The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07
stock production is of the closest char

The Flax Crop. s.}sg-~,
Good crops of fax can be grown in
every county in the state. The aver
age yield in 1904 was 1913 bushels per
acre. The production that year was !
5,S03,445 bushels, which was second
only to the crops Of North Dakota,
among the states of the union. The
yields of fax are likely to be consider. |
ably increased in the future, because of
the increase in the meadow and pas
ture land in the state. This crop can I,
be best grown on new land and on over ]
turned sod. This crop is generally
grown on new land and ON weedy land,
which has been much against high pro
crop, is cash crop, and it may be
grown in fine form as the first crop on
virgin lands. In some instances twenty
bushels per acre have been grown and
quite frequently the first crop OF flax
grown has paid for the land on which
It grew. AS with the wheat, SO will it
be with flax. 1t may be grown in Min
nesota, if properly grown, as long as
it remains state. .,
-.' The Barley Crop.
What has been said about the oat
crop will apply equally to barley. In
1904 the barley crop Of Minnesota was
| 32,123,O41 bushels, more than 100000
bushels larger than that Of any other
state. In outranked the great barley
state of California, both in aggregate
| yield and in yield per acre. The in
I huence which this crop exerts on the
who is acquainted with swine hus-
bandry. Minnesota may yet far outdo
even Denmark as; pork-produclng
country, because Of it's higher natural
adaptation to the productions of milk
and barley. Another great benefit from
! growing barley in Minnesota is found
in it's helpfulness in fighting weeds.
| In the northern half of the state 1t may
be sown in the latter half Of May, on
lands spring plowed, and on which
weeds have made vigorous start be-
natures ahead Of weeds growing in it,
and if the land is again plowed after
the barley is harvested the weeds are
/ badly smitten. IF sown this late in
I many other states the desired yields
would not be obtained, but there is no
difficulty in growing barley thus IN
Minnesota. r =s.zs r..
'~ The Rye Crop.
Good crops Of winter rye can be
grown on nearly every acre of hllable
land in the state. Although the farm
ers are so much occupied with growing
other small grains that they have not
given much attention to the growing
Of rye, there can be-. no questions that
the most important crops on all the
light lands found within The state. The
: average yield per acre in 1904 was IL 2
bushels;, that is to say, it was seventh
in point of yield in the United States
! and only 20 bushels per acre below the
highest average Of any state. &
Macaroni Wheat.
Macaroni wheat will grow in finest
form even in the most northerly coun
; ties in Minnesota. The yields Of this
er than those of any other varieties Of
J spring wheat. A mill is now erected al
Crookston to be exclusively used il
grinding. macaroni wheat, and othel
= mills to be erected elsewhere. Thi,
great-yielding wheat may be grown
alone, therefore, for being ground int
; -four, or it may be grown with oats a'nt
other grains to provide food for dairy
2 cows, and other stock. speltz grow
area devoted to growing it is certain
! to extend, more particularly in th
3 northern counties. Enormous yield
have been secured in many instance
and, as it is well known, this hard,
grain has been found highly useful il
feeding live stock Of all kinds.
The Pea Crop.
!. The Canadian field pea grows ez
1 cellently well, particularly in the par
q ]. and timber areas of the central an
i northern counties. In the souther
Z counties the weather is sometimes to
Z hot at the blossoming stage for the bes
: production of this crop. The pea Gro
4 lIiihas not been much grown as yet, b.
"a cause Of the absence OF machinery fo
.4ai harvesting the crop, but why shoul
= not the swine be allowed to do the hal