The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-02
SHOWERS OVER THE STATE
Threshing Of Winter Wheat Continues
With Variable YieId-Water
Still Scarce on Range.

in many localities from the 21st to
the gath. Tender vines and garden
vegetables were killed iii places, 9TH
erwise no damage resulted. Showers
days, but as most reports were mail.
ed by Saturday, the extent of the. bene-
fit cannot be judged, says Section
Director Young in his weekly crop bull
letin for the, week ending August 80.
Threshing of winter wheat contin-
ued; the yield varies greatly, ranging
from 8 to AZ bushels per acre accord
ing to locality. The week was very
favorable for harvesting of oats,
spring wheat and the second crop of
alfalfa and the work was pushed
rapidly.
The potato crop is maturing rapid
1y and will soon be safe from frost in
many sections, a fair to good yield is
expected. Early apples are ripening
and the fruit crop generally is doing
we'll.
Scarcity of stock water has become
more pronounced and reports from
many sections indicate an unsatis-
factory condition of cattle and sheep.
Reported by Correspondents.
Following are excerpts from the re-
ports of correspondents in the differ
ent counties:
Broadwater-Winston: Still dry
and hot; spring grain ready for the
binder; range very bare of feed. Glen
wood: Cool nights; one light frost;
threshing has commenced on fall
wheat; second crop of hay being har-
vested, also oats and spring wheat.
| Johnson: Somewhat lower tempera-
ture; harvest is progressing; stock
has begun to come down from the
mountains, indicating a scarcity of
feed on the range. Canton: Grain
ripening fast, some has been cut;
| generally the yield will be poor; e c
ond crop of alfalfa being put up, a
! good crop; light frost on the oath,
but no damage; apples are ripening
fast.
Cascade-Hardy: Drought contin-
ues; range in timber hills very good,
but water scarce and stock falling
off from too much travel. Great Falls:
| lie ruoctir ~ hos hnoo oho,,t onnon1nfaa q.
%threshing commenced in several
places, yields are good; however, too
early for definite estimate.
Carbon-Joliet: Warm and dry;
harvesting we'll under way, and thresh.
ing commenced, A. bushels per acre
reported; other crops doing well. Red
Lodge: Harvesting is progressing
rapidly; no second crop of alfalfa OF
clover; potatoes promise to be a fair
crop; grasshoppers doing considerable
damage in places.
Chouteau-Hays: Drought broken
by fine shower Goth; beneficial to
gardens; grain all cut, threshing will
commence soon; range condition
much better, as cattle have plenty
OF water now. Steele: Crops nearly
all harvested; mountain ranches have
about half crop; both feed and water
on range scarce and cattle suffering
Chester: Haying about completed
crop very light; water holes about al
dried up and unless rains come sooI
cattle will suffer. Teton: Range IL
bad condition and water scarce, bu'
stock in fair condition; the Teto1
about dry here.
Custer-Otter: Still very dry. al
though we have had n nice shower
have had no fires on the range yet
Midland: Have had some showers, blu
too late to do much good.
DISQUALIFICATION: Nice rain ear
" in the week; yield of all crops vii
he light. Tokna: Continues hot AM
dry; haying still in progress; thresh
ing has commenced.
Fergus-Rogers: Frost on 21st dam
aged but did not kill potatoes an
gardens; haying finished, crop me
} dium; grain harvest started, GRO
good; range drying up, stock lookin'
:. we'll; potatoes a light crop. Bercail
Crops about an average in this sec
ton; grain and second crop of Al
falfa being cut; native hay nearly al
. up and a good crop; potatoes a goo
. yield. Moore: Monday showery TO
) loved by light frost, little damage t
, crops; harvesting nearly done, thresh
> ing commenced, average yield, qualit
: good. New Year: Most grain that wa
left after cutting the bulk of it 70
hay is now harvested and fair quality
some are stacking; one and one-hal