The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-11-19
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ahortago q visible wheat sf 200, 900, 900
bushels ~ compared with that Of >
year age. The Omitted States wheat
crop IL 1Se.ooe,60] bushels under .
year 40. and the combined crop Of
tho United States and Canada 10 49,
600. 600 bushels under that OF q year
ago. Those who have studied the sit
uation closely predict high priced
wheat nert spring. These facts have
come ont In . statement issued from
Washington BY the American Farm
Bureau Federation, and given out in
Huron. The statement goes ON to
say that the present low prices in the
grain markets are the result OF bear
propaganda by traders who sold heav-
lily In foreign markets several months
ago when prices were high and are
now e~ndeavOring to fill these orders at
a low figure. The feeling prevails tina,
traders, particularly n OF the large
packing interests, are in an extremely
delicate position, and once the market
turns upward must make a wild scram-
Bile to get enough grain to cover their
foreign contracts.
Stock who were caught last
fall with y shortage OF feed on account
Of not being able to get their hay In
stack. ard with the supply covered
with early snow, are taking heed OF
that situation, and while not able TO
get the necessary help to stack, are
nilliYr thN hnv iufr Ssh,rcIrr brnohce
in the fields, and preparing to handle
the hay ven after snow falls. il nee
essary. They are also endeavoring to
get their corn out OF the fields before
flies. 1t is estimated that there
is more hay cut in the state than for
any former year since settlement, as
every owner OF hay land took advan-
tags Of the opportunity to get up q
good supply either for feeding or sale
and this with the shortage OF live
stock will mean that there will be nc
need for anyone to 30 without hay
the coming winter.
With the coming of colder weather
and the ~devalopemnt OF scabies, which
with frost. the state live stock
department is pushing its dipping cam
paign to eliminate this trouble SO far
S. possible in this state. At presen,
they are pushing dipping campaigns
Ia Sully, Hughes and Hyde counties
in all OF which there are supposed to
be infected herds. In Meade, Butte.
Jones and Stanley counties. where in
fectel herds have been located. the
work is being given mors attention and
all which can possibly be done will
be carried out in an attempt to elimi
nate this disease in the state before
the opening Of real winter.
Just at present the development OF
Ill drilling in South Dakota, to test
out the possibilities Of the state ap-
pear to be In the vicinity Of ST. Onge,
n northern Lawrence county. Severa'
lrilling rigs are at work IN that vicin-
:ty and the ranehers Of that section
are building high hopes on the out
come OF this work. Another PROPOSE
lion at Blunt. appears to be making
Roadway, as they have up a derrick
md expect drilling tools within a few
days.
1t is estimated that the farmers Of
Edmunds county will save about $40.
600 during the year on 200 carloads
IT live stock shipped through their
own live stock marketing associations
Of which there are seven in or near
project alone is about IL times the
cost to the county supporting the farm
bureau.
The women in several cities OF the
state did not intend that any woman
should be deprived OF the privilege of
voting on account OF the necessity Of
their looking after the children. Autos
we're sent out carrying beside the driv
er a volunteer nurse to look after the
babies while the mother was taken to
the polls to cast her vote.
Potato growers in the Flandreau ter
ritcry are making good profits from
this years product. Thus far a sin
gle local buyer has shipped more han
100 carloads, most OF which went to
Kansas City and other southern mar
kets.
kranxburg has been enjoying a
building boom for the past year. Sew
eral business places and houses have
been built while two new business
buildings are nearing completion.
November starts in the central par
OF the state with a snowfall Of about
six inches. This is badly drifted in
many places and will make travel bad
for several days.
Many fields Of corn In the Madison
district have not yet been harvested
and farmers are becoming very un-
easy owe the situation.
Clearing Of ground for the construc-
ton equipment Of the proposed bridge
over the Missouri river at Yankton is
Under way.
The Farmers and Business Mems
1oa ono ~ CoddAo has voted ~ cnnnnrt