Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13
WEEKLY WEATHER-CROP BULLETIN
Of the North Dakota State Weather
Service, in Cooperation With the
United States Department Of Agri-
culture, Weather Bureau. Week
Ending Friday. Nav =. 1899.

SSsASA 0oISONs " OVo&
Ending Friday, May z, 1892.
During the week ending yesterday,
the 18th, the weather conditions have
been, on the whole, decidedly u~nfavor-
ablefor farming operations. There
was practically no sunshine. Dur
ing the first part of the week light falls
OF rain and snow occurred, which were
but a slight hindrance to seeding. On
Thursday a heavy snow storm prevailed,
putting a stop to all work, and it will
take three or four days of warm, dry
weather before it can be resumed gener-
ally. Owing to the wet condition Of the
soil on low lands farmers thereon have
abandoned the. use of drills and are
using broadcast seeders. In a few To-
~calities seeding is about completed.
The temperature during the week was
decidedly low, averaging ten to fifteen
degrees below the normal. Frosts oc-
CURED on Tuesday and Wednesday. .
REPORTS BY COUNTIES.
Barnes: Land in good order first part of
week and farmers took advantage of it.
Heavy snow Wednesday night and Thurs
DAY. putting a stop to work. Warm, dry
weather needed. Grain now in ground all
right.
Benson: Very little seeding done past
week. Ground too wet and weather too
cold. Work suspended Thursday by snow
storm.
Bottineau: Rainfall above and tempera-
ture below normal. Precipitation bene-
fetal although it stopped WORK temper
arily.
Buford: Temperature low and precipi=.
tatlon slightly below normal. Heavy hail
storm on Tuesday.
Cass: Good weather first four days of
week. Ground had dried rapidly and
seeding was general. Heavy snow on
Thursday stopped all work. Farmers on
low andSh have abandoned the drills and
are using broadcast seeders, owing to wet
condition of soil. an
Cavalier; Past week cold, cloudy and
wet. No work to speak of one this week.
About One-third wheat in ground.
Dickey: Very cold, rainy and cloudy
past week. We need sunshine, and need
it bad. Farmer are a%nXiously awaiting
warm weather.
Emmons: Weather the past week cold
and backward, with rain and Very
little seeding done. Grain in stack greatly
injured.
Foster: The past week has been very
unfavorable for seeding-tOo much rain,
snow and cold. About one-third of the
seeding done.
Grand Forks: Considerable seeding done
first part OF week, but heavy snow of Thurs
day put a stop to it.
Griggs: Seeding is progressing but
slowly. Heavy nov on Thursday put a
stop to all work. Frosts in the mornings.
Kidder: 1t froze hard every night and
retarding seeding of all kinds. About 40
per cent. of the wheat is SOWn:-Very little
oats; NO barley.
Logan: Seeding going on slowly, on
account OF wet n frosty weather. 1t is
now half done. There will be considerable
not get opportunity to do sufficient plow-
ing. Warm weather is badly needed.
Mcintosh: Weather past week too cold
and wet for work. About One-half wheat
crop seeded.
Mclean: Seeding is progressing slowly
on account of cold, cloudy weather
Norton: Farmers are almost finished
with seeding and expect a big harvest. A
great deal Of the wheat is up and looks
well. Heavy snow on Thursday.
Nelson: h week as a whole has not
been favorable for any kind of farm work..
Freezing nights and cloudy, cool days pre-
venting blowing and seeding.
Pembina: Another cold. cloudy week.
Very little sunshine. Showing since last
Thursday. Two inches Of snow OH ground
at present writing, with temperature at
freezing point. :.
Ramsey: The past week has been cold
and wet, SO that farmers are very back
ward with their seeding. Not over one
fourth ut the land sown yet.
Ransom: Seeding progressed we'll the
past week until Thursday, when several
inches of very. damp snow fell. Seeding
about two-thirds done in the county.
Grain oOminU m SlnwJV That cn\un in.
March coming all right. Temperature be-
low average, freezing Friday night.
Richland: Seeding of wheat we'll ad-
vanced, except on low lands. Early seeded
ground looks green. Sufficient grass for
young stock. Past week without SunShine;
weather cold and wet.
Rolette: Continued cold, wet weather
prevents all work. Very little seeding
lone the past week, and the weather has
not been favorable for crops planted.
Sargent: Most of the wheat crop is
seeded ed All farmers are putting in in.
will! prove beneficial. Very little of the
grain sOWn is up yet. ~
Stark: Rain or snO nearly every day
this. week, su%spending seeding. Sunshine
and warm weather needed badly. Not
more than half OF seeding done.
Work was stopped by heavy now on
Thursday. Weather during week, cloudy
and very cold. Grass injured by frosts.
Some threshing done at Montpelier, but
| yieldedlvery poor.
Trail: Fair weather until Tuesday,
when heavy snow tegan. Seeding now
delayed for four or five days. About one
third of the grain is in. Some farmers are
using the broadcast seeders. as the ground
is too wet for drills. asE%@
Walsh: In western half of county
seeding pushed vigorously. In the eastern
half the ground is still very wet and but
little can be done. The heavy rain and
snow on Thursday and Friday will delay
further operations until near the middle.
of the month. Farmers claim that there
will not be more than one-third the wheat
acreage of last year. There will probably
he an increased acreage of barley and
oats. =
Ward: Cloudy and cold the whole past
week, with rain and snow. Farm work
retarded. Warm weather needed. Con-
siderable suffering among cattle and sheep
from cold, wet, weather.
l. w. H. FALLON,
. Observer, Weather Bureau, Directory.
Central Office, Bismarck, N. D.
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