The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-08-13
20,000,900 BUSHELS
OVER AVERAGE FOR
STATE This YEAR.
Report Puts 1914
Yields Above Swear
Average
DAMAGE IN JULY
Despite This, Farms of State
Will Make Record in ~
New Wealth

South Dakota this year produces
100000 BUSHES more of grain
than in 1913 and 10000, 900 bush
els more than the five year average
for this state.
This is the story told for this state
by the United States government
crop report for Aug. LIST. There is
little prospect of n material change
from the figures reported to the GOV
eminent the first of this month.
This is what South Dakota pro-
duces his year, according to the gov
1914 Production.
Corn .74,7O0. 900 bushels
Wheat 5000 bushels
Oats ........ Al, GOO, 900 bushels
Barley .......1 400, 900 bushels
Total ......172,3O0.O OO bushels
The following is the 5-year aver
age production in South Dakota of
the our grains named above:-
Five-Year Average Production.
Corn ........ sc, 500, 900 BUSHES
Wheat .........41, SOC, 900 bushels
Oats -. ,O27, 900 BUSHES
\ oo,ooo aFoilCl
1t will be seen from the above that
the 1914 yield exceeds the five-year
average for each of the grains except
wheat, and that is near the average.
How Values Are Figured.
Though there is 10000, 900 more
bushels of these grains this year
than the 5-year average, the value
of them as estimated by the govern
ment on Aug. LIST is scarcely as great
as the average value of these crops
in South Dakota the last five years,
because of lower prices.
This is the way the government
figures the South Dakota crops:
The 1914 Crop Value.
Grain Price Value
Corn ......6O cents. ..44,s20, 900
Wheat .....92 cents. ~S5,67S,00O
Oats .......31 cents. 1885, 900
Barley .....41 cents... ~7,954,O0O
Five-Year Average Crop Value.
Corn ......5S cents. $4,000 900
Wheat .....92 CENTS. 35,67S000
Oats ......40 cents. 14,S10,O0 0
Barley ST cents. ~9,556,050
However, since the above esti-
mates were made, the European war
has broken out, and the value of the
South Dakota grain must be figured
quite a little higher as a result. 1t
is conservative to say that the value
will be brought up to the Swear aver
age, meaning something like $780,
900, 900 more than the five-year
average will be received by South
Dakota farmers this year for their
grains.
Slump in July.
The August crop report showed a
slump of 1000, 600 bushels in the
estimatd wheat crop for South Da-
kota, during the month of July. This
was due almost entirely to black
rust. A dry spell of three weeks in.
July also cut corn prospects in some
localities in the state, resulting in a
decrease of the estimated corn r
for the state of 10000, 900 bushels.
Oats fell off 7,4OO, 900 bushels and
barley 100000 bushels, according
to the August government report.
That the state could lose these
amounts of grains and still beat the
five year average nearly 100000 900
bushels, shows what an unusually
bright prospect there was in this
state up to the first of July.
Big Crop Not Reported.
The government takes no account
of what has become of one of the
most important crops in South Da-
kota. That is alfalfa. Probably its
yield this year is the best the state
has ever known, three big crops be-
ing harvested in much of the state.
Assuming an acreage of only 1,000,-
900 for the state, Or about the same
as that of barley, this would mean a
production of over 100000 tons
Of alfalfa, worth at the low price
of $3.50 per ton, a total of $45,00O,-
900.
Neither does the report take into
consideration the hundreds of thous-
ands of tons of wild hay, or the, i'm
znense amount of range grass pro-
duced this year all of which will
be converted into milk, butter and
live stock, to the large profit of the
South Dakota farmer.
1t thus becomes clear that South
Dakota this year will have its best
year in the production of new farm
wealth.
THREE INDIANS