
they have had two dry years in success
sion and there is no question about the
northwestern portion of South Dakota be
ing dry, but this is only a small part of
the state. The eastern part OF the stats
has raised fifty-four crops. ana Of these
nfty-One( have been beautiful harvests
never had a complste failure.
Plenty of Rain There.
The greatest rainfall in any part of the
United States during the months Of June
and July fell over the great Rosebud eoun-
try in South Dakota which lies west of
the Missouri river. According TO the gov
eminent gauge kept at Dallas, S. D., which
is near the central part of the Rosebud
country. the rainfall during the month of
June was sc inches. The rainfall in May
had been abundant. During the month
OF July we had 7a inches and during the
month of August it has rained good
rain on an average of about every third
day. August weather came in June all
over the country and the small grain crop
in the Rosebud country was extremely
light. Wheat is going about eight TO six
Feen bushels per acre and oats are yield
tng as high as forty bushels per acre. At
least 70 per cent OF the farm land in the
Rosebud country is in corn, and the pros
pect for a good yield is assured. Many
farmers claim they will have sixty BUSH
els 20 the acre and few farmers will get
less than thirty-five.
"For great many years the government
kept an accurate account OF the rainfall
at the military post of Fort Randall in
Gregory county, which is on the east line
lot the Rosebud reservation and at Rose
bud Agency, which is near the west line
BIZ the Rosebud country. In their published
balm charts published by the authority
Of the Secretary Of Agricultural by willis
L. Moore, chief of the United States bu-
reau covering the period from 1871 to 1895.
the average annual rainfall I'm the Rose
bud country was twenty to thirty inches
and this same chart shows that almost
the entire precipitation falls during the
growing months from April to September,
inclusive At least eighteen inches of rain
has fallen in the Rosebud country during
the growing months each year for great
many years and many years 1t has been
more than thirty inches during these six
months.
Record for Five Years.
"On August T. some or the daily papers
published government report from Acad-
envy s. D., which is near the Rosebud
country and the published reports follows;
1906, $3.50; 1907, 1884; 1905 $685. 1903. ass
1910, 1857.
Gregory county in the Rosebud country
~waR opened to settlement in 1904, but the
extreme eastern portion Of Gregory county
was not included in the Rosebud Indian
reservation and this portion Of Gregory
county has been farmed for twenty nine
years. During all these years they have
never had failure and only one partial
failure OF crops. In 1884 the driest year
ever known. In the Rosebud country, the
farmers in this small portion OF Gregory
county shipped out boat loads OF grain
from the Wheeler landing on the Missouri
river. Trip county is only two years old
and this years crop is good. After the
fhd has been placed in a good state of
n ultivation the Rosebud country will have
NnoFe rainfall than is necessary for big