The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-11-26
BIG CROPS IN S. OAK.
CORN PRODUCTION 10 WELL PAST
THE 1o0,ooo,000 DUohEL
MARK.

AAO A08uI0E MUMMY IepOTt u IA. ~.
Aerbrandson, field agent in South Da.
kota Of the bursua of crop estimates.
United States department OF agricul.
ture. places this years % crop OF
South Dakota at 100, SOC, 900 bushels,
this being . reduction Of approximately
$500. 900 bushels from his estimate Of
n month 60. The reduction is due
to additional and more reliable infor-
matOn received since the report early
In October. The yield IL placed at
thirty bushels per acre, with a quality
OF "a per cent. This yield Is two and
three-tenths bushels greater than the
ten-year average, but Tour bushels
less than the average yield Of 1918, the
year Of South Dakota's most produc-
tice corn crop, when the yield aver
aged t~hirty-four bushels per acre. The
quality OF the other staple cereal crops
In South Dakota is stated to be as fol-
lows: Weight per measured bushel OF
spring wheat, 49.5 pounds; oats, S3.5
pounds; barley, ~ pounds. This years
wheat crop is Of even lighter weight
thai that produced in 1919, but not as
poor quality as the 1916 crop, when
the weight was found as AZ pounds.
The report places the South Dakota
potato crop for this year at S,374,00O
bushels. an increase of $4,000 bushels
since the estimate made October /.
The state yield is placed at 106 bush
els per acre of a 90 per cent quality.
or the total amount OF potatoes raised,
$500, 900 bushels are intended for mar
ket.
Trainloads Of cattle and sheep are
being brought into central and west
ern South Dakota with which to stock
the ranges and recuperate from the
great loss sustained by stock raisers
when hundreds OF thousands of cat
tie persisted in the severe storms OF
last winter. The large supply Of hay
Of the farmers is partly responsible for
the influx OF feeders. Recently a spe-
cial train OF twenty-six cars, twenty
w carloads of cattle and four of
sheep, were unloaded at Gettysburg.
The sheep were kept in Potter county,
but the cattle were driven to the ter
ritory west of the Missouri river. 1t
will require years to restock the South
Dakota range.
Word has been received from New
FORK City hat the American Farm
Bureau Federation has won the first
skirmish in the battle to revise the
federal tax laws. The Ralston-Nolan
bill, with it's 81, 900, 600, 900 tax on farm
1o~L T.. ~~co-%nY - l~yn .~o ~-ys
a severe body blow. The same is true
OF the ~nrornsed tax Of one per cent on
sales OF al commodities, both whole
sale and retail-a tax which would
raise billions Of dollars revenue. a
large proportion OF which would have
to be borne by farmers.
The state park near Custer, includ
Ing the greater part OF the Harvey
range and Sylvan lake districts, is
closed to hunters and no game can
be hunted and shot in it. 1t is a game
refuge, and within its borders, unda -
the tsate and national laws. it Is un-
lawful to pursue, trap or kill gam
birds or animals-and the laws, it is
announced, will be strictly enforced
throughout the year and especially
during the present open season for
deer shooting in the Black Hills.
Turkeys are scarce in the Black
Hills this year, and, therefore, it is
expected prices will be almost prohi-
bitive to most residents. However, it
is expected that many deer will be
killed in the Black Hills between now
and Thanksgiving, and hundreds of
families will substitute venison for
turkey as the chief article for their
Thanksgiving day dinner.
With ten counties yet to report, the
showing on the different laws and CON
stitutional amendments only continues
the majority, showing that all have
gone down except the last two amend
ments on state aid for home buildins
and the soldiers bonus.
A consignment of black bass, fur
nished by the government, has been
placed in Dog Ear lake, a fine body
Of water near Winner, which is rapidly
becoming the leading fishing and
hunting resort Of the Rosebud country.
At a special election held at Sinai
the voters with only three dissenting
votes authorized the board OF educa-
ton to go ahead and complete a new
public school building, which was
started several months ago.
Many OF the farmers OF the Free
man-Menno territory have completed
their corn husking and now have their
corn crops safely out OF the way of
winter storms.
Thus Tar during the open season for
the shooting of deer in the Black Hills,
which opened November l, compare
lively few deer have been killed.
Mrs. E. p. Wanzer, chairman Of the
South Dakota public health associa-
ton. has 1000. 600 seals on hand for
the Christmas campaign.
Yankton c0unty's farm bureau now
has q total membership of applO1i.