Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-07-25
BIG CROPS LOOKED FOR
Pacific Northwest Has Its Full Share
of Returns in Prospect for
the Harvest.

The bountiful returns assured to the
American farmer as the result of his
activities during the present season
stand as the best possible assurance
to the stability of the business situa-
ton and the continued expansion in
industrial operations, in order to keep
pace with the requirements from the
consuming public. The wheat harvest
of the United States for the crop year
was estimated by the department OF
agriculture in it's report for June at
74O,O 900, 900 bushels, or, with n or
two exceptions, the largest cumulative
yield ever produced in this country.
Other cereals, fruits and vegetables
show indications of making equally
favorable returns, and there is assur-
ances that amount to practical GER
tainty that this will be a year of
plenty.
The Pacific Northwest has its full
share of returns in prospect. The fav-
orable weather during the past few
weeks has done much to make the
outlook for a full harvest an absolute
assurance. Recent estimates are more
optimistic than earlier predictions, and
it is predicted that the wheat crop OF
Washington, Oregon and Idaho will
amount to a total of from 6~S,O00,000
to 70, 900, 900 bushels, al increase of
something like ~ per cent over last
seasons heavy production. In these
estimates Washington is given credit
with the largest increase in outturn,
and it is probable that this state will
show a harvest well past the 100000
900 bushel mark, with a normal pro-
duction of other cereals, a fair fruit
crop, and marked extension in dairy
and poultry products.
There is no condition which so as
suredly forecasts good business for the
manufacturer, the jobber and the re-
taller than the farming, community
shall have plenty of money to spend.
The crop outlook constitutes the basis
upon which the former bases calcula-
lions for the prosecution of his activi-
ties. 1t influences the purchases of
the wholesaler and retailer, and en-
tiers into the calculations of the bank
ers in the regulation of credit condi-
lions. Good crops are the foundation
stone of business generally, and hence,
the commercial and industrial world
regards with a greater degree of
equanimity the trend of political de-
velopments, and the unsettled position
of legislative action as influencing
business and financial affairs than
would otherwise be the ase
With the farmers carrying through
improvements which have been held in
allegiance for a considerable time,
there will be a termination in the de-
mands for lumber for stocking up
yards throughout the country, and this
basic industry faces the prospect of a
continuation in the activities which
characterized most of the first six
months of 1913, with every Indication
pointing to a record-breaking cut.
With Washington farms yielding prod
ucts valued at $125,0 900, 900 with it's
woodworking activities turning out
materials worth 100000 900, with the
prospective returns of nearly Sic, OOO,-
900 from fisheries interests, there is
every reason to feel confidence that
there will be an abundance of money
in sight to keep business up to a very
satisfactory plane, and sustain the
continuous advancement which the
commonwealth is making in wealth
and population.