The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-04
NORTH DAKOTA
LEADS j. s. IN
CROP OUTLOOK
Other States in Central
West Suffer From Lack
of Moisture
BY w. T. Buchanan

Former Newspaper man and Press
Agent.
If you should ask the average man
on the street today as to what he
has on his mind in the main he will
tell you right away that it is the
crops-their condition and what sort
Of yield will we have. He feels this
way simply because he knows that
his salary, his profits and his forth
coming prosperity will be tied up
with the proposition. No crops
means no profits, and if he is on a
salary list he is fairly sure of hav-
ing his name scratched from off the
payroll. SO it will appeal to the
business man and the farmer to get
an outsiders view of the crop Of
1926 so far as it has manifested a
disposition to tell it's own story.
During the past four weeks have
travelled all over the western states.
have gone over Iowa, Nebraska,
South Dakota and North Dakota.
1t is very easy to guess. Any man
can do that. I've tried to avoid
guessing. In making this trip !
have had splendid opportunities to
get at the facts. ! have been travel
ing with circus. ! am their press
agent. l. am supposed to find out
about crop conditions for the boss
of the show. Being an old newspa-
per man that has not been very hard
to do.
/ have talked with hundreds Of
farmers, visited hundreds of fields.
travelled thousands of miles and
it would be my guess that we are
going to have very good crop. In
North Dakota | find the best outlook
Of all the states. 1t is better here
than in Kansas, South Dakota Or Ne
blaska. You have had more rain,
and better farming. 1t is an abso-
Lutte fact that your wheat fields are
a week ahead of South Dakota right
at the present time. The stalk is
longer, the plant more perfectly
formed and the roots are so much
more vigorous and spread over I.
much larger area.
In South Dakota there has been a
decided lack of moisture In and
around Mitchell and Yankton there
has been a complete loss Of the pas
lures while here and there fields of
oats, barley and rye have been re
plowed and the farmer is going to
put in a crop of corn. The rains of
the last day or two have helped out
the wheat in that region. Huron is
in better shape and Abe rdeen in
fairly good shape but it is when you
cross the state border line that the
whole situation changes and the
fields look brighter and better. Take
down at LaMoure for instance. The
wheat crop is going to be big. It's
heading out. 1t stands we'll. There
has been plenty of rains and all told
there is no reason to doubt the
Forthcoming yield This is true of
all of the state south of the North
ern Pacific. Over at New England
across the river the crop is all that
could be-expected and at Dickinson
it is just grand
Being with the Robbins Bros. cir
Gus that is coming to North Dakota
for few stands and will be in Bis
marck next Wednesday it of neces-
sity presents the opportunity to eX-
anime into the facts and get first
hand information. The circus /
might add is the largest in the world
giving street parade. 1t has won
derful patriotic pageant called His
toric America.
This takes two hundred people TO
property presGlt to; the, audience
and it is beautiful and gorgeous
spectacular production. All told
the show is worth while and stupen-
duous in it's size, being twice as
large as last YEAR.