Courier Democrat., 1900-06-28
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dealers. There are i'm Fargo to-day
many of the field men. aSrnts and rep
resentatives Of the various big ma
chine houses and agricultural imple-
ment manufacturers who; have branch.
houses in Fargo, for the purpose of
! considering the "tratle conditions ana
the oatlooK for the years sbusiness. !
1t is the concensus of opinion among.
these men that their business, for the
Season will be practically nil. owing
to- the failure of the wheat crop. And
while each and every one of them has
bad reports to make of the crop out
look. the majority are incdiurd to take
Il rosy view of the situation. and claim
that North Dakota will reap more
money in her harvest fields this year,
despite the practical failure of the
wheat crop, than she did last yea1
With granaries filed. This prospect
i've excess of farm receipts over that
OF last year will come from the flax
crop and the increased price of wheat.
Reports We're heard in detail from en-
perts who have Just come from the
farms and fields of Pembina. Cava-
lier, Towner, Rolette. Rrttineau. Ben
son. Ramsey, Walsh, Eddy, Nelson.
Grand Forks, Wells, Foster. Griggs
Steele TrailL Cass, Barnes. Stutsman.
LnMoure, Sargent and Diclley coun-
ties From the balance of the state,
the reports are only general ana most
| ly OH hei:rsay evidence. III may be talk
en-. however, that the summary of the
entire state is based on reliable re-
ports. and is~as nean. accurate as it is
possible to gather at the present time.
Estimates based upon the detailed re-
ports of the crop conditions of the
counties named above. give Il total of
l6,G0O,WU bushels. This is hardly Il
third OF the average production. and
falls far below the expectations based
| on reports of one week ago. For the
balance of the state there is no way 10
estimate the wheat crop. The outlook
is lad enough for wheat, and it may
be safely said that the total crop will
not be one-half (the usual production.
taking as base unit twenty bushels
per acre.
The reports received hy the Huber
Manufacturing company from agents
We're up to Monday night. and en-
brace only the territory in the immedi-
ate vicinity of Mapleton. Hannaford.
Valley City. Cooperstown and Fessen-
den. The best judgment of these nell
expressed to their manager is that
with fair weather conditions from
now on, the wheat crop will be 40 per
cent OF the normal. No report is made
by them on other grains.
| ID. n. SHsSeen. manager of the Gel
Ser Manufacturing company. has had
reports up to Wednesday from the
majority of his field men who are now
close to Fargo. According to Mr.. Sas-
seen. the wheat crop of ClSS county is
a thing OF the past. The average field
Is only six inches high and headin.
hni. Many farmers are plowing UP
their crops ana sowing to fodder. and
some are even putting in flax. which
| promises much better On the Other
side OF the river. in the vicinity of Sd
bin. the ground is spotted. however.
Sclne fel1S being good and others bad.
From GAINESVILLE east there is much
good wheat. but between Fargo and
those points there is a fine crop of
mustard, the fields for miles being coy
cred with it. The flax crop all through
the section is fair. His reports from
Towner county, this state, are that
The crops there are fair
The Mccormick Harvesting Mat
chine company had all of its agents
and field men in Fargo Wednesday.
and. as they are fresh from the farms.
and are reliable, conservative men and
have made Il thorough inspection of
the situation. their reports can be de-
pended upon. From Barnes, Griggs
and Stuts,n.an counties, it is not possi-
ble to set half a crop. A little over
9ne-half the land sowe1 in wheat will
|prodnce a fraction better than half a
crop. The balance of it is Il total fail
lre ana will not be worth the cutting.
FLAX is locking we'll in those counties.
and with a good rain within the next
week or ten days. full crop may be
counted on. The increased acreage in
flax is expected to make I'D. in a great
measure. the loss on wheat.
Ransom. InMoure AID Sargent colln-
lies reported another expert. are spot
ted. In other sections it is very bad.
FLAX and corn are fine and oats fair
Rain. however. is headed to mature
the flax.
Foster, Wells, Eddy and Benson
counties, with rain within the neX1
two weeks will show Il remarkably
fine crop of flax. Wheat is fair i'll
some sections, but the majority OF the
| A'A ASH w III uIOuGte 40 crop. 1IlC
southern part of Wells and Foster
counties and continuing down into
Stutsman county. will not produce
better than three bushels to the acre.
Around Willow City. in Bottineau
county, within Il radius of fifteen
miles. there will be the best wheat
crop that has been harvested in years.
North OF the limit line. however. the
crop Will not average SIX bushels per
acre. Along the jamestown & North
ern road. from Casselton up. there are
some remarkably fine crops Of wheat,
it being remembered thai twenty
Pbushels is the very outside limit for
basing this crop estimate.
In Cass, Nelson. Steele and Grand
Forks counties, the apparent damage
to the wheat crop is 3S 1-3 per cent.
With reasonable and early rains there
J will be. it is believed, from five to fif-
teen bushels per acre over the entire
territory embraced in this district.
The fax crop looks healthy, and is
apparently in good condition. With
fair climatic conditions it is believed
/ thn farmar will roam opnnoh aflay tn