Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-08-11
CROP REPORT FROM
CONTINUED from page ~

Continued from paee ~
part of the state. Some of the corn
stalks are over eight feet high ant
the yield is in proportion to the length
of the stalks. This is only one sampl,
| of the corn that is being raised il
this part Of the state.
500 Line Report Optomistic
Crops along the Missouri division
of the 500 line are a great deal bet
ter than the were reported to be {
few weeks ago. Officials of the line
who are in position to know state
that there will be total of more thar
1000, 900 over the result of last years
harvest and they are making arrange
ments now for the handling Of the
grain.
Better at Glen UIIin
P. E. WicKam Of Glen Ullin is in
the city today and had telephone con.
nection with his home city this morn.
ing. He was told that the rains of
the past week have been of great ben
eft to all the late grain. There will
be so much better crop than last year
that people are feeling good over the
prospects.
Good in surIeish
Crop conditions generally seem to
improve slightly with every new re-
port in Burleigh county as we'll as
other parts of the state. Local land
men say that farmers come in every
day telling of their situation and av-
eraging the reports it would seem
that more than a good half crop will
be harvested. More than twice as
much acreage was put in corn this
year than ever before and, with a
few scattering exceptions, the yield
will be very good. Worms have dam.
aged it in some spots.
Burleigh county is the worst right
around the capital city and the far
Their out you go the better the reports
art. A farmer named Whitfield, living
on the old Sears place in northern
Naughton township, says he will get
rs bushels to the acre. Otto Hogue,
an old timer living just north of
Arnold, has 60 acres that he put in
with spring ploughing, reaping good
20 bushels; another go that was disced
will yield IL to IA. These reports
are not out of the ordinary and the
estimate is conservative in each case.
A farmer named Burkhardt, living
about two miles north of Arnold. says
that his oats we're so heavy that he
could not cut them with a full scythe
and was compelled to shorten it. Ed
Taylor of near Stewartsdale, reports
yield of about twelve bushels to the
acre.
Conditions Improving.
Reports reaching the state examin-
er's Office from the field deputies in
dictate that the grain yield is going
to be much greater than was esti-
mated some weeks ago.
Most discouraging reports had been
received from Hettinger and Bowman
counties. In fact almost a complete
failure had been predicted, but now
the situation has taken on a much
more encouraging aspect. The late
rains have insured fair crop of po-
tatoes and the grass has turned
green again and is making rapid
growth.
There are number of districts yet
to hear from. but the ones where the
greatest calamities were expected
have recouped and the farmers will
have enough to insure them a sus-
tenance. The heavy rains through
out the state in the past ten days
have done more than to assist mature
and growing crops. They have filed
the ground with moisture and put the
soil in condition for blowing for next
year crops. ~.
Where fax 10 grown the crop is
good. much larger than was counted
on and the yield from this source
alone will be enormous.
By the end Of another week the
state examiners ONCE will have a re-
port from every county in the state
and when published the true condi-
tons will be known.