Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-11-09

lAClO was u LAB Son - 49,
average yield tor oats according to
the report just prepared for last year
the report showed an average yield OF
21.40 bushels per acre Will the new
report states that the average yield
was 34.6O bushels. There were near.
ly three hundred thousand acres more
of that crop harvested than the year
before as the last figures show 1,94S,'
COS acres of oats cut and threshed.
The total number of bushels Of oats
harvested is placed at 67,424,949.
Barley more than doubled in the
number Of bushels produced and al
most doubled in acreage and yield.
The report for 1911 was 677,233 acres
harvested with a total yield Of l2,4S6,-
947 and an acreage yield Of 1885
bushels per acre while the figures from
the next rear area is startling in the
comparison. there being 1,39S,Sl6
acres harvested with a total yield OF
81, O99, 514 bushels and an average
yield Of 1852 busaels per acre.
1t appears that more interest is be-
ing taken in the raising Of hull-less
barley as the total product jumped
from 1917 to over $4,000. There are
a good many counties where no effort
is made to raise this crop but where
it is given proper attention it seems
to thrive and bring good returns for
the time and investment.
Spring rye is another crop that
made a great Improvement in the
line between the last report n the
present one. An increase of over
ten thousand acres is shown in the
amount planted while the average
yield jumped from y.96 to 1856 bush.
els per acre. The total number OF
bushels produced increased from 49,
SIS to 33O,295 bushels.
Winter rye proves to be more popu-
lar than winter wheat and there has,
been a large increase in both acreage
ana the average yield. Growing from
85,6S2 IL acres in 1911 there was
planted in 1912 1856 IL acres and
the total yield for the year increased
from 44O,393 to 2,580,179 and the av-
erage yield for 1911 was 1851 while &C
eording to the last report the average
yield per acre was 1855 bushels per
acre. This crop is proving popular
and a money maker and there will be
still greater increases in acreage the
coming year.
There were only about six thousand
acres more speltz raised than dur
ing the previous year but the number
| of bushels harvested more than doubl.
ed as the former report shows 694,572
bushels harvested and the 1912 report
states that 1,98O,495 bushels we're
passed through the separator during
The fall of 1912 with an average yield
Of 1852 bushels per acre.
Corn is coming to be one Of the best
crops in the state and there was a
large increase in acreage during the
| past year and during 1912. The acre
age for 1913 was 404,lo4,' which is an
increase OF nearly ten thousand acret
over the previous year. The grade Of
the corn was also better this year
than at any previous time. This was.
probably better shown at the North
Dakota Industrial exposition, wher!
corn that was merely fair this year Is
about the same class that has taken
prizes in former years. Farmers are
getting more and more interested in
corn and are becoming more and more
TO believe that it is a profitable crop
in the state. There is a considerable
amount Of corn acreage in the state
for the past two years that has been
planted for silo use.
1912 did not seem to be much of a
potato year according to statistics
gathered by the department as the
average yield fell from 104.32 bushels
per acre to 86.78. The total amount
Of bushels produced however was
greater IN account of the large in
crease in the acreage. There were
5,618.S06 bushels dug from 64,750 acres
in 1912 as against 3,797,S 49, bushels
dug in 1911 from 36,407 acres.
Hay Crops.
There were 2,799 acres of clover
sown and 2,057 tons cuts, 96,970 acres
of timothy sown and 61,441 tons cut;
9,423 acres of alfalfa soWn and 8,433
tons cut: 25,492 acres bronze grass
oO"H dLu LJ.CUO bOuo CuL. III u ~
estimated there was 1,577,007 tons
Of will dhay cut and that of other tame
hay than that mentioned above, there
was 24,039 acres sown and 45.30S tons
cut.
How They Stand.
Williams county is credited with the
largest number Of farms, the report
showing they have 1888, but Cass
county has the most acres in farms
with 764,565 acres. Barnes county has
the largest acreage under cultivation
with 5S9,412, while Oliver is the baby
county of them all with a little over
$4,000 acres under cultivation. Gold
en- Valley, the newest county in the
state, is credited with 694 farms with
a total Of --O,532 acres under cultiva-
ton.
Hail Losses Shown.
The report also shows the hail losses
for 1912. There were 1874 acres
H -nY go. 4a AA-~~