The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-09
CROP OUTLOOK IN STATE
VERY MUCH IMPROVED
Rain Reported in Sixteen Counties
This Week-Spring Wheat Nearly
All Seeded.

A much more optimistic note is in
evidence this week in the'crop reports
received by Charles D. Greenfield,
commissioner of agriculture and pub
Lefty, from the various county agri-
cultural agents throughout the state.
From all of the sixteen counties re-
porting, except one, showers are re-
ported during the week ending May
3. These counties represent all parts
of the state and all Indicate that there
is sufficient moisture to terminate the
seed and that with warm weather the
crop outlook will be very bright. La
Dor continues somewhat scarce. Most
of the counties report winter wheat
in excellent condition and spring
wheat nearly all seeded. Range cat
tie are a little thin but sheep are in
good condition and the season has been
a favorable one for lambs.
Seeding Almost Finished.
Dawson co~unty-Eighty per cent
has been sown and much of it is up.
Local showers during the week. La
Dor carce.
Richland county-About 1000 acres
of sugar beets will be planted this
year as compared with 700 last year.
Demand for seed corr indicates at
200 per cent increase. Much flax is
being planted this year. Twenty new
silos are being planned. One hun
dred men could find jobs at once.
Sheep in good shape.
Missoula county-Weather condi-
tions favorable. Showers during the
week and spring grains are coming
up in good shape. Farm labor scarce.
Hay is high and almost impossible to
find.
Musselshell county-Weather condi-
lions favorable with local showers,
Spring seeding 40 per cent completed
Potato and corn planting started. La
Dor continues scarce.
Ravalli county-Local showers fol
lowed by temperature. No danger of
frost to the fruit reported yet. Seed
ing practically completed. Pea seed
ing we'll under way. Increasing de-
mand for labor.
Grass on Range.
Valley COMMISSIONERS during the
latter part of the week improved con-
ditions considerably. Winter wheat
and rye looking fine. People very op-
timistic about crop conditions. Grass
growing good on the range.
Lewis and Clark-Local showers Of
slight extent. There is plenty of mois.
ture in the ground to terminate al
grains. Seeding of small grains prac.
tically completed. Practically al
spring blowing finished. The same la.
Dor shortage with high wages contin.
ues.
Toole county-Wheather warn anc
dry with no precipitation. Grasses
growing fairly we'll and range stock
in general looking good. Over hall
of the farmers have finished seeding
wheat. Large acreage.
Sanders county-During the past
week more than half an inch of rain
fell followed by a lower temperature.
Cascade county-Light showers lat
ter part of week. Seeding is progress
sing rapidly and labor short.
Rain and Snow in Fergus.
Fergus county-Spring field work
we'll advanced. Early planted wheat
grains showing p we'll. Winter wheat
good in most places. Rain and snow
latter part of week.
.Prairie county-Good rains during
week with n and one-half inches of
rain reported. Crop conditions are
looking good. Four-fifths of all crops
in the ground. Corn ground in readi-
ness for planting.
Sheridan county.-A good rain over
the entire county. Prospects ideal,
Wheat crop over half seeded. Winter
rye is coming through in good shape,
Rosebud county-Rains latter mar,
OF the week. Some wheat up and look