Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-29
LITTLE HOPE FOR \
THE WINTER CR0r
But Spring Wheat Still Has 4
Chance to Make Good
Drouth Damage Heay1

Mountain elevator companTh snt
the various points where 6tsua AsSr rS3slsSy
operates contain an element oi5fif.
mlsm, there never-the less iaa = h Jl5ia4i ID.
flon that conditions are Nseftd11 ron
cernlng the winter wheat I'M AIUn-
tana generally, no matter AD1 5nuef
ram may come now. WifhE aSnrjH6
wheat the case is different 5lS 4 4 ~
that with rain reasonable n I'M
Will be good deal of sNII ESat
harvested. In the Fort sShl
for.s; example, they are kFadiTsyg
spring wheat. The brief of reports made
from the points mentioned is offered
all being of May "a. a
Belt-Conditions the past week have
been none too favorableS for growing
crops, weather being dry and hot, which
mas hurt the winter wheat that is start
ing to joint, and good rain is needed
to give the spring wheat the right start
off.
Fort Shaw.-No improvement during
the past week on dry land winter and
spring wheat. Rain is needed but all
crops On the irrigated lands look fine.
Yesterday I sold 200 bushels spring
wheat to be seeded on the irrigated
lands.
!. Stanford.-No rainfall the past week.
weather has been very warm, causing
orylng out of the ground. Winter
some nice pieces Of spring wheat and
some is coming uneven. A good rain
IN the coming week would repair any
damage done and start the crop out nice
and even. Seeding is practically complet-
ed with quite an increase in the acreage.
Big Sandy-I am sorry to say that
~ per cent Of our winter wheat is gone
tor good and the rest will 60 this week
II we don't get a real soaker of rain The
prospects now is very poor for the win
Ter gram. The early spring grain is al
SO suffering for moisture, however, is
still on the average, is holding it's own
Dut we must have rain soon. The past
four days have been fright on all the
crops. The weather real hot with a
high hot wind all day. 1t just seems
to blow everything but weeds back III
the ground. However, the weeds seen
TO do fine; you may at a distance seem
to see field looking very green; when
you get to it you find it matted with
nothing but weeds. / still feel that If we
could get good rain and little faYora-
bic grain weather we might get a real
good spring crop.
Windham. m.-Weather the past week for
the most part dry and warm. Spring
ers report grain looking good even if it
is very dry, especially winter wheat and
rye. Need good soaking rain for every
thing
Conrad.-Crop conditions for this To-
rahty have not changed from previous
week. No rain throughout week. Crops
needing moisture.
kolin.-The weather the past week |
mas been very warm in this district and |
We have had no rains whatever. Crops |
ire looking fine but just beginning to |
show the need Of moisture. It would |
De safe to say that some fields are
urning which is cutting production per
lcre down. For an example, rods
rom this elevator is the best field Of
winter wheat I have seen anywhere this
ear. 1t is inches high and to look at
t from the elevator it is nice and green
ooking, but when you 60 into the field,
t is all yellow on the ground.
Broadyiew.-Crop conditions in this
district are fair tho some fields Of win
er wheat are heading very short. There
las been no rain for about 10 days and
conditions will soon be serious.
oma,-Weather the past week has
'een so hot and dry that consider
BILE portion of the winter wheat is fire
ng badly. Winter wheat on summer fall
ow and spring wheat generally will stand
! week or ten days yet. Even if rain
omes at once, | anticipate that the crop
will be cut considerably short. but per-
laps not. In 1915 the crop out look was
ully as bad up till the latter part of
lay as it is now, but the rain from the
irst of June on did wonders and we
harvested good crop. IL the rain does
lot come soon though, the. stuff Is off"
guess.
Dr. Sar5r ~, ~aa.n d. ae h:-L |
Wind and no rain. Reports are begin
ling to come in from responsible parties
hat the cut worm is doing damage very
eriously in several cases; the entire
ield is gone. That is the winter wheat
ut very little damage as yet can be
earned from spring grain. One party was
q today for seed barley to reseed 40
ere field of rye; the first one heard Of
n rye this season. He claims that up
ntil Friday, this looked Al, but the
ut worm seemed to take it all in one
ay. The rye surely looks good; of
curse, We have a very small acreage
f rye, however, enough that if it could
Il be harvested it would mean quite
ice amount towards making up on
hort crop of other grain. Well it is al
lost sure thing to begin to figure the
inter wheat 2-3 loss and if no rain
oon. total loss. The spring wheat will
tand for quite a while yet so it is not
0 bad. AS you know, the acreage here
his year could be figured 40 per cent
inter wheat and 60 per cent spring
heat
Power.-There is but little change in
rop conditions within the last week.
here are some of the farmers Resolving
. account Of worms and some Of the
inter wheat that has been winter
lied.
Moccasin,-Practically all the spring
seding is completed this week, however,
lie late sowing will be as good as what
as soWn earlier, as there has been no
lin during the past week. The winter
heat is looking fine, and what is above
'e ground of the spring wheat is com
g along fine. The warm weather of
e past few days, if it should continue
II week without any rain. would
art to have an effect on the growing
ops.
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