Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-24

acre. The average yield will be about
Is bushels. Several farmers around
Dickinson were hurt great deal by
hailstOrms.
Machines Busy.
Threshing machines are busy in
Cavalier county at the present time.
Several farmers are still waiting for
more rain, however. The wages paid
are $3.50 to SO per day for men, while
a man and team can get as high as Sc.
Many threshers are holding out for
higher wages as usual this year Some
of the men hang around town and re-
fuse to work at all unless they get
what they ask.
Excellent Returns.
Wheat from one farm in the vicin-
ity of Mandan averaged 90 bushels to
the acre on so acres. Thirteen acres
of Marquis wheat Welded % bushels
TO the acre. Thirty-seven acres aver
aged l9 bushels. The grain marketed
so far has been graded No. north
ern. George Butler is the owner of
the farm reporting these Yields Will
nam Price, another prosperous farm
er near Mandan has also secured a re-
markable crop this year. Marquis
wheat turned out 2S bushels to the
acre and Scotch fife 20 bushels, all
of the grain grading No. / northern,
port excellent oats Yields. the grain
averaging all the way from SO to Is
bushels to the acre.
Arc Disappointed.
Wheat yields around Northwood are
rather disappointing this year. The
best returns will not be more than
tn hn l,}1
farmers will not receive more than
or 10 bushels on the average. The
quality of the wheat is very poor also.
The velvet chaff. durum and Marquis
are yielding the best returns.
Large Barley Yield.
Granville farmers will average
about 12 bushels of wheat to the acre.
Winter rye averages about 10 BUSH
els and oats and barley about 25 bush
els. There are some excellent fields
of barley, one or two netting as high
as so bushels while others have
threshed as low as four. The five
acres of barley on the Great Northern
experiment plot. located on the w. G.
Richards farm. We're threshed and
weighed out about 300 bushels. Early
oats and early barley are of good
grade. The weather has been very
favorable for threshing and the work
is going along at rapid rate. Thresh-
ing is about two weeks earlier than
last year.
Lisbon People.
One farmer near Lisbon secured %
bushels of wheat to the acre of the
durum variety. Threshing is going
on in full in that part of the state.
The following are the Yields so far re-
ported around Lisbon:
Leon Martin renortS 90 b,Ishels ~
Marquis to the acre. so far threshed
James Sorenson. II bushels Mar
quis per acre on valley land.
Ernest Billing, is bushels Marquis
per acre on the amount so far thresh-
ed
Erick savre, IL bushels per acre.
Roy Mills reports is to 20 bushels
wheat and so to 50 bushels of oats.
Griff Knapp, Elliott way, is BUSH
els per acre.
Mr.. Standt. off 10 acres of durum
got % bushels per acre
The reports on early wheat so far
show from 10 to rs bushels per acre.
What the late wheat will yield is
problematical.
Wheat yields around crary are very
light this year. the average being from
to 15 bushels to the acre. Barley
averages from % to 40 bushels to the
acre. Threshing is general in that
neighborhood.
Low Grade Wheat.
Rye and durum wheat are the best
crops around Glenburn this year. John
Sharp. a farmer near that place.
threshed considerable wheat, the av-
erage being thirteen bushels to the
acre. The grade was low, however.
being No. , northern.
Reports from lnkster state that the
Yields in that vicinity will be about
the average this Year. The first new
wheat was marketed last week and if
tested 81 pounds to the bushel. A. B.
Muir hauled in the first wheat.
CHARLES Richter was the first man
TO start threshing operations around
New Rockford. He has threshed prac-
tcally all of his barley and has started
on the other grains. He reports that
barley is Of fine variety around that
place.
st. Thomas Returns.
st. Thomas reports that yields are
fairly good in that locality, although
the returns in many cases are not as
large as was anticipated.
James Whelan threshcd 60 acre
field of barley which only went II
bushels to the acre. and he had a
l25-acre field of oats which Welded
about 81 bushels to the acre.
Iravlss got 20 bushels to the acre from
ao-acre field of velvet chaff and M,