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May 10, 1912
The Herald Advance
Milbank, Grant County, South Dakota
What is this article about?
G. H. Stengel sold out his millet seed crop advertised at $1 per bushel, but continues receiving orders, overwhelming his correspondence. He achieved 36 bushels per acre from a late June sowing on 18 acres after wheat failure.
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Has No More Millet Seed.
G. H. Stengel had some millet seed for sale a few months ago and advertised the seed for sale at $1 a bushel. He has long since sold all he had, but the orders keep coming in for more seed, and Mr. Stengel says if the thing keeps up he will have to hire a secretary to answer the correspondence which his millet ad is showering upon him, and that and his postage and stationery expense is likely to eat up the returns from his entire crop, but he is hoping before long to get the current turned off in some way.
And by the way this millet seed which Mr. Stengel was selling was just a late crop which he sowed the 20th of June after his wheat crop had blown out on a little 18-acre patch. He harvested thirty-six bushels of the millet to the acre, and he would have to have had a pretty good crop of wheat on his eighteen acres to have beaten that.
G. H. Stengel had some millet seed for sale a few months ago and advertised the seed for sale at $1 a bushel. He has long since sold all he had, but the orders keep coming in for more seed, and Mr. Stengel says if the thing keeps up he will have to hire a secretary to answer the correspondence which his millet ad is showering upon him, and that and his postage and stationery expense is likely to eat up the returns from his entire crop, but he is hoping before long to get the current turned off in some way.
And by the way this millet seed which Mr. Stengel was selling was just a late crop which he sowed the 20th of June after his wheat crop had blown out on a little 18-acre patch. He harvested thirty-six bushels of the millet to the acre, and he would have to have had a pretty good crop of wheat on his eighteen acres to have beaten that.
What sub-type of article is it?
Personal Triumph
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Millet Seed
Crop Yield
Advertising Orders
Farming Success
Wheat Failure
What entities or persons were involved?
G. H. Stengel
Mr. Stengel
Story Details
Key Persons
G. H. Stengel
Mr. Stengel
Event Date
Sowed The 20th Of June
Story Details
After wheat crop failure, Stengel sowed millet on June 20th, harvesting 36 bushels per acre on 18 acres. He advertised and sold it at $1 per bushel but now faces endless orders and correspondence costs.