Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-21
Wheat Yields in
Belt Valley Run
ming Very High

With threshing completed in that
Section northwest of Belt, about
Wayne and Fife and in the Lower
Belt country, definite reports as to
the yields are coming in, and in some
cases at least do not come up to the
estimates made while cutting was
under way, though generally speak
ing, the yields are large
On the Stanley Goo ranch, near the
Wayne station, a yield of 35 bushels
to the acre was realized from one 30
acre field of summer fallow, while
just across the road from the Goo
place Joe Bogner had a l30-acre field
stubbled in which made % bushels 20
the acre. In this same neighborhood
John f. Sweeney threshed 80 bushels
of turkey red to the acre off from 125
acres of summer fallowed land. A
field Of 200 acres Of stubbled in wheat
made but II bushels, while go acres
Of spring wheat did not do so well.
Over on the Highwood road, G. M.
Stowe had in 1000 acres Of winter
wheat on summer fallowed land which
made trifle better than 35 bushels
to the acre. Mr.. Stowe also had in
900 acres Of spring wheat on the Box
Elder Sheep company lard near Fife
lying on both sides Of he Beft-Great
Falls road just past the Bumgsrner
ranch. Combining was completed
there the latter part Of last week, the
field making about IL bushels to the
acre. Clark Bumgarner, in the same
section, threshed ri bushels Of winter
wheat to the acre from 80 acres Of
summer fallowed land, while is BUSH
els to the acre was realized off from
a stubbled in field Of 50 acres.
On the Rutherford ranch Of the ].
B. Long company threshing Of winter
wheat has not progressed far enough
to get an accurate estimate Of the
yield, though II is expected to make
about the average Of other fields.
They have one field Of about 400 acres
tion, which it is estimated will make
about 35 bushels to the acre. The big
acreage of winter wheat on this place
made an average Of Ii bushels TO the
acre.
West OF town, in the Belt Butte Sec
tion, good yields are also being re-
ported. Mrs. Oscar johnson on small
field of summer fallowed land realized
return Of AZ bushels to the acre,
while on the Thomas Hoei Johnson
place the average yield was IS bush
els on 70-acre field.
Threshing in the Tiger Butte dis
trict has hardly Progressed far
enough to get an accurate estimate of
the yield, but it is known to be good.
Mrs. Bertha Paulson threshed az
bushels to the acre of winter wheat,
machine measure, from summer fall
owed land, and neighbors are said to-
have yields equally az good. On the
Joseph Becker ranch one 40-acre field
made record Of AZ bushels to the
scre ON summer fallowed land, while
IN the John Becker place a summer
field Of 10 acres showed AZ
bushels TO the acre, machine measure.
People who have seen this wheat
lain 1t will do better than that on
Elevator measure.
Grasshoppers. it is estimated, have
AIKEN a toll Of from two to three
'ushels to the acre in this section cut
ing down the yields by that amount.
Elevator men estimate that the aver
ge yield for the whole district, OF
9th spring and winter wheat, sum-
ner faiiowed and stubbied IN, will be
lose to 26 bushels to the acre, which
5 considered a very good average.
hey say that the quality is excep-
good, the average weight Of
inter wheat being about 81 pounds
D the bushel. and spring wheat aver
ring ahout 81 pounds