The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-09-28

county. Flax cutting will be complet-
ed the coming week. The labor sup
ply is inadequate.
Valley-The weather for the week
has been favorable for threshing and
the ripening of corn and alfalfa. Crop
yields are running about 10 to 13
bushels and most grading No. l. Flax
is ripening fine. The crop will be good
this year. Livestock is feshing up in
good shape, some going to market
There is plenty of winter feed. There
have been but few calls for labor.
WEST CENTRAL MONTANA
Ravalli- The weather continued
clear, turning off slightly cloudy the
last of the week. Corn is maturing
rapidly under ideal weather conditions.
There is an unusually good acreage of
corn this year and a remarkably good
growth. The first shipment of varie-
ties Of aples was made this week.
Fruit in the northern part of the val
ley is ripening very rapidly while that
in the southern end is about two
weeks later. The acreage sown to
fall grain is about normal. Livestock
is in good condition with plenty of
feed and they are putting on good
flesh. There is a slight increase in the
demand for help in harvesting the
fruit crop.
CENTRAL MONTANA
Cascade Weather continues favor
able and harvesting of small grain
proceeding. Yields are as high as As
bushels per acre on summer fallOw
Harvesting of corn for grain and fod
der has begun. Some winter being
seeded Livestock condition normal
Some calls for help received during
the week
Fergus-There has been no precipi-
tation. Warm days and cool nights
have prevailed. Late corn was light
ly damaged by frost in some locali-
ties. Threshing is progressing as fast
as the labor supply permits. Early
seeded wheat looks fine. SilOS are be-
ing filled and corn fodder is being
harvested. Big shipments of livestock
are being made. Scarcity of labor is
delaying threshing. There is little
transient help available.
Lewis and Clark-Clear fall wealth
er with warm days and rather cool
nights continued during the week.
There has been no killing frost yet.
Grain harvesting is practically COM
pleted and threshing is in progress in
all sections. The second crop of al
falfa is being cut with some difficulty
in curing because of the damp, cool
nights. Corn has matured rapidly
during the past week. Some decrease
Of the earlier estimate is reported for
the potato crop. Livestock is in good
condition, but the grasses have not
matured sufficiently yet for condition
ing cattle most satisfactorily. There
is some demand for threshing hands.
EAST CENTRAL MONTANA
Prairie-The weather has continued
fine. Light frosts occurred over most
of the county. However, no freezing
occurred so that late corn still has a
chance. Practically all corn is out of
the way of frost. Threshing is about
65 per cent completed. The average
yield will run about bushels. Oats
are poor, barley fair and flax is yield
ing from to 21 bushels. Thirty per
cent of the corn is out and the crop
10 per cent better than last year. The
yield will be about q bushels per
acre. Livestock is commencing to
move the market. Heavy shipments
are expected from October 1st, to 10th.
Richland-Several general frosts oc-
Cured during the week which put an
end to most of the gardens. There
has been no rain and the soil is too
dry for fall blowing. Threshing is
well along and will be practically COM
pleted by September 25th. Sugar beet
harvest will begin about September
goth. Estimates place sugar beet
yields at about 10 tons per acre. Corn
is we'll along and practically all Of
the early varieties well matured. A
large part of it has already been har-
vested. Frost damaged some of the
late corn. Range conditions are fair.
livestock is in good flesh. There will
be : demand for men and teams to
haul sugar beets September goth to