Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-07-31
CROP PROSPECTS
Never Better tor the Farmers of
Stutsman County than the
Present Season.
Past Weeks Showers We're Made to
Order for Growing
Crops.
Bur!ey Harvest Commenced in Sey-
era! of the Fields in the
County.

night was a clincher as far as mOlS-
ture is concerned. The weather has
been cool and pleasant since and fav-
orable to the heading out and matur-
ing Of the berry. Wheat that was
sOWed in due season, stands breast
high in all The fields and is generally
of rich dark color and the heads are
long and give promise of a large yleld.
The fields are also exceptionally tree
from mustard or other weeds. oats,
rye, barley and in fact every grain
crops looks equally rs we'll as wheat.
If the weather is favorable for a
couple Of weeks without any excessive
hot weather, the grain crop is assured
as far as fine yield goes.
The county now shows the greatly
increased flax acreage. In every dl-
rection the fields Of blue blossoms are
to be seen. There are some late
pieces, but if the Weather proves as
favorable later as it has been SO far,
even those fields can be expected to
Weld we'll. The amount OF money
that the flax crop will bring to Stuts-
man county farmers, if all EgoeS we'll
from now on. will be more by many
thousands Of dollars than ever re-
ceiyed from that crop in the history
Of the county. The assessors returns
showed a great increase in the 1lax
acreage, and the fields in all parts OF
the county bear out the figures. II 81
buShel can be secured for the crop
it viii make a big sum OF money FOR
the farmers who have commenced TO
rotate their crops. oats and barley
also promise to bring better price
than usual. Wheat remains low on
the list and promises to be SO after
harvest. But all other crops and
stocks will 40 doubt bring good prices.
The large amount OF work to be
done in harvesting and threshing the
prospective crop is being realized and
the railroad companies can well afford
to use every effort to get in men for
the harvest and threshing season.
Should late and heavy fall rains come
on. as is not unlikely, many crops will
be late in getting threshed and much
good time for fall plowing when the
weeds can be turned under to advan-
tage, lost. Every preparation for
early threshing Of the crops ought to
be made now.
A good deal Of summer falloWing is
being done and the ground is in fine
shape for that work. The vines, grass
and weeds turned under at this time
will make fine fertilizer for next sea-
son.
The rain of Sunday night, which
was general through this county, was
in many places heavier than the rain
of last Thursday. The asylum records
show that 1.l3 inches of rain fell at
that point during the Two storms.
The value of this is not in the amount
of moisture but in the fact that it
came at just the right time to wet
down the ground, cool the air and give
the late Sowed grain and fax the i'm
petu that was needed to bring them
forward. The grain sowed at the
proper time was all right without the
rain but Of course the showers will
greatly benefit that. The weather
has taken the right course and show
ers can be expected that may turn in
to heavy rains. There is little to
wish for in the matter of moisture 10
mature the growing crops. Cool
weather is all that is needed from
now on, for grain.
Another rain fell Tuesday
and was heavy in the western part Of
the county giving the locality around
Medina a good wetting down. The
rain was lighter east of this place.
The fields of flax in blossom all over
the county make beautiful sight and
at little distance resemble lake OF
h]ue water. 1t is unusual to see such
crops taking the place of wheat. Oats
are coming along in grand shape and
promise an early harvest after the eX-
ceptionally favorable weather of the
past week.
Farmers are working hard to get up