The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-25
BARBERRY WAR.
GREATLY AIDS.
GRAIN FARMER
North Dakota Men Tell Presi.
dent Coolidge It Adds s Mil.
lions to Income
Especial to The Tribune>


Superior, Wis. Aug. 25.-Rus1
control through the barberry eradi.
cation campaign carried on by the
United States department of agri.
culture is adding more than half q
oushel an acre to wheat yields and
100000 to the annual income
from wheat in North Dakota, Presi.
gent Coolidge was informed TODAY
by c. E. Danielson, Minot, president
and James S. Milloy. Fargo, .ecre.
tary Of the Greater North Dakota
association.
The North Dakota men came to
Superior to pay their respects to the
president. and discussed agricultural
developments in that state with him.
The average annual wheat loss
from rust IN North Dakota was
100000 bushels during the five
year period 19l9-1923. as compared
with average annual loss of s, 900 900
bushels during the 192l-l92S period,
the North Dakota men stated. This
reduction is directly traceahle to the
eradication Of barberry bushes,
which harbor the black stem rust
spores, tney SAID.
The United States department Of
agriculture has been engaged in bar
berry eradication since 1918 in Is
north central states. and has spent
approximately 100000 on this
work IN the past ten years. The fed
eral appropriation for 1928 amounted
to S375,0O0.000, and the North Da.
kota men expressed the wish to the
president that the work be continued
Tor another ten-year period. They
pointed out that Secretary W. NJ.
Jardine Of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture, in his last an
nual report, stated that the campaign
is not yet half finished.
Definite results from the eradi-
cation campaign are to be found in
other grain-producing states, the
North Dakota men declared, stating
that the actual loss in bushels Of
grain, including wheat, oats. barley
and rye, in north central states this
year will not exceed 100000 BUSH
els, while the average annual loss
Tor the past 13 years has been more
than 100000 bushels.
North Dakota has about COM
pleted the harvesting of the third
largest crop in the states history.
President Coolidge was informed.
and despite the downward trend in
wheat prices marked improvement is
to be found in the economic condition
Of the farmer.
The rapid strides North Dakota
IS making toward diversification
was pointed to by the North Dakota
men as evidence of the determination
OF state farmers to get away from
entire dependency on wheat. They
paid tribute to the work of the az
rlcultural credit corporation, the pri-
vately financed livestock loan agency
created at the suggestion of Presi-
dent Coolidge during his first term.
It is largely responsible, they said.
TOR the balanced farming trend in
North Dakota. The president was
very much interested, they stated
after the conference, in the report
they brought to him of land sales in
North Dakota. More than 1000, 900
acres have been purchased in North
Dakota this year, and q total Of
100000 will be purchased DURING
1927 and 1923. This representa-
about z per cent of land in farms in
North Dakota, and such a volume
OF sales is rapidly stabilizing land
values in that state.