Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-07-23
THE GROWING GRAIN
BURLEIGH COUNTY'S CEREAL
PROSPECTS UNEXCELLED.
Wheat that Promises a Yield of Over
Forty Bushels and Oats Severn
ty-five Bushels to the Acre
---Jubulant Farmers.
THE PROSPECTS.

TIE PkOSfEClS.
Although there has not been as much
Of rainfall this year as last, still the
ground retains greater degree of moist
ure than in any previous year. Late
sown oats will be somewhat affected dry
weather, but carly sown grain OF all
kinds is now out Of the way, and harvest
ing will begin, in some localities, next
week. Everything thus far indicates a
heavy yield. There ale fields in Bur
leigh county that will turn out over
seventy-fve bushels of oats and oyer forty
bushels of wheat to the acre. The most
extravagant predictions will certainly
prove true should nothing unforeseen
blast the crops. Drouth cannot injure
them now, and only hail is feared. 1t
has been stated by high authority that
the Missouri river valley is not hail
centre, and that after the 18th Of May
NO FEAR Or HAIL
need be had. The heads Of wheat now
maturing in this section are of ex-
traordinary length; the average is over
four inches, and several will average
nearly five. A bunch of heads from the
Steele farm and another from Quinlan S
place have been sent east In each the
heads were over five inches long. The
average length Of straw is four and one
half feet. An inspection of the oat crop
shows very thrifty stalk, three to four
and one half feet The heads are very
long and the oats heavy. This years
crop Of corn will also demonstrate the
fact that anything can be raised in this
country At the landing is a piece of
corn already in tassel and silk. Othe!
pieces have begun to tassel, and the
yield With few more sh1wers will be
im mcnse. During the season there has
been more ground broken for crops next
year in Burleigh county than has been
cultivated before, putting all the years
Together On the Mandan side of the
river extensive breaking is also being
done.
OVER 5000 ACRES
on the Custer flat west of Lincoln will be
turned over this year. Yet, with all this
veal s Improvements there has been but &
small section of land occupied compared
| with the 81 900 square miles in this dis
trct. There is not a square mile in this
vast area but that will produce from
twenty to forty bushels of wheat to the
acre. Three hundred thousand families
can live happily and become rich on the
Upper Missouri river valley. Its stock
ranges, many Of them are as good as
those Of Montana, as will be proven by
Messrs. Leighton u Jordan, who have a
large herd near Buford. While farming 6
is profitable, it is also easy. All kinds of
improved machinery can be used, and
one man with a team can do as much in
one lay in Dakota as tour men with IS
many teams can do in Michigan Or Wis
consin.
THE CLIMATE
is certainly delightful, especially the
summer season. The days are very long
which accounts for the rapid growth OF
crops, and the nights cool. There has
been but three uncomfortab]y warm days
this season, and but two nights that a
person could lay aside the blankets. The
mosquitoes, which have heretofore been
numerous in this section, have passed on
to new regions, and the head net and
smudge now belong to Jam estown and
Fargo While the people in New York
City are being struck by the sun at the
rate Of ten TO fifty a day, Bismarck is
enjoying a perpetual autumn. Burleig
county deties comparison to her wheat
fields, and asks the country to keep ar
eye on this years harvest.