. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. jTUft^^W't. I BULLETIN No. 757 Office of the Secretary Contribution from the Office of Farm Management R. L. ADAMS, Actinig Chief. Washington, D. C. March 25,1919 FARM PRACTICES IN GRAIN FARMING IN NORTH DAKOTA. By C. M. Hennis, Assistant Agriculturist, and Rex E. Willard, Agriculturist. CONTENTS, Summary of facts brought out 1 Agricultural development of the State 2 General conditions influencing grain farming in North Dakota 4 The farm and its organization 5 Factors that control cost of production 10 What crews can d
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. jTUft^^W't. I BULLETIN No. 757 Office of the Secretary Contribution from the Office of Farm Management R. L. ADAMS, Actinig Chief. Washington, D. C. March 25,1919 FARM PRACTICES IN GRAIN FARMING IN NORTH DAKOTA. By C. M. Hennis, Assistant Agriculturist, and Rex E. Willard, Agriculturist. CONTENTS, Summary of facts brought out 1 Agricultural development of the State 2 General conditions influencing grain farming in North Dakota 4 The farm and its organization 5 Factors that control cost of production 10 What crews can do 24 Dates of operations 25 Yields 27 Summary of cost factors 33 Costs for 1917 as compared with pre-war costs. 34 SUMMARY OF FACTS BROUGHT OUT. This bulletin presents the results of over 350 records of grain pro- duction in 1912. 1913, and 1914, for 34 counties of North Dakota, together with information relating to dates of operations, time avail- able for field work, farm organization, character of equipment, man labor, hoi-se labor, use of machinery, amount of seed needed for ^"arious crops, thrashing, etc. In conclusion there are presented, in comparison, the costs of various items for five years prior to the war, and the costs of the same items for 1917, as found on a representative Xorth Dakota farm. "Wheat occupies 39 per cent of the crop acreage of the farms studied in North Dakota, oats 17 per cent, and barley 14 per cent. Crops of ]ess importance are flax, corn, rye, and potatoes. The average yield of wheat on the farms visited in this investiga- tion is bushels per acre; for the State as a whole, bushels. The efjiiixalcnt of one disking and two harrowings, in general, ap- pear to give better results than either more working or less. Tinder certain conditions the disking may be omitted and the same results obtained by e^vering three times with the harrow. Summej-fallowing is not generally profitable, except in the case of land foul with weeds. Comp
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