The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-10
YELLOWSTONE IN THE LEAD
Only County Reporting First Cutting
Of AIfaIfa-RainfaII Abund-
ant All Over.

growth OF nearly all crops, says Sec
ton Director Young in his weekly
crop bulletin, dated last Tuesday.
This adverse feature, however, was
fore than offset by the abundant rains
that fell in all portions of the state,
nearly all reports indicating that the
ground has been thoroughly moisten-
ed, rendering irrigation Unnecessary
for the present.
Except in n or two counties, the
ranges are excellent and cattle and
sheep are in a most thriving condition.
Winter wheat and meadows made
about normal growth, but oats, alfal-
ia, corn, potatoes, and garden truck
made rather slow progress on
of the cool weather and deficient sun
shine.
Grasshoppers have made their APP
pearance in Fergus and Sweet Grass
counties, and hail is reported in Car
bon, Jefferson, Sweet Grass, Valley
and Yellowstone counties, but crops
have suffered no material injury.
Fruit has been slightly damaged by
frost in places, but the outlook is
still promising.
Reported by Counties.
Following are extracts from reports
of correspondents in different coun-
ties:
Decentralization: Hay and
grain have not done well; lambing
about over and a full crop of lambs.
Dewey: Rain every day; too cold for
grain to grow fast.
Observation-Disclosures: Cool and
wet: grass and timothy very good;
alfalfa very early; early grain good;
a large percentage of lambs; fruit
not injured much.
Carbon-Joliet: Showers have kept
the grass and crops growing, and
looking we'll; alfalfa will be ready for
cutting in about 10 days; the range
is better than for several year at this
season.
Cascade-Hardy: Grain and grass
are doing well, but vegetables are
slow to start; stock is looking very
well. Eden: A rainy week; grain
mostly all up and looking fine; range
good.
Flathead-Montford: Favorable for
all kinds of growing crops; had sew
eral fine showers the latter part OF
the week.
Gallatin-Sexton: We had rain,
snow, hail and frost the past week;
potatoes planted a month, just up
in time to be frozen; early fruit in
jured. Bozeman: Every day cloudy
and rainy; grass is fine; everything
growing we'll; stock in good condition.
Jefferson-Wickes: Range grass
growing fast; potatoes are coming
up; fall sown grain looking fine.
Whitehall: Showers benefited crops,
but insufficient for range; everything
late coming up.
Lewis and Clarke-Birdseye: Good
rain on the list; crops and range
doing we'll; stock looking we'll.
Madison-Cameron: Rain May &c
and 81 and June 1; irrigation post,
poned; a weather needed. Span
ish: Good rains On LIST and End
with snow on mountains; too cold for
grain to do we'll.
Meagher-Oka: Warm showers
ground thoroughly wet; everything
growing rapidly; stock of all kinds
doing finely.
Missoula-Eddy: Corn and pota
toes up; alfalfa under irrigation il
knee high. Blanchard: Warmer ant
rain had a good effect on range, grair
and hay crops; gardens look fine
Jocko: Grass and grain doing finely;
potatoes coming up, other vegetable!
, look we'll, but growth slow. Plains
All crops have done we'll, winteI
e wheat looking extra we'll. Baird
t Spring rye, and wheat in flint
!, condition; potato bugs more numer
Gus thar for a number of years. Mis-
soula: Rains have greatly benefited
I unlrrlgated crops, as some wheat ant
: oats We're showing effects of drought
plenty OF water in streams.
Park-Muir: Rain and cool al
week; grain growing slowly. Spring
dale: Range in fine condition.; gar
den truck late; fruit and vegetable!
not damaged by frost in this vicinity
Powell-Ovando: Rain of the Is
! was very beneficial; all vegetation
). has made satisfactory progress.