Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-09
SOUTH DAKOTA CROP
REPORT ENCOURAGING
Rains of This Week Have Saved
Corn and Late Spring
Wheat.

! Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 4.-Hot and
dry weather during the past two weeks
or more caused early small grain to
ripen very rapidly, and the harvesting
of these grains came on will a rush.
Harvesting Of barley and oats and
winter rye, and some early fields of
spring wheat, now is nearing COM
pletion in all parts of South Dakota. By
the time h harvesting OF these grains
is completed the great u of the
spring wheat crop will be ready for the
harvester.
Reports generally are to the effect
that the small grain crop which was
harvested in advance OF the excessive
eat of last Saturday and Sunday is
one OF the best ever raised in the state.
h stalks were strong and healthy,
and as a result the heads were we'll
filled with plump kernels. indicating
that threshing returns will show that
the grain for the most part has yielded
unusually well.
was cool and decidedly favorable for
this process, and because of this the
heads usually are plump and we'll filled.
Dry weather thus Jar during the har-
vesting period a enabled the rme
to push the work without delay. Be
cause OF Tue uTS WSdIueI III Is lllo'tS'S
the quality of the small grain will be
unusually good.
In some limited areas M lost
al Or. part Of their crops by hail
rtorms a few days before the con-
mencement of harvest, but while the
losses are hard on them personally, they
had little effect on the general pro-
auction of small grain in the state at
large.
Reports are to the effect that late
Ipring wheat in many localities was
hard hit by the excessively hot weather
Of last Saturday and Sunday. when the
temperature reached 100 degrees and
heat was SO terrific that late spring
wheat was shriveled badly, which will
result in q very material reduction in
the Weld.
The heaviest damage was done in the
central and northern sections OF Soutl,
Dakota where late spring wheat was
not as far advanced as in the extreme
northern sections and was caught just
at q time when excessive lea could af-
feet it most. Corn also was affected
by he hot and dry weather and the
! terrific heat of last Saturday and sum
day.
Several days ago it was reported
from counties in the central section of
South Dakota that corr already was
firing, and the excessively hot weather
since tina time added somewhat to the
damage in that part of the state. Thun-
der showers. however. early Monday
morning and Tuesday. and Il change to
cooler. with Il refreshing northwest
wind. instead of the hot south wind
| which had blown for days. brought
great relief to suffering corn and hate
pring wheat and reduced the damage
somewhat.
With Il general rain corn doubtless
| will fully recover and set bc Il big crop,
tho acreage being the greatest in the
history of The state.
Corn i'm some localities yet is behind
It's customary growth, for this period
IF the growing season. but is making
rapid growth. and the crop generally
IS expected to get on OF the way and
| mature we'll in advance OF killing frosts
| during the latter part OF September or
forcpart of October.
Even If IN az their crops are some-
what short because of the excessively
not weather durin. the iast two or
three weeks. the farmers Of South Da-
Nota in general can have no complaints
to make, az the high prices which they
will receive will give them "A return
| .ouc!, greater than they received for
bumper crops raised in the past.
one Of the farmers of South Dakota
have been holding their 1915 aud 1916
corn crops and have been marketing
them during the past week or two
They realized a nice profit by holding
The crops for the present high prices.
The aristocratic spud holds a prom
Using outlook. The crop will be tre-
mcndous unless blight or some other
! ypud pestilence works havoc. There
will be a whopper crop of beans and n
big production Of all the early or late
sall stuff usually denominated as W
len truck.
The Rosebud outlook for an ALL
around food production is probably
tetter than ever before since the white
man came to u the prairie into q
community nj productive farms.
PIERRE CANNING PLANT
AIDS LOCAL HOUSEWIVES
Pierre. S. d.. Aug. 4.-Housewives
with the ambition to can vegetables or
fruit this year will in Pierre have an
usu aid. On certain days the local
canning factory, which has been oper-
ating here several years in canning
tomatoes. will receive the cans the
women nave prepared, and put on the
last step in canning, that is. the boiling
or steamtng. The ladies are required
to perfect the first steps OF preparing
the vegetables or fruit. and blanching