Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-05
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points in the county, it is possible
that the average yield Of all varieties
Of, wheat taken together will be close
TO 20 bushes to the acre. This is a
phenomenal average and even 15gbush.
els is large for wheat.
Barley is holding its large, yield Of
from 30 TO 40. and even so bushels to
the acre. One report from the Sisson
farm, near Spiritwood, gives a re-
markable yield of go bushels to- the
acre. Whether this is only for a
small patch of extra heavy grain or
for an entire field of considerable ex-
tent, is not known. /
Ia INQUIRE
Z The foot and hum Of the threshing
machine is heard on every hand now.
adays, and the tale of the golden grain
is shown by more or less varying
yields about the county where ''early
birds" have harvested their crops and
secured machines. Occasional yields
of from rs to 30 and 80 bushels per
acre have been reported. But it must
be noted that the early scwn. and best
grain is first to be threshed. Other
yields vary from Is to 20 bushels. The
abundant rains favored all growth and
wild oats, smut and other "tares in
the wheat" introduce some very heavy
dockage In many instances. The strict
ly impartial observer will incline to
the opinion that the crop has, il any
thing been overestimated, although
the average will be a good, general
crop. It is quite probable that the
county average will lie between. Is.
and 20 bnsh.eellss-1-at least that is our
own CANDID opinion.
HIGHLAND
Richland county;,s wonderful crop
stands foremost among the counties
in this neighborhood and people that
have travelled over several states re.
Gently tell us that no where is the
crop any better or as. good. Every
where you goIit lis often repeated
story when asked how the wheat yield
ing on the farm, well it went. over 80.
But if you allow at the least minimum
that you could and then cut the aver
age away down you will then be CIV
ing the minimum of the yield at about
% bushels to the acre.
MERCER
A we'll known grain man, who has
established a reputation for making
very conservative estimates, of. crops,
says that wheat in this territory, will
average from IS TO 20 bushels. This
takes in the late wheat as we'll as the
early. The late wheat will not aver
age as good as the early wheat be-
cause of the black rust. Eighty-five
per cent of the wheat is now past all.
danger and conservatives estimate
some wheat will make forty or SO
bushels to the acre.
The average for oats is placed at
As bushels, with thssbbeast at IS. Dur.
20 20 to q 80 susSsis: Ths average ara for
barley will run a .tritle under oats.
Some fields will run from IS to a
bushels. 1t must be remembered that
barley is usually sown on the poorest.
land to clean up the weeds, and often
very late. If put in on summer titled
land, it would have made simply an
enormous yield. Rye is a little light,
though it will make money for the
raiser.
:, FOSTER
Thomas Lutz, brought in the first
new grain marketed in C%arrington.
Saturday he hauled in three loads of
barley, which he had threshed the day
before. Fred Beier paid him 40c a
bushel. The grain weighed out AZ
pounds.
Mr.. Lutz threshed some of his hard
wheat this week that averaged "a bu-