Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-07-04
THE PRESENT OUTLOOK IN
DICATES BUMPER YIELD
OF GRAIN.
PLENTY OF MOISTURE
Local Showers Throughout Judith
Basin During Past Week Make Lot
Of the Grain Grower Most En-
couraging-Hail the Only Thing
That Can Hurt Now.

Unless some unforeseen calamity
occurs, the Judith Basin will, this
year, produce one Of the greatest
grain crops ever raised at any time
or anywhere in the United States
Weather conditions continued favor
able throughout the past week and
thousands OF acres Of the early win
ter wheat is rapidly nearing the covet-
ed goal Of harvest Local showers
have fallen during that time in al
most all parts Of the Basin and there
is now sufficient moisture in the
ground to carry a very large percent
age Of the grain to maturity.
All Basin Looking Good.
Not only the wheat, but the oats,
fax and barley crops are coming
along in great shape. Most Of the
spring grain was sown early this year
and there are thousands OF acres OF
| flax which is now almost ready to
bloom With the present outlook for
a bumper yield Of fax and with the
| high prices which prevail and doubt
| less will continue to be maintained,
| the ranchers Of the Basin will clean
up handsomely on that staple.
Pretty Fields Of Waving Grain.
| A big crop Of wheat this year will
mean a wide distribution OF ready
cash the coming fall and winter. The
two hundred odd thousand acres OF
wheat are scattered all over the
county as at present constituted
The Rock creek bench is one vast
field of waving grain. The same is
| nf f1,a -,
are thirty Or forty thousand acres OF
wheat in the Denton country Within
a radius Of ten Or twelve miles OF
Kendall are ten Or fifteen thousand
acres. The valleys and smaller
benches Immediately tributary tc
Lewistown are almost wholly under
cultivation and in grain this year.
Prices Will Be Good.
Just now the prospects for good
prices for wheat, oats and flax are
excellent. A blighting drouth has cut
down the estimated totals in the Da.
kotas, Kansas, Illinois and Missouri
| Whereas few weeks ago, those who
keep in touch with the situation were
pretty we'll agreed that the judith
Basin price would be around sevent,
cents. the unfavorable turn Of crol
; conditions i'll the states named ha:
"bulled' the prospective price her,
and there is now reason for the pre-
diction that eighty cents per bushe
will be nearer the ruling price her,
in the fall. Eighty-cent wheat, witt
proportionate prices for flax and oats
will mean the distribution OF four 0
five million dollars among the ranch
ers OF the Judith Basin this year
This, together with the wool none,
and the stock money. ought to b
productive OF some highly prosperou
times for the fifteen thousand resi-
dents of Fergus county. It mean
that past due bills will be paid ur
mortgages settled, improvement
made everywhere and firm founda
ton laid for the further development
of the county's agricultural and com
mercial resources.
Hail the Only Danger.
About the only thing which til
grain growers of the Basin have t
fear now is hail But such vista
ton is usually local in nature and
is seldom that more than few hun
dred acres, at the outside. suffer
from that source.