The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-08-27
SOUTH DAKOTA CROPS
CORN YIELD FOR STATE ESTi.
MATED IN EXCESS OF
100000, 900 BUSHELS.

The official monthly report of s. o.
Herbrandson. field agent in South Da-
kota Of the bureau of crop estimates
of the United States department Of az
r%iculture, places South Dakota's pros
pecttve corn crop in excess OF 100,-
o00, 900 bushels, the forecast indicat-
ing 103,152.OO0 bushels. The only
other year when South Dakota was In
the hundred million corn class was in
1918, when the production was 1o8,-
1885, O0 bushels. The field agent be-
lievss that with later improvement, it
Is not improbable that this years
yield may exceed the 1913 production.
Other South Dakota yields indicated
by the summary Of the field agent are:
Winter wheat, approximately 14.5
bushels per acre, with q total yield
for the state Of 81, 900 bushels, the
acreage being comparatively small.
Spring wheat, approximately 10.9 bush
eds PEI acre, or q little more than g.
900, 900 bushels for the state. Oats g.
5G5. 900 bushels for the state. Barley
will very closely approximate the larg-
est crop ever produced in the state,
hat OF 1918, VIXEN the production was
39,0SS, 600 bushels. Winter rye, g..
736.000 bushels.
The promoters OF the different oil
propositions in the western part of
the state say that immediate progress
In drilling test wells is being hampered
by the financial situation as many of
their subscribers are finding it diff.
cult to meet their promises made
earlier in the year. But that the
drills will be dropping in several loca.
tons before winter. Just now several
biologists from the Wyoming field
are in southern Perkins county sec
ton to make a general investigation
Of the situation there. and the promot.
ors in that part Of the state are max
Ing promises Of early action. The
other plans are being pushed along.
and a number Of locations are talk.
ing tests.
To avoid the junking of the old r.
:. and r. H. railroad, popularity known
as the Crouch line, the Rapid City
commercial club has secured an op.
ton from the organization operating
it, an offer whereby it can be secured
for $175,00 with a cash outlay Of less
than $1O0, coo. This line has been op-
Grated at a loss but to maintain the
line for the welfare Of the town the
club has bought the option.
Bids for dredging what is known as
Joint drainage ditch No. l, which will
reclaim an aggregate OF several thou.
sand acres Of land in Lake and Moody
counties, will be considered at a joint
two counties to be held in F1andreau
This is but m OF a number OF drain.
age projects in this part OF the state
That a regularly organized hand OF
cattle ''rustlers" has commenced oper
atoms in the vicinity of Aurdo is in
dicated by recent numerous thefts OF
cattle. The officers and ranchers are
maintaining . close watch and expec,
to have the Guilty persons in custody
within a short time.
The army worm is again at work in
the vicinity Of Arpan and the county
agent states that great damage has
been done by the pests In the oat
fields. Grasshoppers are also doing
considerable damage to the alfalfa
crop which is being left for seed.
M. M. Moore OF tho Centennial
Prairie district of the Black Hills. is
experimenting this season with a new
species OF millet. known as Billion
Dollar Grass" 1t has wonderful heads
and is said to yield as high as 100
bushels to the acre.
The work OF installing the machin
cry on the Otey dome, on the high
ridge to the north Of Battle mountain,
Is proceeding Is rapidly as possible
After road work is completed drilling
for oil will start in this dome imme-
diately.
The potato production is placed at
5000, 900 bushels more than in 1918
The summary states that the flax acre.
age in South Dakota is the greatest
since 1914 and that. nor flax will be
produced this year than since 1918.
Judge Frank B. Smith in district
circuit court sustained the temporary
Injunction granted the city restrain
ing the Mitchell Power company from
raising its rates and closing its plant.
T~hreshing machines now are com
mencing to tell their stories in sec.
lions OF South Dakota, where some
early threshing is being lone from the
shock.
With only six permits issued in
Mitchell during the month of July.
building in Mitchell totalled only $s.1
100. the lowest mark reached this
year.
The board of county commissioners
OF Mellette county. have granted the
notitiOn for the or1anizafi0n nj two