Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-09-04
THE HARVEST WELL ALONG.

THE HARVEST WELL ALONG.
Along Some of the Branch Lines the
Wheat IL Practically All Cut.
Last week witnessed the finishing Of
the wheat harvest in quite a large
number Of localities in this state, ac-
cording to reports received by the
Grand Forks Herald from travelling
men who arrived in the city. The work
of wheat cutting has been rushed since
the start was made. In this connection
it might be stated that the harvest
time is getting shorter and shorter all
over the Northwest. This is the result
of many yearfs' experience, and re-
alization on the part of the farmer that
a sufficient force should be available to
cut the wheat at once when it is ready,
and avoid the immense loss that is fire.
quently sustained from the wheat she'll
ing. when over-ripe. should a high wind
prevail. Many of the farmers now make
a practice Of cutting wheat when it is
on the green side just a trifle,so that a
heavy wind would not shell it; as it
has passed a certain point it will ma
ture as we'll in the shock as standing,
and that the color will be better than
1t would be IL q couple of rain STALL
while it is standing and after'it was
dead ripe; as the husks will fall to a
certain extent, leaving the berry of the
wheat unprotected. Then, If a wind
should strike the grain after rain, UNI
der such conditions. the loss from she'll
ing would be greater than the cost of
! several additional binders and horses
to operate them.
| One Of the elevator men who came in
from the Milton line stated that the
wheat between Milton and Inkster was
practically all finished, and all. the oats
and barley are' In shock. Along the
west line the harvest is also well adj
vanced. Around Emerald and Lari-
more many Of the farmers have fin
ished their wheat, and some flax has
I been cut. The oats and barley is prac-
| tically all cut throughout the northern
; portion of the state, but, Of. course,
there are localities, where the water
last spring prevented seeding opera
| tons, where the grain is backward and
some Of it will not be ready for the
sickle for some time, unless there
should be a frost to ripen everything in
| one night.
George w. Kellogg, who came in
from an extended trip throughout the
northern and central part of the state,
says the crops are better than he has
figured at any time this year, and that
the harvest is progressing very favor
ably. He says rain fell at Mapes
and Lakota recently, and in the sur
rounding country there was no grain
cut in consequence. However, he says
there was no rain at Willow City, and
all the machines were running full
blast. Mr.. Kellogg says he thinks some
of the flax was damaged by frost. He
| is certain that quite a little of it was
| damaged, and can explain it in no 9TH
er way than as a result Of the frost Of
two weeks ago. He collected many
samples of damaged flax and sent them
to the John Miller Grain company of
Duluth, which he represents, for an
alysis.
H. r. Dickinson, the Reynolds mer-
chant, passed through Fargo after a
trip west to Minot, and north from
there to the Canadian boundary line.
He says the flax crops there are fine.
While some Of them, which were sowed
late, on new breaking, are not enor-
nous, the vast majority of the fields
which he saw were very fine. The
yields will practically all be very good,
the last general rain having assured
good returns to all the farmers, and
some of them will have crops that will
pay a beautiful profit. Mr.. Dickinson
was very much pleased with the pros
poets there, and says that part of the
state is a revelation this year to those
visiting it for the first time. The flax
harvest has started, and in the portions
where the seeding was early, the most
of the fax has been cut. 1t is all ma
turing rapidly, and, with the exception
of a few localities, the harvest viii be
over in a short time.
The local threshing machine men are
being rushed to death to get machines
shipped through the northern and west
ern parts of the state, in response to
hurry-up orders, and very freight train
that leaves carries several rigs out
The loading platform for machines OF
that kind. at the foot of Kittson ave-
nue., has been surrounded with thresh-
ing machines and engines of all sizes
makes and descriptions, and large
crew of men have been busted loading
them as fast as possible
GREAT BIG CELEBRATION.