The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
NORTH DAKOTA FAR DIIjOgE
FOR NOVEMBER
BY Rex E. Willard, Farm Econonist
North Dakota Agricultural C0lete

pound for their sweet clover seed,
4. Q. b. country points. This II more
than double the price offered last
year. This price increase 10 due TO
shortage in production in North Do.
kota, Minnesota, South Dakota and
Canada, which are the chief sources
Of seed.
BEEF CATTLE
Cattle prices should remain steady
over fall and winter with probable
advances over the present level. In
view of the strength evidenced BY
the market any material decrease in
supplies may be expected to be fol-
lowed by sharp advances in prices.
Prices for western grass cattle
have been somewhat disappointing to
range cattle men, Of late. Light
weight steers have been more profit
able than heavy ones. If feeders re-.
spond 10 this situation as they have
usually done in the past. there will
BE- better demand for light weight
than for heavyweight feeders this
fall, and the present Unfayorablc posi-
tion Of heavy fed steers may be revcr
sed next Summer.
HOGS
The usual seasonal decline in hoC
some time during ,thc Sprinr OF 1927
and indications are that the decline
in prices is not likely to be as great
rs usual. The low point is usually
Seached in December. Fewer hogs
were farrowcd in the spring Of 1926
than Il year earlier and it Is probable
that fewer hows will be available for
marketing this fall than last year.
Ample corn supplies will tend to delay
winter marketings somewhat.
SHEEP
Prices for sheep during the next
twelve months will. probably be slight
~ lower than during the last twelve
months. II receipts Of feeding lambs
continue heavy throughout the month
of October, prices will probably show
further decline. A ten per cent in.
crease in the 1896 lamb crop, equi-
valent 20 about 100000 head of
lambs. IS ,indicatcd for the United
States. Expansion in the sheep busi-
ness is now the rule throughout the
world.
DAIRY SITUATION
The dairy outlook for the balance of
the year and fer 1927 il favorable and
afford Il profitable market for corn,
oats. hay. and other feeds.
POULTRY AND EGGS
The position of the egg market im-
proved materially in September and
the outlook for prices is somewhat
better than the usual trend would
indicate. The dressed poultry market
seems ovcr-crowded and consumption
demand does not absorb all the offers
so that good stock has gone 70 the
frcczers. Trade in frozen poultry is
dull and the prices are weaker. Tur-
keys especially arc moving slowly
Live poultry prices at western points
are working toward lower levels Us
rcceirts increase on the market.
NORTH DAKOTA RllRr.US
With production this year Of
100000 bushels, North Dakota will
require on basis Of present Acrca9c,
about 4,5O7, 900 bushels Of wheat for
food and feed. and about $4,000. 900
bushels for seed, which will leave a
surnlus Of approximately 65 500. 900
bushels, to be shipped out of the state.
North Dakota produces surplus Of
! rye and barley and ships out about
| 10 per cent of the oats, and 40 per
cent Of the potatoes. This surplus is
being maintained with only q little
more than half Of the total land in
farms under cultivation.