The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-12
WHAT THE 1911 CROP MAY
BE In THE UNITED STATES
Reports Received From ALI Over the World and u s. Indicate
That North Dakota Win Have Excellent Crop
When Whole Harvest Is In

heat and drought have greatly short
ened the yield of forage crops. Farm
ers around Fort Worth are urged u
plant wheat for pasturage.
In South Dakota.
At Valley Springs there will be no
grain to ship. Oats and barley are
practically a failure at Cotton. At
Chelsea the crops will be light and
not over 5000 bushels will be shipped
from there.
The crop corn in the vicinity of
Worthing is fine. Crops near New
Underwood are reported a total fall
ure. At washington Springs 1t is said
they will be very short.
Wheat is reported to be yielding one
to ten bushels near Milbank and not
Of very good quality. Oats are fail
ure there and barley a poor crop. and
the flax is said to be light
Grain in the eastern part OF the
state Is still in shock according TO the
correspondent Of The Grain Dealers
Journal at Morristown. This is said
to be due to recent rains, though the
latter has helped the pastures. No
grain will be shipped from the north
ern half OF the state. says the same
correspondent.
Wheat is said to be making about
ten to twenty bushels, oats ten 20
forty bushels, some cut for hay, corn
growing through the ground is very
dry and only a half crop is expected
at Fairview. Hay is reported a fail
ure there and the farmers are said to
be holding the old grain back.
The Encouraging Reports.
To Offset these several reports
which depict poor conditions SO gsner-
al throughout the country. there are
many states in the union where the
crops will be excellent, and in this
class North Dakota has been classed
by the grain correspondents Of the big
market papers who have sent repres-
entatives over the country to see con-
ditions for themselves, rather than de-
pend on the hopeful farmers in their
respective localities.
Ohio is counted among the good
states this year. Wheat there is of
good quality, yielding about twelve
bushels to the acre. Not much will be
sowp this fall on account of the fly.
The oats crop Is Of fair quality,
averaging about twenty-five bushels.
Hay is very short and farmers are
holding for more money.
While there are some conflicting re-
ports from Illinois, still that state is
classed among the better states this
year in the matter of good crops. Corn
Is good throughout the state. Some
corn Is selling at so cents, bat the
farmers are not free sellers. The
wheat Is very fair and the oats looks
good though barley 10 poor,
In Iowa the oats yteld is about
thirty to thirty-ff bushelg to the
acre, the quality good and the farm
ers are storing fur higher prices. The
average yield Of barley is twenty
bushels. Of wheat nfesen, with twenty
to thirty bushels to the acre as the
estimate on corn. Popcorn. for which
some localities in Iowa are noted. viii
run from nothing TO so per cent Of a
crop. however.
I'm ole Kentuck" the Yield OF wheat
has been generally good. The farmers
down there have been sowing less
wheat each year, claiming they can
not compete with the cheaper lands in
the west. Growers are holding a very
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at harvest time. The Kentucky crop
report for August places the cenai-
ton OF corn at 70 per cent agRinSt e6
per cent m July, 70 per cent last Ang-
ust and rs per cent last Eeptensber,
when the crop yielded 106. 100000
bushels. The condition OF oats In the
bluegrass state 10 81 per cent ana rye
81 per cent
The corn crop In Tennessee peuma-
tges to be the best in years. From
every section Of the state comes very
reports.
What North DaIeota VIII Offer.
After such resume Of conditions IN
all parts OF the United States, even
including the states In the immediate
section OF the nation, the North Da-
kotan naturally wonders just what
the crop conditions are tn the flicker
tail state.
Compared with all the discouragtng
reports, North Dakota will loom up
brightly as having a very superior
crop. Compared with the better states
which have Just baan given. North
Dakota has nothing of which there
need be any complaint. for the crop I'm |
this state this year compares most
Gavorabay with those OF ali the other
states where tia conditions have been
best this year.
Not content with the word Of local |
parties from cash section Of the state
The big grain de@iera have sent out |
representative from their houses in
Duluth. Chicago and |
Buffalo to see exactly for themselves
lust what kind Of a crop North Da-
xota produces. And what they have |
reported is very good and nothing to
worry over. considering the peculiar
weather conditions Of this year and
he disadvantages under which the |
North Dakota farmers have labored.
1t was reported from Edmore grain /
Experts that crops look good In the
lorthern. part OF the state, though I
hey were slow in ripening. Wheat l
here Is from fifteen to twenty bushels
Der acre.
Reports from Bismarck state on COX. /
animation that previous reports OF /
damage 20 the crops in the central
section Of the state had been greatly
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