The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-13
THE BILLINGS GAZETTE.

Iall rye and spring grain looking very
well. Wolf Creek: Weather ~unfavor.
able for growth of grass and grains.
"Madison-Morris: Cold dry and
frosty and vegetation at a standstill
Spanish: Fall grain not showing fast
except rye, which is good. Cameron:
Some wheat up, oats sowing in full
blast; alfalfa backward.
"Meagher-Castle: Too cold for
crops, heavy frost; no crops or garden
stuff suffered. Unity: Seeding pro-
crossing slowly, some ground too wet;
grass more forward than last year.
Okla: Grass made good growth; seed
ing in progress.
"Missoula-Baird: Cattle and horses
rapidly gaining flesh; seeding done
and grain and hardy vegetables up.
Lolo: Cherries and pears in bloom,
prospect for fruit excellent. Woodson:
Meadows looking fine, gardens coming
up. Eddy: Winter wheat and grass
look fine; fruit trees in bloom. Plains:
All crops doing we'll, potatoes up;
cherries, plums and apples in full
bloom.
"Park-Muir: Fall crops look we'll;
cold ard rainy all week, too wet for
spring seeding.
"Powell-Ovando: Vegetation has
modo Int 1itt1o oroutb. plou,;,~ oho,.
finished, IS per cent of grain planted.
"Ravalli-Rosemont: Early seeded
grain coming up nicely; too cool for
garden vegetables; range grass grow
ing rapidly.
"Silver Bow-Divide: Too cold for
anything to grow much; grass on
range is short.
"Sweet Grass-Reed: Crops doing
fair; grass better than usual for this
time of year. HOWE: Everything
growing fine; range grass as good as
at any time last year.
"Teton-shelly: Grass doing we'll;
oats and wheat coming UP and vege-
doing nicely; cattle and sheep
picking up; lambing fairly started.
Range Looks Good.
"Chouteau-Steele: A good growing
week, range looking very green; crops
and gardens nearly all in; lambing
in full blast. Whitlash: Flowing
mostly done and seeding we'll under
way. Coburg: Too cold for rapid
growth; most of grain sown; grass
getting good and stock looks fair.
Hays: Showers beneficial to crops
and grass; garden truck up, farmers
planting potatoes; range good and
stock doing we'll.
"Custer-Kinsey: Grass is making
no progress and alfalfa growing very
seeding is done; rain is
needed. Terry: Cool weather retard-
ed crops except grass, which is lux
lambing in progress and
weather favorable.
"Dawson-Tokna: Cold weather
has made seeding late, seeding still
in progress; grass still short but stock
doing fairly we'll. Reeta: Spring is
Backward; grass coming very slowly.
"Fergus-Elso: Fine rain on the
was good for late grain and
range grass; a few sheepmen about
through lambing. New Year: Grass
fine, some wheat up; winter wheat
nice and green.
"Rosebud-Lock: Weather dry and
cold; grass is fairly good, but badly
need of rain, as is also grain.
Observation-Disclosures: Recent
rains were good for range, which is
now frst-class; grain about all sown
and nearly all up with good stand;
fruit trees in bloom, good prospect for
apples and small fruit. Park City:
EARLY grain up, corn and potatoes be-
ing planted; fruit trees in bloom, al
falfa very forward.
"Valley-Oswego: Crops making
poor progress on account of soil being
cold. Poplar: Cloudy and cool; grass
starting very slowly; ~unfavorable for
lambing, which has now begun.