Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-09
GRAIN CROP IS
ONLY HALF NORMAL
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than the southern part. The eastern
half Of the state which showed up
f~avorably last month has suffered
from all the damage factors men
toned above especially rust. Crop
In this area range from 40
able reports coming from the north.
ern part of the state. Grasshoppef
damage which was more or less spot
ted over the entire state has been esl
pecially sereve In Bottineau, McHen-
ry, Pierce. Mclean and in the vicinity
of Dunn, Stark, Hettinger and slope
counties. The above comments will
apply in . general way to all small
grains and max, especially wheat, oats
and barley. Grain feed crops are fair
eastern half but light in western halt
OF state where an unusually large
4cerage Of oats was cut for hay to
close OF July rye harvest was COM
pleted and about one-third Of state
acreage OF other small grains VS. cut.
Corn 10 Good.
The corr crop stands out as dis
ttnctly favorable and is the best crop
in the state. Condition is especially
favorable in the eastern two-thirds OF
the state where the crop promises an
SAOp VI o60 0AA
frost hold off until the usual time the
state will have a favorable crop OF
mature corn.
Excepting in a few scattered coun-
ties, rye yields are below average and
vary sharply according to hopper
damage and moisture conditions. Ex-
IRENE heat and drought hastened
maturity and kernels are small and
guilty is inclined to be below aver
age. Grass hopper damage to rye
kernels has been heavy and hoppers
are still damaging rye in the shock.
Farmers are threshing or stacking
Their damage. 3
Flax with a large acreage in the
drier part Of the state was heavily
damaged in July by drought and hop
pers, and to some extent by wilt. Con-
dition tapers from either spotted or a
failure in extreme western counties to
a favorable crop in eastern counties.
Grashoppers have been a damage fac
tor continuously in fax and have beer
especially active since the crop has
boiled in clipping off the bolls. Some
Improvement is expected in flax con.
dition from recent rains. The ad,
vancement Of the crop ranges from
the boiled to mature stage.
.a Potatoes Decline.
The condition of potatoes owing tt
both drought and bugs shows a mark
ed decline for the month. Crop j.
spotted with a few counties showing
a crop outlook above average. Con
dition Is extremely poor in southwest
The early crop over. the state did no.
set well and while the late crop will
no doubt show some improvement
following recent rain the state potato
prospect is below average.
Hay Increases.
The acreage of wild hay for tn.
state is nearly as large as last year
Practically evcay available acre of ha!
land will be cut. Tame hay acreage
is substantially increased over a veal
ago owing to the unusually large mil
let acreage own this season, as vel
as in increased acreage of oats fol
hay. The condition of all hay while
poor in the western counties range!
from fair to very favorable in the re
mainder of the state and for the state
as a whole is up to average. Recent
rains will improve hay prospects tt
some extent and much late hayins
will be done. The state as a whole
has ~noticeably the best hay crop Of
the past three years. Pastures while
short are showing rapid improvement
following the recent rains. Stubble
feed Is better than usual this season
and will soon be available for grazing
within, a short time The detailed
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