The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-18
DETAILS OF THE
CROP SITUATION
GATHERED FROM MANY SEC
TONS OF THE STATE BY FIRM
WHICH CONTROLS TWENTY.
FIVE RANks-PIERcE AND BEN
SON COUNTIES WORST.

| throughout NORTH Dakota as gdLnereQ
by Ross & Davidson who own in the
reighborhood of twenty five banks in
the state brief mention of which was
made in The Forum last week, were
furnished today by Allen Miller, audi
tor for the company.
I'VE sent out letters to each Of our
banks, asking for a comparison be-
tween the acreage this year with that
OF last year, statement of the average
crop raised in each locality during re-
cent years, the percentage of an aver
age yield raised this year. and an es-
innate of the number of bushels per
acre." said Mr.. Miller today. Reports
have been received from our banks at
Williston, in Williams county; Flax
ton in Ward county; Volva, Balfour
and Anamoose, in McHenry county;
Barton In Pierce county; Minnewau-
kan, Leeds, York, Pleasant Lake. Es-
monds Maddox, Flora and Oberon, in
Benson county; Max in Mclean coun-
ty; Bowdon in Wells county; CARING
ton and McHenry in Foster county;
and Courtenay and Kensal in Suits
man county. This as you will note,
gives us fairly wide range and COW
ers fairly good range Of the territory
| east Of the Missouri river, with the
exception of the extreme northeast
crn part Of the state, and the Red river
valley. ..
Increased acreage of all kinds of
grain seems to be the general rule.
The points reporting the best Yields
are Courtenay, Kensal and McHenry, |
which covers the extreme northern
portion of Stutsman county and the
eastern part of Foster county east
of the James river; and Balfour, which |
covers the southern part of McHenry |
county The report from Williams |
county, around Williston, is also some |
what hotter than the average, although |
the amount of grain producing Sec
tons. At the points above named it |
would appear that we may expect from |
so to rs per cent of crop, as con- |
ditions exist at the present time This |
will mean yield of about seven to |
ten bushels of wheat twelve to fifteen |
bushels of oats, and ten to, fifteen
bushels Of barley. ' ....s |
THE points that have suffered most |
from the drought and hot winds are
located in the northern part Of Ben !
son county and Pierce county, and here |
per cent OF normal crop, which would |
mean from two to four bushels of |
wheat, four to eight bushels Of oats
and the same of barley In the south
ern part Of Benson county, along the
Esmond branch of the Northern Pacif-
ic, the crop Is somewhat better and
will average from % to 80 percent.
This will mean from to z bushels OF
nd 40, 81
both oats and barley. All the other
districts will show from rs to 40 per /
cent of a normal yield, which will
mean about six bushels of wheat and
ten to fifteen bushels of oats and bar
ley.
"The fax crop in all localities an
pears to be about normal with the ex- /
ception Of the points above named, that
suffered most. This means an average
yield OF from five to seven bushels of
flax in the poor districts and from
seven to ten at the rest of the points
named.
'Eeach locality was visited by a
good steady rain of several hours dura-
ton on the night of July 10, and this
rain was Of untold benefit to the late
crops and the hay crop. With the ex-
ception Of three or four localities the
hay crop is ging to be very small
good many Of the farmers have been
able to recoup their losses to some ex-
tent by blowing under a portion of
the early sown grain and reseeding to
miIlet. This was done before the rain
OF July 10 and this millet crop is re-
ported as coming along in fine shape.
Gophers in the Game.
"One of the causes Of the short crop
which has not been reported, is the
damage done by gophers, which al (,
ways do their worst damage in a dry
year. should judge that from 80 to
so per cent of the damage in some To-
calties could be laid to this cause.
Il also obtained reports covering the =
corn crop and 1t is gratifying to note =
that the acreage of this cereal has
been greatly increased in most locali-
ties, although at this time it is raised
generally for fodder only, and no es- :
innate has been made of the number
OF bushels per acre excepting in a very
few instances, where 1t is considered
that 1t will average from twenty-five :
to thirty bushels per acre.
The foregoing will, think, give YOU
a pretty general idea of the conditions
at this time, and / think that you can !
safely rely upon them in the main.
Incidental to the crop conditions, it II
might be well to note in what manner
the short crop will affect this section /
Of the state, and it is very gratifying /
indeed to note that the banks were I
never in better condition to meet the t
than they are at this time. /
1t has been our experience, at least /
that deposits have kept up much bet j
ter during the past six months and re- t
serves have been in better condition
than during the same period for a good 1
many years vast, and believe that this v
will reflect the general con- Z
dition Of banks throughout these vari-
Gus communities" 4