Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-05-11
WHEAT PROSPECT.

Grand Forks Herald: C. f. Sims
OF the NJ. & N. Elevator company re.
turned from a trip to Grafton and the
country north along the Red river and
says that eve since he has been in
the wheat business has the outlook
been more reassuring than it is at the
present time. He states that the
farmers had their blowing practically
all done last fall, a large percentage of
it being completed early in the season
and that in consequence the ground
was in excellent condition to receive
the seed. He estimates the wheat
acreage about the same as last year.
possibly a trifle larger but says the
total acreage will be greatly in excess
OF last season, the surplus being sown,
or rather will be sown to flax in most
Instances. though in some localities a
great deal of barley is being Mr..
Sims is of the opinion that the farmers
OF the val.ey did work as thor
oughly as they have done it this spring.
and that in his travels he has failed to
see a single instance of careless or i'm
properly titled land.
The farmers generally seem to have
awakened to the truth of the fact that
one acre of land properly sown is more
profitable than two or three acres
stopped" in the old way. Farming
year by year is being conducted in a
more businesslike manner and the re-
suits are becoming very apparent. The
farms are assuming a more kempt and
prosperous appearance. Fences are
being built, trees planted, buildings re-
painted. yards beautiied, giving a most
inviting air to the country homes. tax
ing from them that baroness that is
always noticeable in a new prairie
farming country, which is Won't to
make the heart Of one sick who has
been accustomed to the comfortable
and attractive farm homes in the older
states, which, by the way, it often took
two or three generations to complete,
and those who did the hard work sell
dom lived long enough to enjoy the
fruit of their labors. Here, however,
in a land that twenty years ago was
as wild M cherries as a place could
be, comfortable and prosperous homes
are scattered in every direction. and
the pioneers are in most cases, able to
reston their bars and enjoy life as fully
as any people on earth, and if thew
wish to enjoy it elsewhere they have
the wherewith to do So, as is seen by
the heavy travel to southern points
during the dull winter months. The
development has been nothing less
than wonderful and was never sur
passed by any country in the world.
The conditions that prevail this
spring have made the farmers most
contented and all are looking forward
to a good year. Everything at the
present time points Enthusiastically in
that direction. There has been a big
crop of wheat sown at small expense
and there will be the biggest flax acre
age in the history of the country. with
prospects for very high prices for the
latter crop. AS it has been several
years since a bumper crop has been
raised, many use the fact as a basis for
The prediction that this will be another
banner year in the history of the val
ley. One thing is certain, if the nres-
ent bright crop prospects should mate
rialize and prices should be but fair
an era Of prosperity, such as has never
been before experienced in this section
will surely dawn.