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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
10
National Crop im Many a good crop will be ruined because farmers cannot get labor at the right time. There are two crucial periods seed time and harvest. We must help farmers by finding right class of workers including regular farm hands, factory workers, and businessmen raised on farms to volunteer during rush periods.
The tenth annual North Dakota Demonstration Farms report details crop rotation on the farms, showing improved yields. Wheat yielded 29% higher with corn following manured land, oats 58%, barley 37%, rye 21%, and alfalfa 2 tons per acre. The report lists each farm’s rotation and field handling specifics.
Barley is shown to have feeding value near or ahead of corn for pigs and can prove more profitable than wheat at current prices. Wheat is seen as unsettled while barley offers potential two to three weeks to switch acreage. Barley outperforms oats and, despite low brewing use, yields feed value benefiting dairy farmers through by products.
J J Garland states that barley yields vary with threshing records. He notes average pedigreed barley yields for Wisconsin Experiment Association members as 1918 1 bushel, 1914 83.8 bushels, 1915 37.5 bushels, based on over 260 members. Highest yields reported include 60 57 56 65 63 and 45 bushels. He suspects higher yields possible in a good year, but has no knowledge of them.
Barley once common as bread cereal has largely fallen out of use except in Norway and Sweden where it appears in disk breads. It is hard to use for bread due to gluten behavior, and is mainly valued today as stock feed or pearl barley.
Barley serves mainly as cattle and stock feed with limited malting use. Prof. R. A. Moore notes barley’s growing importance for dairy cattle and future animal food, while hay is grown for horses. Barley hay is harvested at milk stage and cured like timothy.
The article warns that the corn root worm causes about 200 million bushels of annual loss in the corn belt and urges crop rotation. It advises not to plant more than two consecutive corn crops, suggests barley as an alternative, and stresses thorough land preparation as planting time tightens.
The National Crop Improvement Service urges humid territory farmers to adopt dry farming techniques. It argues moisture conservation is essential even in wet years, noting that rain totals in the corn belt still exceed the drier plains. The piece calls clubs and farmer leaders to promote moisture-saving practices to secure corn yields.
Farmers lack horses and power and must rely on tractors to plant all acreage. Every tractor should be used continuously to finish barley corn and potato fields. The appeal urges tractor owners to help those unable to prepare land themselves before deadlines.
Barley can compete with wheat when prices favor malting and feed uses. 1915 barley brought 122.5 million dollars. at $1.30 per bushel for an 180 million bushel 1916 crop, value could reach 234 million. Yields of 40 to 50 bushels per acre common. barley as malting grain yields strong returns. Wisconsin Experiment Station and seed suppliers offer pedigreed barley via telegram or express, supporting growers in spring wheat regions and southern areas where other crops may fail.
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