The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-09

harvesting one of the best crops he
| ever raised on his farm in Kurtz
township. Both Marquis and Velvet
Chaff wheat are filled to the top of
the heads with high grade berries.
Threshing of the barley crop has
begun and the quality is excellent.
The potato crop promises to be
fine one with tubers of good size
and fine quality. Mr.. Corneliusen
kept his potatoes cultivated until
the grain harvest began.
"NeVer Better" This Farmer Says.
II will tell you how much the
wheat goes as soon as finish
threshing." said Theodore H. Skrei.
of Moland township. mo, wouldn't
say it would go 80 bushels, but l am
pretty sure one 30-acre piece will
yield from 20 to 25 bushels. This
was alfalfa sod two years ago and
| then broken up, MANFRED and plant
ed to potatoes last year. will thresh
about 100 acres of wheat next week
and am sure of one thing, that we
never raised any that was of better
quality. Potatoes are looking fine
and the quality is as good as any
year but the yield will depend upon
the weather conditions from now on
rain "oulu Help 10 udhe LHen a
shookers Bet on Is to 30.
II had to come in after more
twine," said Henry Wiedemann on
Tuesday afternoon. "a month ago 1
didn't think l would need over 500
pounds but will use $500 pounds
and the straw Is not heavy. In three
days we will finish harvesting all the
grain $50 acres of wheat, 200 Of
barley, and 100 of oats. Both the
Alberta fyfe and the Marquis wheat
are of fine quality and the heads are
filled to the top with splendid
what the yield will be but some Of
the shockers who are old timers
| want to bet that the wheat will
thresh IS to 80 bushels to the acre.
This is probably too high, but 1t is
the best crop / ever raised and the
quality could not be better"
II Bushels of Rye.
Rye on 230 acres of the David
Askegard farm at Comstock aver
aged 81 bushels to the acre and is of
high grade. One carload was ship
ped to Minneapolis on Tuesday
! Wheat cutting on the big farm will
be finished on Thursday but the
shocking will not be done SO soon.
The only horses used for cutting are
| to make the opening swaths around
the fields. Two big tractors, each
hauling four 8-foot cut binders and
smaller engine hauling three bind
ers are used. Che swath behind the
big tractors is 81 feet, inches wide,
only inches being allowed for a
margin on the outside. About 1000
acres of wheat will be in shock by
the end of the week. Wheat thresh-
| iroa will Snon as the rVa is
| finished. ..
Crops generally in the Comstock
neighborhood are the best for many
years and the grade never was bet
| ter. This is true along the Buffalo
river, both north and south, into
Wilkin county, and for about six
miles east into Alliance township.
Harvest will be finished this week
and threshing general next week.
FELTON, Produces Lots OF Hay.
| 1.-THE hay crop in the FELTON, neigh
borhood is much better than was
| expected earlier in the season and
the high price has been the incentive
! that has kept the farmers busy cut
ting and stacking 1t. None will be
left uncut for the indications are
| that bailed hay will bring at least
| SIS a ton on track here this fall.
Barley and oats Harvesting is now
under way but wheat cutting will
not be begun for a week or ten days.
Potatoes and corn are also ,promis-
ing crops in this locality. Everyone
in the fiction country Is tubilant
over the prospect, for the crops are
the best in many years." is the re-
| port of C. B. Brodine, an old timer,
who has been buying grain there for
many years.
]. e. Beauchamp, Morken town
ship has finished cutting barley and
oats and has begun on Marquis
wheat. Everything that was sown
on fall blowing is all right, and the
quality high. That sowed on spring
blowing will not be as good.
1 Threshing will begun next week.
i Georgetown Grain Fine and CIean.
/ Martin e. l. wiki has finished cut
| ting oats and barley on the hlYerslus
| farm, southeast of Georgetown, and
/ reports fine crops OF all grain. Wheat
i is not quite ready to cut but Is we'll
/ filled and the berry Is ripe, but the
| straw is still little too green. All
| crops in our section Of the county
\ are fine." said MIR. WIKI. and l never
i saw cleaner or better grain"
i Twelve to Thirty Bushels wheat.
i Harvest in Viding township Is
Il later than in the southern part or the
i county. as we were later with SEED
Il
| II look for a good yield, say about
\ IL bushels to the acre, with some
4 fields OF wheat yielding from 20 TO 80
| bushels. Oats are filing Well, and
Il look good. Wheat harvest Will begin
i next week. Potatoes need rain and
i will be a big crop with us IL they
i have half chance. There are from
4 six to nine tubers in a hill. already
i of fair size and good shape. never
i saw a better stand OF virus. All my
Il potato seed was two years selection
II and was treated for disease before
Il planting"
UIem Outlook Fine.
H Barley and oats have nearly all
Il haen cut in the Ulen country" said
II Amt Melbye, one OF the editors Of
\ The JJlen Union. Wheat harvest.
II MARQUIS and bluestem. has begun and
the farmers all say that they nave
II the hest crop raised In this section
n FOR several years. Some threshina
n viii be done next week. but most oi