The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-08-26
THRESHERS HUMMING
STORIES OF BUMPER
SMALL GRAIN CROPS
Oats Running 40 to so Bushels;
Barley, 40 to %; Winter
Wheat, 90 to 80.

Sioux Falls. 8. D.. Aug. 21.-Thresh-
ing machines throughout South Da-
kota now are humming the stories on
bumper small grain yields and the
farmers or the state are in good spirits.
Early reports from threshing opera
tons show that oats Is running 40 to
so bushels to the acre, barley 40 TO 90
bushels, winter wheat 20 to 80 bushels
and spring wheat II 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 hall.
Following are some personal and
specific records on this years thresh-
ing records:
Armour--A mammoth small grain
crop has been harvested in this ter
r1tory 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
will run as high as 30 bushels to the
acre. 1t is hard and pumps and OF
excellent quality.
Bryant-Louis Staudy threshed as
acre field of barley, which yielded an
aggregate Of 1880 bushels-or close TO
80 bushels per acre. Joseph Mulcrone
threshed 20 shocks Of barley that
yielded "a bushels and 20 pounds.
Clark - Frank Meeks, living nine
miles northwest OF Clark, threshed a
AS-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 win average
not less than 30
Clear Lake--william Kreger threshed
n ~ 20 xuhf a. er0
bushels per acre. Numerous farmers
report that their barley crops this sea-
son are the largest they ever raised.
Many fields OF small grain were so
great I'm growth that binders could
scarcely handle IL.
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 In the chief
small grain crop OF this vicinity. Re-
ports are received that oats are Smelling
100 to % kernels TO the head, which
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
went 20 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
1.700 bushels.
Hudson--oats on the farm Of Chris
Hagen threshed out an averaged OF As
bushels per acre machine measure, and
Utmost so by weight. III. III. Cables 40
heres OF winter wheat threshed out an
average OF a little over 80 bushels per
Lcre. While a 50-acre field OF oats
Ehreshed out over 80 bushels TO the
Lcre.
Hurley--oats on the Chris Flyger
arm, south OF Hurley, threshed out al
most 20 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
Weidenbach farm, near town, averaged
Is bushels per acre.
Scotland-Ted Sproul and Frank
aaines threshed oats which averaged
better than 40 bushels per acre, OF good
tuality. Frank Behl had a small field
II wheat which threshed out IA bushels
per acre.
Dallas--E. w. Ticlnor, who farms a
half mile from Dallas, did the first
hreshing OF the neighborhood and the
yield was as follows: Wheat, 81
bushels; barley. 81 bushels. A voluntary
FIELD Of rye Melted IL bushels to the
here. .... ... ...
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. reported are: r.
A. Savage, oats, SO bushels; J. A
Mandel oats, 48 bushels; ]. A. Hilton,
pats, As bushels. Wheat Is expected to
tall far short of the promised yield,
swing to blight and rust. Corn is MAX
ing a marvellous growth.