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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
5
An observer from Crookston Minnesota notes a reader urging prayer groups who prayed for rain and saw showers to consider praying again for continued rain. The note suggests the idea is not a bad one and invites reflection on communal prayer.
The Huron Cornet Band plans a reorganization as progress on plans continues. Boys urge forward with support from interested ladies to provide the funds needed to maintain the band. The move is seen as wise and essential to have a local band again.
An ear of corn from South Dakota given to J R Ray of Salem Missouri during the 1900 G A R encampment was later planted in Texas by a Texas relative. The plant grew unusually fast and observers suggested naming it National in honor of the national encampment, linking South Dakota to the new corn variety.
Hon J A Pickler of Faulkton told a Huron reporter that drought did not seriously affect Faulk county crops. The week brought good rains, crops showing new life. Harvest is well under way with wheat and flax making strong progress and oats doing well.
A large corn crop and bumper hay yield mark Faulk county as having the best crop in years. Land sales rise with steadily advancing prices and the county leads in artesian well drilling with twenty new wells completed this summer. Major Pickler backs Faulk county lands, making substantial farm improvements aiming to make the area a premier stock and dairy county in the northern half of the state.
Weather and crop notes show above normal temperatures and scattered heavy rainfall in several locales. Rapid City 2.04 inches, Pierre 1.27, Highmore 1.48, Brookings 0.75, Arlington 0.92. Rains revived millet flax corn and pastures where abundant. Wheat and oats yields expected near normal or better. corn damaged early week but may reach half to more as weather improves. Potatoes outlook poor. flax mixed. millet progressing. haying delayed but ample. pastures generally short with some grasshopper damage.
A severe hail storm crossed Yankton county damaging crops. With clear weather expected, farmers anticipate most small grain crops will be shocked before week’s end, signaling a swift field recovery after the storm.
Reports from northern Kansas counties describe drier conditions broken by a drenching rain totaling from a quarter inch to two inches in many places. Farmers expect partial recovery in crops with late-season rains aiding corn, wheat, oats, flax, millet, and pastures, though some fields show damage from heat and drought.
Pennington-Corn not seriously damaged, wheat in the east portion mostly cut for hay while the west remains in fine condition and a full crop is indicated. Report by 8S. W. Glenn, Section Director, Huron, S. D.
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