The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-18
:DISCING wheat
PROVED FAILURE

Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 1B.-The gov
ernment estimate recently; published,
tina the wheat crop of North Dakota
this year would be approximately So
600 bushels short of last year, is prob
ably as nearly correct as it can be
estimated till all Of the wheat raised
this present year has actually been
placed on the market.
The farmers of the state were so
late in getting the grain off the fields
a year ago that it was necessary this
spring to SOW a great portion of the
wheat in Stubble land with the aid OF
discing machines. While that expert
ment has been a ucCes in years be-
fore it was almost a failure this year,
and most of those fields have not
yielded over from six to eight bushels
per acre, while in some parts of the
state, where the soil was diligently
cultivated by thorough farmers, the
yield will go as high as from fifteen to
twenty-five bushels per acre.
In some portions OF the state, espe-
rially through the Golden valley, and
in Billings county, where q big crop
had been started, severe hail storms
destroyed much Of h. grain earlier III
fhe season, and then, too, lack Of rain
during the months of July and August
had a material effect in keeping down
the yield. There has been some in
crease in the acreage his year, blu
that cannot make up for the yield OF
last year. owing to the scattered rains
throughout the summer and the
amount of land that was planted in
the stubble without being plOWed, and
the destruction caused by hail storms
The northern portion of Wells coun-
fy has probably as heavy a wheat croE
as any county in the state. There are
fields in that section that will aver
age twenty bushels and many a great
deal higher. Eddy and Foster coun-
ties nave a heavy crop. as has also
Walsh, Grand Forks, C;ass and Rich
land counties. Towards III Missouri
slope, Burleigh, Mclean, Logan, anG
the wheat raising sections Of MCIn-
tosh and EmmOns counties have heavy
crops Of wheat that VIII be threSheC
considerably earlier than last year.
A careful estimate places the aver.
age yield Of wheat for North Dakot;
fCr this year at fifteen bushels pc.
acre. The grade, however, for all tn
wheat will reach No. 1 Northern, AM
gSeat portion Of it win be graded a!
No. l hard. North Dakota miller'
have made the statement that the!
have never purchased better milling
w llCAlI lI4dIl llllo y C0I' L II SSl41lS "
wheat will be about thirty days aheaC
of what it was last year, owing to tn
non interference Of the elements, Their
having been but one or two rains t.
hinder threshing operations. TIL
ifarmera of the state have realized tn
danger of planting wheat in stubbl
land, and from appearances every
where theTe will be a greater amount o
fall blowing accomplished this yea
than for many years past. There ha
also been "a heavy crop of flax tina
Twill be- thfeshed early this fall an
with the prevailing prices nearly a
much money is expected to be realiz
ed from the grain and flax crops a
that of last year. Dairy farming ha
been INDUCED in this year on a niue
larger scale, and the farmers are con
stantly importing and raising bloode'
dairy stock.
All indications point to an unusual
heavy cash fall, trade and Wholesal
and retail merchants view the situa
ton with more optimism than ever
Land values continue to- hold we'll. an
money promises to be plentiful 70
handling the crop without aid fror
outside the state.