Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-15
Fair Yield But Not a Bumper
String Wleat Cyob Of Three States Estimated at
I83, 900, 900 Bushels.

bushel. a considerable area viii not pre-
dGce both bread and seed, and a still
larger area wit produce an average OF
about eight bushels. Eastern Polk AMI
scattered localities in the county have a
nice yield of wheat. The extreme west
of the county, along the Red river. has
some good yields. but the center has a
very light yield, and the eastern aver
ages are reduced sharply when the
county
Average Is truck
Marshall county will do a little better
than Polk, but it has suffered from wa
ter, also. and a light average will re-
suit. ....
In Kittson county there is a good av-
erage OF wheat, but the acreage is not
large enough to help make up much of
the deficiency in the valley. This brings
us down to the Northern Pacific rail-
road, without yields to offset the loss
from last year in the southern coun-
ties.
Becker and wadena counties have
good averages but small acreage Otter
Tail does very much better than last
year. but Pope falls off again, and parts
of Douglas will show the effects OF
III, SS VIII oNgdii u.s. AhShSh AZ ANN
ter county will have q fair average.
over on the west, Big Stone is light,
but Traverse does better, and Wtlkin Is
very good. The gain in all this area
does not crowd the state total ahead OF
last year. We strike Renville. which
may gain a bushel or two over last
years average. but several
south have lost two to i've bushels on
their averages. Redwood falls behind,
and VIC narrow down to Sibley and Car
yer for a gain. The timber districts
west and northwest OF Minneapolis will
all show some fine wheat. but they VIII
also show some surprisingly small
yields.
1t is fair, therefore, as h county
yields show. to place Minnesota about
on the basis of last year.
Conditions I'm south Dakota.
In South Dakota the conditions have
been overestimated. Blight did serious
work. The centers of production are
changed from last year. The southern
counties had good averages a year ago.
This year they will run light, except
around Parkston and along the Sioux
Falls-Mitchell road, where there is a
gain for a considerable area and a hold
ing even with the pIOuuCNlOIl VI A""N
year. The James River valley and the
Missouri slope were hurt by the heat,
and yields will be very light. The ABB
erdeen district suffered a good deal.
The northeastern counties have gained
and held even. When the balance Is
struck, the yield of the state is reduced
from last year. WIN it was 5000, 900, ac-
cording to my figure.
The North Dakota Counties.
In North Dakota, the highest county
average of wheat win center in Pembi-
ma, probably, although Walsh will make
a fine showing. In Grand Forks, the
average will begin to show some de-
cline. but 1t will be good: in Trail,
more decline: in Cass. only fair; In
Richland, good. There are several sec
ions In the Red River valley where
they will not cut, and a large area In
Cass and Trail will show a light aver
age. Along the northern boundary good
production continues TO the 500 road,
and in the west-central counties 1t IS
fair to good, which is true of the south
ern counties. The result is an estimat-
ed average for the state of nearly M
teen bushels.