Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-12
SURRAlH MAKES
CROP REPORTS
FOR REQUIREMENT
Conditions in State Review
ed by Statistician, Togeth-
er with Value Of Lands. .

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Andrew j. surratt, statisticiaH 5
the following detailed report covering
conditions in North Dakota yester-
day.:
Wheat and barley reserves on.
farms are about average. corn and
oats reserves above average, and land
values show a little change from last
year according to the March / report
OF the q: $. sRureeaau Of Crop Estimates
re Marsh i government report Is
always 81. national interest. Especially
to producers as 1t serves as a spring
inventory of. grain. reserves on farms
preceding the planting OF the new
For both North Dakota and
the United States this report shows
heavier farm reserves than would or
dinarily obtain following productions
Of the size produced in 1920. The pro-
duction ofa corn and oats was above
below average in.the United States
last season. Corn was the only. grain
crop In North Dakota In, 1890 show
Ing a yield above average. The lib
eral reserves Of grains ON farms
shown for the country asa whole Is
offset to some extent by the fact that
reserves on hand in the, large storage
centers are less than usual. The
primary cause Of this unusual situa-
tion in North Dakota in the instance
Of wheat is largely due to wheat
prices being extremely unsatisfactory
70: farmers following the. high cost; Of
|plOdtctionH in 1880 which.<has anotice-
ably slowed up the movementsto mar
ket. Fhe rather liberal feed grain. re-
serves shown for the state are at
itributed to unattractive market prices
of these crops ample supply OF hay
and roughage as Il rule. heavy fall
marketing OF live stock and extreme
" mild winter causing feed grain re-
quirements to be less han usual.
Farm reserves in this state, are rather
|unevenly distributed varying from
well above'the average in the eastern
counties to below average In the westt
.ern countfes for'is aHhe and from
above" averageNgin' the southeastern
quarter of the state to- average as q
rule In central and southwestern por-
tons. and a short supply in northern
counties for oats and barley. The
heavy increase in corn acreage last
season is also a contributing factor to
the corn reserve in this state being
Q above average.
Corn Reserve c.so1,oOO Bushels.
The March l corn reserve on farms
in North Dakota is estimated to be Il
Per cent or 2.9O1.0 900 bushels COM
pared with 2%ses2.0oo" last year and
$4,000 bushels m 1919 The Corn re-
serve Tor the United States is estimat.
Cd, to be ass pei cent OIL .572, 1897, 900
Bushels compared with 1.O70,677,0 600
bushels last year and 2 900
bushels in 1919. ~
The North Dakota wheat reserve
remaining on farms from the 1926
crop OF s .4OO,O0OE bushels is estimat-
ed to DO 26 per cent or. I~7,7S4,00O
bushels compared with 11,795,0Oo
bushels last year and 20,078, 900
bushels in 1919. Seed. requirements
in recent years in North Dakota have
On this basis h commercial reserve
ons farmsisine,, this state would he
slightly more than s.o00.600 bushels,
U. S. wheat reserve is placed at 1854
per cent. or 207,59 900 bushels COM
pared to l~64,624.00O bushels last year
and ~12S,7O3,000 bushels in 1919.
Oats Reserve Big.
The state oats reserve remaining on
farms from the 1920 crop of 59.64O,-
600 bushels is estimated to be AZ per
cent. or 2S.O31 600 bushels compared
to 12.2SS.0 600 bushels last year and
26;O20,0 900 bushels in 1919. U. 8. oats
reserve 45.2 per cent or $50, 1856 900
bushels compared to AIS. 9S3, 900
EbSsheisss IL lba1 is1sSI ssaass s 2Ha ,Sso e%Sf5aiee
The Barley reserve in North Dako-
TIA remaining or farms from the 1890
,crop of 1860, 900 bushels is IS per
cent, or 7.93&00O bushels compared
to 3,73S,000 bushels last year and IA
1877, 900 bushels in 1913. u. S. barley
reserve on farms 34.6 per cent or 3d.
1876, 900 bushels compared to So, S4S,-
900 last year and ~S1,746,0 0 bushels
in 1919.
Value of -ands.
A survey of the average value per
acre OF farm lands in this state shows
tthe following values for the different
classes Of lands: Value per acre. of
poor pillow 'lanas.; MarcheHI, 1921.
$4,000: 1920, 31.00;Ge1919, $3.50;
Igoodiplow lands 1921. $4,000; 1920,
$4,000; 1919, $4,000. All plow lands.
1921. $4,000; 1920, $4,000; 1919.
5000. All farm lands, with i'm
rrovements. 1921. 5000; 1920.
$4,000; 1919, $4,000. All farm lands
without improvements, 1921, $40.0 90:
1920. $4,000; 1919. $500. -
According to the returns from an
inquiry covering cash rents for typi-
cal rented farms; the average cash
frentI per9acre for such farms for. the
state Is AslloWn ITO be about So. 90. per
faefe!!iETiie average value of rented
farms for the state is reported to be
$43.60t per acre" I
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