Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-09
BILLION ADDED
T0CROP VALUE
IN U.S.REP0RT
Yield Worth $6,6OO,-
100000, Says u. S.
Estimate for Month.
Worth of Produce to Be
Higher Than in 1921,
Bulletin Points Out.


sociated Press) This years impor-
tant farm crops will be worth approx
mately 81 ,250,OO0,OOO more than their
value last year. Production forecasts
announced Friday by the department
of agriculture indicate this years i'm
portant crops will aggregate approx
mately $1,000, 100000, calculating their
value on September farm prices.
Three crops-corn, cotton and hay
will exceed a billion dollars each in
value, their aggregate comprising more
than one-half of the value of all the
other important crops.
August growing conditions were
especially detrimental to the bumper
corn crop and to the cotton crop. Corn
suffered a loss during August of 142,-
100000 bushels, worth at September 1
prices SS9.0O0,000. The governments
production at 2,S75, 100000 bushels.
Cotton had an almost equally bad Au-
gust. an earlier report showing pros
pective production decreased S74,O 900
bales during the month. That amount
of cotton at September l prices would
have been worth $SS, 10000.
Present indications are that prac-
tically all of this years crops will be
worth more than last year, with the
exception of wheat, rice and peanuts.
Corn will be worth approximately
S496, ,000,O 900 more; cotton, $3S9,O00,-
600: oats, $S3,O0O,OOO: apples, $64,-
100000; hay (tame), SAT, 100000, and
peaches, S36,OO0,OO0.
Value of Crops
This years indicated crops will have
q value, calculated unofficially and
based on September / farm prices, as
follows:
100000; oats, $404, 100000; barley,
$SS, 100000; buckwheat, $11 ,6OO,O
rye, S50,300,O0O; potatoes, $385, 400
600; sweet potatoes, S116, 100000; hay
(tame), $1,037, 100000; hay (wid);
$122,6oo,0o0; co cotton ton (exclusivs ( soo1 Of
100000; peaches, sss, 100, 900; pea
nuts, $40, ,4OO, 900; flax seed, S22, ,100,-
0O0 and beans, $49600,000.
The forecasts of production this
year based on September 1 conditions, +,
follow:
PRODUCTION forecast in thousands
of bushels.)
Corn-Ohio condition, 70, forecast
151,161.
Indiana, 50 and 117,7S3. !
Illinois, SO and 325.521.
Minnesota. 76 and 10S,916.
Iowa, 81 and $4,000.
Missouri, II and 176,201.
South Dakota, 70 and 111,S17.
Nebraska. IS and 179,094.
Kansas, 60 and 106,3
Kentucky; so and S,155.
Texas, 20 and 120,S34.
Spring wheat
Minnesota, so and 32,629.
North Dakota, 81 and 1904.
South Dakota, S5 and 37,155.
Montana, so and 36,002.
Washington, AZ and II, 112.
Oats
Illinois, 64 and 1879.
Wisconsin, 90 and 105.7S0.
Minnesota, SO and 142,052.
Iowa, 81 and 220,371.
Other Crops Increase
Other crops generally showed in
creases in prospective production, al
though there were few slight de-
clines.
The years important farm crops
were forecast Friday by the depart
ment Of agriculture, basing its esti-
mate on September L crop conditions
as follows:
All wheat, 818.
Spring wheat, 277.
Corn, 2S7.
Condition of the crops September
], was:
Spring wheat, sol; corn, 1856; oats,
749; barley, 81.2; buckwheat, S5.7;
white potatoes, 1913; sweet potatoes,
s24; tobacco, 1852; flax, 82.7; rice,
S5.5; sugar beets, $50; Kafirs, 65.5.
Oats, 1855; barley, 1874; buckwheat,
1876; white potatoes, 43S; sweet pota-
toes, 10S: tobacco (pounds) 1856;
flax, III; rice, 38S; hay, tame
ttons), 929; hay wild, (tons), 1873;
sugar beets (tons), 5.26; apples, total,
207; apples, commercial tbarrels),
1926; peaches, $50; Kafirs, $50; pea
nuts (pounds), SOL; beans, 1875.
Nebraska suffered heaviest in the
loss in corn during August. Other
important producing states showed the 4
following reductions.
South Dakota. 100000 bushels;
Kansas. 20,000,000; Iowa, 100000;
Kentucky, 100000; Missouri, 9,0OO,-
900: Tennessee, 100000: Minnesota
S,000,000; Illinois, 100000; Indiana, Il
6.500,0 900 and Ohio 100000