OCR Text |
Show oo WILD DUCKS CAUSE HEAVY GRAIN LOSS BISMARCK, N. D., Oct. 11 Wild ducks aro causing heavy loss to manv farmers in this part of the state, according ac-cording to reports received here. Because Be-cause more coulees and small lakes have been filled with water, in the paait season, more ducks have remained remain-ed hero during the summer and raised rais-ed young than before. One farmer, living north of Arena. ' in the lclnity of Small lake, reported ! that wheat he thought would yield 2 5 to 30 bushels an acre, yielded poor ly because ducks ate much grain i the shock. Another farmer living near Long Lako, advised that his loss of grain wa-s greater from ducks than hall. Inability In-ability of many farmers to get their grain threshed has given the ducks plenty of time in which to gorge themselves them-selves on the grain in the shock. |