Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-08
NORTH DAKOTA
CRADNRESERVES
ARE ANNOUNCED
Report Indicates Amount Of
CARBIDE Over Grains from
Previous Crops.

Inc OnlCeO states department OF
agriculture bureau of crop estimates,
field agent, issues the following re-
port covering farm grain reserves for
North Dakota and the United States
on March l.: 81.
This long established custom Of
taking stock of farm grain reserves
on March 1 is always of national in
lterest. 1t indicates the amount Of
the carry over of grains from the
previous crops that the nation has on
hand, before the planting for the new
crop begins. The inquiry for North
Dakota, just completed shows that
most of the counties in the eastern
n e-third to one-half of the acreage
of all cultivated crops has neatly an
average or more than an average
farm grain reserve with barley show
ing a surplus n~oticeably above the
average. Practically IS per cent Of
the barley acreage was located in the
eastern third of the state and with
few exceptions the yield throughout
this area last season was around
average or better. Reserves in the
western two-thirds of the state with
very few exceptions are below aver
age. This condition is ve.y pro-
IN IA S6AAo ~ ASSu SAoPo Nv
particularly in the northwest quarter
of the state where with the possible
exception Of wheat the feed and seed
situation is very short. The cause of
the very moderate sized wheat re-
serve in comparison to the size of the
crop last a is due largely to. the
government fixed price removing the
incentive to hold for more favorable
price. This condition with heavy
financial obligations has brought the
bulk of the wheat onto the market.
A noticeable feature of the seed stu
alton this spring is the unusual de-
mand for clean durham seed. In fact
the demand exceeds the supply of
good clean seed. Oats marketing has
been extremely light except in a few
eastern counties owing to the rather
limited size of the surplus. There is
a good demand for clean oats seed in
all counties. Bulk of local seed un-
favorably dirty for seed purposes.
The cause of heavy barley reserve in
the eastern or heavy barley sections
this condition with high price of polk
and shortage of oats in a good many
counties farmers are inclined to feed
barley to hogs and use it for general
farm feed purposes during the coming
season. In some instances this will
mean a curtailment of barley in favor
of wheat acreage.
The North Dakota wheat reserve or
March l remaining from the 1915
crop of 01,010 900 blu. is estimated
to be 19.192,000 bu. compared with
II, 760, 900 bu. a year ago, 11,011.O0
bu. in 1917 and 39,512,00O bu. in 1916
The U. S. farm reserve on March
for all wheat remaining from the 1915
c~a1 IF O17nnn 0nn h, Sc ~J,1ol 'oi
1~29,311,0O0 bu. compared with Ill.,.
279,000 blu. a yea ago, 100 $685. 0C
bu. in 1917 and 2~44,448,000 blu. in
1916.
The North Dakota pat reserve re.
manning from the 1918 crop Of co..
$4,000 bu. is 26,O20,0OO bu. com.
pared with 12,476,OO blu. last year
81, 500, 900 bu. in 1917 and 52,920,0 0(
blu. in 1916. The farm reserve Of
oats in the U. S. remaining from
crop of 1918 Of 1,538,359 900 bu. i!
5~87,653,000 bu. compared with $685.,
$4,000 blu. a year ago, 394,211,00(
blu. in 1917 and 598,118,000 bu. IL
1916.
The North Dakota barley reserve OF
farms remaining from the 1918 cro1
of 37,281,000 bu. is 14,167,000% blu.
compared with 5,01s 900 blu. last year
6%,15O,O0 blu. in 1917, and {, $500 0t
blu. in 1916. The u, s. barley reserv.
on farms remaining from the 1915
crop of 2~56,375,00O bu. is 81,7S4,O0t
bu., compared with 4~3,404,00O blu. {
year ago, 33,244.000 blu. in 1917 ant
5S,301 900 blu. in. 1916.
North Dakota CON reserve remain
ing from the 1918 crop of 9,196,OO
this corn is of rather low quality
State corn reserve a year ago wa!
$4,000 bu., compared with 1,487,00(
blu. in 1917 and $4,000 blu. in 1916
The u. S. corn reserve remaining O.
the 1918 crop of 2,582,814,0O 900 bu. il
estimated to be 8~83,322,000 blu. O.
good quality corn, compared with l.,
292,9O5 900 bu. last year of poo
quality corn, 1872, 900 blu. in 1911
and 1,116,559,0O0 blu. in 1916. .
A survey of the average value PEI
acre of farm lands in the state shows
poor plow lands to be worth $3.50
good pillow lands $43, all pillow land'
$37, all farm lands with improve
ments $43, all farm lands withou
improvements $35 per acre. Except
ing poor pillow lands which only SHOW
a gain Of $3.50 per acre, this surve.
indicates an increased valuation o
81 per acre for all classes of farm
lands over a year ago.. A review o
the increase IN lana values IN recen
years shows that the annual increas'
has ranged from $3.50 to SO pei acre
the ratio Of increase being the loves
of all classes for poor pillow lands AM
the highest for good pillow lands. Thi
condition Is more marked annually
showing a decided tendency on tn,
part of the land buyer to demand
1 quality"
TWO LOCAL MEN ARE
BEING SOUGHT NOW