The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-18
CROP YIELDS IN GRAND FORKS
DISTRICT SHOW VALUE Of SOIL
Advancement of Marketing Season Indicative Of Great
Wealta-Produce Firm Buys More Than the Wheat
Buyers ~secured-Figures Conclusive

Grand Forks as a market for pro-
duct as shown by the accounts Of two
of the largest buyers. has been more
important than as Il market for wheat
the figures showing that up to tho
first Of the current month that a total
OF $4,000 had been paid to farmers
Tor potatoes and onions. as against
$4,000 for wheat. That, however,
is only a small feature Of the actual
condition which has prevailed In this
district this Year as regards the crop
conditions. for It is doubtful If a
more profitable year has ever been
experienced by the farmers.
Nothing is SO convincing of the
wealth that has hccn yielded by
Mother Earth us figures. and these
are available In abundant quantities
now that tho marketing season has
been go we'll advanced. Even yet the
farmers arc bringing their products
to h local markets and they will
continue to do SO for several weeks
more. thus bringing up the total val
Tie to "a figure considerably greater
thar at present indicated.
Tho County Acreage
IN Grand Forks county this year
the total acreage of wheat was d40.-
600 acres the total of oats was 10000
acres the total of flax was 10000
uSASSs WV 7 vi usllIty Nuo l!UsVVU
acres: the total of o r was $4,000.
and that of potatoes was $4,000
acres. Figures of this nature. how
ever still fail to give an accurate idea
Of the wealth stored mp by the farm
ers of this section OF tho far-famed
Red river valley-the bread basket
Of the world-but they form a basis
for estimates when statistics ON in.
dividual yields arc available.
CtNSstNo rf 1,nS. sec xu.H~ 49,
chased additional land either last
year or this year were successful III
paying for that land out of this years
crops are many. Still other figures
Indicate that farmers. pioneers In the
valley. have been successful this year
In raising crops which. from the
monetary value point of view. excel
anything in the past.
Diversification Evident
The spirit of the tin,e-diversifica-
ton is strongly evident in the follow
Ing statements which show how ar
Ious farmers Of Grand Forks, Trail,
Nelson and walsl, counties in North
Dakota, and Polk county in Minne-
sota, have been successful in bring
Ing forth crops this year hat can
not but command more than passing
notice. Here arc a few of the inter-
esting statistics gathered from farm
ers residing in the district tributary
20 Grand Forks which show conclu-
Svely the productiveness Of the
northwestern soil and tho remarkable
proper cultivation of their farms.
Potatoes Look Up Well
Potatoes loom up strong. G.. r.
Carson of Larimore was successful in
raising an average of 40 bushels Of
early 0hios an acre on a twenty-five
aero tract, selling them at seventy
eight cents a bushel. realizing q. total
Vt ~$c.38c.4O or an average Of $1O8.SO
an acre
Eli Girard. farming on Minnesota
Soint. cleared up 5000 an acre on
teerage yield Of go bushels an acre,
ana selling at seventy cents a bushel.
Near Thompson. fourteen miles
south of Grand Forks. L. S. Austin
demonstrated his ability to raise po-
tatoes by securing $3.50 from q, nine
lcre tract.
Wheat. barley, oats, flax, millet,
timothy and similar grains yielded
squally as we'll. as statements from
Stuart Walsh. operating three and
Z half miles north of Grand Forks,
raised 1907 bushels of flax on fifty
ave acres. selling It for $2.17 q bushel
md securing ~S2.1s6.19.
A. G. Mcintyre, residing eve miles
west OF Grand Forks. secured al
average Of eighteen bushels All acre
Of flax on a forty acre tract, selling
Il for $2.27 a bushel, netting himself
: total Of $1.562.40.
Barley Figures
Barley figures r ever more amaz-
ing. Hugh Ryan. farming several
miles south of Grand Forks. obtained
a. yield of a little over 5000 bushels
At barley on 100 acres, selling 1t at
hinety-seven cents a bushel. The to.
tai cash received from this tract was
not less than $3.50.
:, +. H. Mc1nerny. farming the 50.
called Thomas White farm nearby.
obtained a yield that was equally as
interesting, securing all average of
nfty-two bushels an acre on a half
section. the total value of the crop be-
Ing approximately $15,S00. The crop.
however, has not been sold. being