Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26
THRESHERS HuMMINC
STORIES Of BUMPER
SMALL GRAIN CROPS
Oats Running 40 to so Bushels;
Barley, 40 to So; Winter
Wheat, 20 to 80.

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Aug. 21.-Thresh-
ing machines throughout South Da-
kota o are humming the stories OF
bumper small grain yields and the
farmers of the state are in good spirits.
Early reports from threshing opera
tons show that oats is running 40 to
go bushels to the acre, barley 40 to 55
bushels. winter wheat 20 to 80 bushels
and spring wheat IL to 20 bushels.
While these yields are not exceptional
in South Dakota the crops are more
uniformly good this year than usual
no poor crops in any part of the state
except in the small areas hit by hail
Following are some personal n
specific records on this years thresh-
ing records:
Armour-A mammoth small grain
crop has been harvested in this ter
ritory. George Vance threshed oats
Frank Brown threshed speltz and
barley from an eight-acre tract and got
800 bushels. Wheat yielded well and
will run as high as 80 bushels to the
acre. 1t is hare and pumps and of
excellent quality.
acre field of barley, which yielded an
aggregate of 1890 bushels-or close to
30 bushels per acre. Joseph Mulcrone
threshed 20 shocks Of barley that
yielded "a bushels and 20 pounds.
Clark - Frank Meeks, living III
miles northwest of Clark, threshed a
lS-acre field of barley, which averaged
better than go bushels to the acre. The
crop Of oats from a small field threshed
out an average Of 80 bushels per acre.
Barley and oats will thresh out an av-
erage Of from 80 to 20 bushels through
out Clark county. Wheat will average
not less than 80.
C1aor r. n La-VNil1}op Hrooor tbracI,o1
2 field OF oats which averaged rs
bushels per acre. Numerous farmers
report that their barley crops this seq
son are the largest they ever raised.
Many fields Of small grain were SO
great in growth that binders could
scarcely handle 1t.
Delmont-Morris Harris threshed 20
acres Of winter wheat which yielded
70 bushels per acre. He sold the crop
for 30 cents per bushel.
Dell Rapids-The grain yield will be
good, especially oats, which is the chief
small grain crop Of this vicinity. Re-
ports are received h a oats are Smelling
100 to % kernels to the head, which
would indicate a yield Of from 80 to 70
bushels per acre.
Elk Point-w. K. Shearon threshed
the winter wheat crop from 80 acres
and received an average of 80 bushels
to the acre. Clausen Shearon's wheat
Sok OAA VI GO. lllldI
Prim thresled spring wheat which
went % bushels to the acre.
Hetland-Robert Coulson and his
brother threshed their crop of barley
which averaged a little more than 40
bushels to the acre, the total yield being
LOO bushels.
Hudson-Oats on the farm of Chris
Hagen threshed out an averaged Of As
bushels per acre machine measure, and
Utmost 60 by weight. III. H. Cables 40
lcres of winter wheat threshed out an
average Of a little over 80 bushels per
lcre. While a 50-acre field of oats
hreshed out over so bushels to the
lcre.
Hurley-Oats on the Chris Flyger
arm, south of Hurley, threshed out all
most 70 bushels per acre. Other small
trains will yield in proportion. and the
iuality Of all of them is excellent.
Olivet--Oats threshed on the farm of
John Schneider, east of town, averaged
10 bushels to the acre.
Parkston - Oats threshed on the
W~eidenbach farm, near town, averaged
Is bushels per acre.
Scotland-Ted Sproul and Frank
Haines threshed oats which averaged
iuality. Frank Behl had a small field
II wheat which threshed out IA bushels
per acre.
Dallas-E. w. Ticknor, who farms a
ialf mile from Dallas, did the first
s%hreshing of the neighborhood and the
yield was as follows: Wheat, 27
bushels: barley, 81 bushels. A voluntary
FIELD of rye netted II bushels to the
Acre.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. reported are: R.
A.. Savage, oats, SO bushels; J.. A.
Mandel. oats, 48 bushels; j. A. Hilton,
pats, As bushels. Wheat is expected to
fall far short Of the promised yield,
swing to blight and rust. Corn is maxi
ing a marvellous growth.