The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-12

quality, compared with the average
of sc per cent. About one-third of
the crop could be. used for seed, it is
estimated. Average yield Of silage
corn is 3.5 tons to the acre this
year, which is a little below the
average of 3.8 tons.
"Buckwheat yield is reported at
14.5 bushels per acre, only one-tenth
of a bushel below the October esti-
mate, and the final production, sub
ject to revision, is 100000 bushels.
'The average test weight Of win
ter wheat is 60 pounds, spring wheat
So pounds, oats IS pounds, and bar
ley as pounds, according to 80 re-
ports, which compare with 1927 test
weights of So pounds for spring
wheat, 20 pounds for oats, and AZ
pounds for barley.
Farm labor shows seasonal
slump in demand as compared with
supply on November /. Farm labor
supply is reported at IS per cent of
normal, with demand at 50 per cent
of normal"
The average corn yield of 25.5
bushels per acre in North Dakota is
nearly three bushels an acre below
the average yield of the crop in the
United States. The average yield
for the country as whole is placed
at 1873 bushels per acre, which is
one-tenth Of a bushel more than the
five-year average. The indicated
production in the United States is
2,895, $4,000 bushels, compared with
2,7S6, 2SS,0O0 last year, and the av-
erage Of 2,751 $4,000 bushels.
Flax Above Average
The North Dakota flax yield, how
ever, is slightly above the average
fixed for the United States. The
yield for the United States is esti-
mated at IL bushels per acre, which
compares with an average of Z
bushels, and an average of 90 bush
els last year.
While the state flax production
was disappointing, Newman said,
the figures for Minnesota and South
Dakota were even more SO. Mon
tana was the only state in this Sec
tion where the yield was up to ex-
pectations. The yield there was 81
bushels, Minnesota 7,6, and South
Dakota 5.8 bushels.
The North Dakota corn acreage in
1928 was slightly less than in 1927,
a chart drawn by Newman indicates
The 1923 acreage was $4,000, as
compared with $4,000 in 1927, and a
1,O37 ,O00-acre average. The produc.
ton in bushels was 24,20O,O0O in
1928, as compared with 23,975, 900 in
1927, and an average of 24,708,O0C
bushels.
The acreage of buckwheat wa.
/ 900, as compared with a like mum.
Der of acres in 1927. Yield was 14.s
bushels per acre for both years.
Flaxseed acreage was 1,118,O00 il
1928, as compared with $4,000 il
the previous year, while the yielt
was estimated at IL bushels PEI
acre this year, as compared with g.:
bushels per acre in 1927.
Potato acreage was placed a
10000 acres, as compared with /:
like number last year, and the aver
age yield of los bushels per acr'
was three bushels per acre more thar
the yield last year.
Beet Acreage Decreases
Sugar beet acreage was estimate,
at 5000 acres, as compared wit
5000 acres last. year, a decrease O
5000 acres, but the yield in tons in
creased from an average Of 6.8 las
wear to S.5 this wear.
The sweet clover seed production
figures for 1928 showed a decreas
as compared with 1927, the figure
being 81 bushels per acre this yea
and AZ bushels per acre last year
The 1927 acreage was $4,000 bushels
but the acres given over to Glove
this year was not estimated.