The Dickinson press., 1912-08-31
FIGURES TALK
FOR STARK co.

tors, Granaries and Barns
to House 1912 Crop.
In another week the local elevators
which have all been overhauled and put
in first-class shape. will be busy and
from then on until the 1912 crop is har-
vested they will not have even a
breathing spell. There are already four
elevators in Dickinson and the new one
will be rushed to completion 10 receive
the grain.
Considering that some two million
bushels of wheat will be marketed here
one can form an idea of the vast
amount of work to be done at the ele-
vators and many extra men will be en-
ployed to take care of the farmers who
come here with their grain.
The hsrvest season was set back q lit
tie this year on account of rain but
threshine will be we'll under way by
next week. From the reports of ap-
proximate yields it is estimated that
wheat will average from 20 to Is bush
els per acre, oats so to 50 bushels and
barley about 80 bushels. Flax will
probably yield from IL to is bushels.
This does not include the belt hit by
hail. where in some places farmers will
get very fair yield on the second
stand. On the FuGere farm near Belfield
oats went as high as 104 bushels to the
acre and 100 bushels on the Robert Fisher
farm. and 80 bushels of wheat is
not an uncommon yield this year.
No wonder the people of North Dakota
are optimistic this year. On the N. P.
railroad from Mandan TO the Montana
line it is safe to say that over twelve
million bushels of grain will be market
ed. Beach claims three millions. Dick
inson two millions, Sentinel Butte,
Belfield and Taylor each over a million,
while Richardton Hebron, Glen Ullin
and New Salem are the marketing
places for large agricultural territory
that will yield millions of bushels of
the golden grain. New England will
take care of two million bushels and
the other Milwaukee towns will have
more grain than in any previous year.
Was it not for the destructive hail
storms in this vicinity the showing for
all these markets would have been
much greater.
There is no better indication as to
the amount Of grain being harvested
in country than by the amount of
threshine outfits. binders and twine sold
to the farmers and the number of gran
aries and barns being built.
In Dickinson nearly 800, 600 lbs. of
twine and over $50 binders have been
sold: Gladstone disposed of 2S binders
and IS. 900 lbs. of twine; Belfeld 165
binders and over 22s. 600 lbs. of twine !;
South Heart Is binders and 20. 600 lbs.
of twine; Richardton 81 binders and
$1,000 lbs. Of twine. making tot al of
62S, 600 lbs. of twine and 422 binders
in these places. An ordinary binder
will cut 20 acres of grain per day. using
about two pounds of twine per acre. It
would take one outfit, working night and
day, J, $50 days. or about % years to use
up the amount of twine sold in Stark
county alone this year.
Following we dive partial list of
the farmers who have purchased lumber
in Dickinson for erecting new barns and
GranRries:
BARNS
P.-$ F. Stults. northeast of the city
Joe Ffoelick IL miles southwest, Alois
Kudrna. John Ridl and Thos. Ridl of
New Hradec; Frank Roquette a big
barn just east of the city; John Koste-
lecky southwest; II. w. David north
east Mike Maher of Bailey; L. S. Cass
Of Edgar;J. H. .Phegley and Grant Tay-
lor Of Oakdale.
GRANARIES
Chas. Nolan. Dominick Vranna. A.
F. Sadowsky, Jacob Stroh. Wenzel
Dvorick. B. Blatz. Raymond Frank. Joe
Dolecheck, Chas. Colerove. Joe Kaiser
shot. John Dukart, H. Sburtliff. Xavier
Dukart, W. o. Smith. Joe Kostelecky,
Jerry Kostelecky. Henry Maldenhauer
and Joseph MEDINA, all living in the
vicinity Of Dickinson; F. A. johnson
and Robert Grant of Manning: J. O.
Helquest of Fayette: Matt Steiner and
John Kumar of Snow; Emil Erickson
Of Oakdale and r. E. Hughes of North
rop. Wenzel Urbl mic Of Spring creek
also built large eranary and expects
to harvest 1000 bushels Of wheat this