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

said. would run about Is bushels,
but that crop conditions were not az
good in his district as farther east
BaFIey Yields 20 TO Acre,
a. MalchoKe. cashier of the Ayr
State bank, reported that J. p. Nelson.
farmer living near AYE. th hs,,ns d
els to the care and that Dir. Nelson
was marketing the grain this after
BARLEY is practically all harvested
Wheat will be good crop and the
yield in spots rs and 80 bushels, The
average in this section will be ABOUT
10 bushels. Hay ID short, but there
VIII be enough to care toE tne tb irn
the winter. Labor is plentiful. wages
being SO a day to shockers. Thresn-
ing will start the latter part OF TINS
or the first of next week. Potaioes
are badly in need of rain and VIII De
does not come soon"
Good Yield of Oats.
p. Machlin, cashier or the First
National bank at Hunter. SAID me
bushels to the acre compared with
from nothing to 10 and is bushels
year ago. Barley will make IN the
neighborhood Of IS bushels and nag lag
from ~ 10 L. Out 10 SUMO
need of moisture Corn will make fod-
der, farmers believing that 1t VIII De
impossible for it to mature oetoIe
frost time. Rye will go ABOUT ~
bushels to the acre. Harvesting mas
been on for ten days and about 80
per cent OF the grain is In shock:
Threshing will start the latter part
of next week"
From Kindred District. -.
John Otis. cashier of the Kindred
State bank. said the outlook IN ms
section is very good; The rye was
near there, and yielded rs bushels;
He estimated that the wheat ylelh
would be about Is bushels and prop
ably better. Flax Is showing up wen,
hut corn is very late; Potatoes, ne
lain. Threshing will start In his dis
trfct the first of next week.
NJ. N Mallory, cashier of the t1rst
National bank at Page. said the mar
vesting of rye has started in his dis
trict and that the yield will be about
ID bushels to the acre. He says mere
will be no record crop, but that the
present prices, If they preValI "nsn
the grain is marketed, VIII net liz liz
farmers more than in other years he
said that the yields would not pe up
to the normal.
Miss Tute McQuord, of the state
Dank al w
this morning that the yield In her
section is exceptionally good, much
better than that for the last three or
four years. She stated that lapor rs
scarce, the farmers in that distrlct
only offering $3.50, which easily ex-
plains why.
r w Gowiand, of Armenia, or the
ONCE of the Armenia e. Sharon Land
Co. said the crops were CONSIDERED
the best since 1915. He reported that
binders are to be seen in all the hsIds
and that threshing will start the lat-
ter part of next week. he sald ~ W vas
a little too early to determine the
Yields in his section. So far, the
farmers of the Armenia section hau
experienced no labor trouble. Corn
he thought, would mature,
sixty Per Cent Of Normal Crop.
Ira J. Larson, cashier of the Farm
ers' State bank at Leonard, said MS
district would harvest so per cent OF
a normal crop. Corn is backward, que
to the cool nights. Some rye and bar
ley were threshed yielding 80 bushels
to the acre. He estimated that the
wheat would not run over ID bushels
on the average. ,.,,.
for the farmers If the present prices
keep up" said the banker. we nave
a normal crop but unusual prices:
Flax is showing up remarkably wen
and will be one of the big crops, Lit
tie damage was done by the heat
wave in this section. So far, we nave
had no trouble getting farm help. A
week from now, however, we Will
need many more men. Wages are 20
to $780,"