The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-27

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while ID others there ID sufficient
help. The hay crop in every
from which reports are
made is excellent. Pasturage is
good and livestock in excellent
condition. The corn, sunfl0wer
and potato crops are all good.
The following are the reports
from the different counties for
the week ending August 18th.
Richland. Fair amount of
moisture still in the ground.
EARLY grains ripening with good
prospective yield. Late wheat
and flax not so good. Early
wheat is being cut and will yield
well. Corn looking fine. Other
grains and grass fair to good.
Pasture good. Livestock con-
tinues to do well. There will be
no serious labor shortage in this
county.
Wheatland. Good rains and
cooler weather caused late seed
ed grain to revive. Winter
wheat heading. Harvesting will
begin next week. Early spring
wheat on we'll prepared soil looks
fine. Flax is promising. Durum
wheat filling well. Sunfiowers
and corn in clean fields doing
fine. Plenty Of grass and water
for stock. Harvest hands need
ed.
Dawson, Harvesting one-half
completed. Some threshing will
be done next week. Extremely
dry weather will cause reduced
yields. Present prospects 8 to
10 bushels. Plenty Of feed for
stock. Farmers generally doing
their own work.
Gallatin. Improved crop con-
ditions in some sections due to
three days cloudy and rainy
weather. Some sections need
rain badly. Nearly all hay in
stack and looks good. Grain in
irrigated sections looks fairly
good. Some winter wheat and
fall barley being harvested.
Some hail damage reported.
Livestock in very good condi-
ton. Some labor shortage.
Cascade. Rain general over
most of county. Some harvest
ing still being done. Threshing
started.
Fergus. Scattering showers
in some sections improved spring
crops, especially corn and flax.
Harvesting general over county.
Threshing started. First reports
are: winter wheat II bushels
per acre, winter rye 20 bushels
per acre. Some labor shortage.
Teton. Considerable rain ov-
er county, Weather warm and
cool at intervals. Grain ripen-
ing fast. Harvesting started on
winter wheat. Livestock in
good condition. Increased de-
mand for labor.
Roosevelt. Grain ripening
fast. Yield will be higher than
prohpesier. Nearly all spring
wheat cut and in shock or stack
Flax the same. Haying almost
completed. Start threshing this
week. Livestock in good condi.
ton. Range holding out well
Labor situation fairly good.
Prairie. Grains matured
enough to prevent damage from
drought. Corn still growing
Fifty per cent of the wheat il
cut and seventy-five per cent oil
Fthe oats. Harvesting progress
ling nicely. Wheat expected *
yield about 10 bushel. Corr
maturing fast, about ready t.
harvest. Threshing to start ir
earnest Monday. Labor plenti'
full. Livestock in excellent con
dition. Range drying up fas1
but feed enough to last unit;
winter. No livestock shipped II
market yet, and probably non'
will be shipped until the middle
of September.
| Saltwater. Showers over Ell
tire county. In some cases stop
ping work in the harvest fields
Excellent growing weather. Dr.,
land grain twO-thirds harvested
Early sown irrigated crops being
cut. All very good. Consider
able threshiny being done, aver
age IL to 10 busrels per acre
Quality good. Sec,nd crop o
alfalfa being cut. Quality good
Sugar beets and beans ~doin,
fine. Corn excellent. Sunaow
: ers looking very good. Live
stock in good condition, Plent!
of good pasture. Wages averag
IS a day.
Broadwates. Weather condi