The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-09

l'NtiNs'tSs' ny leti ttlt StSl GIopS vi
everything ever grown in Colorado
The grand total will aggregate s200,
100000, which is five time the value
of the annual output from the gold
and silver mines. The yield of wheat
which is now half threshed amounts
t. 15,000,000 bushels and oats will turn
off 100000 bushels. There is good
crop of corn. Alfalfa and forage
crops are unusually heavy and there are
$1,000 cars of fruit. The lateness OF
the peach crop is greatly in favor OF
Colorado growers. Late IIlberta
peaches are now moving and there will
he 5000 carloads of them. Pears will
! make total Of 1.500 cars for which
about $1,500,000 is expected The
apple crop viii aggregate about 10000
cars. Mixed fruit will bring the grand
total up to 5000 cars and the total re-
ceipts up to $4,000 900 The best ap-
PIES such as Jonathans, have already
been contracted at $1.25 a box run
of orchard and gate count Potatoes
are the only crop below the average,
and we are figuring on total output
of 1000 carloads, the result of in :
creased planting in all the irrigated
districts.
| Five hundred thousand acres of al.
falfa will yield 100000 tons of hay,
or 40 per cent more than last year,
with quite as large an area in native
ray yielding half the quantity, but
worth quite as much money. All the
alfalfa meal from 20 mills has already
been contracted in the east. the most
OF which goes to New England at $40
a ton.
We are growing flax for the first
time this year and have $1,000 acres
| devoted to it mad the yield is estimat
| ed at 20 bushels per acre. The dry
farming districts have 5000. 600 BUSH
els OF surplus grain. good corn crops,
ana immense yields of the non sac
| charllie sorghum with the finest gram
| ma grazing ever known. The western
haf OF the state has a normal num-
Der of beef cattle. There are 10000
600 acres of good pasture in eastern
colorado without cattle which is held
IN reserve for winter forage and sheep
! feeders will fatten 100000 head of
lambs and Wethers the coming sea-
son.
| The cabbage crop will be about
1000 carloads. celery, 500 cars; onions,
GOO cars. The cantaloupe crop amount
| ed to over 1000 carloads carrying the
best quality in years.
Montana.
r. N. Sutherlin, manager Of the
| Rnclsy tai In,
Falls, Mont, states regarding crop
conditions in the west:
| Crops are simply immense and we
really believe that the 100000 Nom
| tana irrigated acres that have been
planted to wheat will average away
above the normal. The hay crop is
also heavy. Native grass is yielding
one and one-half to two tons per
acre, while alfalfa yields from three
and one-half to six tons per acre. The
potato crop is also good. The oats
100 bushels to the acre yield of oats
is not uncommon
! In the dry farming territory the
yield of grain is unusually large
Wheat is of unusually fine quality
and altogether the farmer of the west
in more prosperous condition than
we have ever known him.
Idaho.
| c. H. Smith, publisher of the Inter-
mountain Fruit Journal, reports an
increase in agricultural products
throughout.
In Idaho, for, instance, there is a
| 60 per cent greater increase in peaches
apples pears and small fruit than in
1911 Tho .,ield will run up to 1000
cars ;..,. over. There is "a rs per cent
/ increase in the grains The grains in
Utah show the same increase, and the
fruits the same increase. Utah Will
ship about 5000 cars this season. New
Mexico shows at least so per cent in
crease
Minnesota.
P. V. Collins, president of the
Northwestern Agrculturist, enthusi-
asticalIy reports: The farmers of the
4 northwest are rejoicing over the big
gest crop they have ever known in the
history of the country. 1t is esti-
mated that the hard wheat crop of
Minnesota and the Oak otas, instead or
being 230,000,0o0 bushels, which Is
about the average normal crop, will be
about 100000, 900 bushels, and other
grain crops in proportion. We shall
| have big corn crop. In recent years
! corn has become a very important
crop. not only in Minnesota but also
in North Dakota, The flax crop tins
Year will be about % per cent greater
than it was last year. hay will be ar
least 40 per cent greater; oats abou.
go per cent greater; potatoes so per
cent greater. Live stock prices are
good, and pasturage abundant.
The price of wheat will proba bly,
be somewhat lowered through the fact
that for the first time in Is years there
VIII be surplus of northwestern hard
wheat for export. consequently, the
differentials between the American
market price on hard wheat, and the
Canadian market price will be wiped
out because as stated, for the first
time in Is years we will be exporting
hard wheat
We estimate that the United States
this year will be able to export 15o.-
100000 bushels of wheat. including