The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-10
NO DAMAGE VET FRoMsRusT.
Repots Of Rust Ravages Not justified
bv Facts.

hepotS OF Rust Rava9es NOT JuStireo
by Facts.
The rust question is the all-absorb-
ing n in the wheat situation just
now, and fields are being inspected by
people in all lines of business, with a
view to ascertaining whether the par.
asite has yet made its appearance or
not. Thus far the preponderance OF
evidence is decidedly in favor of the
negative, as thousands of people can
be found who have been unable to see
any rust. The fact that some people
say they have seen it constitutes an
element of uncertainty sufficient to
make the situation interesting, to say
the least.
Statistician Snow is on a tour OF
the fields, and he is reported to have
found w~ell-developed samples of black
rust in the vicinity of Fargo. What
he has found further north has not
yet been announced. The conditions
in the Fargo section appear to have
been somewhat more favorable for the
development of rust than in some 9th.
er sections. Just north of that city
for a number of miles the country is
low and poorly drained. Water stood
on the ground until late in the spring
and it has happened that that section
has been visited by unusually heavy
rains practically all summer. 1t is
fair to conclude therefore that the
growing grain there contains more wa.
ter, and is consequently softer, and
affords a better lodgment for the rust
spores than that where the season has
not been so wet. In some cases farm
ers i'll this part of tn valley have
found indications of WI they believe
to be black rust on tn. grain, but, as
the parasite is somewhat difficult fol
any one but an expert to detect, II
is not certain that this view is correct
The weather during the early part o.
the week was bad, as it was hot ant
muggy, with enough moisture in the
air to keep everything saturated. One
day was particularly bad, there hay
ing been a heavy dew during the night
: followed by a warm forenoon, will
] scarcely a breath of wind. The lat
ter portion of the week the weathe
has been excellent. The temperatur,
| has not been too high, and the air ha'
been dry, while almost every day
brisk wind has blown from the north
so that for the last three or four day
no rust spores a have travelled fron
the Southern wheat fields to our owl
= and the conditions have not been goo
: for the lodgment Of those which ma
have been floating about.
} The growth Of all sorts of grain
eminently satisfactory. Early wheat
well headed, and heads are shown
d on the later fields. Except in. tn
b few drowned localities, grain neve
looked better. Aside from the poss
q bility Of rust, and the fact that tn
d season is a little late, the Only dra1
back has been an excess of rain, an
it is a question whether this will d
minish the actual aggregate yield {
not. Low places are drowned GU
but the wet weather has produced
. magnificent stand of grain on fielt
~ that in ordinary years are too dry, ar
it is probable that this will more tina
I'd make up for any damage that has bee
done. Hay is a magnificent crop, ar
. just now 1t Is being we'll saved.
u western Pembina county fields of tif
10 othy are yielding three tons of fiji
hay per acre. Other hay crops a,
yielding proportionately. -~-aasm
II If we can escape any bad infectic
a of rust for a week most of the ear
y grain will be out of the way, as tt
straw will be SO far along that IL
spores can do no damage. The pre-
ent is about the most critical time
the history of the crop, and the felt
!" are watched with the greatest of a
xiety.