The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-10
DAKOTA HARVEST ON;
HEAVY CROPS RESULT
GENERALLY IN STATE
Help Situation II Serious
Wheat Somewhat Damaged
Corn In Good Shape.

Sioux Falls, 8. D., Aug. 1.-THE en-
' ce3Sively hot weather caused harves
In South Dakota to come on with q
rush, and the farmers have been COM
PEELED to work early and late in get
ting their small grain harvested. They
now are utilizing every hour OF day
light In the work OF completing their
small grain harvest
The help question has been very
| serious problem in many sections OF
the state. Members Of the IndustriaE
Workers Of the World have demanded
from $3.50 to S. per day and board and
lodging for their services, but harvest
hands independent OF this organiza-
SO 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,l
barley and oats generally are In thei
shock. The last three mentioned grains
have yielded well In the greater parY
Of the state, black rust for the mosJ
part having damaged spring wheat and
this in only a part Of the state. In tho
extreme southeastern section of thd
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 crop Of spring wheat raised In
South Dakota this year will average
up with that Of many former years.
Other small grains are believed To be
better than 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
L. n. AlA L.
calities rain would benefit II, so fan
as reported there Is no section of thu
state where corn yet Is suffering from
| a lack of rainfall. One more general
rain over the state will assure the pro-
| duction Of the greatest crop OF corl
ever raised in South Dakota.
In some localities some threshing al
ready has been done, and the results
, are interesting and important In view
| OF the great difference OF opinion whicN
| 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 nv.
| eraged IL bushels TO the acre, and
which he sold for $1.25 per bushel. Rye
and barley harvested in the vicinity OF
Onida, IL Is estimated, will thresh out
from is to 80 bushels to the acre. The
hot and dry weather seriously dam
but oats was not injured so extensive
ly. and It Is expected that II and bar
ley viii thrcsh out a good average crop.
Barley and Oats.
While wheat was damagc1 by rust
In the Milbsnk territory, barley held its
own, and together with oats ~ expected
to yield as well as during many former
years. In the vicinity Of Voiga the
wheat crop L. poor, while oats and bar
ley will be not more than an average
crop. Rye and barley have been har-
vested in that territory. The outing OF
! early oats now Is nearing completion
| In the Volga territory.
Winter wheat in the vicinity Of Elk
! Point is being threshed, and the yields
are exceptionally favorable. William
( Notz, of that territory, threshed the
! crop from % acres OF winter wheat and
II yielded an average OF IS bushels per
acre. This was the best yield so far
/ reported from that territory. w. M.
Shearton threshed winter wheat which
averaged 26 bushels, but the average
! for the territory, so far as yet report
Z ed, is about "a bushels-which is re-
! garded as very good, considering every
thing. Some spring wheat has been
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 have 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 Lef-
feet that that territory has raised
very good crop Of small grain, the crop
having matured before 1t was seriously
damaged by the excessively hot wealth
er. 1t is said that many fields OF wheat
In Lyman and adjoining counties Will
thresh out from 20 to % busf els to the
acre. In many resrects the region west
Of the Missouri appears to nave done
better in crop production this year than
many localities east Of the river.
! CHARGED WITH THEFT.
Sioux Falls, s. D., Aug. Enlarged
with having stolen an automobile nom
he Pagre Land company. of Blooming
Prairie, Mimi, two men giving their
names as Melvin Engalls and Frank
Williams have been lodged In jail in
this city. They were captured near
Dell Rapids, north OF Sioux Falls. The
capture OF the two men was the re-
suit OF their suspicious actions after
the car in which they had been riding
turned over. two and one-haR miles
out OF Dell Rapids. The two defend
ants have asked for a postponement
OF their preliminary hearing in order
tina the burns they received in the fire
which followed the upset might be at
tended 70 and also that they might
have time to produce witnesses in their
behalf.
BOY ARRESTED.
Sioux Falls. s. D.. Aug. 5.--William
Hyronimus OF Lennox, was arrested