The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-12
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kctA nakes ~ following report for September:
Ihs month Of August, although accompanied
" heavy rains, has besn Otherwise favorable
for securing TIE oropA In some localities Of
North Dakota harvesting y not yet completed
IN Walsh county harvest only commenced
sbout the asd Of August, and it's represented
- the best crop raised In four yssrs, although
u 10 reported that there 10 Considerable smut
IN II Until last year NO complaint WAS made
Of injury to wheat from smut Ia the territory;
this year il 4 TO . greater or lees extent quito
general Il b confined principally 10 the
soft varietiea A all wheat in which,
No s Il win cause farmers 70 e1er-
cise moro care In the choice Of theiK
seed In the future Il IL mot generally un-
derstood, or at least regarded, that as much
care should be used In the selection Of seed, %
r. r. blood blood r. r,asing pure stock The Russian.
ferent quality Of wheat, iieteriorated the pro-
duct until It is almost worthless. Stutsmau
county reports exceptionally fine crops. The
whole Of North Dakota, in fact, has . tlne yield
On q sm:li grain y wili average much Setsel
last year IL VA Just tho reverse Tho heavy
rain storms IN the third week OF harvest dam.
aged grain 8 per cent In Cass county and 3 pei
cant In Burleigh and Barnes counties.
Ihrcshing e Just beginning in North Dakcts,
generally In the south IL not quite up 70 the ex.
pectation, although the quality 10 better thar
last year. Tho report is universal that the
farmers Of the territory will not market Their
wheat at present prices unless they are Obliged
70 do 90, to liquidate demands against them
1nas she'r wishes WI 6s practically nullifed
The corn crop gives promise of tho best
yield ever produced in the territory, the coun-
ties in which it ia the leading crop with ten
days more favorable weather will be out Of tho
VA Way Of harm from frost, and in fifteen day.
~ viii be safe. Many fields are already ripe
and some have been cut up.
The yield of Irish potatoes is not % good %
is usual, the first seed planted in new soil fol
four years have, with but little attention OF
cultivation, given remarkable yields, which
has accustomed us to such generous returns
that We look upon fair crop with some dis
appointment There was short dry spell
that affected the crop to some extent The
price last year did not justify shipping cxten-
sively, and this may be partly the cause fol
profitable crop.
OTHER rRopucrs.
The farmers are just finishing hay making
from the blue joint and other native prairie
grasses. In the Valleys of the Missouri, Sioux
Vermillion aud James or Dakota rivers, hay
can be put in the stack at cost Of Is cents pei
ton. The fax crop has become an important
one TO South Dakota, and the Indications are
that 2 000, 600 bnshelso Of seed will be harvested
this year. While some Of the crop has been
marketed there are fields not yet ripe. II Wa
sown from the first Of April until the mid.
vators for e1 to $l.1O per bushel and i.
being marketed quite freely as the price 10 sat.
isfactory to tho producers. There is an in
crease in the number of stock hogs for fat
tening compared with last year Of 20 per cent
The low price Of grain and the high price Of
the territory are generally healthy; NO cases Of
pleuro- pneumonia have been reported The
following is the percentage Of average copdl.
ton Of crops: