Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-10
JOHN HI. RICH,
Chairman and Federal Reserve Agent.

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Chairman and Federal Reserve Agent.
Ss9 Every county in the Ninth Fed
se seral Reserve district has over
ssssubscribed its official quota for
III the third Liberty loan and in
livery many counties the amount
Ssss0ff$the, oversubscription Is large.
Nss Many cities and localities have
sSssdoubled their official allotment.
scompleted and while not yet e
a complete will show a total over
4 Jsubscription for the district of
4 at least 40 per cent and possibly
% per cent.
The Ninth districts answer to the
hkaiser's desperate drive on the west
sern front has been d double offensive
tar behind the lines on the farms and
ranches Of the northwest. AS county
after county in the purely farming
sections has reported h heavy over
subscription Of it's Liberty loan quota.
and as the district as a whole has
Heen xpiling VI a surprising margin
over Its official allotment, reports
have likewise been coming in which
Indicate that there is not a locality
that has not Joined in the heavy
drive, fora record productions of crops
and foodstuffs.
" "A Montana, %ranchnlan writes that
ha made up. his mind last fall to turn
Oft one million pounds Of prime beef
as his contribution to food production
for 1918, and that he is going to
make the figure he has set. Organ
Ted work is in progress among the
stockmen to increase the states out
put OF marketable live stock, and ef-
forts are being made to put cattle
Into the. hands Of all the small farm
ors who are qualified n equipped
to- feed and finish them.
.,s.es4. Going in Heavy.
Districts in eastern South Dakota.
southern Minnesota n Wisconsin
THAT for nfanysvears have paid com
f5a~ratisefy little attention to the bread
Crop, are going Il %heavily for h
and will add Substantially to the dis
Iict'saproduct1bnA this year. Farmers
have welcomed h very favorable
weather of%&the past ten days and
have crowded flax planting to a point
far beyond an expectations 80 days
ago. The western half of the district
has broken an unusual amount OF
new land. and is working from day.
light until dark to get it n crop.
South Dakota and southern Mime
sofa, both of which were expected to
show decreases in corn acreages, will
plant more heavily than has been
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FEAST, will be able to bring the acre
age up to very nea a normal point
In spite OF the seed shortage. In ev-
+sry part Of the district a fine spirit
of loya1ty&.is being shown by the
farmingspopulation, and the express
sion Is everywhere. heard h we
must back up the boys with the big
gest crops that have ever beer
planted 3 -
Such a spirit on the part of the
farmers is far more important than
is ordinarily realized. They repre-
sent an immense army of trained spe-
cialists in food production. Their
strength is equivalent to % German
army divisions, or approximately
whole. Their farms embrace 113.-
N28. 900 acres. of which 10000, 900
acres may be considered as improved
hand which will be. devoted in very
large part to crop production this
year. They are financially fortified
With the active and vigorous support
6f nearly 1000 banks. and the veal
spots have beensbclstered up by nu'
4merous county seed bond issues. the
proceeds Of which. are available t
stimulate crop-production, but which
from present, Limitations will be util'
lied only in part and only where it i!
necessary to supplement the existing
banking facilities.
Considering the farm help that i
represented by those under employ
ment and by the members OF tn,
farmers Immediate family. it is yer.
d e to estimate that the Onslaught
sbf the kaiser's shock troops on tn
western front will be answered thi
year in the northwestern states b.
The drive OF at least forty division
that are rdevoting themselves to pro
Fviding wheat and other small grains
corn. forage, live stock. wool, dair
products. poultry. and garden prod
allcts for h e support of h fightin
forces at the#front, as a contribute
10 our allies. and to create a SAT
margin of foodstuffs for the popula
The. reports by states are very en-
~couraging. Montana has a yer
favorable weather for spring whea
Fl.nting. n the grain has gone i
fully six weeks ahead Of last yea
ss1lver the eastern half of the stat
winter wheat acreage is increased az
p~roximately 80 per. cent. with Les
than 10 per 3ctnt' winter killed, Will
@Fpringss wheat. may show an increas
as great: az 40>sper cent. A lars
.aRi0unts of flax has been planted q
yrew breaking. Rains and some sno
~sdurinKfthe past ten days have bee
sRery beneficial and moisture cond
43NHS nv Inc prospect II
aSFecords breaking production is sue
that representative. Montana men al
in New York in consultation wi,
s4he federa grain corporation regar,
9Ng the financing and ltransportatic
sSNfss Whist promises to be much II
largest crop the state has ever raise
live stock outlook is good ar
WOOL lis beginning to o
Subsequently, high prices.
ss Worth Dakota Optimistic.
.Wesfern North Dakota, which ";
lift by the crop failure la
Has plenty Of moisture, and tt
s1ntlonk could hardly be better.
Sfhessspdrtions where winter wheat
H. III increase in acreage is a
sneoxfmAtely 80 per cent. In the wei
aeEl psEAt Of the state many localiti
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