The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-12-15

Seats Sister States on Nearly Evsr3
Polnt Of Agriculture.

Value Of Livestock. Ii
i The value Of North Dakota live
stock for 1914 is .4$95. 200. 900; South
Dakota. $lo5. 600, 900; Montana. $780,
000. 900. and Wyoming, $50, 000,0 900,
North Dakota farm values for the cur
rent year are $500, 900 900. The mum
Der Of farms ii 1910 was $4,000 against
$4,000 in 1900; and the average value
Of each farm is $11.100 against $3.50
in 1900. e.i5
s,50o,ooo Acres In Wheat.
For 1911 not fewer than s,500.000
acres were devoted to wheat in. North
Dakota. Owing to relatively favorable
conditions Of moisture and tempera-
ture, also to the previous years drouth
which left the soil in better heart,
North Dakota has produced this year
fully "a 1000, 900 bushels of wheat, more
than double her drouth stricken pro.
duction last year, yet one.third less
than the bumper crop of 1909, but with
that exception, the largest wheat crop
North Dakota has ever made.
Big Returns In North Dakota. i.
The value per bushel Of wheat is
a trifle higher in the Dakotas this
winter than last, but considerably less
in Montana and Wyoming. Thus 1t is
that North Dakota will receive some
$72,000,000 for her wheat this year,
an amount never exceeded except two
years ago. This helps to make up the
deficit in South Dakota, while Mon
tana wheat growers will receive close
to $15,000,000. The four states COM
bined stand to get $107,000,00O for
this years wheat crop, or nearly Is
per cent more than last year, sum
exceeded only in the bonanza crop Of
1909, and twice as much as wheat
values in the four states eleven years
ago.
Corn Crop In Detail.
Another fine thing is the onward
march of the corn area in North Da-
kota. Here 100000 bushels of corn
this year is big gain over even two
years ago.
The value of each bushel of corn
is considerably higher than last
year. The advance averages about 10
per cent. Hence it is that North Da-
kota farmers have corn worth IS ,000.-
900, more than twice as much as in
any previous year. South Dakota's
corn makes the stupendous value of
$31 100000; or about 20 per cent
larger than the average for the two
previous banner corn crops. There
being a little morn corn also in the
other two states, we have a total
value of the corn grain of $4,000. 900
in the four states of the Dakota
farmer empire this year, or vastly
more than ever before.
Production Of Oats.
We find that North Dakota has
within about 10 per cent of as many
oats as in her bumper crop of two
years ago. and almost four times the
production of last years drouth
stricken area.
The Barley Crop.
|. Here again fair yields in North Da-
kota on large area, and big crops
in Montana, have helped to Offset the
shortage in South Dakota, making
total for the four states of 10000, 900
bushels.
Barley is much higher in price in
the Dakotas than a year ago, though
worth somewhat less in the two west
ern states. The total value Of the
harley crop, $25.000.0OO, is nearly
double that of last year, even ex-
ceeds 1909, and is the largest on
record.
Money In Potatoes
Spuds were helped by the nice
rains and good weather from July to
October. The total yield is the larg-
est ever. making 100000 bushels in
the empire. Although prices general
ly are low compared to 1910, they are
much higher than usual, and the crop
should put 100000 into the pockets
of the farmers Of the four states.
All kinds Of hay are scarce and
high in price over much Of South Da-
kota. but the relatively good corn
crop helps out the deficiency.
North Dakota had almost the usual
quantity Of hay. The same is true Of
Montana. where it is very cheap in
some places owing to poor or costly
transportation. Wyoming ranges still
suffer from the past two dry years.
Flaxseed Development.
The high prices Of faxseed Of late
years stimulated the area, and North
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