Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-16
RAIN DELAYS
1|'liRESHlNC IN
NORTHDAKOTA


Reports From Many Coun-
ties Show Wheat Yield
Will Run 10 to Is Blu.
Reports from county agents in
many sections sof North Dakota for
the past week have shown hat rain
has interfered with threshing opera
tions and that the. wheat yield in tho
state will run between 10 and Is
bushels per acre. Damage by hail
Is reported in some sections while
frost is reported to have done some
damage to the corn crop.
Reports from a number of county
agents follow:
:. 'Rlchlapd County.
Local rains fell over the county
during the week. Although there have
been quite a number Of high yields
wheat will average about ten buLnels
to the acre. The quality is good. Oats
have turned out much better than
was expected and the county's crop
should average 80 bushels. barley ap-
p%roxin1ately IS bushels and flax 20
to rs bushels. The corn crop has suf-
fered immensely due. to drought, in
ecme localities it will he poor and in
others good. There will be plenty Of
corn for fodder and ensilage, but It is
r question whether, much \ will be
husked in the field. A few potatoes
have been dug. Indications are that
the yield will be greatly reduced. A
light frost was general owe the
ty Saturday night. but there has been
little or no damage to corn.
Hettinger County.
Gardens and corr damaged by frost
In many places on the night of Sep
TENDER 9. Threshing is we'll a~dyancedI
oats, barley and flax are behind the
wheat, although considerable has
been turned 4out. A conservative esti-
mate will put wheat at is bushels,
rye ~ bushels, oats 40 bushels and
barley 80 bushels. There is more ripe
corn which can be saved for seed than
In many years. Cutting M silo filling
has begun. Alfalfa aid sweet clover
fields look fine with good prospects
Of carrying through the winter. Seed
crops look promising. More potatoes
have been raised than for some time.
They are quite free from disease and
of good quality, Quite severe frost hit
the. corn and other tender crops Sep
TENDER 0; damage was not as great
as was expected
Pembina County.
Weather has been very unfavorable
for threshtng. Much grain has started
growing and it has been raining most
of the week, Wheat is about rs per
cent threshed and the balance will be
OF very poor quality due to heavy
rains and hot weather. Much grain
has sprouted in the shock. A low
grade of wheat will be threshed from
the balance of the crop. Much of h
flax has been cut and shocked. Ppta-
toes will probably average IS to IS
bushels to the acre. Digging will start
in a week. Sweet clover pastures are
giving plenty OF feed; alfalfa has been.
cut twice and in. some cases three
times. & f
Foster County. I.
Weather during the first four days
of the week was rainy and there~wa "a
rainy weather will in all probability
lower the wheat grades. There ares
probably 10 to IL days of threshing
left, which would mean that only
about one-third of the threshing has
teen done.
Pastures and meadows are fair.
Spring wheat will average 8 bushels;
oats IS bu., flax 8 bu. and barley IS
bus r.....
Bottineau County.
Corn froze Saturday night when the
temperature, reached rs degrees.
Threshing over the county Is just
started in some communities and has
reached SO per ent in others. Rye
yields average about 20 bushels.
wheat 10 to IA bushels, with an aver
age estimated at between Is and II
bushels an acre The quality has been
excellent, grading No. l in many cas-
es. Rains over the county have caus-
ed some Of this grain to sprout and
will in some cases cut down the grade.
Oats and barley turned out fairly well.
No flex has as yet been threshed. but
the crop will yield from a to 1S BUSH
els. Corn was maturing rapidly VIXEN
nit by frost Saturday night. Judging
from the small amounts of potatoes
dug In parts Of the county. the yield
Will be, from 100 to 125 bushels an
acre,
4 Barnes County.
Considerable rain during the wee
has stopped threshing operations. All
grain crops are harvested with grain
crops more than half finished; potato
crop Is light, will probably average
about 50 bushels. Flax crop Is poor
with q yield of s to 10 bushels an acre
anticipated. Corn is mature, a mum
ber OF silos are filled and more is b.
ing cut for fodder. A. considerable
acreage Of rye has been seeded. Pas.
lures have improved during the week.
Frost on Saturday night did consid-
cradle damage to corn.
s.. LaMoure County.
Crops are rs pei cent threshed CIV
Ing yields that do not bear out the
first estimate. Averages are about as
follows: Common wheat IL bushels:
durum wheat; IA bushels; rye IL
bushels, oats 80 bushels, barley 20
bushels.
Towner County.
There has been rain nearly every
night and less than a days threshing
has been done in most parts of the
county during the week. About 20 per
cent soS the threshing has been com-
pleted and practically all of the grain
in the field has been shocked. Yields
ure reported as Follows: Wheat, IS to
JIG bushels; oats, 80 to 40 bushels;
rye an average Of about Is bushels;
flax probably 10 to IL bushels.
Wells County.
Due to continued rainy weather
practically no threshing has been
donesthe last IL days. The county still
has about three-fourths OF It's thresh-
ing to do. Continued wet weather Is
bleaching the wheat and will no.
doubt lower 1t one and probably two
grades. From present indications the