Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-09-07
CROP BULLETIN.
County Reports Concerning the Crop
Conditions for Week Ending
Sept. 8, 1894.

is going on on all sides and it is estimated
that fully n half of the wheat crop has
been %threshed, with an average yield for
the state of from z to 10 bushels per acre.
Oats are not doing as well as was expected
earlier in the season, and it is probable
that the other small grain will not average
more than half acrop. Corn is going to be
good; it is mostly out of danger from FROST,
and little damage can be done it from nov
on. Potatoes are of a good quality, but the
yield will be light.
Prairie fires have done considerable dam
age in the northern part of the state and
the Missouri valley.
BARNES
Sanborn-Harvest work is going on sat
sifactorily. Wheat stacking all through.
Threshing going on rapidly. The hot, dry
north winds is destroying all vegetation.
DICKEY $
misunderstanding has become quite
general throughout the county. The
yield raises all the way from 4 to 10 BUSH
els to the acre. Corn and potatoes are ripe
enough to be out of the way of frost, and
both are OF good quality and fair yield.
KIDDER
Dawson-Threshing is about all done in
eHAo VI VAAO SOuuVys wv uCdU Is dVCIdk-s
ing from 8 to- bushels to the acre. Oats
Z to 8; barley the same; Flax 8 to 5. Rain
is needed badly.
LAMOURE
Berlin-Shock threshing about all done.
Headed grain is now in the sweat and.
some Of it is too damp to thresh on ac-
count of the Russian cactus, cut green
With the wheat. The air has been very
smoky nearly all the last half Of the
month. sFs5ss
MCINTOSH
LOwell-The weather is exceedinglysdrysS
Harvesting done except some latesflax.#
ThreshinR has commenced, the yield Solar
has been from 2 to 10 bushels to the acre.
The average will be about 5 bushels. Oats
are yielding from 10 to IS. Potatoes fair
quality but light crop.
Ashley ~ Threshing now fully under
way. Wheat going from 8 to IL bushels
per acre, 4 to 5 being the rule. Corn good.
Potatoes will be fair, as will fax. Oats
and barley light yield. NH
MORTON
New Salem-The weather has been no
and dry and injurious to all garden truck.
Threshing well under way.
NELSON
Bue-Weather the past week has been
very favorable for threshing. IF itcGn--s
tinues fine it will be wound up this week.
stocks and all. Water is low or iaccodunt q f
the long orouth. Wheat will yield from
III to ID bushels per acre.
RICHLAND
PoWer-Excellent threshing weather.
but ground is in poor condition for blow
ing. Shock threshing is completed. Yields
range from six to fifteen bushel, andSno
better than was anticipated. Corn is 90
ing to be a fine crop, but potatoes ONLY
fair.
RoLETTE.
Rolla-Threshlng in full blast. The
yield IS surprising everyone. Wheat isgo-
ing as high as twenty-five bushels per
acre, from that down to ten bushels.
SARGENT
MllnOr-The weather continues the same
as the previous week, dry and warm. Corn
that promised a good crop some time ago.
has dried up badly. Late millet has been
eet !hls past week, and yields from one
very, good quality, but will give yery$small
yleld. Wheat in this and adjoining town.
SHIPS gives from two to SIX bushels to the
acre, and oats very little more.
WARD
Portal--Ihe weather has been extremely
hot and dry. Wheat all cut and farmers
are threshing with light yields. Potatoes
are very fine, but a light crop. Prairie
tires have burned large quantities of hav.
as well as the pastures, which will cause 4
scarcity Of feed for wintering stock.
WALSH. %Es
Minto-AnOther hot and dry week. 4
0rable5 for stacking and threshing. Satur-
day evening we had a light rain:
Edlnburg--Since the 24th ult, there has
Deen no chanpe in the weather. III ia still
and dry. Pastures, garden truck and
potatoes are drying up. Some threshinp
zone IN this locality: Wheat yielding
from five to fifteen bushels to the acre.
s%hrunken some. Oats IL { rs bushels.per
acre, OF fair quality; barley, 8 ito is; flax
3 bushels. Fall blowing has not begun
yet.
MOORHEAD, MINI.
High winds of 31st and LIST interferred
with threshing.
=, ST. VINCENT, MINI.
Inc past week has been dry and very
not. Threshing under full swing, and
about half the crop already threshed. The
average for wheat will be 20 bushels Der
acre, II with very few exceptions will
grade No. l hard. Oats and barley are a
llght crop. Potatoes will yield fairly we'll,
a coLoRHD Georgia minister was shot
in the head for advising his negro breth-
ren to return to Africa. For, if they
should follow these teachings, .what
would the fihst fahmilies do fob lynch-
ings, by CAD, sir?"