Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1889-07-26
PROSPECTS AND "A COMPARISON.

The editor was in Bismarck this week,
and his statement that the crop in this
neighborhood would average twelve bush.
els to tho acre. and that a coed part Of it
could bs cut with q binder, was not,
we fear, always believed. Particularly
was this true regarding the binder part of
his assertion. Yet he stated nothing but
the truth. as every one here and every
Bismarck man who has visited this coun-
try Of late will testify. Now. let US see
how much this crop "failure" will hurt
the people Of this vicinity. In the first
place, there will be enough oats, barley
and corn to feed the stock. In the way
of wheat, being long way from market.
medium yield at good prices is much
better than heavy yield at low prices.
1t seems absolutely certain that prices will
be good-though perhaps not as good--as
in 1888. Last year the average was
about the same as this year, though ow.
ing to rust the grade of much of 1t was
reduced. Year before last the yield here
was about Is bushels per acre. and 1t sold
at 5O@55 cents per bushel. The prospect
is that wheat will bring at least 80 cents
IN Bismarck this fall. Let US compare
'87 with '89:
1887, 15 bu at t5c, income per acre. So. rs
1889, 10 bu at SOC, income per acre.. $50
This gives the situation hereabouts in a,
nutshell. 1t means more money fol-
wheat in this neighborheod this year than
in 1887, and less expense in harvesting
and getting 1t to market. /
The advice which has always been giveh
to Dakota farmers is that they should nok
put all their eggs in one baskct--tha4 i
they should diversity their products. 1t ID
good advice, and it is just what the farm
ers of this county have been doing evet
since they settled here. This policy will
be continued. It has been demonstrated
that there Is no better seed bed for SMALL
grains than unplowed corn ground of the
year before. 1t won't do to say that 60.
pliers prevent the raising of corn, for at
an expense of few dollars for poison
and ammunition in the early spring q
EOOu ooesAA VI SOl II AAoy OO AAouACu. AIuO,
our sure corn has its ears near the ground
and it is more trouble to "snap" it than a
larger variety, but it is good corn, 1t
makes good pork, and good pork brings
good prices. The few men in this county
who have raised hogs in numbers for
market express themselves we'll satisfied
with results.
As to horses, cattle and sheep, is it.not
true that they have given satisfaction to
their owners2 Take the men who have
raised one or more kinds of stock exten-
sively in this county. Have they not
been successful in every case where bust.
nessllke methods have been adopted9
Would Campbell & Scott, Cambell s.
Sons. Badger. Wade, McCrory s. Child or
other stockmen of Emmons suffer in
comparing financial results with those of
any exclusive wheat raiser in this or any
other county of the Missouri Slope2
Yes; every whea9sRsiser in this county
is getting stock on his farm as fast as
possible. In the north half Of the county
alone two Thousand five hundred sheep
have this season been added to the fiocks,
and at least 300 good mares have within
fourteen months been sold In Emmons