Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-05-15
error CONDITIONS.
Reports Indicate Reduction I'm the
the Amount of Wheat SOwn.

4 favorable for seeding, which was Wen
4 under way in all sections, but heavy
rains ON Thursday not only put stop
\ to it, but so flooded the low lands that
4 nothing has been done on them since.
Wheat seeding is nearly finished IN
the extreme southern and central por-
4 lions, but in the Fed River valley and
eastern part it Is not half put IN vet.
Some oats have been sown In all parts
Of the state. Early -sown wheat Is COM
Ing up in all localities.
Reports from all sections indicate that
there will be a .;rs at reduction In the
amount Of wheat sown as compared
with last year; flax. barley and corn
will be put in instead.
BARNES-vall,y City-Seeding pro-
crossing slowly; a little early-soWn
grain is up. Cuba ne-half of wheat
sown; seeding was retarded by ram.
Rogers-Rain stopped all kinds of work
except blowing. Minnie Lake-Farmers
getting badly behind with their work;
fields very wet.
BENSON ~ Pleasant Lake ~ Wheat
seeding well advanced; some coming
lp: laid wet. Oberon-Wheat seeding
dearly finished; rain the past week was
needed. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sprout-
|
stopped all work ex sept blowing.
MISUNDERSTANDING Woods-Wheat
seeding nearly done; early-sown COM
ing up nicely.
Glass; Chaffee-Wheat seeding here is
about half done; rain stopped seeding
two days. Grandln-All work stopped
by rain and will not begin again before
the middle Of this week. Kindred
Seeding about half done; delayed sew
eral days by rain. Page-Wheat about
talf sown; seeding stopped by heavy
rain. Automatically half the wheat
and oats sown; early-sown wheat COM
ing up Casselton Wheat about half
4 sewn; all land very wet. Tower City
Seeding about one-quarter done; too
wet for any kind Of work.
| CAVALIER-Stilwe stop
ped by rain, which was very heavy;
ground in good condition before rain
commenced. Milton-Seeding inter-
rupted by heavy rains; will be resumed
this week. Olga-Wheat seeding de-
layed by heavy rains the middle Of ths
week.
DICKEY- wright-Land very wet,
but some seeding is being done all the
time. ClemeLt-Wheat is about half
sown; ground in good condition, some
wheat coming up. Misunderstanding
progressing rapidly; weather favor
able; soil in good condition. Guelph
Wheat nearly all sown; some coming
up and looks well.
-sheyenne-Whea seeding Is
pretty we'll done; no flax sown vet; not
enough rain to delay seeding.
EMMONS-Livona-W contin-
des cold and wet. Hampton-The soak
ing rain that fell last week was just
what seeded grain needed to start 1t up.
-Melville-Probably half the
wheat sown; work has been retarded
very much by the late snow and rain
storms.
! GRAND Reynolds seed
Ing done the past week; weather ex-
cessively wet and cold. McRae-Seed-
Ing at standstill; land almost flooded.
Ojata-No seeding done the past week;
ground very wet. Honeyford-About
one-quarter of the wheat sown; work
stopped by rain. Inkster-Rains have
made the land too wet to work for an
4 other week. Cable-Only a little seed
ing done the past week.
I GRIGGS -Hannaford-No seeding for
the past two weeks, being stopped by
wet weather.
/ LA INQUIRE Verona-Wheat about
all sown; seeding delayed by heavy
fains., Griswold-Wheat seeding we'll
advanced, but delayed on low lands.
Kulm-Wheat seeding about finished;
that sewn first coming up nicely. Ber-
.in-Early-sown wheat coming up well;
wheat over half sown, and some oats
have been put in.
IOGAN-Napoleon- seeding Is
about finished; blowing for flax going
on.
! -Washburn-The rains Of
the past few days will start the wheat,
oats and barley, which have nearly all
been sown. Coal Harbor- Nearly all
the wheat has been sown and some
oats: weather generally favorable.
Falconer-About half Of the wheat Is
In the ground, which is in fine order.
! MORTON-Sims-S wheat COM
ing up; too wet for blowing or seed
4 Ing, but it will commence again the
hrst Of this week. Hebron-Wheat all
sown; some potatoes planted; ground
well soaked. Glen Ullin-Wheat seed
Ing about done; some oats sown; early
wheat up. Sweet Briar-Seeding well
under way; early-sown wheat up and
looks well.
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the wheat IL
sown; some rain during the past week,
but not enough to delay work.
l. PEMBINA-Hamilto little seed
Ing can be done until the middle of this
i week; some have not commenced yet
st. Thomas Seeding in the fore part Of
the week; stopped by heavy rains in
| the latter part. Drayton-Practically
no seeding done; land very wet. Bow
esmourt-No seeding done yet; it will
take two weeks Of dry weather before
\ the land can be worked. Walhalla-
Spring work In this region is greatly
delayed by wet weather.
/ RAMSEY-Jackson-W seeding
almost finished: rain stopped work.
Brock et-Some VIII sat being sown; rain
has delayed work. Edmore-Very small
amout Of wheat being sown; some oats
! seeded.
! RANSOM-Auslem-M Of wheat is
sewn; considerable up. Buttzville-,
Wheat is mostly seeded and some up:
plenty of moisture. Miller-Wheat half