The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-22
FAIRLY GOOD
RAINS FELL
FAVORABLE TEMPERATURE CON.
DlTloNs THROUGHOUT WEEK.
RANGE IS IMPROVED SOME
Cattle and Sheep Generally Make Sat.
isfactory Progress-crops Do.
ing Fairly Well.

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Favorable temperature conditions
prevailed throughout the week, and
fairly good rains fell over much OF
the country affected by drought, says
Section Director Young in his weekly
crop bulletin for the week. Portions
OF Cascade and Chouteau counties and
some districts west of the main divide
are still very dry.
Oats and spring wheat are heading
short in many places CAY account OF
dry weather. The second crop OF
alfalfa made rapid growth and prom
Uses a good yield. Timothy haying is
in progress generally; the crop, as
a rule, is not up to the average. Hay
ing was retarded some by showers.
The range conditions have been
slightly improved by the much needed
rains. Cattle and sheep have gen
orally made satisfactory progress.
New potatoes are in the market, and
garden vegetables are plentiful. The
week was favorable for fruits.
As Told by Correspondents.
Following are extracts from reports
by correspondents in the different
counties:
Beaverhead-Dewey: Rain first part,
drying winds Friday and Saturday.
Dillon: Another dry week; a good
crop of alfalfa being put up; oats are
heading quite short, but will make a
fair crop; stock looking we'll, range
turning brown.
Broadwater-Canton: Good rain
18th and 18th; oats looking better;
potatoes in bloom, prospects now look
like a good crop; range dry and short;
field peas coming in; haying progress
ed rather slowly on account of rain.
Winston: A fine rain on the 18th;
high wind on 18th blew off some ap.
pies; gooseberries and currants a fine
crop.
Cascade-Hardy: First of week very
hot, with high winds which dried
ground rapidly; haying commenced,
but very short, not a fourth of a crop
will be cut; stock falling off.
Chouteau-Hays: Very dry week,
rain needed badly for range; irrigated
grain and gardens look we'll. Whit
lash: No rain, windy and everything
drying up; a fair crop of hay will be
cut, but no grain unless it rains soon.
Coberg: Grain and grass drying up
and water for stock is getting scarce
in the hills; cattle at present looking
well, but show the effect of shortage
of water; potatoes seem to be about
the only vegetation doing any good;
not much grain will be cut; haying in
progress, a light crop. Havre: Bene
fetal rains first OF week; haying be
gun.
Custer-Midland: Good growing
weather, but rain is much needed;
corn and small grain is looking well;
haying in progress.
Dawson-Tokna: Very dry and grair
suffering for rain; some of the small
grain will be cut for hay; stock doing
finely; crops fair.
Fergus-Elso: A few local showers
On 18th helped the water situation
somewhat as regards range stock, bu'
did not help vegetation; grasshoppers
very bad and range dried up. New
Year: The rains of the past weel
did great good; grain is looking vel
and came out better than was expect
ed; alfalfa crop on irrigated land wa.
} good, timothy a fair crop; the rains
have insured about all crops; range i!
9 good and cattle fat. Utica: Haying de
layed by very wet weather, all othel
crops and grass much benefited b,
the more than two inches of rair
. > since July 1; wild hay the best il
years; grain crops promise light; pc
e tatoes and small fruits are very good
3 J~efferson-Wickes: The week ha,
been very dry; Friday very windy.
q Lewis and Clarke-Birdseye: NJ
t rain the past week, fore part warm
latter part cloudy and cool; crops do
|. ing fairly well, but need rain.
q Madison-Norris: First part of weel
f hot, temperature 80; most of alfalf,
c in the shock; too windy for stacking
still in need of rain; grass on rang,
short; stock in good condition; grass
hoppers and squirrels numerous. Cam
eron: No rain since oath of June
grass short and light; water holdin.
out well; wheat and oats are CROWN,
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