The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-14

cr,p conditions in North Dakota have !
al Toast maintained the same hiGh |
level attained August lSt, especially !
i this true Of cereal crops, IS the ,
inrornlation released today bE tNe
C,rand Forks office Of the DIVISION +
# Crop and Livestock Estimates OF
the United States Department OF !
Agriculture. ., ,,o.
The entire month Of August was .
most favorable for the rapla az
yanccmcnt Of farm work and thre'h- :
inc. on September lst was pcrhaP" (
farthcr along than any othcr recent
year on that date. "
Tnday's estimate placed the North
Dakota Spring Wheat crop a. ~. (
58l 100 bushels. a condition figure
If ,hou, &c pcr cent or ll.Tj bushels
nor acre. This is about l2,l3o,ooo
hushcl: increase in the pros pcct''c
.,ron during the month OF August ;
Oate was found to be in CONDITION
Of 80 per cent justfYing an estimate
Of % bushels per acre or h,l"-,o"o
bushels for the state, an increase OF
about , Is million bushels during
last month.
harley is now found 10 be IN con
lition If 81 per cent which Ju&t'lie'
about 90. bushels per acre or 90
asJ, 900 bushels for the state when
is 2.Si5.OO0 buShcls increase since
las, mouth Flax seems TO show an
improvement. during August, the con-
dtion now being found TO be % per
cent iustiryinr IN cStlma'" OF '.2'
bushels pcr acre, l0,Oi2 900 bushels
or probably $4,000 bushels more
1han the estimate Of August lst.
Potatoc5 have improved in such a
way that they are now found to he
- per cent Of normal or * bushels
per acre and state production OF
5000 900 bushels which is an I'M
provcmcnt Of POI 600 bushels since
August first in the North Dakota
crop. r
Corn is placed ut "A condition Of
& per cent which justfics an cat-
mate - bushels per acre or a
state production of Il ,93",ooo bu'
Rust is Mild
The condition Of the wheat crop
in North Oak ota u; being revealed by
tho Nrcshcr indicates that many
counties escaped the raVag" of rust
to Il much larger extent than was
earlier anticipated. 1t is true That
the rust epidemic together with the
hca, damaged much Of the valley
territory especially reduced the quai'
ity OF the grain.
The northern valley, however, has
finally come through much better
than the territory lying from Grand
Forks south to RicA!and county
likewise the territory west from the
valley aud especially west central
and north has u very fine crop. In
this last mentioned area, there i
I - H., /,
rety aud this crop is yielding very
well indeed and the grain is of {
high quality.
Yields as high AS 80 bushels pc
acre arc not uncommon and many
reports OF wheat weighing G3 pounds
are heard in the above territory. Tit
western one-third of the state ha
not been quite so highly favored ant
there are areas in western Dive
and Williams counties; some spot
in Mckenzie and Mclean and mum
rrouS areas in the western SlOp
region which suffered seriously an
never recovered after the damage o
tho first two weeks in July. In thcs
counties it is not uncommon to fin
Yields of wheat running from > t
g bushels per acre Of Il very poo
quality, though many fields are bet
ter than that.
Most ot the oats is found in tn
eastern onc-third Of the state. Scr
;emher LIST, very near the entire GRO
was in the shock or already threshc
since August was most favorable 70
advancing all farm work. includin
thrcshing. The balance Of the stat
has Il good crop of oats and even tn
western regions that suffered hca
damage have produced REASONABLE
good crop. The previous fivc-yca
average production of oats in Mort
Dakota is 6T,263, 900 bushels.
Barley Good
Barley. - per cent of which
crown in the eastern onc-t bird
We state is in very good shape IA
though some counties report tn;
this crop never ovcrcamc the dan
age of the May and June frost
which is resulting in poor yields an
some very wccdy fields. There wa
considerable idle land which wa
in June and these fields are not u
TO standard.
The condition during August wa
quite favorable for the potato GRO
although many small areas rcportc
hat absence of precipitation durin
the month retarded growth and thos
areas where some rain fell rcportc
that the moisture re-cSta blishc
growth and thus hindcrcd the m;
turing of the crop. a small porto
Of the crop has been dug, and is &,
ing TO market.
The labor situation seems to ha,
improved somewhat. from the en-
ploYers viewpoint from one mont
ago. the ratio of supply to deman
ut this time being 99.IS while Augu
LIST This ratio was 9S.05.
Conditions since August fst ha,
caused prospects September LIST
he revised as follows; first figul
is the September lst condition. II
second figure is the August LIST fiji
urc: Tame hay $3.50 per cent; cl
yer 900 per cent; alfalfa SIS
per cent: pasture 67-SO Der Ger