The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-08-13
HARVESTING the Big CROP
Barley and Oats Harvest On and Some
Wheat Being Cut This Week.

The harvest of 1909 is on and
promises to yield the most
bountiful crop of cereals in the
history of the state of North
Dakota. Here in Bottineau
county the prospects continue
flattering. The cutting of bar
ley and oats is progressing g
nicely. and the first of next
week will see many binders in
the wheat fields. Some wheat
is being cut this week.
Harvest hands are not as
numerous as in former years,
but it is not apprehended that
there will be a scarcity of help
in this part of the county.
From the present indications
the increase in the yield of
grain this year in the three
great wheat raising states of
the northwest, North Dakota,
South Dakota and Minnesota,
will be tremendous advance
over the yield for 1908. Al
though it is difficult to esti-
mate the yield with accuracy,
the acreage can be estimated
with certainty and from care
fully gathered reports it is now
known that it is far greater
than that of last year.
The Market Record of Mime
apolis sent out 3, 500 lettrers to
all sections of three states
named and the replies show a
big increase in acreage and al
so indicate a big increase in
yield.
The total amount of wheat in
the three states from govern
ment report of 1908 amounted
to II, 213. 600 acres against 49,
297, 900 in 1909, an increase of
1880, 600 acres. The wheat
acreage in North Dakota in
1908 was 5,899, 600, while in
1909 the acreage approximates
&, 81, 600 acres~sown to wheat.
North Dakota leads this year
in totatl acreage, having ap-
proximately 6,371, 900 acres
in wheat; Minnesota has 5, 731-
600, and South Dakota, 3, 1875, =
600.
The prospective yield this
year is still greater per acre in
proportion. The yield in North
Dakota is shown by the cores
pondents to be approximately
1872 bushels this year compared
to 11.6 bushels in 1908. The
wheat yield for 1909 in accord
ance with these figures will be
nearly 115, 952, 600 bushels. The
total yield of wheat in 1908 for
North Dakota was SO, 428, 900
bushels.
In North Dakota the increase
in oats both to acreage and
yield is also marked. The total
oats acreage for this state in
1909 was 1889, 900 acres. In
1909 the estimated acreage is
1, 483, 600. The yield per acre
for 1908 for North Dakota was
23.4 bushels. The yield this
year will approximate 81 BUSH
els per acre. The total oats
yield will be about 81, 81, 900
bushels for this state, against
80, 737, 600, in 1908.
Barley also shows a gain.
The barley acreage of 1908 in
North Dakota was $40, 900
acres. This year $4,000 acres
have been sown to the grain.
Acre yield this year if the re-
ports hold true, will be about
1875 bushels as compared to
1915 bushels in 1908, while the
total yield will increase from
18, 176, OOO bushels in accordance
with the present prospects.
The; flax acreage does not
show much increase in total
acres sown. about 1850, 600,
acres in North Dakota each
year. The prospects for 1909,
however, for acre yield and
total, are good with an estimat.
ed acre yield of 1879 this year
against 8 bushels per acre in
1908, or total yield of Fl, ,267, :
600 bushels 1909, against 13, TO-
GOO bushels in 1903.
It is generally true and this
year bears out the statement so
far, that the ordinary change in
crop conditions for the north
west during the last month of
maturity, is for the worse
sometimes caused by heavy
rain, heat, rust, hail or other
weather conditions, or insects,
and it is portable that the re-