The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-07-31
THE CROP
CONDITION
IN N. OAK.
Wheat Is Now Ripening Re-
markably Fast
Black Rust Came Too Late to
Do Damage
First Threshing Reports Frsm
Jamestown

Last Sunday when Fred A. Irish,
cashier of the First National bank
and a party Of friends were driving
in the vicinity Of the Sheyenne they
passed wheat field that was decided
ly green.
Yesterday while Mr.. Irish was show
ing p. C. Crenshaw, of the Standard
Oil Co., and others about the same
territory he chanced to pass the same
field and 1t was just about ready for
cutting. Mr., Irish got out Of his auto,
and pulled quite a bunch Of the wheat
and brought 1t into town.
This afternoon Thomas Cooper Of
North Dakota happened into the bank
and picked out the smallest head in
the bunch and as one might say he
proceeded to analyze it.
Great Percentage Good.
AS was stated the head was about
the worst in the bunch, yet notwith-
standing the fact that IT had been
i'm measure tainted with black rust
1t contained sixteen first class full
kernels. five that were fairly good and
three that were not good. This goes
to show that while the black rust
did make it's appearance over the state
It came too late to work any damage
that will be perceptible in the crop
of the summer. Mr.. Cooper stated
that the bunch was surprisingly good
and that the entire lot would be found
to be much better than the particular
stalk that he had examined.
President Weiser of the First Ma
tional left on an early train this
morning for Valley City, where he was
Joined by A. B. Cox, and the two to-
fa rfV1or a NFfo fhn Snn
line to look into the conditions Of the
crop. Mr.. weiser over the telephone
said that the crops between this city
and Valley City were grand and that
he expected to find the same thing
out on the 500 line. The First Ma
tionaI like most of the other banks
of the state is taking a big interest
in the crops of the state this fall.
Report From Stutsman.
Secretary Cooper of the Better
Farming association stated this morn
ing that he had received his first re-
port in regard to the threshing and
that 1t had come from jamestown.
A field of rye in Stutsman county
had been threshed out and the weight
was fifty-two pounds to the busheL
The statement was made to the sec
retary that it was somewhat light
because the grain was cut too green
and there had been little shrinkage
and that even then the field was not
OF the best.
Mr.. Cooper said that 1t was a trifie
too early for seeding the rye for next
year, and that he had understood that
several farmers were already doing
this, but that he thought IL would be
better to wait for two or three weeks
yet.
He said that the corn was fairly
jumping along and that IL the frost
held off there was every reason for
believing that the yield wonld be bet
ter than the average.
Over 500 Entries.
There have already been over 500
entries in the First National banks s
$500 corn prize contest. Mr.. Cooper
lin speaking of this said that this was
| surprising; that down in another state
a bank had offered $500 in prizes and
| had only received about seventy en-
tries. Mr.. Cooper said that the people
Of the state were already taking a very
great interest in the coming contest
and he looked for this to be the big
gest thing of the kind that had ever
| taken place in the state, even going
ahead of the same banks $1,000 corn
contest of last year. He believed that
/ the crops this year would show that
the better farming idea was the right
lidea and that from year to year the
people would be found more willing
Ifo adopk IL