The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-06
FIGURES SHOW
EXPANSION FOR
FISCAL PERIOD
Ten-year Report of County
Auditors Reveals Gain for
Diversified Farming
INCREASED PRODUCTION
Greatest Advances Registered
in Produce and Poultry
Sales for Decade

Marked agricultural development
in Burleigh county during the las
ten years is striking!y illustrated j:
comparison Of county statistics
for 1924 with 1914 figures. County
Auditor Frank j. Johnson, act
ing in cooperation with H. p
Goddard, secretary of the Bis
marck Association of Commerce. tc
day completed tabulation Of produc.
tlon figures covering the ten-yeal
period in report to the state de.
partment Of agriculture.
Diversified farming has proveG
its value in the Bismarck area u:
indicated in the ten-year compare.
tive report, Goddard pointed out.
Poultry Production Jumps
One of the notable features of the
decennial report is the increase in
production of milk, cream, and poul.
try, while during the course of the
decade Burleigh county advanced to
corn producing region of the state.
Although wheat production led all
other crops, statistics indicate it is
rapidly coming to be only one source
of the farmers wealth in North Da-
kota.
ihe acreage for 1925 is S9,332
acres hard spring wheat. and 25,353
acres Of durum, q little increase over
last year.
A slight decrease in flax ACREAGE
is shown. the 1925 acreage being 49,
J52 compared with 1870, las. ,e =.
Oats shows little increase, as does
barley, wnite wInCer rye u.creaseu W
10 :IsO acres
The corn acreage for 1925 is given
as 2.,lOl, which Is decrease Of 1000
acres. Other acreage is similar to
that of the previous year.
The comparison shows during last
year farms Of Burleigh county pro-
duced for sale 672.2l2 pounds Of
milk and cream as compared to 429,-
463 pounds in 1914, and farmers re
ceived $299.9%2 for milk and cream
as compared to $67,769 ten years
ago, when prices were lower.
The number Of cows multiplied
during the period from 5,O27 to g.
s42, the records show.
Combined sales of poultry and
eggs alone in 1914 is gwen in state
statistics as $2G,36G.72, while last
year $6l.S35 was received from sale
OF poultry alone. no record OF egg
sales being given.
The acreage under cultivation has
increased. There were l89,745 acres
of land under cultivation in 1914 as
against 2s8.74S in 1924. Spring
wheat acreage was 69,sG2 in 1914
and increased to 1906 in 1924, dur
um acreage increased from 8,959 to
l9,005 in 10 years.
F'"v increased frOr, 1O 1868 acres
to l6,978 acres in the decade.
Corn acreage was boosted from
1921 to $685. and alfalfa, 6'2 acres
TO 730 acres last year.
Report Table
The statistical report for
Burleigh county for 1925 fol-
lows:
Total acreage of farms, 499,343.
Number acres under cultivation,
2S8,74S.
Agricultural products for !
1924. /
Spring wheat, 75,1o6 acres sown,
II ,456 acres harvested, 9S2,428 bush
els harvested.
Durum wheat, 1906 acres sown,
1905 acres harvested, 1886 BUSH
els harvested.
Flax, 16,968 acres sown, 1917 acres
1886 bushels harvested.
Oats. 22,1l6 acres sown, 2O,551
acres harvested, 575,894 bushels har-
vested.
Barley, 1850 acres sown, 1926
acres harvested, 255,6O1 bushels har-
vested.
Hull-less barley, five acres sown,
five acres harvested; 80 bushels har-
vested.
Spring rye, 6l5 acres sown, GOO
acres harvester, 10,5l7 bushels har-
vested.
Winter rye. 1915 acres sown in
1923, 18,4O5 acres harvested, 248,236
bushels harvested.
Speltz, 4,S44 acres sown, 4,S3o
acres harvested, l0,5l7 bushels har-
vested.
Corn, 3o,592 acres planted; 2o,ls6
acres husked, producing 25S,236
bushels.
Potatoes. 764 acres planted. 5s,-
220 bushels dug.
Tons prairie hay cut, 32,403. The
hay acreage includes 4,434 acres of
nillet, 1884 of sweet clover, 40 Of !
clover, 231 of timothy, 730 acres of
alfalfa, and 369 of bronze grass.
The dairy production for 1924 is
,iven as follows: number pounds of
outter made in families, 1867;
number pounds cheese made in FAM
lies, 1O,105; number pounds milk
;old, 1,2O9,292; number pounds cream
;old, 672,212; amount received for
milk and cream sold during 1924,
;299, ,932; amount received for but
er made on farms and sold, $l3,907;
lumber of cows used for milking in
9o4, 6,842; number of silos, 20.
The report shows that the value of |
attle and hogs fattened for home
lse last year was b9,167, and amount
eceived for cattle, hogs and sheep
old for market last year was $685. I
$3.50. Horses, brought $17,47l on
he market. The value Of all kinds I
4 stock bought by farmers during
he year was SOL ,sO8.
There were 62,091 chickens on the !
arms in 1925. and in 1924 poultry ,
$64.835.55 revenue for
armerS. Il