Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-09-20
Reports by Counties j..
BARNES.

DaIINES.
Sanborn-The fore part of the week was
windy, retarding threshing, otherwise the
work is progressing favOrably. The potato
crop is ripening fast and is very large.
CAss.
Wild Rice-Harvest is over except some
flax and late oats, and blowing has begun.
Threshing in full J last. Wheat averaging
from IL to 30 bush Els per acre, oats SO, and
barley s.. Potatoes a big crop.
Tower City-This week will probably
end threshing. The results on the whole
will be the most unsatisfactory in our his
tory.
Mapleton-Flax threshing is now in full
force, and it is turning ont much better
than was anticipated. Average about 20
bushelf to the acre.
EDDY.
Sheyenne - Threshing in full blast:
wheat yielding from 20 to 40 bushels per
acre, oats about so, barley 40, rye 26.
GRAND FORKS.
Niagara-Threshing in full blast; wheat
going from IS to 40 bushels per acre, barley
35. Some wheat reported damaged by
frost. Smut is in nearly all wheat. The
writer had 20 acres of flax that yielded %
bushels per acre.
GRIGGS.
oOPSh L. CoIlluR uOU lldll UulOuEu
here, and is progressing Slowly on account
of so much straw. Some yields are as low
as 19 bushels, and others as high as 81 of
wheat, barley IS to 40. Weather very dry
and somewhat windy the past week.
Gallatin-The pact week has been very
windy. Grain is turning out good, with a
good grade. We need rain for pastures,
water and fall blowing.
KIDDER.
Dawson-Threshing we'll begun, but too
windy to make much Roadway. Heavy
freeze on the 9th, froze ice half an inch
thick in water in exposed places. Too dry
to piow.
Tappen-Threshing has been the order
OF the day for the past wsek with varying
results. and no large yields, but on the
whole satisfactory. Some wheat good
grade and some good wheat smutty. The
frost OF week before last killed all tender
vegetation. There is a good deal of soft
corn, but l think the wheat wa all out of
the way of frost. The ground is very dry
n late potatoes are not as good as
expected.
Napoleon-Not very good weather for
threshlng as the wind is too high. Tie
grain is middling good, averaging about six
to fifteen bushels for wheat, rye SIX to
eight, max four to ten, and barley and oats
nOOuo UlIC odIllCs I UGdGOCS Will Ue Il SOOQ
crop; garden truck and corn has suffered
from the frost.
M'LEAN.
DEMONSTRATING particular to note, all
work on the farm being neglected in the
interest of threshing.
Goa! HarbOr-Granaries too small is the
cry all over the county. AS very little
wheat will be sold at present prices,
farmers preferring to feed or hold it.
Weather continues fine, and t%hreshers are
working Is hours a day.
A'INTosH.
Ashley-Threshing now well under way
Wheat yields from eight to fifteen bushels
per acre, with little smut. Corn badly
injured by the freeze Of the 9TH and 9Th.
M'HENRY.
Carder-The weather has been cool and
cloudy. Shock threshing in full blast
About 80 acres is all the most of the
machines can thresh out in a day as there
is so much straw, and it seems to be tough
ON account of the cloudy weather.. There
is considerable wheat in it, though.
NELSON.
Petersburg-The harvest is over and
threshing is in full blast. Wheat yields
from ~ to Al bushels, barley 40 to SIS, rye
~ to DO. oats so to 100. Potatoes will be a
light crop here as those planted late have
been killed by the frost.
Akra-The week has been favorable for
threshlng and stacking, no showers having
fallen. Ihreshing going on rather slowly
or account OF the heavy straw. About
two-thlrds of the grain is in the stack now