Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
WEEKLY WEA1HER-CRoP BULLETIN
Of the North Dakota State Weather
Service, in Cooperation With the
United States Department Of Agri-
culture, Weather Bureau. Week
Ending Friday, April 90, 1892.

The weather conditions the past week
have been very favorable for all kinds of
farm work. No precipitation occurred
excepting light showers on the 10Th and
18th in Buford county. The tempera-
ture was slightly below the average; the
nights being quite cool and tending to
keep the frost in the ground.
Seeding has become general excepting
in the eastern section of the state, where
the ground still remains too moist for
general seeding, although considerable
of tue work has been done there on dry
ground. Wheat sown in Richland and
Trail counties latter days of March is
beginning to show up and looks healthy.
Considerable of last years wheat in
stack has been threshed during the
week, the correspondent at Napoleon,
Logan county, reporting a yield of from
IS to 80 bushels per acre, although some
is slightly damp. Grass is beginning to
grow in Bottineau county.
EPORT BY COUNTIES.
Benson: Seeding general. Some stack
threshing done; grain damp. Although
more or less bleached, grain in shock dry
ing finely. Considerable land to pillow for
oats; barley and flax.
Bottineau: Land in excellent condition
and about One.fOurth wheat SOwn. Many
indications of spring past week. Wild
gee Sc, gulls plOvers and larks have arrived;
the grass is commencing to grow: crOcuSeS
and other early flowers are appearing.
Buford: Temperature and rainfall be-
low average, with little sunshine. Rain on
18th and 18th. Flowing commenced.
kinds OF work. Farmers are seeding the
driest ground, while it is a little too wet
| yet on low land. All the broken land will
be put in this year with some kind of crop.
CaSs: Seeding has begun and by Mon
day will be general throughout this dis
| trict, although in a few eases ton low bot
| tom lands) nothing can be done for a few
| days yet. With fair weather conditions
| the crops should be in ground by the 18th
proXimo. The weather is all that could be
| desired for s%eeding-nO wind II plenty
| OF sunshine-and the farmers are making
the best of it.
Dickey: Weather has been excellent
and seeding about one-third done. There
| will be q less acreage OF wheat, but the
| deficiency will be made up in flax, oats and
corn. Considerable blowing yet to be
done. Grass and Russian cactus showing
Foster: Seeding progressing slowly ow-
ing to wet condition OF fields. which are
drying now rapidly. The soil is in better
condition than for years. Some shock
threshing done. Stacked grain coming out
in poor condition, mostly on account OF
poor stacking.
Griggs: Weather conditions very favor
| able. Seeding has commenced. Ground
| will be in good condition after a few days
more of sunshine. One-Ealf or more of the
land is unplowed. Will be considerable
sowing on Stubble. Crocuses III blossom
on 10Th.
Kidder: Considerable seeding done past
week, although somewhat retarued by odd
Notwithstanding every night. Farmers
not able to work more than twO-thirds of
the TIME.
LaMoure: Seeding it going on rapidly.
Ground is getting in fine condition. No
rain or snow the past week and h pre-
| vailing wind south to east.
Logan: Weather past week all that
| could be desired. Ground in splendid COIL
ditiOn for seeding and blowing and the
| farmers are busy. Some threshing done,
the yield being from IS to so bushels pei
acre, but some of the wheat is = little
damp.
McHenry: Weather cool and cloudy
but no rain or snow. Good weekfor work
Ground in fine condition to receive thu
seed.
Mcintosh: Some seeding has been don,
past few days, except in low places, Wher
ground is still too moist. With a few NOR
warm, sunshiny days ground will be in eX
cellent condition.
Nelson: Past week favorable for al