Drought Ends Gripping Clark County And Prosperity Returns
Clark County reports drought and grasshoppers no longer menace crops this year as moisture rebounds. County Agent Wagner notes rust and ergot risks on small grains but generally favorable conditions. Farmers adopt new grains Rival wheat hulless oats and hybrid corn while 4‑H members learn farming and homemaking. Local poultry increases aid farm families, aiding living-room upgrades. Clark County appears on the road back to prosperity.
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Clark County
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William Yexley
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Roy Hurlbert
Frank Calouri
Bea Fletcher
Charles Blackman
United States
Bright Picture In Hand County Crops Trimmed By Rain
Hand County farmers report 19.44 inches of rain to date with heavy moisture and expected declines in the grasshopper menace. Albert Thormpson farm west of Miller yields combined rye at 25 bushels per acre. oats on Ronald Firemark’s farm near Miller may run 60 to 75 bushels per acre. Wheat and barley yields are not yet estimated but wheat could average 18 to 25 bushels. Corn prospects are fair due to late planting and need for moisture. pastures are the best in twenty years. Cane and grain sorghums look good for forage and grain. Grasshoppers are plentiful but causing little damage to small grains.
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Miller
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Orient
Frankfort
Ellison Bahde
South Dakota
A. Phillips
L. W. Balgiman
Frankfort Erigator Company
Oscar Boub
M. M. Motley
Eagle Roller Mills
Sudan
Crops Exceptional Around Burdette
Burdette July 29 Special crops in Burdette vicinity are the best in 10 years with rye and barley in shocks ready to be combined oats ripening fast and promising high yields. Rust has infested wheat and corn tasselled while W W Gross brought in a five ear stalk. Hay crop is unusually good though grasshoppers and beetles are scarce with no substantial damage reported.
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Burdette
W. W. Gross
South Dakota
Mother
Dad
Hitchcock Crop Yields Look Good
Iver Johnson a farmer seven miles southeast of Hitchcock farms about 540 acres with rye, barley, oats, wheat and corn. He projects rye at about 25 bushels per acre, other grains in line with that, with corn tasseling well and potato crop his best in years. Cecil Freeburg, 13 miles northeast, runs a 640 acre farm, hail earlier damaged crops but oats and barley are expected to yield well, reflecting overall favorable conditions after drought.
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Hitchcock
Iver Johnson
Anderson
Jook
Mane Cecil Freeburg
Bancroft Crops Ripen Rapidly in Warm Mid July
In Bancroft the mid July heat quickened grain ripening though yields vary. Rye frost damage lowers some fields while others look strong. Oats and barley show rust and smut, Spartan barley scab noted. Most crops in shocks, some harvest underway, but lodging and shocking labor shortages hinder gathering. Notable fields include Rusche Brothers oats at 60 bu/acre, Spartan barley over 40 bu/acre for Oscar Beeninga, Roy Smith with 240 acres and tall oats, MecTighe with 3,100 acres. overall favorable despite issues.
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Crop Prospects At Blunt Are Bright
Slant, July 29. Harvest in well under way but threshing light. Combined rye yield twenty bushels per acre. Barley likely 35 to 40 bushels per acre except where hoppers are bad. Wheat prospects good and corn for grain strong. Fifteen government grain bins arriving for northern Blunt, each with 2800 bushels capacity.
Doland Farmers Hopeful As Grains Yield Increase Ends Drought
Doland farmers battered by drought years gain new hope from promising harvest prospects. Barley and oats and rye show strong yields, barley 35 to 50 bushels, rye about 25. Wheat may be only moderate due to scab and rust. Some fields have green grain. rye is hard to combine. One farmer laments loss of old threshing rig.
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Rye At Orient Nets 20 Bushels First Yield Of 1942
Orient reporters note a strong 1942 crop start after droughts and grasshoppers. Rye yields of 20 bushels per acre were bought by Merle Davis of the Peavey elevator, with quality 56.1 pounds per bushel. Gardens flourish as Victory Gardens, with women canning over 100 cans. frame gardens prove successful amid dry spells. Local Red Cross honors 35 Stamford women completing home nursing and Red Cross work.
