The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-23
GRAIN P%ROSPECTG GOOD
WINTER WHEAT AND RYE WI
LOOK u BETTER THAN
THAT OF 1918.

South Dakota Tor the leuoiai
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 folio =
ing: The farmers of South Dakota
now have a prospect OF 2,2S8,OOO Dush-
els of winter wheat, and lO,OOO'Voo
bushels Of winter rye, upon me as
sumption Of average influences pre-
vailing from now until harvest. inns
compares with 1,955,00O bushels OF
winter wheat produced in 1916, and
10, 255, 900. bushels Of winter rye pro-
duced in the same year. Inc ten
dency is toward an increase OF winter
rye, while winter wheat remains some
what constant in South Dakota. me
hay condition promises good yields IN
South Dakota. Tame hay acreage is
somewhat increased from one year
ago, while wild hay, as would be ex-
pected in South Dakota. shows a
small decrease because Of the break
! ing up of virgin soil. The condition
OF hay in South Dakota Is placed at
So per cent, compared with 81 per
cent for a 10.year average. South Da.
kota's present stock Of hay remaining
on farms IL about the same as the
amount remaining on farms in recent
years, being placed at IL per cent.
Flowing is estimated to be SO per
e N completed in South Dakota and
planting 65 per cent completed. Pas.
lures are represented to be 80 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 been
filed by the Huron Aerial Rapid Tran
sit company, an incorporation with
a capital stock OF $500, 900, 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 ~lieutenants. The
Huron aerial transit line will be the
first OF it's kind in the state if not
in the northwest. The company will
operate n plane at the start, but
will increase the number ofRmachines
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-
tablish landing places at Aberdeen,
Watertown, Sioux Falls, Mitchell and
Pierre, The landing place in Huron
probably will be on the state fair
grounds.
The state sheriff'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 violators
from July l, 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 marshal's bulletin an.
nounces that the annual meeting of
fire chiefs for the state will be held
at Watertown OF July 8, the purposes
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 hould
be the largest in the state this fall
that it has ever been. The state ia
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 has its duck population. On
many OF these ponds large iocks can
be seen feeding, while on others the
lone pair holds sway, but these birds
are reported to be nesting in the vi.
cinity 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 Rener.
ally observed this year throughout
South Dakota than ever before. With
the approach of Memorial law. com
mittees in the various cities and
towns of the state already are at WORT
making preliminary arrangements for
the day. SO fitting tributes can be maid
to the memory Of the men who los,
their lives in past wars and in the
world war. Veterans OF the civil war
and subsequent wars call attention.
to an act Of the recent Legislature
putting the lid" on amusements -,
all kinds on Memorial day. from q
o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock
In the evening.