The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22
RECENT RAINS HAVE
HELPED CORN CROP
THIS ADDS TO THE GOOD NEWS
REGULARLY TOLD by THE
THRESHlNG MACHINES.

1INELSf1I MAJ HIN rs.
Sioux Falls, S. D.-The familiar
sound in South Dakota these days is
the hum of the thousands of thresh-
ing machines which now are active
ly at work pounding out the grain
which during the fall and winter
months will be bringing Unto the
state a golden stream of dollars
which will go to swell the millions
which the farmers of South Dakota
have on deposit in the banks. So
vast is the amount of small grain
raised in the state this year that it
promises to be we'll into the winter
before all the grain Las been thresh-
ed.
Never before have so many thrcsh-
ing outfits been sold in South Da-
kota for a corresponding period as
during the past sixty days. During
the past week or two it has been a
common sight in any of the smaller
towns to daily see one or more
threshing outfits u%nloaded from the
cars and taken to the farming COM
munlty to commence the work of
threshlng. AT the present time it is
safe to say more threshing outfits
are in operation throughout the
state than at any time since the
state was settled by the whites.
The excellent crop of small grain
Will make the fall and winter months
the most prosperous ever enjoyed
by the people of the state and bust
ness of all kinds is certain to hum
during the fall and winter. Corn
remains in fine condition and has
been greatly benefited by recent
rains which have swept over most
parts of the state. What now is
needed to mature the corr crop is
hot and dry weather for about a
month Or six weeks, there now being
ample masture in the ground to ma
ture the corn eve if there is not
another drop of rain. If corn es-
capes Jack Frost-as there is every
possibility it will-the corn crop this
season will be the greatest ever rails
ed in South Dakota. The acreage
this year will be the greatest in the
history of the state, and there is
every promise that the WELD will be
larger than for some years.
The %threshing machines are telling
interesting stories of the small grain
crop raised in the state this year.
The following are the latest reports
which have come form the thresh-
ers:
Scotland-Claus Frick threshed
his early oats, getting an average of
bridge also got an average of so
l h 1S1ln1c nf nntc Oy~ E~1J IS c-.A,.
acres going 60 bushels. Becker and
Merchant threshed out an average of
16 bushels of wehat per acre. One
small field of wheat near town
threshed out 20 bushels per acre. 1t
is believed that none of the wheat
will thresh out less than Is bushels
per acre, and oats from 80 to so
bushels.
Humboldt.-One field of oats on
the farm of E. A. Morrison threshed
out an average of so bushels to the
acre strong, and another went so.
His rye threshed out 80 bushels, and
his winter wheat 90 bushels t. the
acre. His barley, which was sown
very thin and could not be consider
led an average field, threshed out
20 bushels per acre. He expects to
have an aggregate of 10, 900 bushels
of small grain When he finishes
threshing.
Letcher.-Wheat in this vicinity is
threshing out from 10 to 25 bushels
per acre. Oats on the farm of II. M.
Hopkins threshed out 81 bushels per
acre, the entire 30-acre field averag-
ing this.
Lennox.-A. B. BOSNIAN threshed
a field of winter wheat that averaged
AZ 1-2 bushels per acre. This is one
of the best yields of this grain ever
reported in Lincoln county.
Flandreau.-Wm. Thiele threshed
his barley and it yielded an average
of SO bushels to the acre. G. A
Perley threshed some that went 35;
M, Richardson, 30; early oats, 80;
Joe Kotan, barley, 80. Barley is
threshing out from 80 to 35: late
oats will run from 40 to 20.
-.ontrose.-Preliminary threshine
in this vicinity indicates that man.
fields of both barley and wheat viii
average 40 bushels per acre.
Menno-Em. Redmann's wheat
threshed out IS "a bushels pei
acre. The yield from nineteen acre:
of wheat on the farm of Geo. Scham.
Der threshed out an average of 25
bushels per acre. He secured 1,20(
bushels from sixty-three acres. Pau
j. Hofer's wheat averaged II bushel.
d. F.. kost threshed 1,025 bushels O,
wheat from seventy acres-an aver.
age of over IA bushels per acre. Hi.
oats averaged nearly % bushels t.
the acre. Chris. Timer, a bonanz;
farmer, will have 10000 bushels O,
grain to market this fall-enough t.
fill an elevator.
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