The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23

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United States bureau of crop esti.
mates for Montana isued by F. w
Beier shows that corn and hay are
the most favorable crops this year
The month of August vas marked
with climatic conditions generally
unfavorable due to lack of rainfall
and the damage from hot weather
due to lack of moisture in the soil.
Late crops were damaged generally
over the state while the acreages
that we're sown early held about the
same condition throughout the
month.
Complete reports from Montana's
81 counties showed a very spotted
condition from which it is hard to
draw definite boundaries of the poor
and good areas. Generally the
northwestern, northern, northeastern
and eastern sections contain the areas
that report the lowest crop condi-
lions, while the most favorable re-
ports have ben received from the
central, southern, southeastern and
southwestern parts of the state.
The threshing returns indicate that
the yields are somewhat below ear
lier expectations due to the dam
age to late grains and the presence
of some grain that is shrunken from
the heat. Threshing is well under
way with grain rapidly filling the ele-
~vators, so far the farmers have
found ready elevator capacity or stor-
age on the farms.
The spring wheat crop is now es-
timated at 20,160,000 bushels from
a condition of SO per cent which is
5 per cent below the August / condi-
ton. The reduction is due to the
damage to the late crop by the
drought and the unfavorable returns
from fields that were studied or disk
ed in last spring. Promising reports
have been received from Big Horn,
Fergus and saltwater counties. The
crop in the northern, northeastern
and eastern parts of the state show
many badly damaged areas which
greatly reduce the average of these
sections. The United States crop fore
casts a production of 237,374,000
bushels, a reduction of nearly U.s.
100000 from the August forecast.
The oat crop has shown the same
tendencies as wheat with a reduc-
ton of 5 per cent during August, the
crop on September 1 forecasts a pro-
duction of 2~7,834,000 bushels from
a condition of IS per cent. The best
crop is reported from the southern
and southwestern part of state with
a very good crop in Carter and Pow
der River counties.
DouJo- .-IsaI, d. aAN f{.ll - - f1-r
sections of the state showed a con-
dition of 70 per cent, a slump of S
per cent during August, the fore
casted production is 10000 bush
els. The Gallatin valley crop is re-
ported god.
Corn has proven to be the best dry
land crop this year, the crop suffer-
ed some damage from heat during
August where the moisture condition
was not the best, but generally con-
sidering the late seeding corn has
done very we'll. Much Of the late
crop will be cut for silage and fod-
der, while the crop for grain is e
ported to be very good in sections of
the Yellowstone valley, McCone and
Musselshell counties. The condition
&c . pCi NChLt " pCl OVLI ~ u Llldn
month ago which forecasts a pro-
duction of 4,161,000 bushels.
The hay crop is very good this year
with an increase in the acreage of
tame and wild harvested and a con-
siderable acreage of grain, millet and
Sudan grass cut for hay. The re-
ports for September indicate a yield
of LIS tons per acre of all tame hay,
and .95 tons per acre for wild hay.
The total crop is forecasted at 1,972,-I
600 tons last year. The timothy yield
is estimated at 1.50 tons per acre
with a yield of 2.15 tons for alfa1-
ia. Several sections have a surplus
with the possibility of shortages con-
fined to few very limited areas.
The potato crop shows the effects
of the climatic conditions during Au-
gust by a condition of 70 per cent,
IL per CEN below the August 1 con-
dition which forecasts a production
of 4,851,000 bushels. The crop is
very spotted with fair to good yields
reported from the central and west
ern part of the state, while some Sec
report a small number of po-
to the hill.
The flax crop a greater part OF
was very late on old ground
showed a decided drop In condition
IS per CEN to 35 per cent due
to the damage of the late crop which
made a very poor growth, weeds
proved a serious factor and Russian
have taken many fields. The
northeastern part of the state, which
IS the largest flax producer shows a
poor crop overshadowing the good
fields that are found In this section.
The f~orecasted production is 1885,
300 bushels. Good fields of flax are
reported from several sections but
Are generally confined to areas that
we're sown early on land free from
weeds.
The number of hogs on hand for
.'attening purposes is estimated at 80
per cent of the number one year ago,
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