The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-11-25
BIG CROPS IN S. OAK.
CORN PRODUCTION IS WELL PAST
THE 100000, 900 BuSHEL
MARK.

United States department OF agricul.
ture. places this years corn crop Of
South Dakota at 100, 500, 900 bushels,
this being a reduction Of approximately
100000 bushels from his estimate Of
one month ago. The reduction Is due
to additional and more reliable infor.
maton received since the report early
in October. The Weld Ia placed at
thirty bushels per acre, with a quality
OF 81 per cent. This yield is two and
three-tenths bushels greater than the
ten-year average, but four bushels
less than the average yield OF 1918. the
year OF South Dakota's most produc-
tics corn crop. when the yield aver
aged thirty-four bushels per acre. The
quality Of the other staple cereal crops
In South Dakota 10 stated to be as fol-
lows: Weight per measured bushel OF
spring wheat, 4s.s pounds: oats, 33.5
pounds; barley. A pounds. This years
wheat crop is Of even lighter weight
han that produced In 1919. but not as
poor quality al the 1915 crop. when
the weight was found a. Al pounds.
The report places the South Dakota
potato crop for this year at S.374,000
bushels. an increase of $4,000 bushels
since the estimate made October /.
The state yield is placed al log bush.
els per acre OF a sc per cent quality
or the total amount Of potatoes raised,
S,500,000 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.
two carloads Of cattle and tour 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. II
will require years to restock the South
Dakota range.
Word has been received from New
York City that 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, 600, 900, 900 tax on farm
land is reported to have been deal
a severe body blow. The same is true
90 he, r~~~~caa to~ - ~rn 49, cot ~
sales OF all commodities, both whole
sale and retail-a tax which would
RAISE billions Of dollars revenue, .
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 car
be hunted and shot in il. 1t is a game
refuge, and within its borders. und q:
the tsate and national laws. it Is un-
lawful to pursue, trap or kill game
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. 1t Is
expected prices will be almost prchi
bitiye to most residents. However, ii
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 or the different laws and con
stitutional amendments only continues
the majority. showing that all have
gone down except the last W amend
ments on state aid for home building
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 q 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 ave their
cor crops safely out OF the way OF
winter storms.
Thus far during the open season for
the shooting of deer in the Black Hills.
which opened November /, compare
lively few deer have been killed.
Mrs. E. P. Wanzer. chairman Of the
South Dakota public health associa-
ton, has 1000. 900 seals on hand foi
the Christmas campaign.
Yankton county's farm bureau now
has a total membership OF apDto1i-
mately 600. !
The assessing of damages to farm
crs which would result from the con-
struction Of a proposed ditch across
their land to carry surplus waters
from the Big Sioux river to Lake Poin-
sett through Dry lake. has been COM
pleted by a jury in the Hamlin county