The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-30

son experienced mt any place in the
state II has in fact been the worst
crop year within the memory OF our
pioneers and the nearest 10 Il lallurc
Of corn thai We have ever seen. But
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no good, and one good thing that this
disastrous season has brought is n
ability Of the corn crop and greater
appreciation Of It's drouth resistant
qualities. While the grain crop slow
IL w.thercd away and disappeared
III .c~r VOW, ;rad f~ash and preen for
weeks, and even under the continued
heat and drouth it finally did pro-
dnce some crop where even the grass
L@...~.. 1880. s...ca ~.
Certainly it Is time that we came to-
n fuller realization Of the value 0f
Americas greatest native crop, a.
crop which was acclimated here in our
own state for US more than 200 years
ago + The native tribes OF Indians
and \. cll has never completely fail.
ed in al that time. The hardy native
varieties Of corn arc our heritage
froI the Mandan. Arikara and Hidat-
sa Indians. and go long 1s we uscI
them and varieties Of their blood we!
can he reasonably assured Of a crop.
In the several centuries that theset
Indians practiccd agriculture In curl
state they never had n complete fail.
urc and never lost the seed OF al
s-,Sraic one Of their thirteen varieties,
seeds Of nearly all Of which we still
have.
We in Burleigh county have been
raising corn successfully for some
= wears and III suite of the gloomy
announcements of many authorities
in the past that the Northwest would
never be a corn country, it has finally
been fully demonstrated that it not
only is real corn country, but also
that corn is our very safest crop.
Production on Increase
North Dakota is the past few years
has produced as high as 38 million
bushels of corn in one pear. A county
agent .oid me recently that he had
mndc a corn survey Of his county and
found that there was an average Of
about 81 acres of corn to each farm in
the county. Hut he found also very
many fields Of 80. u, and hundred
acres, so it would appear that there
must still be a great many farms on
which no corn at all is being raised.
As matter OF fact the same condition
prevails all over the state, and when
we take that fact into consideration u
corn production of 40 million bushels
coainares very favorably with the pro-
duction in the Corn Belt states. Even
in Montana the corn production has
increased to nearly 10 million bushels,
and the Canadian provinces north Of
us are growing many thousands Of
acres of corn.
\ production of 80 million bushels
of corn ut an average price in recent
years tot.'i about $50, 100000 which
would e about $50 aDiece for each
person in our state. Our production
this rast year totals about 22.O0O,O 900
bushels with value Of something
over Sl7,O0O,000 or about $28 per
capita for every person in the state
A very substantial addition to the
income of each family that would
be, in spite Of the fact that it was
most unfavorablc crop year. But
at present only q small number com.
paratively are receiving this added
income, and it certainly is not going
to the fellow who raises no corr
at ALL
a farmer is, after all. a user Of
capital. an owner Of business, an
investor in machinery, an employer
that makes for cheaper production
will add to his profits just as much
as it would To those OF "A shoe manu-
facturcr or the proprietor of any
other manufacturing business. The
farmer then will profit through in.
creased production and saving in
time and labor by the judicious EN-.
ployment of the best machinery and
the most efficient help and by using
the best proven methods and raising
the best and surest crops.
Corn Raising Necessity
North Dakota has the reputation
Of being u small grain state, bit We
know that is true only in part. W.
know today that at most in only Tho
eastern third of our state can farm
ing be conducted at n profit on !:
small grain basis. The western two
: thirds Of our state is an area wher,
success cones only on the basis u
livestock and diversified farming
Even in the eastern section u cult.
waited. crop is a necessity in small
grain production. and in the rest 81
the state not only is a cultivated croT
n necessity but even more necessary
is a sure and dependable feed crop
No other crop meets the require
meEts for either area in rs profit,
able and satisfactory n way rs does
corn. So in the business Of farmin.
in North Dakota with the Creates
profit, corn must be raised.
Our corn production can never, oil
: course, be as great as that on thu
best farms of the central states, bu'
even today the average per. acre fol
the state is as great as that Of Kan
sas. and when we take into account
comparison of land values it ap
pears that we can really produce corr
just as cheaply as they can in Iowa
The average yield per acre for tn,
state Of Iowa is SO bushels Will,
ours in a good year has run as higl
as q bushels. The difference O.
% per cent is more than counter
balanced by the difference between
! $500 and $25 land.
But if we are to raise corn profit
ably we must raise it right, and trca
it as real crop rather than as al
aftcrthought. The first essential il
-early planting. that is to say, some
time before May 20. No corn was
ever damaged by early planting wher
the proper varieties we're used, ane
planted corn is by far the best.
frost in spring will not seriously in
jure the crop, but q frost in Sep
.tcmber will entirely destroy the late
crop.
Check.row Planter Best
In planting under ordinary condi
tions the checl.row planter is by fal
the best method. There are situa
tions where,4f on account Of soil con
ditions, tho lister may be the best
but in ,nI6st corn countries IL ha
s'gxad,,r',a hecr re~'arad by the check
row. PLATTER. And before planting b.
sure OF your seed; select Il with tn
xreatvst Of care, or buy 6hly thu
best. and in either case test It care.
fully. A grain Of corn Is great dea|
80 - =, mort 4 ~ than 4 Grain ~ whA