The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-20
SPRING
WHEAT IS
THE NEED
Secretary Of Agriculture
Urges Greater Acreage in
Producing Areas.

| washington, ID. C., April 2U.-Tn'
secretary Of agriculture today ISSUED
the following statement:
! The unpromising condition of the
winter wheat crop Of the United
States, forecasting a materially de-
creased yield, makes it imperative that
| the threatened wheat deficit be made
up If possible by the planting Of more
| spring wheat in the areas where the
chances for the production of a sue
cessful crop are greatest. The best
opportunities for the production of
spring wheat undoubtedly will be
found in the regions in which spring
wheat already Is produced extensively.
Efforts should be concentrated in
those regions where the necessary ex-
perience and equipment are available.
Attempts to increase the acreage OF
spring wheat outside the present
spring wheat belt, on the other hand,
might prove less successful because OF
a lack Of familiarity by farmers with
the crop, and especially because Of the
difficulty of obtaining the use of har-
vesting machinery and the added like
lihood Of the crop suffering for a lack
of labor at harvest time. A concentra-
ton Of large crop production will
make possible the more efficient utili-
zation of labor whether the laborers
assemble individually or under a di-
recting agency.
The bulk of the spring wheat of the
United States Is grown in five states,
North Dakota, Minnesota, South Da-
kota, Washington and Montana. While
production is relatively small in the
remaining states, a number Of COM
murities exist in each of these states
in which the growing Of spring wheat
is we'll established. Such communities,
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growing states, offer good fields for
the extension of the spring wheat
acreage. In the following list only the
chief spring wheat producing sections
of the country are mentioned as sug-
gestive of the areas in which the eX-
pansion Of spring wheat acreage
should be most feasible if the neces-
sary land, labor, and seed are avail
able. No attempt is made to list the
counties according to their rank in
spring wheat production in the coun-
try at large. The six states leading in
spring wheat production are named in
the order of their importance, and un-
der each, the principal spring wheat
producing counties are listed in the
order Of their Importance.
Seeding is already under way
throughout the greater portion Of the
spring wheat belt, but in some of the
counties mentioned, as well as in many
other counties where spring wheat
growing is established, it should be
possible to increase appreciably the
area seeded to wheat during the next
few weeks. Where such increase would
interfere with the conduct of an estab-
lished industry such as dairying, it
would, of course, be inadvisable.
The sections of MAXIMUM spring
wheat production are: ....
North Dakota. -.~s
Counties-Bottineau, Cass, Barnes,
Cavalier, Grand Forks, McHenry,
Ramsey, Stutsman, Walsh, Ward,
Wells, Benson, Burke; Dickey, Griggs,
LaMoure, Mclean, Morton, Nelson,
Pembina Pierce, Ransom, Renville,
Richland, Steele, Towner, Trail. Bur-
leigh. Divide, Eddy, Emmons, Foster,
Hettinger, Logan, Mcintosh, Mercer,
Mountrail, Rolette. Sargent, Sheridan,
Sioux, Stark, Williams.
Minnesota.
Counties-Ottertail, Polk, Clay. Kilt
son, Lacquiparle, Marshall, Renville,
Stearns, Wilkin, Bigstone, Blue Earth,
Norman. Sibley, Swift, Traverse. Fari-
wood, Yellow Medicine, Brown, Chip
pewa, Douglas, Lesueur, Mcleod,
Stevens, Waseca, Wright, Grant,
Nicollet, Becker, Carver. Freeborn,
Morrison, Rice, Steele. Todd.
South Dakota.
Counties-Brown, Sphinx, Day, Rob-
erts, Clark, Codingtou, Grant, Mar
shall, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, Hutchin-
son, Kingsbury, Mcpherson. Beadle,
Charles Mix, Hamlin, Walworth,
Bookings, Deuel., Hanson,
Miner, Potter, Aurora, Brule,
Dawson, Douglas
WashinnHon
Counties-Lincoln, Adams. Whit
man, Douglas. Grant, Walla Walla,
Spokane, Benton, Klickitat,
Garfield, Asotin, Yakima,
Montana.
Counties-Fergus, Gallatin, Cascade,
Dawson, F'lathead, Valley, Missoula,
Yellowstone, Carbon. Teton. RavaTi,
Custer, Madison, Park, Rosebud.
Idaho.
Counties-Nez Perez, Oneida, Latah,
Fremont, Bannock Bingham, Idaho.
Twin Falls.