Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-04-17
AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
Some Figures and Statistics of Particular
Interest to our Farmers.

Some Figures and Statistics of Particular
Interest to our Farmers.
The Seventh Biennial Report of the
commissioner Of Agriculture and
Labor, Hon. R. J. Turner-recently
issued, is a public document Of great
interest, which ought to be in the
hands Of every farmer. resident of
North Dakota.
Although anything like a full re-
view is not practical for your
columns, yet among the statistical
tables of special interest we refer to
the following: North Dakota corn
acreage in 1901, 11s, 973 against 49,
$50 in 1900) of which 175 acres are
credited to Ramsey county, Cass
county heading the list with 81, 179
acres.
Photographs are shown of North
western Dent corn and Willis Gehu
70 day corr and White Flint corn
grown in Burleigh county.
In the culture of flax of which
1, 9l7, 2o5 acres were sown in the state
in 1909, Ramsey county is put down
at the head Of the list with IA, 645
acres, Wells county being a close
second with 1874, S62 acres.
Thus has Ramsey county won its
name as "thpe banner faxconlnty Of
the world. I.
The tables show !, O22, 6e2. acres of
J wheat sown in the state in y19O2, of
which Ramsey county contributes
40, 248.
The hail losses for 1901 are shown
indicating that 104, S4S acres were
totally destroyed py hail. AL. 673
acres suffered a three-fourth loss,
~, 637 suffered a one-half loss and
SO, 1879 acres suffered a %one-fourth loss.
The subjoined report of Prof. E. E..
Kaufman, Assistant Dairy Commits
sioner, has an especial local interest
now that the Keith creamery project
is started in Ramsey county.
October 31st, 1902 the state reported
81 creameries and five skimming sta
tions, fourteen of the creameries be-
ing started in 1902 and eight in 1901
and are pretty we'll scattered over the
state-Morton county leading with
nine creameries.
IA tabulation of these reports show
these creameries had 1,75O patrons
milking approximately IS, 921 cows.
There was delivered to the various
plants 90, sol, 673 pounds Of milk and
1, 1856, 762 pounds of cream from which
We're made 1, 796, SIG pounds of butter.
There was paid to the patrons for
milk and cream the sun of $500, 267.4 AZ
and manufactured articles sold for
$3.50, 1874. 70 making a total difference
of $62, 037.26 for running expenses
which include salary Of buttermaker,
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fuel and supplies.
In reviewing these articles il
should be remembered fourteen of the
creameries were started the present
year and were in operation an aver
age of only five months.
With no increase in, the number o.
plants, the returns next year viii
show a large increase. In addition
to the butter manufactured in thi'
state many thousand pounds Of cream
were shipped to Minneapolis andAber
deem to the Minneapolis Cold Storag,
company, a la:ge creamery concer1
operating in Minnesota and the tw,
Dakotas.
From the best information obtain
able nearly H. 600 hand cream sepera
tors were sold in the state. Thes,
machines have an average value o
800. The average value of tn,
creameries is g, 900 making a toal G
$211, 900 invested in creameries ant
dairy seperators. This with the in
vestments in mich cows and dair!
apparatus makes the creamery ant
dairy industry of North Dakota wortl
nearly three millions Of dollars.
No mean. showing for a new stat,
that prides itself on the quality ant
quantity of its wheat crop and is gen
orally recognized as a one crop state. ;
Albert M. Powell.
Devils Lake, April sth, 1908.