Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-08-13
GRAIN AND MILLING NEWS.

The Farmers Union Warehouse &
Supply Co: at Grangeville, Idaho, has
recently increased capital from $4,000
to 100000.
Montana's grain crop this year will
be 100000 900 bushels, according to the
estimate of the Banking Corporation
of Montana in it's weekly crop report.
w. r. Bagot, Portland grain dealer,
has entered into an agreement with
the commission of public docks to put
up 5O0-bushel flour mill (Which may
later be increased to 1000 barrels) on
the new grain terminal property at st.
Johns, Ore, near the 900, O0O-bushel
elevator under construction by the
commission.
Harvest is on in earnest and sur
prisingly large yields of grain are re-
ported from Grangeville, Idaho. The
prediction is freely made that Camas
prairie will harvest the greatest to-
tai yield of grain ever recorded, due
to an increased acreage over previous
years. Yields of 35 bushels of wheat
per acre have been reported.
With threshing under way in nearly
every section, indications are Whit
man county will have an average
yield of is bushels to the acre Whit
man county will produce more wheat
than in 1917, and, while operating
costs are somewhat higher this year,
farmers will probably receive a great.
er net revenue than last year.
Washingtons 1918 wheat crop will
total 30,000,000 bushels, an increase
of 10000 900 over last year, Chief Grain
Inspector p. j. Sweeny estimated in
statement issued August ?. The
Oregon crop was figured at $4,000, 900
bushels and the Idaho production at
100000 bushels, thus giving the
three states total of $4,000, 900
bushels
Bumper crops of almost every food
stuff grown on the farm were indi-
Gated again August in the depart
ment of agriculture's monthly crop
report despite a falling off in the pros
pective production in practically all
crops during July, due to adverse con-
ditions, mainly hot and dry weather.
The wheat crop is now estimated at
s5S,O00,00O bushels, corn at 2,9s9.OOO.-
600 bushels and oats LAPS, 600, 900
bushels.
Total production of wheat in Wash
ington is estimated at 80, 1885, 900 bush
els August ] of this year, as com
pared with an estimate of 37,O71 900
on July 1, by Edwin r. Marchetti,
field agent of the department of agri-
culture. The decrease is 4,736,OOO
bushels. Spring wheat accounts for
the largest part of the production this
year with a total of 22,913,00O bush
els, thus rejecting the enormously in
creased acreage.
The Waterville Union Grain Co.. at
its stockholders meeting in Water
vile, Wash. voted to increase capital
from $4,000 to $ss,00O, the increase
being already paid. The old board of
directors was reelected and named
G. A. Lanphere, president, and w. H.
Price, secretary-treasurer- manager, to
succeed M. F'reil, who retires on ac-
count of falling health. The company
has three new elevators under course
OF construction: Waterville. 10000
bushels; Withrow, 10000; and Ais
town, 10000 bushels.
The commercial stocks of wheat re-
ported 10 the department OF agricul-
ture in a food survey dated July /,
1918, amounted to 9,237,059 bushels
according to a statement just issued
by the department. This refers to
stocks actually reported and does not
represent an estimate of the total
commercial stocks of the country;
neither do the figures include stocks
on farms on July 1. The CONNER.
cial stocks reported were held by
1850 firms out of total of 1903 sub.
hitting reports, the firms consisting
of elevators, warehouses, grain mills
and wholesale grain dealers, and were
equal to ss.S per cent of the stocks
held by the same firms on July IL 1917.