Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-02
Adams County.

Adams County.
Hettinger, July 20, 1910. Farmers
busy cutting grain Of all kinds. Flax
will not come to any maturity, mean
ing a loss to Adams county Of crops
from thousands of acres of breaking
turned over and put into flax. Wheat,
especially Durum, will he very good
in scattered localities, but in the
eastern end of county and in spots
throughout the western end there
will be very little returns. Only &C.
casional fields of oats are worth cut
ting. Corn, which has heretofore
looked we'll, is beginning to turn COL
or as result of the continued hot,
dry weather.
Dunn County.
Manning, July 80, 1910. Conditions
unchanged the past week. Harvest
ing going on and crops turning out
better than expected. Wheat will
yield about 70 per cent, oats about
60 per cent and fax about 81 per cent
of normal crop. Potatoes about the
average Last rain has improved the
hay some but it will be short and
the forage question is the most SER
iOus one of all.
Grand Forks County.
Grand Forks, July 80, 1910. Condi-
tons the past week have been favor
able though no rain has fallen and
crop outlook is somewhat better.
Harvesting has commenced and
wheat is now estimated at from IS to
40 per cent OF normal. Oats are not
so good. Corn is doing we'll and
promises a fair crop ii favorable
weather continues. Barley and rye
crops are poor. Hay is very short
and scarce and pasturage is poor.
Vegetable crops are badly damaged,
potatoes especially so.
Ransom County.
Enderlin, July 30, 1910. Still no
rain and weather has been quite hot
during the past week. Corn and pota-
toes are very much in need of mOis-
ture. Pastures are dying fast and
feed question will be serious. All
farmers have been harvesting and at
least 50 per cent of wheat is cut and
is Of excellent quality. Small por-
lions of county report crop equal to
last year but general estimate is half
crop.
Steele County.
Hope, July 80, 1910. Weather has
been ideal for harvest the past week
and wheat is being rapidly cut. Very
little barley worth cutting. Rain OF
a week ago has very materially help
ed fax and oats as we'll as hay and
garden stuff. Threshing will COM
mence in about a week but it will be
a very light job. Wheat generally es-
timated at from six to ten bushels
per acre. Much of the wheat has six
rows of kernels and is filled to the
tip.
RichIand County.
Wahpeton, July 20, 1910. Harvest
Unexpectedly early and is now more
than half over. Weather exceptional
ly favorable for cutting. AS harvest
advances better yields than were an
ticipated early last week are hoped
for, and it is now believed that the
higher prices will bring to the farm
err as much money as usual, If not
more. Farmers buying flour in guam
tity through fear that there will be
no wheat in the country this fall, an
idea by no means justified by local
conditions.
Morton County.
Mandan, July 30, 1910. Past two
weeks same as set forth in previous
reports. Dry windy weather with
cool nights. Harvesting commenced
where gran is worth cutting. Few
farmers in this section will get wheat
enough for seed and flour. A careful
inspection leads to the belief that five
bushels to the acre will be about the
best yield. Many are blowing their
grain under. Hay will be very
scarce.
Ward County.
Minot, July 30, 1910. Crop condi.
lions the past week have continued
favorable, the weather being cool
Little, if any, harvesting has been
done, but some barley will be cut
next week. Crop damage has been
fully discounted and it is evident
there will be some surprisingly good
yields. Samples from 10O-acre field
Of wheat near Minot look good for
Is bushels to the acre; this was late
sown and much of the grain so vsown
will show up well. Hay and fodder
situation is improving but Is still
serious one.
Bowman County.
Gascoync, July 20, 1910. Harvest
ing we'll under way. Flax and wheat
from one-half to two-thirds of normal
crop but of good quality. Oats and
barley poor Also Hay proposition a
serious one. Rain needed for late
flax and lots of it.
Stark County.
Dickinson, July 80, 1910. Weather
the past week has been favorable to
all unmatured grain. Corn Is doing
we'll and farmers generally greatly
encouraged at the way crops are ma
turing. Considerable harvesting has
been done and balance is well under
way. Good local showers today, with
prospects Of continued rain. .-