Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-07-25
CROP CONDITIONS
CONTINUE FAVORABLE
PAST WEEK DEVELOPED NO BAD
FEATURES TO DECREASE
YIELD.

With very marked number of
fields of rye and barley already
turned golden hue, among the
broader acres of green wheat, oats,
corn and fax, trip over the coun-
try fully verifies the reports of the
great crop conditions that prevail in
North Dakota; showers and heavy
downpours occurred in various
parts of the state, and a continu-
ance of the excellent growing wealth
er is predicted by the bureaus, which
state that moderate temperatures
will prevail over the northern half
of the country during the first of the
week. Warmer weather will reach
extreme northwest about Thursday
extending eastward to the Atlantic
at the end of the week, temperature
continuing warm in the east.
In the south weather will be mod
erately warm, unsettled and showers
| during Monday over the northern
districts east of the Rocky noun
tains followed by generally fair
| weather during the remainder of the
| week except in the northwest, where
| there will he a return to unsettled
| weather by Thursday or Friday in
the extreme central west and south
| the week will 5e generally fai.' ex-
| capt in the east Gulf and south At
lantic states where showers ave
probable during the second half of
the week.
Hail and rust now seem to be the
! only crop deterrents to be feared;
while from every county there is is
| sued call for farm help for the fall
harvest. Many thousands of men
will be needed to handle the crop.
The Minneapolis expert, John In
| glis, just issued the following crop
report: ''The spring wheat crop
promises to be exceptionally large
this year, as the general average is
good throughout the entire spring
wheat belt with only a few excep-
| tions.
Minnesota will fall short of the
1910 crop, owing to the government
having decreased it's area some two
million acres, probably a larger re-
duction than is warranted.
''The northern counties are spot
ted and uneven, prospective yield
below an average, while the balance
of the state is very good.
"North Dakota shows a marked
decrease in acreage, throughout the
valley, fully Is to 20 per cent, while
the western slope shows little change
from last year. The stubble lands
which two weeks ago showed deter
ioration made rapid recovery after
the' recent rains, and will now make
fair crop. South Dakota-Only a
small acreage of spring wheat in the
southern counties, but fair amount
of winter wheat, which promises
we'll. Eastern and northern coun-
ties are above all average, on a
slightly reduced acreage, while the
western counties, where yearly in
creasing the area, is very poor.
Rains came at an opportune time to
save them from total loss, but this
large section will only run from to
10 bushels. It is too early to make
a final estimate of the crop at pres.
ent.
while the southern counties OF
Minnesota and South Dakota are
now nearing maturity, the bulk OF
the crop is just coming into the
milk. Rains are most to be dread
ed,as the heavy wheat Is lodging in
spots. Considerable wheat is al
ready down through southern Min.
nesota.
I'm it's present state laid wheat
is apt to shrink and blight. Should
We have perfect weather for matur-
ing and threshing, would estimate
the three states as follows: North
Dakota, 125,000,000; Minnesota,
75,000,000; South Dakota, As, O00,-
900; total, 245,0QO,000.
I'm summing up the wheat situa-
tion, other crops are worthy Of at
tentton. Rye acreage has been in
creased and will show yields far in
excess of previous years. Oats gen
orally good, but mixed. Some only
fair. Lodging badly in southern
Minnesota. Corn still late, good
color. with q larger percent Of
weedy fields than usual. Flax acre
age very large In western counties:
general prospects good. Hay very
good except in the valley, where the
1crop is light"