Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1916-03-09
CROPS HELD
BY FARMERS
GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE SHOWS
LARGER QUANTITY Is BEING
HELD THAN LAST YEAR.

WASHINGTON. March S-The de
partment of agriculture's crop report
today announced:
Owing to the heavy export of wheat
and corn since the last harvest sea.
son, much interest centered in todays
department of agriculture monthly re-
port announcing the amount of wheat
of last years record crop remaining
on farms March 1. The department. $
crop reporting board. from reports Of
its correspondents and agents through
out the country, estimates the amount
OF wheat, corn, oats and barley on
farms, with comparisons Of preceding
years, the proportion OF each crop
which will be shipped out of the coun-
ties where grown and the percentage
of the 1915 corn crop which was Of
merchantable quality, as follows:
Wheat-About 241.1l7,O00 bushels,
or 23.9 per cent. Of the 1915 crop re-
manned on farms March l. 1916. com
pared with 152 100000 bushels or II >
per cent. Of the 1914 crop on farms
March l, 1915. l5l .79b. 900 bushels, o.
1873 per cent of the 1872 crop remain
ing in 1914. and l5G ,4S300O bushels,
or 21.4 per cent. Of the 1912 crop re-
naming in 1913.
About 6l.7 per cent. Of the 1915 crop
will be shipped out Of the counties
where grown, against 607 per cent
OF the 1914 crop SO shipped and 53.D
per cent. OF the 1913 crop SO shipped,
and GIG per cent. Of the 1912 crop so
shipped
Corn About ll@S,773,0O0 bushels,
or 37.3 per cent. Of the 1915 crop re
manned on farms March L. 1916. com
pared with 9l0,S94 900 bushels, or 34.l
per cent. Of the 1914 crop on farms
March l. 1915, 6,352 900 bushels, or
35,4 per cent. of the 1913 crop in 1914,
and l,2S9, ,655O00 bushels or Al 9 per
cent. of the 1912 crop in 1913
About 1876 per cent. of the 1915 crop
will be shipped out Of the counties
where grown, against 1876 per cent.
of the 1914 crop so shipped. l7.2 per
cent. OF the 1913 crop 50 shipped and
21.S per cent. of the 1912 Gro so
shipped.
The proportion Of the 1915 crop
which is merchantable quality is
about 7l.3 per cent. compared with
S4.5 Of the 1914 crop. SOL per cent. of
the 1913 crop and $50 per cer.. of the
1912 crop.
Oats About 500 800. geo bushels, or
3S.7 per cent of the 1919 crop remain
ed on farms March |, 1916. compared
with 379,369,0o0 bushels, or 322 per
cent. of tie 1914 crol, OH farms March
l, 1915, 4l9,4S1 900 bushels. or 37.4
per cent. of the 1913 crop in 1914, and
l,,1l - .
OF the 1912 crop in 1913.
About 30 per cent OF the 1915 crop
will be shipped out of the counties
where grown, against 29.4 per cent.
OF the 1914 crop SO shipped, 26.5 per
cent. of the 1913 crop SO shipped, and
500 per cent of the 1872 crop so
shipped.
Barley-About G0,51l 900 bushels, of
25.5 per cent. Of the 1915 crop remain
ed on farms March |. 1915. compared
with 42.S89,000 bushels or % per cent.
OF the 1914 crop on farms March 1,
1915, 44l26,000 bushels or PAS per
cent. of the 1913 crop in 1914. and
G2,2S3,0OO bushels. or 27.6 per cent of
the 1912 crop in 1913.
About 43.l per cent of the 1915 crop
will lbe shipped out of the counties
where grown, against 45.l per cent
OF the 1914 crop so shipped. ASA per
cent of the 1913 crop SO shipped, and
53.7 per cent of the 1912 crop SO
shipped.
The next grain report of the bureau
of crop estimates will be issued Fri
day, April 7, at 2:15 p. m., eastern
time.