The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-09

crop conditions in South Dakota, Sep
TENDER LIST:
Large crops and heavy yields have
benefited practically all of South Da-
kota. The western section Of the
state shows a better condition Of pros
perity than for several years. Small
grains are estimated as considerably
better than the 1918 crop, and alfalfa
and hay have afforded good yields.
Corn in eastern South Dakota has been
making good progress, but needs three
weeks Of warm weather to mature.
The stock-growing sections anticipate
a strong movement of sheep and cattle
during the next sixty days, at good
prices. Demand for loans is good to
excellent with collections fair to good
and improving.
It's report of business conditions
over the northwest is as follows:
Interest rates normal: demand for
loans good to brisk; collections fair
and showing improvement; wholesale
and retail business active, with good
good condition.
The banks general summary of
crop conditions in the northw est is as
follows:
Untimely frosts during the last ten
days of August have cut down yields
and caused loss to growers of fax,
corn, potatoes and garden produce. The
only serious damage is to fax and
corn, North Dakota, which is produc-
ing this year about 500 of the fax
crop of the Ninth district, suffered
frosts which have turned much fax
black and damaged field and fodder
corn. Flax in South Dakota and Mime
sofa is an excellent crop and has es-
capped injury. Prior to the frost dam
age, the flax outlook was the best in
years, and although the acreage this
year is reduced about $50, the pros
pect was for heavy yields.
This late damage, occurring from
August Gath to 2Sth, cannot change
the fact that the northwest has har-
vested large crops of fine quality, or
seriously affect the returns from the
harvest as a whole. Corn was already
doubtful. The injury to fax is infer
tunate, as it prevents what might east
ly have been the northwest's best har-
vest of this crop.
In Southern Minnesota, eastern
South Dakota and the lower half. of
Wisconsin, corn has made some pro-
gress, but is slow and backward.
Frosts have hurt the prospect, and the
outlook is for not more than 60% of
an average crop. Over the remainder
Of the district where corn is less i'm
portant, but is still generally grown,
the outlook is less encouraging. Frosts
have already hurt both field and fodder
corn, and cool weather for two weeks
has not brought the crop forward as
rapidly as was expected. Clear and
Of September is now required to ma
ture the crop and afford a fair yield.
Lacking this, there will be much soft
corn which will be unmarketable and
which farmers will have to feed. A
characteristic Of the corn crop is it's
u~neveness in quality. Rains caused
much late planting, and weather con-
dtions have not favored corr on low
ground.
Flax and corn are, however, the only
weak spots in the harvest. Rye, which
was earlier considered a light crop,
has turned out well. Barley is an ex-
cellent crop of good quality, and both
wheat and oats are heavy crops Of
very fine quality, showing yields in
some localities that are surprising. The
high quality of the new wheat crop is
Wei HldHIdIHeu OVeT Lue eHIlTe us
trict. Oats. too, show up especially
well and returns from early threshing
verify the prediction of large yields.
Early potatoes are coming into mar
ket in considerable quantities, and
show good average yields Of fine quail
ity. Late potatoes are a good crop, but
have been touched by frost in some
localities, and upon low lands, and
there is some damage from blight. The
potato-growing district will offset any
losses and the total production will be
large.
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