The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-03
FARM PRODUCT
|. VALUES LESS
DURING 1923
lump in Wheat Crop Causes
Lower Money Valuation, Is
Agriculturist's Report
ORN ACREAGE GREAT
Iaxseed Acreage Also Was
'One of the Greatest in the
History of State

the farm value Of nine principal ,
ops in North Dakota in 1923 est
hted at S141,3lG,OO0 is $73,509,OOO
low the value Of those crops in
122 and $9l 1885, 900 below their D.
ar averaged value for the
Rod of l9l4-19lS, according to
report issued today by j. G. Dia-
1ad. Grand Forks, Agricultural
atistician for the u. s. Division OF
on and Livestock estimates. The
TX Of the slump in values is attrl-
lted by the report to the low value
the 1923 wheat crop which is plac-
at S50.4lS,00 compared with 81
10000 in 1922; $l51, 100000 in 1919
vi Sl20. 1872. 900 the l914-l9lS aver
ie. All crops except corn and flax
lcording to the report have lower
rm values compared with 1922, due
incipailv to reduced yields. The
lport follows:
rrOTAL VALUE-Nine principal
oops in North Dakota in 1928 had Il
1rm value of Sl4l, $4,000 compared
lth S2l4,S25,O00 in 1922; $500, l57,-
to in 1919 and $233 .051 900 the aver
CO value of these crops during the
Rod l9l4-l9IS. The bulk of the
Imp in the total farm value of the
'23 crops is due to the poor wheat
Cop which this year was worth $780,
IS. 900 compared with $l13,95G,O00 in
c22; Sl5l, 20O,OO in 1919 and $l20,-
10000 the l9l4-l9lS average. All
ops except corn and flax in 1923
ow lower farm values than year
20. the decrease however, being less
6 the case OF potatoes and the hay
,,ops. Corn in 1923 with farm
pluc Of 5,232, 600 shows Il gain of
1861 900 compared with last year
Cd flax valued at $l7,859,0O0 tops
Oe 1922 value by $7,491 900 and the
+Il9 value by $4.G73,00O.
Value BY Crops
VALUE BY CROPS Spring wheat
tlo,448 900 1922, $ll3,956,O OO); Flax
h7,S59,O0O 1922, $l0,368,00O; Cats
fr5,379,OO0 1892, $2O,489,O00); Corn
15.232,OO0 1922 1l,36S,OO0); WILD
ny, S12,933 900 1922, $4,000, OO0)
Vine Hay, $ll 100000 1922 $12,
$4,000; Barley, $9,051 900 G92:
f.0,O25, OOO); Rye, $4,s22,O0O (l922
7,388,000O; Potatoes, $4,590,0Ot
1,922, $3.50, 5000.
CACRE ADMINISTRATORS, 5000
Compared with $279O in 1929; Sl00.8'
is 1919 and $63.5G the l9l4-18 aver
re; Corn, $500 compared with $14,
-, in 1922; $4G20 in 1919 and 1882
lie 19l4-18 average; Flax, $lG3
impaired with 1890 in 1922; $20.2
m 1919 and $1S.5G, the l9l4-1S aver
o,e; Tame Hay, $10.19 compared wit
2.07 in 1929: Sl4.10 in 1919 an
O.49 the 1914-18 average; Barley
SC.65 compared with 1894 in 1922
g:2.43 in 1919; and $12.69 the 1914
", average; Oats, $6.44 compare
til S8.5S in 1922; 5000 in 1919 an
"O.85 the 1914-18 average; Sprin
SCheat sell compared with $l2.69 j.
%; $16.63 in 1919 and $l5.82 tn
O4-191S average; Wild Hay s5.4
impaired with $5.24 in 1922; STAT
- 1919 and SSH the 1914-191S aver
Ole; Rye. 1914 compared with 500
tn 1922; $9.6S in 1919 and $14.73 tn
St14-19lS average.
~ Corn Acreage Higher
1.-THE acreage of corn for 1928
aced at $4,000 as compared t
5000 in 1922 and $4,000 for tn
arly average between 1914 an
owls. The average yield was put 6
IS bushels per acre for 1873, whic
LIS above the 27.5 average yield fC
t1l22, 33 for 1919 and 1913 for tn
| trprling average from 1914 to 49,
Wheat acreage was S,262,000
%, S,98O,OO0 in 1922, 9,09S,000
a19 and an average of 1911, 900 eac
uar from 1914 to 1918.
brittle change is shown in the oat
In a ceage, while the barley acreae
is 1861 900, nearly 100000 acre
owe 1929 but less than the 1911.
pals average.
lbaFlaXseed acreage was 1894 900, TT
IAnatest acreage in years. In 1922
IS 521 900, in 1919 it was $4,000
ID from 1914 to 1913 it average
a 5000 acres.