Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-18
CROP REPORTS BEAR
OUT PROMISES Of JULY

acres will be about an average in this
and that locality, seem in regard that
as mere Affair yield. A report from
Mott, Hettinger county, states that 20
bu. to the acre will be the average
there. m
South Dakota, with the exception Of
a cluster of counties in the north GEN.
trail section, reports yields about as
heavy MS those reported in North Da.
kota. The statement that comes from
Wilmot, South Dakota, Is extraordin-
airy, the claim being made that the
yield there is averaging 26 bu. to the
acre. The region where wheat Is re.
ported poor includes Hand, Faux and
Potter counties. In some places IN
this section it Is expected that the
yield will not average higher than 4
bu. to the acre. This IS the only sec
ton of the four. great grain.raising
states of the Northwest where there
is any POOR showing OF any consider.
able extent in the wheat crop.
Big Crop In Montana.
Montana reports mike the largest
claims Of any OF the four states. Few
localities there seem to be averaging
less than twenty bushels to the acre
A statement from Manhattan, Gallatin
county, makes the extraordinary claim
Of thirty.two bushels to the acre. Har
din, Yellowstone county, is not Tar be
hind this, stating that there will be an
average Of thirty bushels to the acre.
Harrison, Lewis and Clark county,
presents an estimate of twenty-five
bushels to the acre as an average.
Not a great deal OF max is being
raised through southern and central
Minnesota, but in the northwestern
part of the state where far Q OF
the agricultural land Is new, there is
quite an average. On the whole the
f1axseed reports of this state, though
better than they we're in July, are not
so roseate as the wheat claims. Many
places report the yield Of flax good
but there are more that merely say II
is fair. 1t appears that the Minnesota
yield will hardly average over ten
bushels to the acre. At the same time
the prospects have improved. In July
many Of the country people greatly
feared that the f1axseed crop would be
seriously impaired by want or sunny
weather and by early frosts. Wllkin,
Grant and Meeker counties furnish the
most optimistic reports, the average
Weld being stated in the reports from
these counties at fifteen bushels to
the acre. Nicollet county reports
rather poor flax, but as the flax
acreage there is very small. the poor
quality is of little consequence. There
are parts of Nicollet country, more.
over, where the yield and quality are
good.
North Dakota fax, like that OF Min
nesota, is partly fair and partly good,
and will probably show an average
Weld in the neighborhood Of ten bush,
els to the acre. A Linton, Emmons
county, statement goes as high as SIX
teen bushels for an average. A mes
sage from Mcintosh county says the
fax is fine and Il from LaMoure
county says 1t is excellent" A report
from Eowbells, Burke county. says the
fax Is very sDotted and will hardly
average more than five bushels to the
acre.
South Dakota fax seems to run
somewhat better than an average
year and about as well as in NOrtl
Dakota. Wilmot, Roberts county re
ports an average of sixteen bushels
to the acre. A report from Miller
Hand county, says the yield will be
about 10 per cent more than what
would be called a good crop. Gettys
burg, Potter county, tells the sams
sort of a story about its flax AS II
does about its wheat, saying that fla,
is very poor and will run only foul
to six bushels to the acre.
In flax as in wheat, Montana, the
coming great agricultural state of the
Northwest. according to many claims
makes a better showing than any o.
the others of this section of the coun
try. Flaxseed there will probably
prove to average as high as twelve