The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-02
SENATOR FRAZIER HAS INTERESTING
STORY IN APRIL "0UTDOORS PICTORIAL

do with me state ag.@culs lral pros
pcGity and the average EImbcr o.
DAYS b, ghs sunshine annually Is los;
OF slightly cloudy. X i. ard cloudy.
90
Farming cpcr. ions arc conducted
on il comparatively large scale. there
beng in 1920 a tc,.. Of 1880 farms
~ the STATE with an average acreage
Of tGG acres each. Very few farms
cu,,iprtSc .cSS than 100 acres. 1t i
only recently mat the great Dal-
,.ymplr farm Of l0O. 900 acres has been
din i Il up mao .nalicr tracts and
sold.
The popul.. .ion of North Dakota IN
he laai federal census was Gi6,ia
Of which 5an.io we're native White
and l3l .5O; foreign born white. The
latter are largely of German and
: .andinavian cXtraT ton. he native
Indian population was 6.25i. Al
other RACES total God Our people are
Of h rh type. patriotic and law add
!Lg. 1hr percentage Of prison popa
.aiio on is the lowest in the nation.
Education Is Given AttcntiOn
Spec III attention has been given
the important suhjCct of education
! par CIis,,iy stressed as To rural com
mun;ties where despite lonG distances
! consoIida ED schools have been built
! in many localities. br nging grad and
| high school faci!.teS 20 pupils, As APP.
! bro ,ativc and deserving Of the btS
cdu,a ional advantages rs any IN The
| United States. The percentage 81
| ilitcracy is the lowe: Of any IN ;he
| United States. being about ITO Of enc
per cent. The State University at
Grand Forks and the Agricultural
| College at Fargo are high class. we'll
| cauippcd institutions. There are also
| chools for forestry science. teachers
colleges and normal SCHOOLS so DIS
| tributcd as TO meet the needs Of al
the people.
| Principal agricultural products in
| order Of relative acreage are wheat.
oats. barley. flax, corn, rye. millet
potatoes and sweet clover. A we'll de-
filmed system Of crop rotation and mix
ed farming is practiced. The live
i stock and dairy industries on farm
and ranches are being pushed as rap
idly as economic conditions will per-
NIT. The total value Of 1925 dairy
products, hogs. corn. beef, poultry. po-
/. tatoes, vegetables, honey, alfalfa. and
sweet clover seed. was $l39.ll2.0O0 as
/, compared with the official average
value of North Dakota wheat crt1s
for the five years l92l-l925, inclusive,
| which was Sll.S75.000.
First in Wheat. Flax, Barley
North Dakota stands first in wheat
, production. not only producing two
fifths Of the spring wheat of the
country, but one-fifth Of all its wheat
The state stands first in flax pro-
! duction. producing more than one
third of the total United States crop;
I; first in rye production, the crop
: totalirg onc-third of that for the
:. United States; first in barley produc-
: ton and produces one-fifth OF the
. barley raised in the United States.
North Dakota has. during the past
y five years. advanced from Both tt
= 2lth place in corn production ant
= from 18th to Sth place in potato pro
duction In production of turkeys
North Dakota also takes first place.
The increase in bee production has
been remarkable. From 70S hives il
1920 the number increased in three
years to 1864. The estimated PR.
duction of honey in 1924 was .9OO,O0'
:, pounds. In 1922 the production wa:
l57 pounds to the hive. which was TIL
;, highest Of any state in the Union.
:" North Dakota has vast areas Of LAM
!, underlaid with Ignite coal. The esa.
mated amount is 697 500 100000 tom
the greatest quantity Of coal Of an,
:, state. Much Of this coal lies close t,
y the surface and is easily mined b.
/" farmers or small local operators
= There are also many large, well
!, equipped mines getting out coal at n
y, average cost Of about two dol .ars pc
!" ton. The output now exceeds Il mil
~ lion tons annually. Twenty eight ne'
= mines were opened in 1925. Great de
,'l posits Of highest grade brick and pot
q, tery clays are also being develope
~ and each new year sees other new in
IustrcS coming to the fore