American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-24
$l,llO,OOO CROP YIELD
ESTIMATED FOR COUNTY
GRAINMEN EXPECT CROP OF
10000 BUSHELS.
Two Dollar Wheat win Mean Most
Valuable Yield in History OF County
-Cloudy Weather and Rain OF Last
Few Days Brightens Prospects.

The minimum wheat yield Of Power
county is estimated this season to be
between 100000 and 100000 bushels or
50 per cent Of what an ideal growing
season would have produced. With the
Of $500 a bushel at the central ship
are assured minimum price Of s1.4S
per bushel for their crops. This price
viii yield them an approximate mini
mum total Of s1,11O,O00 for their wheat
crop alone or more than two times
the amount received for the bumper
crop Of 1914 which is regarded as one
Of the best if not the best wheat year
in the history Of the county.
The farmer whose crop this year
averages ten bushels to the acre will
be better off than the farmer of 1914
whose crop went twenty bushels or
better Where wheat sold in 1914 at
prices ranging between S5c and s1.2O
it VIII sell this season at not less than
S14s with no limit to the top Of the
market.
Prospects Encouraging.
Men who have spent much time in
specting crop conditions about the
county are greatly encouraged over
the development in harvest prospects
during the past ten days. The last
few cloudy days and heavy damp at
mosphere have helped the crop pros
poets considerably" said D. ". Davis
last night. The Arbon country has
unusually good prospects, the farm
ers west of town have good crops and
the country contiguous to the foot
hills is raising an average yield. The
/ section between American Falls and
Rockland is not good but will be we'll
worth harvesting in most instances"
The small combined harvester prom
ises to solve the harvesting problem
without considerable difficulty. About
thirty small combines have been or
dered this year by local farmers, and
with a great many already in the
country, the problem of saving the
grain will not be made difficult. Two
farmers working together can harvest
their crops in good season by working
together with a combine, so that har-
vest expense will not be proportion
ately increased with the government
maintenance of the price of wheat
Harvest is expected to begin the first
or second week in August.
Fight Not ever.
Though the food control bill has not
been finally passed in the house al
O Washington, and signed by President
o Wilson. morning dispatches indicate
that it will not tarry long. The chief
fight centers around the senate amend
, ment to the bill as originally drafted
n to the effect that food control board
consisting of three members control
4 the food situation instead of allowing
ii to rest in the hands of Herbert
Hoover. secretary in charge of food
>, control. President Wilson is expect
ed to throw his personal strength in
to the fight to retain the control in the
hands of Mr.. Hoover. Some opposi
tion to 50 wheat developed yesterday II
connection with the liquor amend
~ ments but the administration expects
~ to overcome sentiment against them
]. B. Holloway Of the Earring Grail
2 company estimates that the yield thi
y year will be twenty per cent above tn
~ ~ crop Of last year. 4 have travele
IN over the county considerably durin
the last few weeks" he said. "and fin
u the crops encouraging. If last yea
~ Welded a fifty per cent crop 1 am
ol the opinion that the yield this yea
y will be about sixty per cent"