Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-04-19

tire load has been we'll absorbed aud
by the time We can harvest another
crop Will be pretty we'll out Of the way
strong. stronger than al any time since
1901, and With nothing In sight 10
make II weak
Enrope's principal sources OF supply
Argentine and India are both short I'm
the'r crops. Argentine with short age
o. % per cent compared with 1908.
and with barely 30 per cent of the crop
of 1000 the Indian crop is Iust being
harvested. and il is known that the
oroufh AZ seeding time worked mate
fial damage To the crop The final crop
ugures. which Will be published next
month VIII show a great shortage
compared With 1906 and this in turn
was only 50 per cen. OF the 1900 crop.
Ar9en'ine Viii not start shipping ON
smother csop until neNt january. and
India Will not harvest another crop
until March os 1907
Aside from the foreign situation. the
omrstic outlook OF itself is strong
enough Consumption Is Increasing
materially every wear and last wear
crop would have been barely smf{,cirnt
10 supply domestic demands " will
De remembered that the crop ~ laOa
was exceptional in it's large average
yield pei acre. and II does not seem
possible thai it's average yield can b..
again duplicated this year Tho area
IN 1908 was much more tho 4 II would
have been were II not tina. he spring
season was so eNceptionaliv favorable
to large area ~ everything With
the rapid settlement az the far western
part W North Dakota the large new
breakings ~ the past three or four
years are M longer available for max.
and tho trade will hereafter depend
on the product raised fl,l smaller
felds the '"enty forty o, eighty acre
Acids % scattered farms
The write, has followed statistics
on faNsee'! since II fist became a
prominent ciop In the Northwest and
IA FIRMLY ot the opinion that the 1906
fall prices for seed will he higher
than they have been before In tivc
years and much higher than AZ pres
emf Should an accident OF any kind
occur 10 any considerable art 81 this
year 9 American crop the sorlds STA
tisticai situation il acute enough 10
bring about ex'ravaeant prices
N is we'll recognize fact What
hax cannot h.. grown con- 1uously on
the same field owing to he disease
known as tiax wilt II can however
BE- grown continuously on the same
farm by sd rotating the crop as to
bring iax ON each field but once In
seven to ten years
FLAX requires good soil. AZ II Is
lot strong feeder. and II does very
we'll following corn or Q grass crop.
II Is no harder on the land than Is
any grain tlop In fact there IL no
more fertility removed by crop or
max than by crop OF wheat. oats or
barley FLAX Is undoubtedly valu-
able crop as . small portion OF the
total grain crop raised The average
Yield In money value per acre has been
In the past larger fol- fax than for
wheat II also has the advantage Of
requiring shorter time 10 mature
than other gram crops, thus making
Il possible to sow Aax considerably
later Ia the spring. which 10 quite
often an advantage
Barley.
Barley seems 10 he the t2booed crop
81 the Northwest yet there Is so much
good that can be said In iis favor as a
paying CROP that | have been sur.
prised at the treatment accorded il hy
many farmers The usual way has
been to SOW II after everything else
was In. or after il was too late To sow
other crops, and to harvest and thresh
Il when time could be spared II a
crop Is obtained, we'll and good II
not, charge II up to Providence This
Is entirely the wrong view TO take OF
barley There Is no cereal grown Ia
this country that pays better IL prop
erly cultivated and cared for Many
farmers do we'll as IN Is and x barley
can be raised proiitably In the old slip
shod way there Is no gansay ing that
u cultivated on scientific principles
the average Yield could easily be in
creased five 10 ten bushels per acre
and the quality advanced from Is To
80 pei cent thus making the cultivx
tion OF 'his cereal second 70 none
Barley should never he c,i' until II
70 full ripe. as nnripe barley is of no
should always De done In dry weather
and N possible he hai vested crop
should not -. exposed 10 rain ni heavy
dew II fully iipcled and reasonably
free from weeds barley can and should
be stacked as soon as Cut and permit
cutting and thfeshing unless stacked
is the time when the creates, damage
10 commonly done
When threshine from SHOCK II
should be stored In dry hins and
watched carefully that heating does
not occur While sweating il should
Dever be sent TO market until after IL
baK gone completely through the
sweat for when In Il heating condition
II is unfit tor mailing and worth onl,
the price OF feed Close attention must
be given that 1t does NOT se' mns'y
This condition 10 very W tested by
experts and prices are ed accord
ingly Farmers should understand
this il they desire to make their rails
ing of barley profitable After j, IS
once damaged NO amount nf care will
restore it 10 us natural usefulness
Sow pure seed Of one dis'!acs variety
and plenty ot N mixed varieties will
not malt evenly together and will not
bring top prices
In view nf the excellent demand last