Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-08-07
ii Tn and Hbo1lt the State.


never looked better at this time Of year.
He says that the percentage Of late
sown flax Is small, and that the crop
can be matured in good shape without
any more rain. He estimates that q
little over half of Cavalier county's
acreage IS in wheat. Nothing has oc-
Cured. so far. to injure the quality of
the grain. John Butterwick, we'll
known farmer living in the southern
part of the country says that the farm
ers in that section seeded about the
same acreage Of wheat as last year,
and most of the grain is doing we'll,
although rain would help some.
The good prospects continue all
along the main line from Lakota. A
n erchant who has followed the devel-
opment of Nelson county for years,
says that the county promises better
than an average crop in all grains. The
country tributary to the st. John and
Eottineau branches has made a good
record to date. c. j. Lord the Cando
banker and state railway commission
err, says: II have been over much of
1owner county, and 1 believe, with
good fillin,, weather, wheat will aver
age between eighteen and twenty and
flax between twelve and fourteen BUSH
| Is per acre. Flax generally is we'll adj
vanced. There is some late-sown grain
in the northeastern part of the, county
which needs rain, but it is a compare
lively small per centage of the crop.
Ro!ette county, to the north, has good
prospects in both flax and wheat.
There has been some loss from hail but
nc complaint of rust. Wheat harvest
will begin AUG. 20. I think our county
scwed less acres to wheat this year
than last Nearly all the new land was
seeded to flax"
I. Ransieur, farmer living in the
southern portion of Towner county,
says that some pieces of wheat, with
good weather. will go twenty-five
bushels to the acre, and the general av-
erage will be good. Flax is also COM
ing on finely.
V. B. Noble, the Bottineau banker,
says that the conditions along the Bot
tineau branch are far above the aver
age. Bottineau county scored a big
yield in 1895, and Mr.. Noble says the
prospects now are good for '95 yield.
On the present outlook he considers
eighteen bushels, as an average for
wheat, conservative.
So far, conditions along the 500 line
have been good. The crop is doing we'll
on tn anew lands in Ward county,
where the soil is capable of taking care
of heavy rainfall, such as North Da-
kota has had this season. Ward, Bot
tineau, McHenry, Benson Pierce and
Wells counties are in the big flax dis
trict, and the crop is developing we'll.
There is the same story of good pros
poets in the territory along the North
ern Pacific between jamestown and
Leeds. j. D. Carroll, New Rockford
farmer. says that Eddy county seeded
it's grain under favorable conditions,
and large yield is promised. What
late-sown flax there is would be ben
Gifted by rain, but it is not suffering.
Travelling machine men say that about
the same conditions rule in Griggs and
Foster counties. M. B. Cassell, prom
inent North Dakotan and long a resi-
dent of Steele county, says that on the
present outlook Steel county ought to
average eighteen bushels Of wheat.
Flax is exceptionally good in that coun-
ty, and may go fifteen bushels. NO
harm has yet come to the wheat head.
J. D. Mould .r Of Fargo, who has
charge of the southern half of North
company, and aims to keep In close
touch with crop conditions, says: I'm
Central North Dakota wheat harvest
will probably begin about Aug. Is. One
pleasant feature about the crop this
year is the fine condition of grain IN
the extreme southern counties, which
are tapped principally by branch lines
of the Northern Pacific. That district
las the best prospect it has had since
1891. There have been no hot winds, as
in many former years, to injure the
crops. If this district gets reasonably
good weather from now on, it will do
great deal towards giving North Da-
kota a comparatively good yield OF
Wheat, notwithstanding what 1 figure
to be big decrease in the wheat acre
age. Flax is the big crop in the coun-
try from Jamestown west. and is prom
Using a big yield. I do not believe that
North Dakota will ship much barley
although it has practically doubled its
! acreage of that grain
MERCHANT KILLS HIMSELF.