Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-24
Some Districts Report Ex-
cellent Returns, While
Others Show Weakness
GRAVES COVERING
THE ENTIRE ROUTE
Much Poor Wheat is Found
Morton Seems to have
the Edge on Others.

Reports coming in from various
parts Of the state indicate that North
Dakota will have a fair crop of all
grains In many sections wheat yields
will be very good. while other places
will get very small returns. In Grand
Forks county the yield will be about
an average one. no bumper returns
being reported so far. Harvesting is
practically completed now and thresh-
ing is we'll started throughout the
rate. The harvest and threshing OPP
eations are considerably earlier this
year than usual
Above Normal.
According to word received from
Park River the wheat yields in that
vicinity will be above normal. 1t is
estimated that the average wheat
yield will be about IA bushels to the
acre. The Marquis variety is making
the best showing. The greater part
Of the wheat will be No. ! northern.
although some will grade No. 2 north
ern and No. i hard. The oats crop
Is expected to average between 40 and
so bushels to the acre this year, but
barley will be unusually light. Peter
Holmes reports the largest wheat yield
SO far. Off a 400 acre field he aver
aged 20 bushels.
The threshing and marketing of
grain has also commenced around
Anamoose. The average yield of wheat
In that locality is about Il bushels to
the acre. The oat crop is very good.
The best yield near Finley is is
bushels Of wheat to the acre. This
was Marquis variety. but the other
yields reported so far are much lower.
One field of macaron! wheat went only
10 bushels to the acre.
Around Hamilton wheat will grade
all the way from No. to No. north
ern. One farmer in that vicinity has
reported a yield of 25 bushels to the
acre. ThreshinE is general. but very
little grain has been marketed as yet.
Splendid Crop.
Several patches of wheat planted
under the direction of the Great Nor
thern Railway company at Hillsboro
has been threshed and it runs from
"a to 2S bushels to the acre. grading
No l northern. Barley yielded Al
bushels to the acre and is Of extra fine
quality That place was visited by an
unusually heavy rain last week. three
and three-quarters inches being re-
ported. Threshing operations were
delayed several days as a result of the
heavy downpour.
Rain Causes Delay.
Rain has also caused considerable
delay in operations about Sheldon.
Velvet chaff and macaroni seem to be
Yielding the largest wheat returns in
that vicinity this year. The wheat
yields Of those varieties are all the
way from IL to s bushels to the acre.
Blue stem around Sheldon did not
turn out very good, being hurt con-
siderably by rust. This variety will
not average more than six or seven
bushels to the acre.
Unusually Good Crops.
Threshing is going along in fine
shape near Drayton. 1t is estimated
that the work will be finished in q
little over a week with favorable
weather. The averages Of grain will
be better than they have been for
several years. Wheat will average Is
bushels to the acre. barley % and
oats 40. Rye will average about is
bushels to the acre. The early grain
seems to be much better than the
later. A few fields averaged &c bush
els to the acre.
Several reports from Dickinson in
dicate that wheat yields around there
will be good in many cases. while
other farms will give small returns.
a number of farmers claim that they
will get 90 bushels Of wheat to the