Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-14
YIELD GREATER
THAN EXPECTED
Sundays Rain Seems to have
Been Of Great Benefit in
Many Places.

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 14.-Sunday
nights rain was general over North
Dakota, although the amounts varied
widely. Bismarck registered .26 Of
an inch. while Bottineau reported 1.02
and Grafton LIS. AT. Minot 81 Of an
inch Of rain fell, and at Pembina Sc
was reported. Napoleon had AZ,
while at Dickinson but .04 Of an inch
fell.
A 150-mile drive Owe Burleigh and
Emmons county Sunday revealed a
generally satisfactory crop condition.
The greater part of the winter rye
and spring wheat have been cut and
shocked, and in some instances oats
Is being cut. Huge fields Of corn
present a uniformly good appearance.
In most cases large ears have already
Many fields would, compare very
favorably with Illinois cornbelt crops,
the stalks standing from five to seven
feet high. In no instance does corn
appear to have suffered from the
drouth. In any number of places the
appearance Of cultivators in the fields
indicated that the farmers are de-
. termihed to give their corn every pos
sible chance to make q crop.
Estimates as to yields vary. In some
sections of Burleigh a good eight
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age; in others as high as IL BUSH
els Is suggested as a general yield. In
the northeastern corner Of Emmons
county WHEAT generally is short and
It has been harvested with the header,
but the heads seem to be large and
well filled, and some fields inspected
Sunday will go from Is to 20 bushels
to the acre. Winter rye is not gener-
ally a bumper crop, but there will
Nn a Cot. aS,oro co yyio1d Evon late
planted flax which wa see Sunday
gives an evidence of running five to
eight bushels to the acre, and excep-
tional fields will yield 20 and even as
high as rs bushels. One farmer in
terviewed, who had been hit by three
poor crops in succession and who was
literally on his last legs, has 100 acres
of fax. which he expects to net him
$1,000.
While farmers in this section Of the
state are not expecting. a normal
average crop they agreek almost to a
man, that the prospects for wheat are
surprising, and that the general re-
turn will be the largest yer received
from a harvest in this part Of North
Dakota. Automobile statesmen in the
territory visited advise that there IL
a general demand for cars. and thai
the farmers are buying machines w
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Anders, county commissioner o.
Dunn. says that aside from the
fact that the straw is very short. ne
c~essitating the use of headers to save
the crop. the wheat yield in his sec
2 ton will be very satisfactory.
One is impressed Nm drivint
through Emmons county with tn,
great number Of large. modern barn.
which have gone up there within tn
last two or three years. The indica
ton is. that every farm is diversifyipl
and going in generally for livestock
This is true of hogs>as well as cattle
horses and sheep. No run dow,
farms with make-shift buildings wer'
to be seen in a days ride. In mos
cases the barn far eclipsed the hous'
as to size and modernity, but in ever.
particular there were evidences o
= content and cheerfulness. There wa
a happy spirit about the homes; the,
were well-kept up, the windows wer
decked out with pretty curtains, an
everything was neat and livable. +,