The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-22
WILL SOON ''[AR
HUM G'|dARvEST
EARLY OATS - IDLY RiPENlNG
AND CUT s WILL START
NJ l. WEEK
LITTLE OANG1il OF LABOR SHORTAGE
Crop Around Brookings Will Be
About so Per Cent Because"
of Wet Spring.

Next week the hum of binders will
be heard in the fields around Brook
ings, and the first part Of the 1920
crop will be safely bound up in sheaves
and set up in shocks. Early oats is
rapidly ripening and will be the first
to fall before the sliding knives Of
the harvester. Another week or ten
days of good weather will see spring
wheat ready to cut. General reports
of crop conditions in the vicinity of
Brookings indicate about a fifty per
cent crop because Of the flooded lands
on all sides, great deal of which
could not be seeded and large part
of that which was seeded was washed
away by the floods. With the excep-
ton of barley, the grain growing on
high land is in excellent condition and
will yield large returns. Reports from
other parts of Brookings county around
White and Elkton are glowing with
promise of bumper crops. A general
average of crop conditions throughout
the state show that the prospect for
a big harvest was never brighter. All
grains have made wonderful improve
ment in the last ten days due to the
dry cool winds. Corn has practically
overcome the handicap Of late plant
ing and now looks like one of the big
gest crops in the history of the state.
Oats that were heading short have
improved so much that normal crop
is expected. The second alfalfa crop
is very heavy and is being cured sue
cessfuly which will make up in part
for the large quantity of the first crop
that was ruined by rains. The hay
crop in the western part of the state
was excellent and the pastures are in
fine condition. All stock is reported
to be sleek and fat. Early planted po-
tatoes are small, but those planted
late are in fine condition and will yield
a monster crop.
The rust scare that ran through the
county last week was checked by the
cool winds and dry weather so that
no considerable damage was done to
the wheat in this county. The wheat
acreage in Brookings county is not
large this year and it is not consid-
cred the most important crop. Barley
and oats lead in acreage for small
grains. The barley prospects are not
as good as usual. The stand is very
short, much of it too short to cut
The heavy rains packed the earth So
: hn
the barley was effectually stunted.
The problem of harvest labor no
longer causes the farmer worry. The
supply is reported to be adequate
everywhere During the harvest in
Kansas, and other southern states it
was reported that help was so plentiful
that the farmers could dictate their
own wages. In a short time the usual
influx of harvest hands will make their
appearance from the south, it is said
and the South Dakota farmer will have
an advantage since they are now sea.
soned and tough from the months ex-
perience in the harvest fields of Kan
sas and Missouri.
LoCdi gram Hle1CHdHlS ieel assured
that the car shortage will not be seri-
Gus in Brookings. They feel that they
will be able to handle the situation
fully as we'll as usual. There is much
coal shipped into this city and the
grain shippers are able to use many
Of the coal cars for shipping grain.
This along with the empty grain cars
that they can safely expect will be
ample for the needs of this commu-
nifty. They say. though, that many
towns and communities in the state
will be hard hit this fall on account
of the car shortage