The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-07
GENEROUS RAINS;
GLOOM vAN|SHES
sRookINos ESCAPES WiNDsToRM
THAT VISITED NORTHERN
PART OF STATE "
CROP CONDITIONS GOOD IN THE COUNTY
PROSPECTS for Greatest Corn Cror
In History Oats Better .
Than Expected. y

The gloom that has been . Ag
over the community during the long
hot dry period was chased away Sun
day with a soaking rain that left moth
ing to be asked for. Ominous looking
clouds Saturday night threatened to
deliver a severe storm but 1t did no
harm in Bookings county. Beginning
with a cold gust of wind that blew
hard enough to bend owe the corn a
little in some fields, the Saturday night
storm SOC spent itself and settled
down to a generous rain. The real
rain came Sunday with cool weather.
Monday the weather vas fair until in
the evening when another rain visited
us. Intermittent showers came again
Tuesday, so at the present time the
ground is thoroughly soaked and op-
timism prevails.
The northern. part of the state was
visited with a severe storm Saturday
night that damaged that district to
an estimated extent Of a million dol
lars. From Ipswich east to Groton,
and from Huron north to Cakes, N. D.,
the storm did the most damage, wreck
ing farm buildings, silos, breaking
down telephone, telegraph and electric
light poles, smashing plate glass Win
dows, blowing down chimneys, and
similar antics, but without severe
damage to the crops. Twelve auto
mobiles on the edge Of Cottonwood
lake near Redfield were blown into
the lake. The new tri-state fair
grounds at Aberdeen suffered severe
damage. The town of Frederick,
north Of Aberdeen, was nearly blown
off the map. One nan was killed and
eleven were injured in the storm at
Aberdeen. The wind blew at a ve-
locity of 80 miles per hour. The loss
in Aberdeen is estimated at 100000.
The weather turned the coolest in
Montana where several inches Of snow
fell.
The Register has made special in
Quiry into the crop conditions in Brook
ings county and has found that the
ain was truly d ulllilou uolioi ram
and that prospects are excellent now
for Brookings county to be one of the
leaders of the state in size Of yields
from all crops.
Corn, which is the leading crop Of
Brookings county, is far the best 1t
has ever been in the history Of the
county, which is saying a great deal.
At the present time it is fully fifty
per cent above normal, while some say
it is a hundred per cent above. Roy
Spurling's corn is shoulder high. Will
Bohlke, south of Volga, has another
exceptionally fine field. John MaComb,
one Of the leading corn growers of the
county, has fine prospects for a bumper
yield that Iowa corn growers will have
to hustle to beat. And so on all oyer
the county, every farmer is tickled
over the appearance of his corn. The
dry weather did practically no damage
whatever to the corn that can be no.
ticed now. The average yield for the
county is expected to reach fifty bush
els to the acre.
Oats, which most people had given
up as practically a total loss, will sur
prise many with a fair yield. The oats
on the lighter soils was hurt during
the hot weather, the eastern part of
the county in the vicinity of White
and Bushnell suffering the greatest
damage, but the rain will help it fill
out. Anyone who has seen and exam
ined the oats between here and Bruce
will tell you that it is wonderful. Many
fields stand waist high and are filling
out good. Local showers in this dis
trict helped it through the dry spell.
A sixty-bushel yield is a fair estimate
for the district. There is no danger
from rust due to the cool weather fol-
lowing the rain. In general oats are
in good shape in Brookings county.
Barley is about the same as oats
as to condition and the yield will be
average. There is very little wheat in
the county, the acreage being so small
it Is scarce worth mentioning, and
we have received no reports as to its
condition. There are a few fields Of
rye in the coutny and are reported to
be about ready to cut with prospect
OF a very fair yield.
Potatoes form a principal crop of
Brookings county and their condition
in general is quite satisfactory. A thin
stand is noticed in many fields. said
to be due to the condition OF the seed.
The mild winter was favorable to the
spread of diseases in the potato bins.
. The potato planter is also responsible
for 1t to a large extent. The potato
acreage this year ia fully Is per cent