The harvesting operations in the Tonkawa area are ahead of a year ago, although the crop is expected to be smaller. Tonkawa’s two grain elevators have taken 830,000 bushels of wheat since harvest began earlier this month. The Co-op reported it has received 650,000 bushels and Carl R. True Grain, Inc. reported taking 180,000 bushels.A year ago the total harvest up to this time was 580,000 bushels.Wayne Morse, manager of the Farmers Coop said the biggest day that they have had was last Wednesday when they accepted 102,000 bushels. On Thursday the figure was 99,000, Friday, 80,000, Saturday, 67,000 and Sunday, 50,000.Carl R. True reported his firm’s largest day was last Wednesday when 25,000 bushels of grain was accepted. He Estimated that harvest in the area is 60 percent completed. He said three more good days of harvest will clean out the big end of the wheat in the field.Morse said in his opinion the harvest is about 70 percent completed. He said if the weather holds, three days would just about finish harvest here. He reported that weight is down from a year ago and averaging 55-58 pounds a bushel with most farmers reporting average yields of 30-31 bushels an acre.A year ago at this time it was estimated that the harvest was 25-40 percent completed. On June 28, when harvest here was finished, a total of 1,370,080 bushels of wheat had been delivered to local elevators.NOC Golf Course Will Officially Open June 19th The NOC Gold Course will open officially Wednesday, June 19, according to Bob Zweiacher, course manager. Individual and family memberships are now on sale at various local businesses and offices.Zweiacher stressed the importance of having broad community support of the course in order to help offset the costs to the college in maintaining it. “The best way this support can be shown is through the purchase of memberships,” he said.Individual memberships are $12.50, doubles are $20.00 and family memberships are $25.00. They may be secured at the Chamber of Commerce Office, Service Bank, College Business Office, or at the Clubhouse.Zweiacher reported that there has been some difficulty with grass freezing out on certain greens. “We are exploring the possibility of putting in a different grass on these and may have to relocate these holes temporarily,” he said.He indicated further that thought is being given to conversion of two or three holes a year to the ...
