Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
DAKOTA HARVEST ON;
HEAVY CROPS RESULT
GENERALLY IN STATE
Help Situation Is Serious
Wheat Somewhat Damaged
Corn In Good Shape.

cessiVely not weather caused harNcS
IN South Dakota to come on with 1
rush, and the farmers AVE been COM
PEELED to work early and late in get
Wing their small grain harvested. They
now are utilizing every hour of day
llgbt in the work of completing their
small grain harvest.
The help question lt,s been a Very
serious problem in malay sections Of
the state. Members of the Industrial
Workers of the World have demanded
from $3.50 to So per day and board and
lodging for their services, hut harvest
hands independent of this o~rSaniZa-
tlon have been satisfied with $50 and,
~ per day. and thousands of them are
being employed in different sections of
the state at these prices.
IN the state at large most of the
spring wheat has been cut, and rye.
barley and oats generally are in the!
shock. The last three mentioned grains
have yielded well in the greater part
of the state, black rust for the moss
part having damaged spring wheat. and
this in only a part of the state. In the
extreme southeastern section of the
state there was but little damage by
rust, and reports indicate that the
same is true in the newer agricultural
region between the Missouri river and
the Black Hills in western South Da-
kota.
GOOD Crop.
Notwithstanding the rust damage.
the r % of spring whcat raised in
South Dakota his year will average
up with hat of many former years.
Other small grains are believed TO be
better h a those of many former years
In many sections small grain will
thresh out well.
Corn has been making rapid progress
during the past few weeks and now is
IN fro condition yyIil. II, ~, In
calities rain would benefit it, so fan
a. reported there is no section of thu
state where corn yet is suffering from
a lack Of rainfall. One more general
rain owe the state will assure the pro,
duction of the greatest crop of cort
ever raised in South Dakota.
In some localities some threshiEg al
ready has been done. and the results
are interesting and important in view
of the great difference of opinion whicS
exists as to the volume of the small
grain crop raised in South Dakota this
year.
Gerald Muller, living near Plankin-
ton, threshed winter wheat which av.
eraged II bushels to the acre. and
which he sold for $1.25 per bushel. Rye
and barley harvested in the vicinity of
Onida, it is estimated. will thresh out
from Is to 80 bushels to the acre. The
hot and dry weather seriously dam
aged whea in the vicinity Of Winfred.
but oats was not injured so extensive
ly, and it is expected that it and bar
ley will thrcsh out a good average crop.
Barley and Oats.
While wheat was damaged by rust
in the Milbank territory, barley held it's
and together with oats Is expected
to yield as well as duricg many former
years. In the vicinity of Volga the
wheat crop is poo Will. oats n bar
ley will be not more than an average
crop. Rye and barley have been har-
early oats now is nearing completion
in the Nolga territory.
Winter wheat in the vicinity Of Elk
Point is being threshed, and the yields
are exceptionally favorable. William
Notz, of that territory, thresl.ed the
crop from 90 acres of winter wheat and
it yielded an average of 35 bushels per
acre. This was the best yield so far
reported from that territory. w. NJ.
Shearton threshed winter wheat which
averaged rs bushels, but the average
for the territory, so far as yet report
ed, is about "a bushels-which is re-
garded as very good, considering every
thing; Some spring wheat has been
threshed in the vicinity of Elk Point,
and the early reports indicate that this
variety of wheat will yield from IA to
is bushels to the acre.
The yield Of oats in the Salem ter
ritory Is light and wheat was badly
damaged by black rust. Shock thresh-
ing commenced in the vicinity OF Sa-
lem this week. but no returns nave yet
been made Reports from Lyman
Haakon, jackson and other counties in
the new agricultural region between
the Missouri river and the Black Hills
in western South Dakota are to the eff
feet hat hat territory has raised a
very good crop of small grain, the croE
having matured before it vas seriously
I damaged by the excessively hot wealth
err. 1t is aid that many fields of wheat
in Lyman n adjoining counties will.
thresh out from 20 to 25 bust els to the
acre. In many respects the region wesl
of the Missouri appears to have done
better in crop production this year thar
many localities east of h river.
CHARGED WITH THEFT.
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