Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
CAVALIER co.
GREAT WEALTH
Residents of Cavalier County Lead
the Whole State in Wealth
in farm Products
5.522.g42 BUSHELS OF GRAIN
Our 1909 Crop Melted Sl9l.00 Per
Capita for Every Man Woman
and Child in County
5.522.942 BUSHELS OF GRAIN

State develop ana forge 20 Z HON. ana
have their products exhibited at county.
state or national fairs and expositlons
and have the greatest number of grand
pr.zes. gold and silver medals awarded,
that 7,ate takes The lead as evidence
North Dakota.
y. { Gil0reath. commissioner Of
agricultural ard .aoor for this state
furnished some Interesting data in a
recent hunter Of the Dako.a Magazine.
These figures are based on returns
made ~ the county auditors Of the
respective counties for the year 1895 and
are believed u under rather than over
estimate the actual conditions. For the
purpose Of arriving a. d per capita aver
age the Population vas assumed TO be
the SANE as that Of our sister state
South Dakota, although the last federal
census il 1900 placed the population of
South DAKOTA nearly $1,000 N advance
Of Norm Dakota. Subsequent state
erumerati9n=, however seem 10 indicate
that the more northern state has been
gaming somewhat during Tie past
decade. and 50 far the purpose has been
deemed e.ual. l. will lie readily per
ceiyed that the greater the population
.le yHer viii be the per capita pro
duc.iol 50 the assun lion Of quality
g.th our sister scate VIII eEec:ua!!y
dispose Of any suspicion OF exag2eration.
Ta+ 5esul. Is eminencl!s satisfactory
for North Dakota ana places the safe
easily at tue head # the list Of all states
in an1ual PER CAPITA Production. The
ezaec figure Is s29l32 for every man
woman ard child IN the state, truly a
wonderful showing, and when considered
L connectlon Nth the fact that there
are still millions of arabic acres IN
touched by he plow. should present an
alluring picture TO the struggling
citizen with a family who Is struggling
to maintain a precarious foothold in the
conges.ed centers Of population.
South Dakota comes next on the list
With an average per capita production
valued at 1880. also q very credicable
showing. No other state IN the union
approaches these figures owing to their
larger proportion Of urban 70 agricuitur-
al population.
The figures for North Dakota are as
following.
Wheat, So, 425.3o4 bushels.
os Hs''n s.ss4. i55 bushels ,;. h '''''7'zY
Bs sG's" i.s..575.s54 bushels. s-,o''''
Fl so''n ..575.s;1 5.:asi:. s''-''-'
wor.h................... 1888. 400
Rye. 432,882 bushels.
Corn aa. . s.i65. l95 bushels.
sp sS5Sn i.555.055 bushels. -'- -,
worth observation-disclosures. 763,026
worrh ...........,..... l.4z5.26o
Total. lp},2os,l32
Average per capita sol 81.
The above represents the cereal,
agricultural products of the state only.
and no account Is taken in the average
per capita Of such considerable items
as the annual crop Of hay. poultry and
eggs, vegetables and fruits. wool. hides
and other farm products, nor Of the
yearly tonnage mined from our great
Ignite coal deposits which alone are
estimated TO be worth s1CO,0O0,O00 cover.
as they do nearly $1,000 square miles II
the western part of the state. nor OF the
dairy products from nearly 10000 mllct
cattle appear. Nor has it been deemed
correct to figure into per capita of th'
. state the value Of live stock or othe
I items in producing the above income
j. 1t being desired to show only the actua
D annual output, availble for market with
e out IN any way interfering with tn
productive power of the farmers,
v That farmers of Cavalier county hav
q made money off their land is show
O from the few figures given below. Tn
t figures have been gathered from report
y compiled at the county auditors offic
and as furnished by him to the stat
commissioner Of agriculture and labor a
r Bismarck, with the exception of tn
valuation of the crop which is place.
upon a basis of a selling price thi
fall of 80 cents for wheat; 3
a cents for oats; 40 cents for barley ant
s1.5O for fax, which will be conceded
t as striking a fairly conservative figure @
the ruling market price during the sea
9 son. There are years in the past whel
n perhaps the acreage OF both barley AM
o flax have been bigger but the amour
n that the land has yielded the tiller O
o the soil per acre is this year fully equa
to that of any previous year, Cavalie
Y county farms and it's farmers are anon
the richest and best fixed Of any TO b