The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-03-10

surplus. There is good demand fol
clean oats seed in all counties. Bulk
of local seed unfavorably dirty for seee
purposes. The cause of heavy barley
reserve in the eastern or heavy barley
sections is the unsatisfactory price
Owing to this condition with high price
of pork and shortage of oats in 8
good many counties farmers are in.
clined to feed barley to hogs and use
| it for general farm feed purposes dur
ing the coming season. In some IN:
stances this will mean curtallment
of barley in favor of wheat acreage.
The North Dakota wheat reserve on
March / remaining from the 1919
crop Of 10l 100000 bushels is estimat.
ed to be 1912, 900 bushels compared
with ll,760,O00 bushels year ago,
|ll.Oll,OOO bushels in 1917 and 39,5l2,-
900 bushels in 1916. The U. S. farm
reserve on March l for all wheat re.
naming from the 1918 crop of 9l7,-
600 900 bushels is placed at 1891.
1000 bushels compared with Ill PTS, 900
bushels q year ago, l06,650,00 bush
els in 1917 and 244 ,44S,OO bushels in
1916.
The North Dakota oat reserve re.
naming from the 1918 crop of co.
$4,000 bushels is 26,02O,0O0 bushels
compared with l2,476,0OO bushels last
year, 21,500,000 bushels in 1917 and
52,920,O00 bushels in 1916. The farm
reserve of oats in the u. S. remaining
from the 1913 crop Of 1855, $4,000
bushels is .587,G53,OOO bushels COM
pared with sos, 10000 bushels year
l,,rbn1r -, TOT r a11n
598, 900 bushels in 1916.
The North Dakota barley reserve on
farms remaining from the 1918 crop
of 37,2Sl 900 bushels is 14,l670O0
bushels compared with 100000 bush.
els last year, 6,l5O,0O0 bushels in 1917
and l3,92O,OOO bushels in 1916. The
IS. barley reserve on farms remain
ing from the 1913 crop of 256, 1878, 900
bushels is 81 ,784,000 bushels compared
with 43,404,OOO bushels year ago,
1924, 900 bushels in 1917 and $780,
900 bushels in 1916.
North Dakota corn reserve remain
ing from the 1918 crop of 9,196,0O0
bushels is placed at $4,000 bushels.
Much of this corn is of rather low
quality. State corn reserve a year
ago was $4,000 bushels compared
with l,487,OOO bushels in 1917 and
100000 bushels in 1916. The u. S.
corn reserve remaining from the 1913
crop of 582,814,0 900 bushels is esti-
mated to be $50, $4,000 bushels of
good quality corn compared with l.
292 10000 bushels last year of poor
quality corn, 782,303,0O0 bushels in
1917 and l,116, 559,OOO bushels in 1916.
A survey Of the average value per
acre of farm lands in the state shows
poor pillow lands to be worth $2750,
good pillow lands $4,000, all plow lands
$1,000, all farm lands with improve
ments $4,000, all farm lands without
improvements $500 per acre. Ex-
cepting poor plow lands which only
show a gain of $3.50 per acre, this
survey indicates an increased valua-
ton of $500 per acre for all classes
of farm lands over year ago. A re-
view Of the increase in land values in
recent years shows that the annual
increase has ranged from $3.50 to
$500 per acre, the ratio of increase
being the lowest Of all classes FOR poor
pillow lands and the highest foc good
p!ow lands. This condition is more
marked annually showing a decided
tendency on the part of the lani tuye~
to demand quality.
A. J. SURRATT,
State Field Agent.