The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-07-13
NORTHWEST PREPARING TO
HARVEST IT'S GREATEST CROP

Another glorious rain, tOtaling 1.44
inches fell in northwestern North Da-
kota Saturday night and Sunday. The
rain fell steadily for nearly % hours,
and nearly all of it soaked into the
ground which was in need Of addition
al moisture.
With a total of $40 inches of rain
fall in June, this totals up to nearly
five inches in a little more than a
month, coming at a time. when it did
the most possible good.
Sundays rain will not benefit the
rye or early wheat particularly, for
this was far enough along to insure a
good crop without it, but it is Of the
greatest value to the later wheat,
oats, barley, speltz, flax, corn, pota-
toes, hay and pasture.
There are no signs Of black rust in
4ny of the fields to date, tho crop
experts about the state say that there
is black rust at hand, but it has not
shown up to speak of as the weather
some red rust on the leaves, but this
is always noticeable at this time of
the year and does no particular dam
age.
Barring damage from black rust
and hail, we are certain of the great
est crop in the history Of the north
west. We are going to harvest a big
crop anyway, as many Of the rye
fields are ready for the binder and rye
cutting will be in progress generally
the latter part of the week, weather
permitting.
Thruout western North Dakota
there will be terrific growth. Many
fields Of the later wheat stand three
feet or more high and have not even
headed out yet. After wheat begins
to head, it is very apt to make a
growth half again as great.
1t is hard to estimate the yield but
many are predicting that the rye will
run all the way from 20 to 80 bushels
per acre. The heads have filled to the
very tips and the kernels are excep-
tionally large.
E. S. Davis, Of Burlington, reports
that the late rye appears to be much
better than the early, tho the yield
generally bids fair to be big. He ex-
amined one early field and says the
heads do not appear to be filling very
evenly and believes that the damage
was done some weeks ago during the
hot spell. Mr.. Davis says the con-
tinued wet weather is apt to cause
some Of the rye to break down. The
heads are hanging over from their
own weight and the soil is so soft
that the plants may fall down. He
says that in the vicinity Of Burling-
ton and Des Lacs there will not be
much rye harvested inside of week.
Another heavy shower fell in this
section Tuesday shortly after noon.
The roads thruout the northwest are
reported very muddy and cars have
had hard time getting thru at all.
Early potatoes are coming onto the
market. The crop looks like bum
per one. The late potatoes have
hardly begun to set, but the yield is
expected to be heavy. a
Corn has made a remarkable
growth. Usually when the wheat
crop is heavy, there is not such a
good yield of corn, due to the cooi
weather necessary for the wheat, but
this year many fields of corn stand
knee high and the color is excellent.
A very little damage was done by
the light frost Of last Thursday
night, in spots. Some corn fields
show slight yellow spots, but the
damage is said to have been negligi-
BILE.
There is quite wide area in South
Dakota, said to have suffered from
drouth. With continued winds from
that direction, some damage could still
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