Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-08-25
TRRESnERS HuMM|NC
STORIES OF BUMPER
SMALL GRAIN CROPS
Oats Running 40 to so Bushels
Barley, 40 to SIS; Winter
Wheat, 20 to 80.

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Sioux Falls. S. D.. Aug. 21.-Thresh.
Ing machines throughout South Da-
kota now are humming the stories OF
bumper small grain yields and the
rme of h state are in good spirits.
Early reports from threshing opera
Iions snow that oats is running 40 TO
go bushels to the acre. barley 40 to 56
bushels, winter wheat 20 to 80 bushels
spring wheat IL to 20 bushels.
While these yields are not exceptional
In South Dakota the crops are more
uniformly good this year h usual
no poor crops in any part of the state
except in the small areas hit by hail.
Following are some personal and
specific records on his years thresh-
ing records:
mammoth small grain
crop has been harvested in this ter
ritory. George Vance threshed oats
which averaged 40 bushels per acre.
Frank Brown threshed speltz and
barley from an eight-acre tract and got
800 bushels. Wheat yielded well and
VIII run as high as 80 bushels to the
acre. 1t is hard and pumps and Ct
excellent quality.
Bryant-Louis Staudy threshed a 81
acre field of barley, which yielded an
aggregate Of 1880 bushels-or close to
90 bushels per acre. Joseph Mulcrone
SAAA ~ NklOChS VI OdJ1Cy SAdS
yielded "a bushels and 20 pounds.
Clark Frank Meeks. living nine
miles northwest of Clark, threshed q
4S-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 SO to 20 bushels through
out Clark county. Wheat will average
not less than 80.
Clear Lake-William Kreger threshed
a field Of oats which averaged as
bushels per acre. Numerous farmers
report that their barley crops h sea-
son are h largest they ever raised.
Many fields of small grain were 10
great in growth that binders could
scarcely handle 1t.
Delmont-Morris Harris threshed 20
acres Of winter wheat which yielded
IS bushels per acre. He sold the crop
for 80 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 that oats are Smelling
100 to 20 kernels to the head, which
would indicate a yield OF from 50 to 20
bushels per acre.
Elk Point-W. X. Shearon threshed
the winter wheat crop from 80 acres
and received an average of 80 bushels
to the acre. Clausen Shearon's wheat
threshed out an average Of rs. William
Prim threshed spring wheat which
went % bushels to the. acre.
Hetland-Robert Coulson and hin
brother threshed their crop Of barley
bushels to the acre, the total yield being
100 bushels.
Hudson-Oats on the farm of Chris
Hagen threshed out an averaged Of As
bushels per acre machine measure, and
almost 60 by weight. II. II. Cables 40
A0roQ nj uy3nfor vp,koo< thraohaa o,,t M
average of a little yer 80 bushels per
acre. While a 5O-acre field Of oats
threshed out over so bushels to the
acre
Hurley-oats on the Chris Flyer
farm, south of Hurley. threshed out al
most 20 bushels per acre. other small,
grains will yield in proportion. and the
quality OF all Of them is excellent.
Oltvet-Oats threshed OF the farm of
John Schneider. east OF town. averaged
80 bushels to the acre.
9 - Oats threshed on the
Weidenbach farm. near town, averaged
% bushels per acre
Scotland-Ted Sproul and Frank
Haines threshed oats which averaged
better than 40 bushels per acre, Of good
quality. Frank Behlt had a small field
OF wheat which threshed out II bushels
per acre.
Dallas-E. ". Ticknor, who farms a
half mile from Dallas. did the first
threshing OF the neighborhood and the
yield was as follows; Wheat. 81
yield Of rye Melted II bushels to the
acre.
Bridgewater-Yields reported are: r.
4. Savage. oats. 80 bushels: J. A.
Aandel, oats. IS bushels: ]. A. Hilton,
oats. 46 bushels. Wheat is expected to
owing to blight and rust. Corn is max
1nI marvellous grOWth
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