Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-09-14
Almost as Much
Wheat as Last Year

paris uI ~" Dhkolns and NnnrsUj
was Wr!"iy adttrriscd and has ere,
ed an suppression III tn" resi- Of tin
country I'll Il great shOrtHG" in III,
staples of III" northwest. The rcaI
truth, a> Revealed by an exhaustive in
quiry cpnHur,"d ly the Orange Judd
crop REPORTING service, including re
ports from every county in the eigI,'
states, makes remarkable showing
in Orange Judd Northwest Farms1ead
of Minneapolis for September It,
The reports were mostly written or
tclegraphed between August IS and
September \. Should corn be unin-
jured by frosts until the middle of
September, the harvest prospects re-
ported will be fully realized.
An eXtraordinary gain in North Da-
kota 5 wheat average was revealed BY
the federal census OF the acres sown
to wheat in the spring of 1909. The
Farmstead's reports for 1911 confirm
that the westward movement of the
wheat acreage has been more rapid
than even the best observers have re-
allied. The Montana acreage has al.
SO largely increased, while Minneso.
! ia has become more of a mixed farm
ing state thai was supposed,
Instead of nearly 100000 acres de-
voted to wheat last year and this,
Minnesota has only about 100000
acres, North Dakota had $500, 900
acres, or about a million acres more
than was credited to that state early
in the season. For this reason, also
Minnesotas wheat crop Of 100000
bushels is only about one-half of last
year. South Dakota's 100000 bush
els of wheat is only about one-third
the out-turn of last season, owing to
the worst drouth that ever hit that
section. North Dakota jumps to the
front with 100000 bushels or well
double her short wheat crop of last
double here short wheat crop of last
year, when she was hit by unprece-
denied drouth.
The mountain and Pacific states
have a splendid wheat crop.
Total wheat for the eight states is
224, 900, 900 bushels, or almost as much
as last year.
The production of oats in the eight
states has been Influenced much as
the wheat. The American Northwest
makes total of 154,00O,00O bushels
of oats, or within 10 per cent of last
years great crop. The promise is for
116,000,000 bushels of corn, or a full
total. The total production of fax is
nearly double last years short yield,
and there is some increase in barley
These five grains together make a
total for 1911 of $4,000, coo bushels in
the eight northwestern states, COM
pared to SOC, 100000 bushels last year.
The potato crop is very much bet
ter than last season, and the same is
true of the quantity and quality of hay
available for market and feed.
One Hundred Million More Dollars.
Owing to the increased value per
bushel OF most of these crops, Orange
Judd Northwest Farmstead points out
that the farmers of the American
Northwest should receive for these
crops in 1911 at least 100000, 900!
! This will be $100,000,O00 more than
last year! This estimate is held to
be conservative, as unit values are
i already higher in some sections than
sour estimate.
The total value of the northwestern
4 wheat crop comes within per cent OF
4 last year, the corn crop Is worth 20
per cent more, there is a like increase
4 in oats, and a tremendous Increase
in the total value of barley and fax
also potatoes and hay.
Minnesota staples should fetch her
farmers almost as much money as last
year; her minor crops should make
4 the total well up to fu., average
North Dakota crops are worth nearly
i three times as much as last year and
more than ever before. South Dako
ta's grains are worth two-thirds as
4 much as her big crops of 1910, and az
+. fair allowance for her extra dry fod
/ der, silage and improved pastures
4 and ranges, will make the total return
OF South Dakota farming almost ur
4 to her usual high prosperity