Grand Forks herald., 1918-09-03
HEAVY YIELDS
in THE VALLEY
ARE REPORTED
cass County Claims Wheat
Crop Estimated at IL
and Is Millions.

Fargo, N. D.. Sept. 3.-The tremen-
dous wheat crop being threshed in the
Red river valley acounties, q crop that
is believed to surpass in volume any
ever previously produced in the dis
trtct, looms up with ever increasing
proportions as more and more reports
are received from tho threshers.
The greatest average yield yet re-
ported on any individual farm in the
valley is GA bushels an acre on a tract
In Grand Forks county.
Cass county, however, with it's
wheat crop estimated at between 49,
leads the state in the matter Of gross
production, while in point Of average
yield. it will crowd closely the record
made by any other county. Cass,
Richland, Trail, Sargent, Ransom
and Walsh counties, however. are
close contenders for the honors, and
in each Of these counties, the produc-
ton figures Of this season will be we'll
above the average for each county.
With the tremendous money value
Of the crop, the attention Of prospec-
tive land buyers is being attracted to
the district to a greater degree than
for several seasons past, and the in
dications point to heavy land move
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Reports from some points in the
state follows:
In Walsh county, wheat is averag-
ing all the way from Is to 45 bushels.
Pembina county is reputed to have
one Of the best wheat crops on record.
Threshing in the big district affect
ed by recent heavy rains Is under
way. and the yields are fair. The
grade Of the grain has in some in
stances been hit by the moisture,
while the bundles Of grain. driven in
to the ground by the rain. have ac-
curhulated dust. making the job of
threshing decidedly dirty.
Walcott, in Richland county, re-
section Of land owned by c. L. Olson
produced crop worth $4,000, while
Oscar Heglie produced crop of
about the same value. Theodore Mar
tinson threshed 1900 bushels of
wheat from rs acres. an average OF
nearly SO bushels an acre. The grain
is Of excellent quality, and the condi-
ton Is general in the Walcott district.
Wheat in the Kindred district is
running from 80 to so bushels an
acre, with an average of around IS
ceiving a tremendous influx Of wheat.
Receipts on four days we're 140 loads
172 loads, 220 loads and 1872 loads. re-
spectively. Nearly every farmer in
the district Is building additional
grain storage.
The Langdon district reports loss to
fife wheat by rust. and it is the only
section Of the state SO far reporting
any such condition. M. l.. Sullivan
estimates his loss by rust at about SIC
an acre. Durum wheat was not affect
ed The rust developed in the last
two weeks. The wheat was quite well
developed when the rust hit it. thus
reducing the loss.
Colfax township. in Richland coun-
ty, reports rye seeding already under
way. with the soil conditions very
good. There will be larger acres
of rye in that district than there was
last year.
Ryder, in Ward county, where the
drought conditions were severe, re-
ports an average Of IL bushels an acre
on the first field threshed. 1t graded
No. /. weighing So pounds bushel.
Some 5obushel yields are being re-
ported in Clay county. the top yield
being on the A. r. Almquist farm
with 55 1-2 bushels an acre, while
several tracts on the David Askegaard
farm, in Holy Cross township. aver
aged more than SO bushels an acre
Otto j. Grover Of Moland township
Clay county, reports better than 50