Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-17
N. D. CROPS ARE
SATISFACTORY
Seeding Operations as a
Whole Have Been Finished
All Over State.

Virtually all seeding operations IN
North Dakota have been completed,
and with rain in several sections dur
ing the past week. the general crop
The heavy frost OF last Sunday
morning and the snow in the northern
part of the state Monday, apparently
did comparatively little permanent
damage to the crop, the most serious
losses being to tender garden vege-
tables, and only. . limited portion Of
the garden stun was a enough ad-
vanced to be affected. +
Reports disclose that the barley
fields were hard hit, but they are, in
most instances, coming back re-
markedly fine: The temperature has
returned to normal during the latter
part Of the. week.
All wheat seeding is. complete. the
seeding operations in the state. as a
whole. also being finished. There is
a small amount OF corn still to be
sown, and some fax, but outside Of
that, the seeding is ended.
The state is now in need of a gen.
eral rainfall, both for the grain crops.
and for p~asturagc, which is below
normal in practically all sections of
the state. The .pasturage situation
has a more serious aspect because OF
the fact that the states supply of hay
in the hands of the farmers is far be-
low normal, and much less than a
year ago.
About the middle of this week there
south of Jamestown. and jamestown
had .$S inch Of rain n day. Ma
poleon, Langdon, Grafton. Bowbells.
are other points in the state reporting
more than one-tenth of an. inch of
rain in the week.
In h southwestern section of the
state reports disclose that the grain
is well advanced. 1t is we'll rooted.
o MI in condition to withstand unfay-
orALle weather conditions for soma
tire.
The northwest section is spotted so
far as its rye crop is concerned. The
rye crop. too. is exceptionally big this
year. the acreage being the greatest
in history. The rye was not harmed
by the frost.
Uniformly satisfactory condisone
prevail over the eastern half OF the
state. where moisture supply is sufi-
Glen: for immediate requirements, st
least.
Not Worrying Over Crop Outlook.
Bismarck. n. D., May 17.-John n.
Hagan. commissioner of labor. is OPP
timistic over the crop outlook. Hc "
not doing much worrying about the
recent frosts. 1.-The freeze probably
hurt barley more than anything else
said Mr.. Hagan today. "The harm in
that instance is spotty, and I cannot
find that any general damage ha.
been done. So far as wheat is con-
cerned. the frost may benefit. rather
than harm. for it holds back the
plant and encourages %'stooling,' insur
ing an abundance Of strong healthy
roots 10 supply the plant later or
when nourishment is needed.
The seeding ~of-coarse grain ma.
been completed over the ytate
Ordinarily wheat ma be seeded a:
late as May 10, but this year most %
Of May. oats and barley car saf.l.
be seeded as late as. May 25. and ther
the seeding of FAX will begin and will
continue until June 10. My expert
ence in farming has been that il VT
begin seeding our wheat as soon &.
the frost is out Of the ground and the
soil is dry enough to work. and ther
go ahead with our oats and barley .i,t
finally our fax, we automatically pict
about the proper time for seeding.
never have found any other rule tha'
worked. This spring everything is 20.
ing in the ground exceptionally early
and every indication points to a :.oot
crop year. We have been having ez
&C ptionally good wheat weather, ant
the plant should be in unusually koot
condition to make a rapid growth
when warm weather and rains com,
along in June"