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Ed Morris
Orient
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Ed Pettelbaum
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Stamford
Tex
Jones County
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Hamlin
Red-Cross-production Center
Women and Children Help With Harvest Around Carpenter
Harvesting speeds up in the Carpenter area as men women and children ride and bind for binding and threshing. Crops look good with minimal grasshopper damage though rust and scab losses rise due to high moisture. Many women and younger children assist with shocking and riding binders while corn gardens and potatoes thrive. housewives can can food for winter as July ends and threshing begins. Weather remains ideal for harvest with only a few hot days.
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Carpenter
32 Bushel Wheat In Big Bend Area
Onida July 29 Special F T Hansen and con Harold the small grain king and model farmer for 15 years have 900 acres of winter wheat 900 acres of barley and acres of corn. They have started combining the wheat and are yielding 32 bushels to the acre. Barley is a bumper crop and corn is in tassel and silking stage in fine condition. They built a granary to store the grain and have 11 young men to help harvest. Smaller farmers report similar yields and haying is in full swing with the best crop in Big Bend history. potatoes are the best ever and gardens are numerous. Wild fruit crops are bumper except frost damaged. New York Curtis Mecham Oregon triple threat signed with Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Con. Harold
Zind
Hansen
Big Bend
Merrill (Boots) Gogg
Victory Gardens
Wheat You Say With WAR BOND 5
When the Marines receive their service pack a shovel and muslin carrier are included. The shovel costs 68 cents and the carrier 39 cents, totaling $1.07 for the ensemble.
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Area Near Willow Lake Sees Rye Readiness and Labor Shortage
Willow Lake area reports progress in cutting rye the first small grain ready for harvest while other grains lag. Local business men help with evening shocks due to farm labor shortages near Willow Lake and Carpenter. A hail path yields heavier, better rye and barley samples, with Brower and Miller supplying 54 and 47 pound test loads to local elevators.
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Carpenter
Harm Brower
Rye Tor
Harry Miller
Willowee
Wheat Carryover Double In'42 From Sioux Falls Data
South Dakota reported a July 1 carryover of 23 349 000 bushels of old wheat, nearly double last year and five times the 10 year average, with storage space tight as the 1842 harvest gains pace. Interior stocks reached 10 000 000 bushels, while farm holdings totaled 13 249 000 with 7 090 000 last year. National carryover stood at 301 323 000 bushels, up from 161 155 000.
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South Dakota
Evan Jones
Commodity Credit Corporation
Jones
Frankfort Farmers Racing With Time
Farmers in Frankfort district race against time to save crops. Rye yields average about 30 bushels per acre with tests near 56 pounds per bushel. Barley from 60 acres averaged 40 bushels per acre and 45 pounds per bushel. Elevators report ample storage for cash crops and strong overall farm cash crop prospects amid widespread yields and stock gains.
Ree Heights Harvest Echoes 1909 Comparison
Ree Heights residents compare this year’s harvest to 1909 with rye windrowing slow from damp mornings and heavy grain. Paine family uses two combines to lift fallen grain, while older residents join in harvesting amid high crops, tall sunflowers, and brisk canning as fields ripen rapidly.
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Ree Heights
Tulare Farmers Busy In Fields
Farmers in Tulare report one of the best crops since before the drought with rye tall before harvest and an immense hay crop. Wheat fields show some blight but most look good while peas beans beets and carrots promise abundant produce. Drought broken grasshopper plague over and many households expect plentiful potatoes and garden yields.
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Tulare
Minnesota
Cam
Crops Reported Best In 14 Years In Sully County
Onawa July 29 Special Crops in Sully County this year will exceed any farm production in the past 14 years. Oats 110 75 bushels per acre parley 60 75 bushels and wheat 20 30 bushels. Businessmen of Onida have volunteered to help harvest and build tranaries due to labor shortages.
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Onwa
Sully
Onida
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