The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-10
YIELDS
ARE REPORTED
REPORTS FROM ALL PARTS OF
STATE SHOW THAT GRAIN Is
TURNING OUT MUCH BETTER
THAN WAS EXPECTED EARLI-
Err IN THE SEASON. .

Sufficient reports have been receiv-
ed from t%hreshing operations through
out the state to bear out earlier pros
poets of a good, paying yield this year.
With the exception Of a slight delay
In a small area caused by rains last
Wednesday and Sunday nights,
~threshers have not been interrupted,
and the work Is proceeding remark
ably fast. In the eastern part Of the
Red river valley practically all the
t~hreshing is completed, while in the
southern n central district practic-
ally the same condition prevails.
Threshing operations will be
through earlier than usual, and, with
anything like an even break in the
matter Of weather, more fall blowing
will be done this year than last year,
or for several seasons past. .as. ks.
The threshing yields are interesting,
indicating, In many instances, the re-
suits of proper farming methods as
against poorer methods.
Forty-three at Neche.
Forty-three bushels Of wheat was
the average on a tract sown by Fred
Kahn of Neche, being of the Marquis
variety. After cutting the wheat Kahn
soWed the ground to alfalfa, and now
has a good crop of fodder.
In the New Rockford district the
average. yield is from IL to IS bushels
with the grade being No. 1 northern
in most instances.
Carl Medahl of Darlington reports
a yield Of 81 bushels an acre on a ten
acre tract. being on corn and pota;Sp
ground.
Near Shafer J. B. McLucal has an
oat field that averaged AZ bushels an
acre, being n Of the best yields in
western North Dakota.
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of wheat an acre. grading No. l north
ern.
In the Willow City district an aver
age of about 20 bushels of wheat an
acre is reported.
Morton Has Striking Figures.
Morton county has some interesting
wheat figures, leading off with JOS.
Schmidt with a 36-bushel yield. Other
reports follow: N. Dahl, Parkin, %
bushels: J. Ellison, Parkin, 10 bush
els; A. Miller, st. Anthony, II bushels;
R. Kunkel. New Salem, 20 bushels: j.
Schedel, New Salem, Is bushels: K.
keisel and J. Gaebe, 1874 bushels;
Geo: Held, New Salem, IL bushels:
VIM. Schwinkerdorf. IS bushels; viii
liam Pashke, Judson, IL bushels: Al
Jemstad, Fl bushels.
Glen Ullen and Hebron have an av-
erage of IL bushels; the Crown Butte
district Is getting about IA bushels,
while the New Leipzig and Brisbane
districts are getting an average crop.
Around Munich, Cavalier county.
yields are running from II to 20 BUSH
els; northern Williams and southern
Divide county will have about Is to IS.
bushels on the average; Nelson coun-
ty is getting from Is to 20 bushels:
barley fields near Neville run as high
as IS bushels; J. w. Morrison of Min
to got an average Of 81 bushels Of
Marquis wheat; wheat on the c.. Pet
erson farm near Plaza AVERAGED 10
bushels and oats weighed 40 bushels:
A. Edwards got 10A bushels of wheat
in the same district, and J. Dahl got
but Z bushels: F. Rustin of Milton
threshed clover seed, getting 3H
bushels an acre; e. S.. Person has q,
corn field that will average about 90
bushels an acre, and which will ma
ture; wheat in the Mimic district IS
averaging about 10 bushels.