Threshing Reports — 1916The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on August 11, 1916:THRESHING REPORTS SHOW FAIR YIELDSCorn is Developing in Fine Shape, But Soaking Rain Would Prove Highly Beneficial.Rock county’s small grain crop is now either in the shock, stack or bin, and from the threshing thus far done satisfactory yields have been secured, especially in view of the fact that it seldom happens that weather conditions entirely favorable to both a bumper crop of small grain and corn prevail during the same season.Rock county’s corn crop is one of the most promising ever grown, but in order to enable it to reach its fullest fruition a good soaking rain within four or five days is deemed essential by many.While some of the corn is fast approaching the roasting stage, most of it is at the stage where it is just forming the kernel, and well informed corn growers contend that a heavy rain within the next few days will do much toward increasing the size of the ears and filling them out well, thus giving Rock county one of the greatest corn crops ever grown. What is true in regard to the needs of corn is said to be equally applicable to the late potato crop.The cooler weather and two or three showers of the past week have somewhat relieved the situation, but the showers have been too restricted both in quantity and area covered, although the rainfall in some localities has been sufficient to materially improve conditions. However, a heavy general rain is the one thing desired by most corn growers.Shock threshing is now well under way, and subjoined will be found the results of theses operations in a number of instances:Rudolph Trosin, Luverne township, on Saturday, threshed twenty-two acres of oats that averaged 45 bushels to the acre, by machine measure. This grain later outweighed the machine measure by two bushels per acre.Chris. Fitzer, Luverne township, has threshed forty-seven acres of oats and ten acres of barley. The oats was about equally divided between the early and medium varieties, and both averaged 50 bushels to the acre. The barley yielded 22 bushels to the acre.Peter Bendt, Mound township, has threshed thirty acres of early oats, and secured 42 bushels to the acre.Herman Fitzer, Luverne township, has secured an average of 48 bushels from a field of thirty acres of early oats.Floyd O. Norton, Luverne, has threshed the oats from a field of nearly 100 acres, from which 3,150 bushels were secured.Chas. Ehlers, Luverne township, secured an average of 36 bushels of barley from a field of thirty-five acres. Five acres of this field had been badly injured by grub worms.Chas. Husen, Luverne township, has threshed seventeen acres of barley that averaged 38 bushels.Will Schneekloth, Luverne township, secured an average of 30 bushels from thirty-five acres of barley.John Wulf, Luverne township, threshed eight acres of barley Friday that yielded 43 bushels to the acre.J. E. Mitchell, this city, threshed out 420 bushels of oats from a field of ten acres.Mr. Norton and Mr. Trosin are said to have the distinction of selling the first new oats on the Luverne market. Mr. Norton selling the first of his grain Saturday morning to Dunn Bros., and Mr. Trosin starting hauling his grain to the Farmers’ elevator the same day. Mr. C. Fitzer is credited with bringing in the first new barley, which was purchased by the Farmers’ Elevator company Tuesday.Donations to the Rock County Historical Endowment Fund can be sent to the Rock County Historical Society, P.O. Box 741, Luverne, MN 56156.Mann welcomes correspondence sent to mannmade@iw.net.