The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-06

fcipal causes. one being a revival oil
interest in the crop among the Older
settled counties. the other being the
large increase in new land being plac-
ed under cultivation. flax beng a
grain especially susceptible OF profit
able cultivation on freshly turned sod.
The yield from this acreage which will
ultimately be marketed is extremely
difficult TO estimate for the reason
that so much OF the crop lies exposed
to climatic vicissitudes III lunches OF
windows. II Favorable weather.
however. which has obtained would
seem to justify the belief that the gov
eminent estimate Of % bushels ia
tho acre would finally find its way to
market, which means Il total yield for
the state OF 11,S66..ll bushels. or con
siderably more than half OF all the
flax raised in the United States dur
ing lal2--possessing Il farm value Of
nearly $4,000. 900.
Oats.
With a larger acreage than flax but
a smaller farm value. h oats crop of
the state comes next in Importance.
With %2.la7.a5I acres in crop. an csti-
mated yield of 41.6 bushels to the
acre and a value OF October l. 1912.
of S2l.545.O4.. This crop also shows
Il substantial increase over the pre-
ccding year of 270.51S acres in ares
and Ut more than 10 bushels per acre
in Yield.
Barley.
Next in order in acreage yield and
value is the barley crop of II state
which shows the largest gain in area
cultivated of ANY cereal grown in
ASS acres in lall. to %1.3a%,625 acres
in 1912. Il gain Of 66t.ls. acres or
81 per cent. This great stride in the
cropping of this cereal is believed to
mark the recognition. on the part of
our farmers. of the need for DIVERSE
tication i'll cereal crops and TO consti-
tu,e a practical step in the introduce
methods.
%Stupcndous Totals.
The acreage cropped to he four
leading cereals just referred to
reaches the vast total of 1..SSS.934
acres. estimated to yield a~S4,49S.517
bushels of grain. worth or the farm
$l60.1o7 900. constituting an annual
of S266 per capita, based upon an es-
timated population OF 100000. The
above calculation takes no account Of
other grain items, such as spring rye
, With its 24.315 acres. winter rye With
1ol.S19 acres. speltz With S0.04S acres.
potatoes With 67.645 acres. nor OF the
rapidly increasing acreage Of tame
SlSSSeS. SuSu as ullilet, hungarian
clover. timothy. alfalfa. bronze grass
and others which aggregate nearly am
other 100000 acres. o Yet of corn
With nearly 500, 900 acres in crop for
1912.
Corn.
\ most noteworthy evidence of the
strong trend towards rotation of our
farmers is the large increase in corn
acreage-from 392.S07 acres in 1911,
TO 493,470 acres in 1912. Two I'M
toward circumstances during the pres
ent season have initiated against the
growth OF a good corn crop on an
even greater acreage than that given
above. viz: the scarcity Of good seed
in the spring and. later. the ravages
of the cut worm-this latter necessi-
tating the replantins in many instanc-
es and cropping to other grains or
grasses in Others. Nevertheless all
corn hat was planted in season.
tended properly. and escaped the cut
Worm. matured we'll and yielded hand
somely. Ven to the most northern
boundary Of the state.