The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11
NOT MUCH Hay CARNEREO
Yield in Eastern Counties Light
Only Fairly Good in Other
Localities.

crop DuLl0Llu LOT CulS season. II
final issue appeared last Tuesday and
was for the week ending Monday even
ing. In it is summarized the climatic
and crop conditions for the week.
According to the bulletin the weather
was quite cool and frosts occurred at
a number of places during the night OF
the 4th. Up to the 5th the weather
was fair and favorable for all farm
work. On the mast named date light to
moderate rains fell over the greater
part of the state.
The winter wheat harvest has been
finished and harvesting of oats and
spring wheat is drawing to a close.
Threshing is general and very salts
factory results are being obtained.
The various forage crops have
nearly all been cut. In the eastern
counties the hay crop was generally
light. In localities of the western
and southwestern counties fairly good
yields were obtained.
Reports Of Correspondents. 4
Correspondents in the different
counties report as follows:
Missoula-Jocko: Weather good,
but chilly; hay crop about all up;
wheat and oat crops good; harvest in
progress. Plains: Rain on the 5th;
remainder of week favorable for
threshing; oats and other spring grain
much injured by wild oats.
Park-Muir: Fall crops ready to
thresh; spring crops ready for binder.
dSpringdale: Weather cool; light rain
on 9Th; hay, grain and vegetable crops
in this vicinity good.
Ravalli-Rosemont: T%hreshing COM
pleted, with a fair yield of rye and
wheat; vegetables are doing we'll;
some farmers are seeding. Stevens
vile: Heavy rain and hail on 9Th;
some slight damage ito crops; two light
frosts during week.
Valley-Glasgow: Slight frost on
Sd; grain and root crops best in years;
cor not matured; haying over. Nash
ua: High winds; haying about all
through; late rains have started grass
to growing. Oswego: Weather most
ly dry; wild hay harvest is still in
progress, with an average yield of two
tons per acre; the harvest will prob
ably continue a week O. two longer;
all other crops have been gathered.
Observation-Disclosures Second
crop alfalfa finished; grain about all
cut and some threshed; yield good; it
is doubtful if many pieces of alfalfa
will make third crop this year; potato
crop fair; tomato crop short and mel
ons almost a failure.
Cascade-Adel: Most all grain is
ready to thresh; haying about finished;
heavy frost night OF Sd hurt all tender
vegetables. Great Falls: Excellent
weather for farm work; threshing be.
gun and the grain showing is superior
to anything known in the county for
years. Hardy: Cold weather with
light showers. Monarch: Good
weather; nights cool; haying finished
"a good crop reported; grain being
harvested; corn doing we'll; potatoes
good.
Chouteau-Alma: Rather cold
weather; crops have lone well this
eason Havre: Range still green;
haying in progress. Landusky: Cool
cloudy weather; grain all harvested
st. PaulS: Cool weather; oats have
been harvested-crop fairly good; sec
ond crop of alfalfa has been cut.
Rain Helps Range Some.
Custer-Stacey: A good, steady
rain helped grass somewhat, but the
ground is dry again and feed will be
short for winter.
Dawson-Newlon: Weather COO
Ind cloudy; no rain; frost on 4th; oats
and wheat all cut; corn looks we'll ant
is nearly all ripe; potatoes fair.
Fergus-Armells: Crops harvested
the yield of wheat and oats was goot
throughout this section. Elso: DIR,
weather this week was good for ha,
and grain, but unfavorable for range
stock; corn almost beyond harm from
frost; grasshoppers slowly disappear
ing; threshing commenced; grail
crop about the average.
Eathead-Big Fork: An excellen
crop of timothy hay has been har
vested; wheat and oats nearly all cut
threshing is well under. way; a few or