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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1930
Page
5
Gettysburg reports from Potter County show mixed grain yields due to heat and dry weather with some unfilled heads and stressed tips in wheat. Early flax turning, corn tasseling in Onida vicinity, and poor potato and garden yields in the west. second alfalfa cuttings noted.
A collage of briefs from Huron area: vacation trips by Dr. C. K. Walker and Mrs. Walker to Superior and a canoe outing with Eagle Scouts. visits by Mrs. O. D. Theophilus and sons to Jackson, Minnesota. a furniture sale at 657 Kan. Ave. S.E.. Chicago visitors Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Danes. local ads for poultry and farm goods. births, illnesses, and travel notes. community happenings include a funeral and a report on farm conditions amid heat waves and crops in Highmore and area.
Harvest in Gann Valley area shows crops revived after heat wave. barley yields reported up to 40 bushels per acre in drier sections while wheat and oats vary by field. Corn has doubled height with rain hoped. haying ongoing. McKillop Brothers report good winter wheat east of Forestsburg. Hyde County reports harvest underway with headers busy and some heat damage noted.
Hand County reports progress in harvest with barley averaging about twenty bushels per acre and wheat around twelve bushels per acre or more. Early grain escaped major damage from heat, though some late grain suffered. J D Miller, manager of the farmers elevator, notes favorable weather and a potential big crop for corn if conditions stay favorable.
June 18 report notes harvest of oats barley and winter grains underway with these crops in good condition. Water small grains show slight damage from heat while corn is rapidly growing and in good condition. Rain is needed and cool weather is hoped for.
Weather relief counters a three week drought as dairymen report milk supply down one third of a percent in the past week. Early threshing cited by local farmer John Hoss. Cool spell praised for grain prospects, but heat may have damaged some fields. rain needed. Potatoes seen as disappointing with few tubers per hill. Harvesting underway in Frankfort with early grains expected average, later plantings may yield less than half due to heat and dryness.
Weather has reduced crops by about fifty percent from two weeks ago with small grains hit harder by heat while corn shows a potential bumper crop if rains come soon. Frost mainly affected gardens and low spots in corn show only light damage.
Onida July 18. Farmers report rye yields ranging from 12 to 18 bushels, with some fields surpassing 20. Excessive heat and moisture shortage curtailed production, though some growers with the best fields claim better results despite the conditions.
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