The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
CORN CROP INCREASE
IN STATE DUELATER
SEASON This FALL
Flax Crop, However, Does Not
Measure Up to Earlier .Ex-
pectations in End

A somewhat larger corn crop In
North Dakota but smaller crops OF
flax. b%uckwheat, and potatoes than
were estimated on October / is indi-
Gated by the November !. crop report
Of the federal agricultural statistician
at Grand Forks.
Though corn suffered some dam
age along with other late crops as a
result of the dry, hot weather of July
and August, the extended growing
season brought a larger percentage Of
the crop along to maturity than was
the case during the past few years
and is the cause Of a little less than
1000, 900 bushels increase In produc-
ton a. compared with the October /
estimate. The present crop of 1929
900 bushels is also 2,749, 900 bushels
larger than the 1929 crop. but some
$500, 900 bushels below the five-year
average production. Crop reporters
estimate that 81 per cent of the crop
is fit for seed compared with los
per cent in l. %. Silage yielded some-
what better than last year, with an
estimated yield Of 20 tons per acre.
Final yield estimates for flax indi-
cate a crop Az, 0O0 bushels less than
was estimated on October !. The
average yield of 4.6 bushels per acre
indicates a total production of $780,
600 bushels compared with 6,876 900
bushels produced in 1929 and 10,307,-
600 bushels, the five-year average pro-
duction. A considerable acreage of the
1880 flax crop was too poor to harvest
and many fields that were. cut failed
to yield better than n and one-half
to two bushels per acre. The current
yield estimate Of IS bushels. however.
is only one-tenth OF G bushel below
the 1929 yield. The quality Of the
crop is somewhat below that Of last
year.
Cold Nips Potatoes
Potato prospects in the state fluc-
tuated considerably as the season
progressed. The ong-continued dry
weather of July and early August
together with abnormally high tenn
peratures during q part Of this pc
Rod, lowered the earlier prospect:
greatly, and production estimates in
dicated q crop somewhat less tina.
that of 1929. However, with rains &C.
curing in late August and early
September, together with a Longer
than average growing season. the croF
responded beyond expectations, *
that the October l probable yield est
mates indicated a crop Of 7,250,O0 0
bushels. Then occurred the unex'
pected freezing weather of october l!
to 20. which because Of the prolonges
growing season, caught a portion o
the crop still undug. So severe wa
this period Of cold weather that
large part of the crop still. IN tn
ground was never harvested. Thi
accounts in part for q November
production estimate of $50, 900 busl,el
below that of October !. but still 40,
900 bushels above the 1929 crop, Q
6 ,960, 900 bushels. Quality Of the Gro
is estimated to be IS per cent com
pared with 81 per cent last year
Milk and Eggs Drop
Preliminary estimates Of grass an
clover seed yields are about equal I
last year. except for sweet clover az
alfalfa seed which are somewhat be
low. The drouth beginning in Jul
checked the second growth of the.
crops and greatly reduced the stand
The average weight per measure
bushel Of all spring wheat as reports
this month l. STA pounds compare
with 58.7 pounds last year. Ga
weighs 1872 pounds and barley
pounds.
Milk production has dropped fro
17.7 pounds per COW Il the first
last month TO Is pounds per COW
November l.. 4 year ago productit
per COW vas estimated ct 1873 pouns
Eeg production too has dropped b
loy that Of last November, Only
per cent Of the hens and pullsts Z