The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-16
THRESHING
IN FULL BLAST
IN NO. DAKOTA
CONTINUED from Page One

\OOheAhuSu AFOHI rage One.J
point to an average. yield of rs t
80 bushels. Potatoes are in fair con
ditiOn, with many poor stands. Fla
is generally spotted, with some goo,
stands, and many weedy fields. In
dications are that the flax crop will
yield no more than 8 bushels pc
acre. A half inch of rain fell on Mon
day, but the remainder of the weel
was favorable for farming ant
threshing."-D> B. Morris, Crane
Forks.
WARD-"Wheat harvest is nearl,
completed, and all other grains ar.
ripening rapidly. 1t is estimated rye
will yield 8 bushels per acre in thu
Kenmare area. The corn locke excep
tionally promising, probably partly
due too lateS heavy rains. Potato
bugs are causing considerable dam.
age. Field after field throughout the
county is being abandoned because OF
this pest. John HUSKY, Mihot.
SLOPE-"Harvest was hindered
this week due to rain and soft
ground. Even the headed stacks were
injured by driving rain. Alfalfa is
setting seed on the we!l-cared for
fields, but is not doing so we'll on
broadcasted fields. Rust has cleaned
up all of the late hard wheat. More
than 1926 inches of rain fell at Am
ldorf, and reports from other dis
trlcts indicate even heavier rainfall,
with much hail."-Chas. Eastgate,
Amidon.
D1VIDE-"Severe hail storms have
ruined about one-seventh of the
wheat crop. Rye threshing is we'll
under way, with the highest reported
yields at II bushels per acre. Corn
and feed crops are in excellent con-
dition, but flax has suffered from
wilt. However, the crop in general
shows prospects for normal yield.
Native pastures are still poor, but
alfalfa and sweet clover are excel
lent. Western sawfly is damaging
the wheat, and frost is doing some
damage to garden stuff. Hail caused
a total loss through the northern
tier of townships over a strip four
miles WIDER. L. Aney, Crosby.
RAMSEY-"Not enough threshiny
has been done SO that yields may be
estimated. Second crops Of alfalfa
and sweet clover need rain, and are
developing but slowly. The same may
be said of other crops. Rain in some
sections of the county will greatly
benefit alfalfa, sweet clover. corn
and potatoes."-E. M. Chally, Devils
Lake.
BOTTINEAU-"Ha Harvesting is in,
full swing, and the rye threshed has
ranged from / bushel to IAN bushels
per acre. Rust has done great deal
of damage, and some fields Of mar
quis wheat will not be cut, although
the durham wheat seems to stand up
all right. Barley, also, is badly in
fected.r Pastures and meadows are
excellent. With 1926 inches of preEi-
pitation this last week, the total
rainfall since June 81 has been IL
fnches.-C. B. Aamodt, Bottineau.
BURKE Wheat harvest is only
about third completed, due to the
cool weather. slowly ripening grain.
Flax prospects are good, and the,
early sown flax will be cut next
week. Corn looks the best in years
with oats also good crop. Pastures
are holding out very well, while Sec
ond crops of sweet clover and alfalfa
are being cut for hay The weather
was cold throughout the week, and
an inch Of rain fell Wednesday. A
thirty-mile strip along the Canadian
border was badly damaged BY hail
Sunday evening. Karl Swanson.
8owbells.
McHENRY-aAll grain crops hut
flax are harvested. Frequent show
ELS during the week have held up
threshing to some extent. Corn has