The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-23
GRAIN %PROSPECTGOOD
WINTER WHEAT AND RYE OUT
LOOK IL BETTER THAN =.
THAT OF 1919.

VI. o. Herbrandson, field agent in
South Dakota for the federal bureau
OF crop estimates, has made a report
on the present status of the crop
situation in South Dakota. A sum.
mary OF the report shows the lilo
ing: The farmers of South Dakota
now have a prospect OF 2,2SS, 900 bush
els of winter wheat, and lO,OOO,OOO
bushels Of winter rye, upon the as
sumption OF average influences pre-
vailing from 10 until harvest. Ihls
compares with 1855, 600 bushels or
winter wheat produced in 1916, n
/ O,255. 600 bushels OF winter rye pro-
| duced in the same year. The ten
dency is toward an increase OF winter
rye, while winter wheat remains some
what constant in South Dakota. The
hay condition promises good yields IN
South Dakota. Tame hay acreage is
somewhat increased from II year
ago, while wild hay, as would be ex-
pected in South Dakota, shows a
small decrease because Of he break
ing I'D OF virgin soil. The condition
of hay in South Dakota Is placed at
90 per cent, compared with SO per
cent for a l0-year average. South Da'
kota's present stock Of hay remaining
, on farms is about the same as the
amount remaining on farms in recent
years, being placed al II per cent.
Plowing is estimated to be SO per
cent completed in South Dakota and
planting IS per cent completed. Pas
lures are represented to be SO per
cent OF normal in South Dakota, be
cause Of the rather favorable wea-
Their, and forage conditions which
have prevailed in the state. South
Dakota live stock losses are compare
lively small compared with the losses
Of previous years, with the exception
of swine, where the losses to the
young pigs has been increased be-
cause OF the cold and inclement wea-
Their.
Articles Of Incorporation have beer
filed by the Huron Aerial Rapid Tran
sit company, an incorporation with
a capital stock OF $500, 600, which will
operate an air line over South Da-
kota. The incorporators are George
w. Wright. John Longstaff, Charles
Ward, Merle Hagen and Elmer SOhn,
all Huron men. Ward, Hagen and
Sohn served as aviators in the war,
holding the rank of l%ieutenants. The
Huron aerial transit line will be the
first of it's kind in the state il not
in the northwest. The company will
operate one plane at the start, but
will increase the number ofAmachines
as the business grows. A Curtiss
two-passenger biplane will be used.
The ex-army officers of the company
will act as pilots. The plane will ar.
rive in about three or four weeks, II
is said. The company plans to es-
Watertown, Sioux Falls. Mitchell and
Pierre, The landing place in Huron
probably will be on the state fair
grounds.
The state sherif's department has
been putting in considerable time
looking into charges Of stock rustling
in the western part of the state. The
department has made arrests in 100
different cases since January /, and
made 134 arrests of law v~iolators
from July 1, 1918, to January /. 1919.
A lot OF the time Of the department
is taken UP with Investigations Of
complains in all parts OF the state.
The state fire marshals bulletin an
nounces that the annual meeting OF
fire chiefs for the state will be held
at Watertown on July 9, the purpose
OF the meeting being exchanges Of
ideas among the chiefs as to the best
methods OF handling fires, and espe-
cialy the matter Of fire prevention in
The towns of the state.
The crop" OF young ducks should
be the largest in the state this fall
that 1t has ever been. The state in
dotted with pools and sloughs on &C.
count OF the heavy rains in the
spring and practically every pool in
whatever section OF the state it is 10.
Gated a its duck population. On
many OF these ponds large fiocks can
be e en feeding, while on others the
lone pair holds sway, but these birds
are reported to be nesting in the vi.
entity OF the pools which they fire.
Quent and with the number which are
making their summer home in South
Dakota, the hunting later in, the sea.
son should be good along that line.
Memorial day will be more gener.
ally observed this year throughout
South Dakota than aver before. With
the approach Of Memorial day. com
mittees in the various cities and
towns of the state already are at work
making preliminary arrangements for
the day, so fitting tributes can be paid
TO the memory of the men who lost
their lives in past wars and in the
world a Veterans Of the civil war
n subsequent wars call attention
TO an act Of the recent Legislature