Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-02
Sherin Finds South
Wanowing ii ! Sea S'
Of Mud and ater
A. :. sherin, Returning From South
Says Conditions Are Bad for
the Farmers.

M Mr. A. u. Sherin returned last Eri-
day from st. Louis and other south
ern points. Mrs. Sherin, who accom-
panied him to the meeting of the SUI
preme lodge, Modern Brotherhood OF
America, Mr.. Sherin being the dele,
gate from the South Dakota jurisdic-
ton, preceded him home by several
days, coming on direct from st. Louis,
whereas Mr., Sherin remained over to-
attend to business matters,
Down the River BY boat.
The sherins went down the riysr
from Sit. Paul by boat, covering the
distance OF about thousand miles
in four days.
1T was a most delightful trip,
said Mr.. Sherin. in conversation with
a NJ Saturday News representative.
The roundtrip costs only $500 in-
ohiding stateroom and meals We
took In the downward trip only, cost
ing us $4,000 each. And It's worth
Fit if one has the time and means to-
spare, It was one Of the most enjoy
able trips haze ever made. 4
Crops Drowned Out.
Asked about crops, Mr.. Sherin said I:
Crops in the southern regions2 z
Well, they're drowned out, especially
lin some places. Take Missouri, for
instance. don't think I saw a spot
OF any considerable dimensions which
was not covered with water, ait least
[ lfiguratively speaking. Grain that
had been shocked was growing In the
shock. Some OF the grain had not
I.eVen been cut owing to the excessive
rainfall, and where the ground had
Isufficiently dried to permit teams to
get on the land farmers were cutting
with mowers, the grain having so
lcrinkled as to render the use OF the
binder ineffective. And, wherever
they could do so, they were rushing
lin the threshing machines, ais, for In
stance. In some sections where they
were emitting with mowers, raking 1T
iup and feeding it to the machines,
lseeiningly fearful that another rain:
storm would catch it before they
could get 1t threshed. 4
| Kansas But Little Eetter.
1 Mr.. Sharffl said that he was told
that he was in the best portion 81 the
state, SO far as this seasons condi-
ltions are concerned the portion Of
the state where they had had the
f1easf rainfall. "But that was too
much" he continued II was told
| by some OF the people OF Kansas that
| the losses due to- excessive rains
would approximate from twenty-five
| to fifty per cent Of the total CROP I, Of
small grains. This seems improbable
and yet II 1t We're 8 fact that all
other parts OF the state were Id d
worse condition than that which r
visited, / can readily perceive that the
estimate lis not far-fetched Il
Twelve Miles to Get Two.
AT Hanover, as an illustration Of
conditions Mr. Sherin said that the
bridges had been generally washed
out He had occasion to- visit a
place some two miles distant from the
town, but he had to travel twelve
miles In order to reach 1t, going in
round bout ways SO as to find bridges
that could he crossed.
Cornfields along the river bottoms
Pm many places had been simply
wiped out. Mr.. Sherin had In mind
Rne cornfeid which was said to haye1
been twenty-five acres, and not vessI
iige OF the corn was left to show that 1
here ever had been any corn there.
pc river had simply washed it outl
Iq had covered up what 1t failed to
| 4sh away.
All Corn Backward.
ICorn :" repeated Mr.. Sherin. Gwen f
tfy haven't Any that can be said to
,blsafe as vet All the way down to
Af9sourl and all the way back, over
Nferent routes, we noted that corn
|1spackWard. 1t is relatively as far
bsind the season in Missouri and
Rfsas and Iowa as in South Dakota !
81 TACT, think it's further behind. s
'Tfy don't get frost down there as II
cay as we get it here, but tIeil. corn 2
lsftser IN maturing. and hence the 70
sdon y relatively ais short as is g
on Unless frost holds off TnncI, It'
iat saiaa usual in the states men
ti4d their corn crop will be yerv !,
lig and the quality very INTERIOR y
season Of crops above the nor.
Inathrorgfont the west, South Da-
kos therefore, seems to be especiaI.
" sored, as the farmers here have e,
peefble to continue their haryesting s. 81
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