Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-08
Reports by C~unties.

BOTTINEAU COUNTY.
No rainfall during the past week. Very
warm days and cool nights. Nc, frost yet.
Farmers BUSY stacking and shreship4, bat
too high winds fo- such work.
CAss COUNTY.
Temperature for the week slightly above
the normal and precipitation deficient.
Good shower on the ast.. Threshing vsll
under way. Yield light, but coed quality.
Observation-Disclosures. O:2O: CT an inch.
DlCkEY COUNTY.
Harvesting nearly finished and threst-
ing commenced. Millet improved by last
ralns Light frost Tuesday night but nc
damage done. A heavy frost iust now
WSuld DO more good than harm in freezing
out the Russian thlstles.
GRIGGs COUNTY.
No rainfall during the week.. beneficial
TO late harvest II threshi0g. FrOsts on
the .sth and Goth Slightly injured gardens
and potatoes. There are a few pieces of
extremely late grain which are ripening
nicely, under the influence of this. fine
weather. All the threshing. machines, are
hard at work and the grain is turning out
better than was expected a .Es0nth ago and
nearly all the wheat should grade No. 1
hard.
LOGAN COUNTY,
No Sainfan during the week.. beneficial
for stacking grain. Frost on the zHh
slightly injured potatoes and. corn. Har-.
vestin2 Is finished and thrsshing COM
mencea Oh the 18th. There will be a fair
crop generally, but some Farmers WILL
suffer to an extent which will. be known
next week. Potatoes will be affair crop, of
good quality, but small in siZe:.
N'LEAS CoUNTr.
The week has given the average amount
of sunshine, with generally high, tempera.
ture and no rainfall. Frosts on the 2sth
and 2sSh slightly injured garden truck.
Threshing has commenced ana,the returns
are generally light.
xOHTON CoUNTM..
Very cool the two first days Of the weak,
with damaging frOsts, succeeded by high
Temperature the last five days and cIsar
county haying and harvestineare finished,
where the deficiency. in. quantity of lay
and grain is Offset by prilae quality OF
b0sh. In the northern section threshiiQ is
we'll under way; the grain is badly
sfsrunken and the yield light, averaging
& bushels and ranging FROM 5ito Ia t the
acre. PreclpAation-Cannon Ball, trace.
NELSON COUNTY,.
Past week excellent for threshing. Shock
threshing we'll under way. Not enough
done as yet to give estimate yield, bat will
not be large. Quality is reported good.
pEMBINA oorNrY.
Only one inappreciabIe fall Of rain dur
ing the week, on the 3lst, which was bene-
fetal to harvesting and threshing. Hay-
Wheat will average from 20 to- W bushels
per acre and grade. No. l hard. Precipiaa-
tiOn-St. Vincent, trace.
RAMSEY COUNTY.
The weather during the past week was
excellent for all farming purposes, al.
though a light frost occurred on the 18th
Harvest is finished and threshing com.
menced
SARGENT O N1Y.
No rainfall. permitting harvesting and
threshing to be carried on uninterruptedly
Average temperature was beneficial L
late-soWn grain, corn, potatoes and garden
truck. Light fr0sts on the 18th and goth
but doing no damage. Some late.sOWr
grain not cat yet. Threshing about one
thlrd completed. The yield Is light, but
the grain is plump and hard.
sTUTsMAN COUNTY.
The past week has been warm, with COO
nights and no frost to do d%amage-fine fol
t%hreshinR, at which everybody is busy
Wheat seems to grade better than las
year. Wheat is yielding from 6 to 8 bushels
to the acre, Of good quality; oats IF goot
quality bat yield light; barley poor ant
light. A few complaints of smut in wheat
TsAILL COUNTY.
The weather the past week has been fin,
for threshing. Cutting is all done, ex
cept some very late flax and oats. Thresh
ing going on rapidly and wheat turning
out better than was expected.
WALSH COUNTY.
Only n light fall Of rain during tn
week, on 91st. Temperature about tn,
average: Threshing. general. Averag'
yield fair and Of good quality. Precipita
| tiOn-MintO. 002 ri an inch.