The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-09-17
HARVESTERS IN
SLOPE COUNTRY
DRIVE FORWARD
Season Nearing Close in Some
Places as Bins and Elevators
Fill With Grain
GOOD BUSINESS FUTURE
Radical Change in Agriculture
Forecast as Big Develop
ment of Slope Country

Harvest is in full blast in western
North Dakota.
In many places it is nearly fin
ished, and bins and elevators are fill
ing up with the products of the fer
tile prairies. ~
A review of conditions through the
state, and especially the western
part, indicates that with a good av-
erage crop, in spite of spotted condi-
tions, an immense. bound toward re-
covery from a period of uncertain
production has been made. e..
Business will be teeming this fall
throughout the Slope country Of
which Bismarc is the hub. With the
end of the agriculture season, the lig
mite coal fields in this section are
expected to be run to full capacity
Shortage Of labor has interfered with
summer production, but with scar
city of eastern coal and demand for
Ignite, and as workers are released
from the harvest fields, it is expect
ed that there will be a big increase
in the coal mine payrolls.
Sec Radical Change.
ACiC dJC lldly ClOoC ODCCl SCl
who believe that there will be rad
ical change in western North Dakota
in the next decade. which will add
greatly to it's store of wealth. A
turn back to livestock is predicted
Dairy Products.
During the year ending June 80,
1919, North Dakota farmers pro-
duced dairy products of value OF
approximately $50,0O0,00O, said ..J. J.
Osterhous, state dairy commissioner
today A slight decrease during the
year ending June 30, 1920, is to be
succeeded by a revival during the
next year that will establish new
!. marks, it is believed. }"
During the year ending June 80
1919, buying agencies reported an in
creases Of 1873 per cent in dairy pro.
Ducts" said Mr.. Osterhous. "The in
crease in that year alone over the
preceding year amounted to more
than the total amount of dairy pro-
ducts five years ago. About so per
cent of the total amount produced is
marketed and the balance is used
around farms"
Turn to Livestock.
"There is general realization Of
the fact that more attention must be
paid to livestock and dairy farming,
as one-crop farming is shown too
hazardous. We need cultivated crops
to conserve moisture and no better
advancement can be made than by
increasing the number Of dairy cat
tie.
An era of silo building is believed
in prospect by Mr.. Osterhous. =, The
COW bill has not been of practical
use yet, he said, having become ef-
fective only July IT,, but many in
'quiries are being received, and in the
fall and winter much use will be
made of it, he believes. ....
Total Acreage. . IT,.
The total acreage of all crops in
the state in 1919 is shown to be H..
55,749 by statistics compiled this
week by the state department Of ag-
riculture. Aside from the grain
crops the statistics show that poul
try and eggs to the amount Of $2,712,-
7S1.1S was produced on North Da-
kota farms. E...,:...
The immensity of the farming area
of the state is shown by the tigurss
on production for last year, not q
good year, The oats crop amounted
to 100000 bushels, the corn crop
amounted to 1,729,266 bushels, spring
rye, 469,649, barley, 9,S795S5. winter
rye, 10,427, ,3O9. flax, 2,195,6S4, win
ter wheat, $1,000, durum wheat, 49,
40 1Q6. snrinQ wheat 20 2S2 OIL