The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-24
PAST WEEKS WEATHER GOOD
FOR GROWING CROPS.
DROUGHT IN SOME PLACES
Range and Unirrigated Crops Begin
ming to Suffer at Different
Points-Fruit Doing Well.

The temperature during the past
week ranged from about normal to
10 degrees above, and together with
the higher percentage OF sunshine,
was very favorable for the rapid ad-
vance of crops, says Section Director
Young in his crop bulletin for the
week ending June Il. Local showers
occurred over the western portion,
but there are many localities where
ranges and unirrigated crops are be-
ginning to suffer from drought. Over
the greater portion of the state, how
ever, the ranges had been we'll moist'
ened from previous rains and the
grass is still fresh and growing. ALI
irrigated crops made satisfactory pro-
gress.
Winter wheat is well advanced and
beginning to head. Harvesting OF
fall rye has begun in Lewis and
Clarke and Madison counties. The
effect of the warmer days was quite
%perceptible in the more rapid growth
of oats and spring wheat. Alfalfa is
in various stages of advancement, ac-
cording to locality; in the southern
and central counties many fields are
being cut, and a good yield reported.
The week was highly favorable for
fruit, potatoes and gardenrs.
Cattle and sheep are generally in
excellent condition.
As Reported by Correspondents.
Following are excerpts from CORE
spondents writing from the different
counties:
Decentralization: Heavy frost
Monday and Tuesday, did some dam
age; balance of week quite warm;
a few thunderstorms along the noun
tains, but the valley is dry; benches
are drying up and rain is much need
ed to make range feed.
Broadwater-Canton: Grain of all
kinds looks well, oats especially; al
falfa will be extra good; will soon irri-
gate the second time, water holding
out we'll. Glenwood: Warm and dry;
alfalfa almost ready to cut, one or
two have commenced cutting; fruit
damaged more than at first through.
Winston: A good growing week;
shower on the 18th helped the grass
and grain; water getting low; peas
in bloom; hardly half crop of apples.
Cascade-Hardy: First part of week
cold and dry, last half warm; gardens
coming on fast, but ground very dry;
grain looks fairly well; water failing
very fast; there will be no hay with.
out a heavy rain.
Chouteau-Hays: Rain needed bad
ly; alfalfa in some places is ready to
cut; potatoes and corn look we'll;
range condition fair. Landusky: Range
is growing nicely and stock doing we'll.
Whitlash: Crops of all kinds growing
nicely; range in excellent condition
warm and good growing weather.
Custer-Kinsey: Crops doing ex
ceedingly well since the big rains Of
last week; stock or the range getting
fat; alfalfa ready to cut. Midland
Crops and grass are looking well.
Dawson-Tokna: Weather getting
quite warm and rain is needed fol
grass and growing crops; stock doing
fine.
Fergus-Utica: Very hot and dry
grain making very poor growth, al
falfa very good. Elso: An excellen
week for curing hay; all busy will
the first crop of alfalfa, yield up tt
the average; rain needed on thu
range; water holes drying up.
Flathead-Montford: Has been yer!
warm and dry with hot winds; wintel
wheat and timothy are beginning tt
head, but are very short; rain il
badly needed.
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is improving all vegetation as well AZ
fruit; very sudden changes of tenn
perature are quite notable this sea
son. Bozeman: Very warm week
heavy wind and rainstorm on 18th; al
crops and grass look well and grow
ing rapidly; stock in good condition
Jefferson-Whitehall: Hot and dry
all crops being irrigated; alfalfa no
ready to cut but making good growth
potatoes a fair stand, bugs doing som,
damage; range turning brown
Wickes: Warm and dry, rain badl.
needed; range stock looking well.
Lewis and Clarke-Fulton: Hot ant
dry, grain and meadows suffering 70;
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