The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-24
GRAIN PRICES
TAKE BIG JUMP
Rise of Ten Cents in Price Dur.
ing the Week.
BIG PROFITS FOR FARMER
Many Farmers in County Have Been
Holding Grain-Even Higher
Prices Looked for.

Farmers and elevator men in VAL
ley county who have been holding
their wheat expecting a rise in the
market, had their brightest hopes rea-
lized when the market took a big
upward rise Wednesday. Farmers in
northeastern Montana are over ST.
100000 richer than they were before
the rise, as the wheat crop is esti-
mated to be over 100000 bushels
for this part of Montana.
It is estimated by the commission
er of agriculture and publicity that
the state of. Montana produced 49,
100000 bushels of grain on the farms
this year, and that of this, about half
or 15,000,000 bushels is still left on
the farms or stored in the elevators.
Many of the farmers in this district
who live near the railroad have al
ready sold most Of; their wheat crop,
but the farmers in the north country
are the ones who will benefit most by
the big jump in the market. The late
harvest kept many of the farmers in
the Baylor, Opheim and Glentana
country from hauling in their grain
earlier and, as they had monster
crop up there, they will be greatly
benefited by the rise in prices.
Earlier in the fall, the bulk of the
wheat was sold for 80 cents per BUSH
ell. 1t has advanced within the past
month or two to 80 cents per bushel
and the recent rise has boosted the
price to an even. dollar bushel in the
state.
AS result of the rise it is expected
that there will be big wheat move-
ment from Montana to eastern mar
kets in the next thirty days, unless
elevator men are convinced that there
will be a further advance, belief
shared by many who have been watch
ing the markets. It is estimated that
Montana's entire wheat crop will be
worth in Montana more than $24,-
100000. The entire grain crop is es-
timated at 5s,605,606.
The local market was at it's high
est point on Wednesday when. No. l
northern was marked at $1.00; No.
2 hard winter wheat at SO cents, and
flax at $1.87 per bushel. Yesterday
the market opened with No. north
ern at 97c; No. 2 hard at 95c, and
Durum at 93c. At the close No. /
northern was selling for 99c, two
cent rise; No. 2 hard for 97c, and
Durum for 96c, a rise of three cents.
One of the remarkable features
about Montana crop statistics, as tab
ulated in the government crop report,
is the fact that the per acre yield on
practically every grain product in this
state has increased more than that of
any state in the union. The per acre
yield of all grains, with the. exception
of corn, was greater in 1914 than that
of any other state for fifteen-year
average, but this year an even better
record has been made.
The government report shows that
the wheat yield per acre in this state
in 1916 was 26.5, while for a fifteen
year average it was 25.4, an increase
in favor of 1915 Of IL bushels. Other
states may have made large increases
in per acre yields, but in Montana this
year it is 8.8 higher than the best rec
ord for fifteen years made by any
state, which was Wisconsin,, where
17.7 bushels on an average were pro-
duced per acre during that time.
Montana oats yielded an average
of 81 bushels per acre as against 81
last year, or 1872 for the fifteen-year
period. The next best yield for the
fifteen-year period was in Ohio, which
has produced fifteen-year average
of 1877. Wisconsin produced 32.9.
Rye in Montana yielded 22.5 in
1915, the fifteen-year average being
22.2. Flaxseed averaged 1O.5 per acre
as against fifteen-year average of
1913. The per acre average of pota-
toes this year was 154.9 bushels, the
fifteen-year average being 148.
Corn made phenomenal increase,
jumping from a fifteen-year average
of 25.8 to % this year.
WOULD STOP ALLOTMENTS.