Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-10
Average Is 81 Per Cent OF
Total Sown In United
States; Condition Is 50
Per Cent, Or Four Points
Above Last Year; Gain In
Brood Sows Over a Year
Ago; Labor Situation Bet
ter.

North Dakota's 81 per cent OF the
total rye acreage in the United States,
came through the winter with an
April l crop condition of IS per cent,
according to the crop report issued
Friday by the United States Bureau of
Markets and Crop Estimates n
shown in the April report given u
by J.. G. Diamond, North Dakota sta
tistician. This condition. So per cent,
is 4 points above the April condition
last year; 3 points above the 10-year
average, n in the past seven years
has been exceeded only nee in 1917,
when h April l condition was SO.
The report, which also shows an in
crease in the number of brood sows
and a more satisfactory farm labor
situation, follows:
Got Good Start.
The preliminary estimate of fall
sown rye in North Dakota placed the
acreage at 1907. 900 or 81 per cent of
the total fall sown rye acreage in the
United States. Rye made an excel
lent fall start n entered the winter
with a December 1 condition Of 81
per cent. Moderate temperatures in
January. when the snow cover was
deficient and an ample snow cover
turing inc diteEIlale cotO SpcilS lAdl
followed were favorable factors. At
the end of March. enough snow and
frost remained to make the rye con-
dition estimate difficult in all parts of
the state. reports generally giving
weight to this factor. The April l
condition is estimated to be IS per
cent of a normal, compared with "a
per cent on April l last year, n a 70
year average of IS. For April, this
condition in past seasons back to 1915
has been exceeded only once in 1917,
when it was placed at 80.
Bettcr All Over Country.
The condition of rye in the United
States on April L, is estimated to be
SO per cent Of d normal. compared
with 90.3 per cen on April ! last
year, and a 10 year average Of sS.5
per cent. The indicated production
for the United States on April /. is
69,667,000 bushels. compared with the
estimate of 57,Ss,o0O bushels on
April /. 1921.
No report is made on winter wheat
in North Dakota. The condition on
April / for the United States is esti-
mated to be 7S.4 per cent of a normal,
compared with 81 per cent last year.
and a 10 year average of $40 per
cent. The indicated production on
= = hAS cSoAN - :
$4,000 bushels. compared with the
estimate of 5S7.0S2,00 bushels on
April l last year.
Brood SOws Increased.
The number of brood sows in North
Dakota IN April /, is estimated to be
q per cent more than that of a year
ago, n for the United States, the
number is placed at Ill per cen more
than that of last year, or H. 24, 900.
The situation with respect to farm
labor in North Dakota is generally
more satisfactory than that of a year
ago. The supply of farm labor is es-
mated to pc 3 per cent more than
nat Of a year ago with the demand
s'aced at IA per cent less. Compared
18th he normal, Or 100 per cent. the
:tio of farm labor supply to demand
his season is 1874 per cent. against
16 per cent las e Financing
arm labor again presents what
man. reporters believe to be a prob
lem, and it is evident that farmers
generally, with the help Of their
families and by cooperating with
thtir neighbors. will continue to hold
their hired. labor requirements to a
x minimum.