Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-08-08
Grain Notes.

be greatly increased.
j. E. Herbert has about seventy.fve
acres of bis wheat crop in shock which
he thinks will make fair average yield.
If the weather clears up there will be
harvesters at work in nearly every wheat
field in the county by the middle Of this
week.
The Fulton, Cavalier County, Globe
says that wheat stands six feet high with
heads seven inches long is quite common
there this year.
The rain of Sunday night will set back
harvesting little. Those who cut grain
with hsaders are going to be particular
not to cut too green, as there is danger
! of the wheat getting musty in the stack.
In Rolette county, the Dunseith Her
aid says, there is considerable smut in
the grain this year. It is due to the sea-
son, not the seed.' When threshing,
most of the smut can be separated from
the grain it the threshlng is properly
done, and it should be.
A big oats crop in North Dakota will
be worth something even il it 1s correct
that $4,000 less street car horses eat oats
now than few years ago. Hay is being
shipped into several middle states and
Ia those states the other crop is not up
to expectations.
The Dray,on Echo, Pemblna county,
says: This great "howdoo" about smut
in the wheat is principally the work of
elevator men to delude the farmers and
lower the grade and price of wheat. All
the truth about smut SO far as this
section OF the Valley Is concerned ''isn't
worth the powder to blow it up
A field of flax in blossom with mus
tard about equal in amount makes a
pretty sight, for the blue and yellow
flowers, in the brightest Of colors. show
of to great advantage. There are num-
Der of fax fields in this vicinity where it is
hard to tell which crop ls the better, fax
or mustard.
Those who sowed bearded wheat regret
it. This variety seems to have been al
most the only kind seriously affected by
smut. Why it is go is matter OF doubt.
The smut bulletin of the agricultural
college says that certain weather condi-
tions covering period of but three or
four days are sufficient to develop latent
smut germs.
OF the Ransom county crop the Lisbon
Free Press says: 1t seems to be the
opinion of farmers generally throughout
the county that the grade of wheat this
year will run almost entirely No. hard.
The quantity will not be so great but the
quality will be good. Thomas Wells
takes the prize on millet. The millet
will yield from seventy to eighty BUSH
els per acre.
The following manner OF ascertaining
the yield of wheat is given by the North
western Agrlcultura]ist Go out into the
field when the grain is filed out and
measure OF an exact square foot. Take
all the heads OF wheat in that square
foot and shell out the wheat. Count the
kernels Of wheat you now have and every
thirty three grains indicates one bushel
per acre.
The Casselton Reporter says 1t believes
there is nothing in it for the farmer
booming the crop before it is harvested.
While we have a good crop, it nothing
happens, yet it is going to fall consider
ably short of what has been estimated
by the boomers. The truth will hurt no
one, either about the crop or anything
else, and it's just as we'll to let the crop
boom ltself--after it's harvested and
safe. ....
Grain commission men are calling the
attention Of shippers Of barley to see
that it is not threshed before passing
through the sweat. Barley threshed
from the shock will commence heating
IN the car and arrive out of condition.
These large elevators cannot offer facili-
ties for handling small quantities to
keep it from spelling, and buyers will
not be in the market for grain in that
condition; and the result to shippers will
be heavy loss.
George Kurtz: My view Of the cause
Of smut this year is that wheat was in
the propaRating staRe-in the blossom
just at the time when weather condi-
tions were right, and that what we call
''dry lighting" has caused the blight in
some varieties where the seed
is certainly not the cause. Some
stools OF the same plant show smutty
heads, others being farther advanced, or
less 80, do not. The lightning theory is
the right one, firmly believe.
Benson County News: We desire to
make collection Of the finest specimens
Of wheat, rye, oats and barley to be