Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-26

in good condition, Very hot weather
I%prevailed Wednesday and Thursday,
with cloudy weather Friday and a
light rain.'-E>sA. Wilson, Fargo.
Wells.
Fair weather prevailed during the
week with three cool days and no
rain. Cutting of rye and winter wheat
is general and a. few barley fields are
and velvet chaff wheats were found
but the marquis appears to be far
enough along to be out of danger
from rust. Durum and Kota wheat
have shown no stem4rust to date.
Wilt is damaging potato fields where
farmers planted untreated seed. but
tato crop is good and the yield should
be greatly in excess of that of last
year for the county. Alfalfa Inc
sweet clover pastures are giving an
abundance of excellent feed.-E. w.
Vancura, F~essenden.
Rye harvest is general and pre-
dfctions are for a 25-bushel average
for the county. Winter wheat is be-
ing grown for the fourth year suc-
~cessfully here n most of it is in the
shock at the present time. Spring
wheat Is Tlpenihs III the eastern part
of the county but is later in the west
ern part. Heads are filing well.
Other grains are showing better than
in any cas- of the past five. Corn
is making rapid growth and late
planted potatoes are showing up
good. Very little disease is found in
the late fields. Second cuttings of
unable to keep up with h growth
in the sweet clover pastures. No
rust has> been found. Ravages of
black leg in the potato fields are
about ended. In a few fields the
damage from this disease was heavy.
Plant lice are bad in many potato
fields. Rain fell Friday over the
northern half of the county,. G.
Hathaway. Grafton.
>Mountrail.
EARLY rye has ben cut and harvest
days. AS a rule the yield will be
very good as the heads are excep-
tionally well filed. Wheat is begin
ming to fill we'll with, an excellent
stand prevailing and barring extreme
heat or rust, a good yield should be
realized. Some fields are very weedy.
Stands Of oats and barley are heavy
is looking splendidly and the = early
Acrop is we'll bowled out. Late flax
does not look SO we'll. Much of the
corn is four to five fee tall and is
beginning to tassel, particularly in
the southern part Of the county.
Black leg is taking a heavy toll in the
potato fields. Large tubers are al
looks excellent. Second growths of,
alfalfa and sweet clover are making
splendid progress and pastures and
meadows of both tame and native
grasses are in good condition. Rust
infections have been found but no
damage has been caused by this dis
ease yet.'-A. J. Bradvold, Stanley.
Eddy.
Winter wheat will be ready for
the binder in two or three days.
Berries are well filled and the heads
due to the fact hat most Of this
crop was stubbled in. About 80 per
cent of the durum is in the soft dough
stage. Balance is in the milk. Wild
oats and other weeds are prevalent.
Rye in the eastern part Of the county
is all shocked and cutting \ will be
finished in the western part in a
this crop will yield from 25 to 35
bushels in many instances. A large
amount Of ergot is found. Stubbled
in fields are poorest. Oats. speltz
and barley are filling and the barley
is turning rapidly. Many weeds are
found in these crops. Late blight il
causing a damage running from 20 to
Is per cent in the vicinity of Hamar
and Warwick. Otherwise the crop is
good. About 80 per cent Of the hay
has been stacked and wild hay will
all be put up in two or three days.
Fair weather prevailed during the
week with Thursday and Friday ex-
tremely warm. A few local showers
fell in the east n Of the county,
A. c. Peterson. New Rockford.
Bottineau.
RYE harvest is general and other
grains are filling satisfactorily. Corn
is picking up but disease is increasing
in the potato fields. Pastures and
meadows are in very good condition,
Some grasshopper damage has been