Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-13
Seeding Started
On Farms in All
Parts Of State

with good weather. seeding VIII com
renee within the next few days. The
land is In excellent condition n
there is very little water in the field.
The acreage will be slightly less thar
in 1920 as the farmers have agreed
to reduce the area under cultivation
by 10 per cent. Considerable sweet
clover and alfalfa will be sown in all
sections of Walsh county n the
farmers have declared war on noxious
weeds through summer fallow
method.
cando in Towner county reports
that very little seeding has been lone
in that district yet. but that land con
ditions are very good and the farm
ers will be in the fields within a few
days. The acreage will be approx
imately the same as last year, 1t Is
estimated.
In Grand Forks county. seeding
operations have just been started,
with the soil in excellent condition.
The wheat acreage will be between
10 and is per cent under last year
| but the land under cultivation will be
not much over five per cent less than
IN 1920. Sweet clover and alfalfa will
also be own more extensively than
in prevtous years. reports indicate.
To Reduce Acreage.
! ElEICS CVAQLS III IAC va 20
part of the state is in the midst Of
the seeding season but the acreage
will be fifteen per cent less than one
year ago, according to II. r. Dan.
ielson OF Rugby. It is reported that
the soil is in perfect condition.
In Foster county the seeding Is vel
kunder way with the usual acreage be.
condition is fair. reports from Car
/ rinpton Last niRhf stated.
Seeding operations in Ward county
arc we'll under way this week and the
indications are that there will be 8
decrease Of about IS per cent in the
wheat acreage. To offset this The
farmers are planning increased acre'
age for corn. potatoes and hay
Weather conditions are ideal, tn
snow Of last week putting the SOY !.
S wases paid io laboreq. range. .ns 1 from ;s'
to $45 a month. There 10 an owe
supply OF married men who seei
work for themselves and their wives
;. Land is Excellent.
In Barnes county the condition o
which is on in full blast in every sec
ton since Monday. The acreage i
: practically the same al last year witt
!, the wheat acreage running five to tel
per cent lower than In 1920. In tn
, extreme southeastern district, Rich
. land county, seeding is in great prog
, ress and in the south and wester
y have nearly finished their work. TIL
acreage compares favorably with LAT
year and il there ia to be a reductfo
i 1t will be very small, according to !
= A. Burton, county auditor.
In the southwestern district aroun
Bowman county the land is rattle
dry but seeding operations are we
h under way. The wheat acreage
somewhat lower, probably forty pe
e cent while the general acreage to I
cent under that Of 1920.
ii Acreage Normal
Any failure Of Morton. Dunn
Grant counties to plant ~ large
acreage to grains as in former yea
Is not due to any %intension on q
and fight" but to lack of funds
hire additional farm labor. Caref
estimates by real estate men a,
county agents place the acreage II
year practically up to normal
wheat, and other grains, larger
potatoes and other vegetables ana e
pecially increased on sweet Glove
. corn anu oLuSr ao0UcI CSoPs AOO
- one hundred Morton county farrne
occurred federal aid in buying see
Il Farmers in this section, especial
hard hit by drouth and prices dro
ping on the grain they held throul
Ladd and Lemke advice. do not &c
Z orally farm areas as large as in r
River valley, consequently able
do most of the work themselves, ne
naally, and hired labor is the exc
ton. The Missouri slope counts
generally will plant all possible a