Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-08-18
THE WHEAT CROP.

The WHEAT CROP.
The crop expert of the Minneapolis
Journal has made his annual estimate
or the wheat crop in the three states
OF Minnesota, North Dakota and
South Dakota. The crop, as estim-
ated, is figured ut some o. 600, coo
bushels less for three states than last
year. The acreage for the three
states is estimated at 14,30O,O 900 and
the acreage yield at 1873 bushels.
North Dakota is reckoned with an
acreage OF 100000 and an average
yield of 1872 bushels, making the esti-
mated crop G7.5OO,0OO bushels.
The estimate concludes that 20O,-
O0c,OOO bushels of wheat is no longer
a bumper crop-hereafter nothing
less than 2jO,00O,OOO bushels will be
an extraordinary yield. The crop
writer says:
The immigration into the three.
states is heavy. Thousands Of new
acres are under cultivation this veal
for the first time. The tendency Of
this new land is toward wheat. On
the other hand, for the poor wheat
lands OF the older cultivation there is
Il tendency to decrease wheat pro-
duction by the substitution OF cattle
SANS La lSS AVluS VI CutllS GllCl
sheep are now seen in central South
Dakota and other sections of the
northwest. where wheat raising has
been Improbable. while in other sec
tons diversified farming is crOwding
the wheat area and the cultivation Of
corn and other cereals is increasing.
Flax has become all important crop
in the three states.
In spite OF the large increase in
wheat acreage since the bumper
crop OF 1891, there is little probable
lty OF further large increase in the
future. The breaking up of the
bonanza Red river valley farms will
tends to greater variety of production
there than is now the case; within a.
few years there will be Il disappear
ance OF many of those farms as ut
present conducted.
Or the situation in North Dakota
there is the following:
North DakOta's yield will not reach
the figure of Il year ago. This esti-
mate credit the state with an average
yield of 1872 bushels on 100000 acres.
giving Il yield of $4,000 coo.
The state has suffered a severe hail
loss this year. but as affecting totals.
this cannot be considered of much i'm
pOrtance. 1t must not be forgotten
that Walsh and other counties were
heavy losers from hail last year, and
vet he state raised &c. 900 bushels
of wheat.
There are large areas of poor yield
in North Dakota. Grand Forks
county, in the heart of the valley,
makes a poor showing this year. a
large area will not yield above the
poorest part Of the Jim valley in South
Dakota-tive or six buslels-and hun
dreds Of acres will not be cut. 1t is
doubtful it there is poorer wheat in
any section Of the state this year than
in the splendid county. Of Grand Forks.
This deficient yield is due to the heavy
spring rains, which necessitated late
seeding, and the growth has been UNI
favorable.
Trail county had n splendid average
yield in prospect up to Thursday last,
when hail struck at the heart of the
county, reducing materially the yield.
The Grandin farm estimated it's yield
a week ago at seventeen, or, possibly,
eighteen bushels average. The storm
had played havoc with the thousands
of acres that were promising this
handsome yield.
The .Bottineau country has nearly
doubled the year of a year ago, so.
there is an occasional offset to reduced
Yields in other sections of the state.
The country between Park River and
Grafton has produced a splendid yield.
This section was cut into severely last
year by hail. The Walsh county yield
as a whole may not increase last years
product, however. Good local judges
nl0On tho county ovoro no of o1ovon