The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-10-07
GREATER ACREAGE
IN FORAGE PLANT IS
REPORTED IN STATE
hiqhcr Prices This Season Slim
ulate Growing Through
Midwest Section
YIELDS so PER CENT LARGER
Quality Of Crop Generally Good;
Due to Hay Shortage, Some
ls Used as Pasture

Production OF sweet Hover y c.
pected to be 10 per cent TO 30 per
cen. larger than Inst year Accord
in. to reports received b. the y. =.
bureau Of agricultural economies from
about 1000 growers and shippers.
acreage Tor seed was somewhat small
CT than last year but yield Per acre
was expected 10 Be much larger than
that Of Il year ago III most OF me
important producing districts. Prices
offered 70 growers were slightly high
CT than a year ago. The quality OF
the crop was reported as much better
than that Of a year ago.
Although potential acreage OF sweet
clover has been increasing, relatively
low seed prices for the past two years
have not appealed to growers. many
OF whom have preferred to put m'lch
Of the crop to other uses such as lof
pasture o. for turning unocr as green
manure. Hay was not SO plentiful as
usual in the seed producing districts
Of the Dako.aS and Minnesota tnls
summer, 50 that a greater proportion
than usual was put up tor nay. III
general growing conditions were more
favorable than a year ago. HeaVy
spring rainfall was followed by CRY
weather in several districts. GROWTH
was less rank. maturity carrier and
less damage was caused Dy lroot.
Heavy winds caused sllattering III 9
few localities.
Growers III the United States. 10
the number Of 295. whose aggregate
acreage harvested for seed tins year
amounted to 1906 acres. reported
Yields per acre which averaged about
30 pcunIs or about 50 Per cent more
than last year.
Harvesting began earlier than last
year in come districts. especially the
Dakotas and Minnesota, bat some
what later in portions Of other states,
including Kansas, Nebraska and
Oklahoma. The average date on
which harvesting began in the vari-
Gus sections was reported by growers
rs follows: August a, northwestern
Nebraska and northwestern kansas:
August 6. southwestern Kansas and
western Kentucky; August 8. north
crn Illinois and western Oklahoma.
August 10, western South Dakota;
August Il. southeastern South Da-
kota: August Is. northwestern Ohio.
northeastern Nebraska and east cen
ira! Utah: August 20 to %. eastern
North Dakota and northeastern South
Dakota; August 81, western North
Dakota and central Minnesota. Sep
TENDER / to 3, southern Minnesota
and central illinois and Montana.
The quality Of the crop was regard
cd generally as good. OF the total
number of grower reporting, about
20 per cent regarded it as very good,
A5 per cent as good. so per cent as
fair and SO per cent as poor.
Spring sales made a slight increase
over those of 1927. Production was
less than the year before. Imports tell
off. Carryover is believed to be some
what smaller than a year ago. when
it was larger than usual.
Growers were offered slightly high
or prices than a year ago. On Sep
tcmber 10 in the heaviest producing
districts of the Dakotas and Mime
sofa they were offered mostly $3.50
to $3.50 per 100 pounds. basis clean
seed or about soc per 100 pounds
more than last year and the year
before. compared with $3.50 to So in
1926. SIS to Sc in 1925 and $3.50 to 50
in 1924.
Imports Of biennial white sweet
clover from Canada for July !, 1928. to
June 80, 1929. amounted to l.463 500
pounds, compared with 3.379,4O0 last
wear. 4,12o, 900 two years ago and
$50, 900 three years ago for the same
period.
Acreage for seed in North Dakota IS
estimated to be about the same as a
year ago, when a greater proportion
than usual was abandoned. Hay was
short this summer and a great many
used their crop for hay as
we'll as for pasture. Growing condl-
tious likewise were more favorable for
seed production. Heavy spring rain
fall was followed by dry weather.
Apparently the dry weather caused
shorter growth. more even ripening
and much better quality OF seed than
the year before. Heavy winds caused
shattering il the windows in some
cases. In the eastern part Of the
state, o. growers who harvested 1868
acrcs this year and 1920 last year
expected an average yield of about
$50 pounds, which was considerably
more than q year ago. Growers were
offered mostly $3.50 to $3.50 per
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