The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-07-12

dition applies generally to South Da-
kota, and the outlook in Wisconsin is
very favorable.
Crops Had Good Start.
The damage in western North Da-
kota and Montana is extremely unfor-
tunate, but not necessarily serious
from the standpoint of the grain pro-
duction of the Ninth district as a
whole.
Montana's outlook, 80 days ago, was
for crop very much in excess of
anything the state has ever grown.
Considering the very large increase in
acreage and the prospective increased
yield in districts which have not so
far been hurt, it is very possible that
the total production in that state
may still reach a very satisfactory
figure and compare we'll with the best
former years. The same may be said
of North Dakota where the greater
part of the area in which there is a
heavy grain production is still in good
shape. 1t should be noted that the
outlook in the Red river valley, which
is practically an unbroken grain
field, is very favorable.
Minnesota and South Dakota show
no conditions that would weaken the
hope of record production. The same
is true of Wisconsin, which is pro-
ducing a large amount of grain this
year.
Corn in many section, has reached
the traditional "Knee high by the
Fourth of July" and promises we'll
The corn production is to very con-
siderable extent confined to portions
of the districts which have not so far
suffered especially from lack of rain.
Rye and barley are making excel
lent progress, rye especially is ge-
ginning to ripen. The hay crop
throughout Minnesota, eastern North
Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin
will be very good.
Potatoes are a good crop and ir
Spite of the difficulties experienced by
shippers in disposing of the last crop
the acreage is we'll up to normal anC
the outlook so far is very good. Gar.
den products made good progress.
Conditions Hold Firm.
Banking and business conditions
show little change from last month
High prices of all commodities anc
high labor costs continue to ref1ec'
themselves in a very largely increased
bill of expense for all those who are ir
business, and farmers have not es
capped. Farm operations have cost {
good deal more than in an average
year and the demand upon all country
blanks has been unusually heavy, re-
tiecting itself in steady demand w
correspondent institutions at the larg,
er centers. The federal reserve bank
has been able to come strongly t.
the support of the banks sof the dis
trict in general and it holdings of re
discounted paper have largely in
creased.
Conditions up to a recent date
seemed to justify the expectation tha
|all portions of this district would bene
fit from large yields and lat the re
sulting profits to farmeis would en-
able them to clear up their indebted
ness and go into the winter in very
good shape. This will not be true ir
some sectionss, but the greater por
tion of the area embraced within tn.
district still has this hope and there
is no reason to believe that the money
return Of this years crop will not b.
extremely large. The crop turnover
will serve to liquidate the prescn
heavy obligations of farmers at coun
try banks and will relieve the presen
demand for loans. The recent actio,
of the government to re-adjustine
grain prices will, at the same time
take from the farmers, the burdel
of meeting recent freight rate ad
vances. What the crop does not show
in bushels, it will make up in dol
lars.