The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22

Conservative estimates of the av-
erage yield of grain crops in Dawson
equity for 1912 compiled from fig
ures obtained at the local banks give
u summary, as follows:
Spring wheat, Is bushels to the
acre; winter wheat, IS bushels; corn
AS bushels: oats 40 bushels; flax II
bushels; Alfalfa seed, 3 bushels and
alfalfa hay, between two and two
and one-!.alf ton per acre for first
crop and between one and one-half
ton per acre for second crop.
These figures will certainly make
the South Dakota "Knockcr" sit up
and take notice. They will also
the sister states to realize that this
state is on the map and is we'll u
at the head of the lis on the produc-
ton of grain this year. The figures
used are estimates placed on a very
conservative basis and are taken from
reports which have come in from
over the county, by those farmers who
have already t%hreshed.
Spring wheat is perhaps making
the most wonderful record of them
all. Last year it went around 10
and IL bushels and was considered
good. This veal it seems hard to
place the limit to the amount pro-
duced as one farmer in the county
reports an actual yield of 81 bushels
of spring wheat this year. This was
undoubtedly an eXceptionlly rich and
fertile ground, still the fact remains
that the amount stated was. pro
duced.
Winter wheat is also Welding in
amazing figures. The highest re
ported to The Republican so far is
81 h-S bushels per :.cre. Consider
ing this figure as the high mark it is
a conservative estimate to say that
the yield in the county will average
rs bushels. There is not much Win
ter wheat raised in this section, how.
ever, according to statements OF
those who travel much throughout
the country.
Corn Unusually Large
The corn is wonderful, both in size
of stalk and size of ear. The stand
Ill most places is a good one anG
though orn was said to be some
what backward the first of the sea
son the plentiful rainfall of the past
month has brought it up to expecta.
lions and then some. A long not dry
spell is needed now, say the farm.
ers, in order to ripen it before the
frosty nights begin to come. 1t is safe
to say these will not bother for an,
other thirty days and it therefore
looks as if all the corn will be ou
of the way by that time. One man has
reported that two weeks more will
see his corn denied nicely and safe
from anything but the hardest kline
Of a freeze.
1t is early yet to make any es.
innate of the exact conditions of the
flax. That it will yield II bushels
seems undisputed, where condition.
are right. Some say it may even yielt
as high as fifteen. The stand of fla,
in the county this yea is the best i
has ever been, and some of it it al
ready beginning to ripen nicely. An
other month and the most of it viii
be ready to thresh.
Most of Dawson county has had
just about the right amount of mois
ture this year to make crop condi
tons ideal. In the northern part TIL,
recent rain was a blessing for it is
said it was getting pretty dry there
for the corn. The central and south
ern portions however. are hoping
now for lots of dry and hot weathe,
to put on the finishing touches an,
to enable them to get the small
grains out of the way.