The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-25
500 FORECASTS
LARGEHARVEST
Railroad Agents Report Excel.
lent Crops Along Lines With
Harvest Near

Observations made by agents Of
the 500 Line railroad in North Da-
kota point to one Of the largest har-
vests in recent years, a, ording to
W. D. Boyce. Bismarck. superintend-
.rt Of TIE Missouri rive division.
Danger from rust is considered
past in maly sections of the state,
Boyce said. In several sections fields
infected with rus were found but the
oss will be nominal. A. Forman,
where few fields showed signs of
black stem rust specialist .urried
from Chicago to make scientific
examination OF the pl~nts.
Afte- spending several d-ys in the
Forman localitr the specialist said
he had found parts of several fields
which were affected ut that the
wheat had headed out in goo, shape
and the stalks were s" strong that
the damage would be small.
A telegram sent b. Boyce to rail-
road headquarters. bearing on the
North Dakota crop Slt-atlOh, fol-
lows:
Sanish Crops Excellent
"Crop conditions continue favor
able. Had from l-2 to 3 inches of
rainfall over this dl.is'Cn last week.
Heaviest in territory from Drake to
Sanish. S,rle reports were had Of
grain lodging and low places getting
favorable weather it will come out
all right. Weather the last three
days has been ideal for all crops.
No srbstan ial reports of black rust
that caused damage. Expect to start
cutting rye, oats an tAre in ter
ritory between Hawkins N end Wi
shek he last this week. Harvest
will be general in nest 10 days to
two weeks. Harvest of wheat is ex-
pected to star. in territory from
Hank ,son to Wishek in 10 days to
two weeks anu in remain Ter of ter
ritory fro 1 three to four weeks"
Barring hail damage or severe
rust. the crop in the vicinity Of
Ryder 81 Guild show an increase of
10 to Is ptr n ir the number Of
shells per acre CO. lparc t. last
year. a report said.
Farmers in this ter tory believe
that the present condition { crops
points to a bumper harvest, the For
man report said. There is plenty
of moisture to .ast all OF August
without further rainfall Farmers
in this localit. re very optimistic
and business men feel that a large
volume Of business is assured"
Farmers have already begun pur-
chasing improved machinery for
their farms and plan to pay for it
from this seasons crop. If crops
c-me through j.. as good condition as
indicated there will be a large
amount Of money available for i'm
provements of all kinds"
Benedict Wheat Good
All grain in the vicinity of Bene-
die is making splendid Roadway and
filling out in good shape. said the re-
port from that place. Wheat is
headed and the rye harvest i'll COM
mence in abou three weeks. Corn
is not advancing very fast due to ex-
cessive moisture anl cool weather.
Weather conditions during the last
week have been favorable to all
grains, said report from Napoleon.
The present condition of wheat. corn,
oats. barley and lax is reported as
good and t e condition of rye is fair.
Due to a poor start. the rye harvest
will not be as good as last year. The
rye yield is exne-ted tc be about so
per cent of last years crop. About
100000 bushels o, grain will be har-
vested from that locality. the report
quotes farmers as SAYING.
Wheat, oats. barley d rye are
in the Lest condition here for Is
years. said report from Kings
berc. Corn and flax has been de-
layed somewha' by heavy aims which
have prevented cultivation. Farm
ers have feared black rust because of
the heavy rainfall cut no actual
cases of black rlst have developed as
yet"