The Mankato free press., 1922-06-30

to their customers have been RS
ing. There has also been a rise in
deposits except in the case of Twin
City banks having country cores
pondents.
The Crop Prospects.
While the spring wheat acreage
in this district has been reduced
about 7 per cent from the 1921
acreage, according to the June l re-
port of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, growing con-
ditions are so good that the total
estimated production. if all condi-
tons remain favorable, will be 25
per cent larger than the final est
innate for the 1921 crop. This dis
trict, however, according to latest
estimates, will not produce its usual
share this year of the total wheat
production in the United states. Ac-
cording to the June j estimate, it
total wheat production in 1922,
whereas on the average for Is years
(19e6- 1921, this district produced
about 25 per cent of the wheat rails
ed in the United States. 1t has pro-
duced as high as 80 per cent lin
1922, while the lowest per cent
that it has ever produced was IA lin
1919. This total wheat production
for this district is estimated at
1S1, $40 900 bushels, of which 1872,
$4,000 bushels, are spring wheat
The condition of rye on June ]
was 40 per cent better than on May
l. The forecast as of May / was
3S,79S.O00 bushels for the four
state of Minnesota. Montana, North
and South Dakota, while the fore
cast on June I was 40,164, 600 bush
els. With favorable conditions for
the rest of the season this district
should produce 1876 per cent more
rye than the 1921 crops. While all
states shared in the improved out
look for rye, Montana showed the
largest increase in estimated pro.
duction as compared with the May
/ figures.
Acreage Planted This Spring.
The acreage planted this spring
the same or slightly less thai the
1921 acreage. The estimated pro-
duction, however, for both oats and
barley is considerable larger than
last year. The total Ninth District
estimate for oats is 3l4,449,000
bushels, while the 1921 estimate
was 229,772,000 bushels. The esti-
mated barley producing for the four
states comprising the chief grain
raising section OF this district. is
q per cent larger than last year,
or 67,374,000 bushels, compared
with a production in 1921 of 3d.
$4,000 bushels. In spring wheat,
oats and barley, Montana shows a
larger increase over the 1921 final
estimate than any of the other
states in this district.
Weather conditions for the past
month have been unusually good.
Rye is headed out in most sec
tions and is generally in fine shape.
There has been scattering damage
from hail and some unfavorable
weather conditions in northern
Minnesota, while the dry weather
in south central South Dakota has
caused some anxiety. In other sec
tions the heavy rains have inter
fered with the farm work to such
an extent that prominent authori-
ties predict a reduction in the
fax acreage. The wet weather
how ever, has been favorable for
pastures and forage crops, which
have a large acreage this year and
are in excellent condition. This is
especially true in Montana, where
feed is an important factor inl live
stock raising and where the domes-
tic supply for the last few years
has fallen short of the demand.
The present tendency is toward di-
versifed farming, with a conse-
Quence increase in feed crops,
sugar beet and seed crops of which
field peas is the most important.
On the whole in, spite of the late
spring, the crops are in good con-
dition and growing rapidly and all
indications at this time point to a
large crop this fall.