The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-10-19
III
I'M AVERAGE
.ced Crop of State 10 Worm
$4,000, 900; Average for
Five Years S74, ,00o, 600 III


Montana crops this year will more
than double the five-year average
yield, according to new figures o.
tained by the Montana Development
association at Billings. Not only In
matter of bushels and tons Of the 10
principal crops this season will The
yield be doubled, but the monetary
values of the crops, separately ana
as a total will be twice that Of TIE
five-year average since 1919.
The five-year average value OF the
10 crops is s73.s86, ,23e, while the value
this year lis estimated at $150, 0,100,0on,
or more than double. The September
condition of crops in general estimates
production of about 81 100000 bus6-
els of wheat. 23,OO0,OO0 bushels Of oas1.
more than 100000 bushels Of corn
and also larger crops than last yoer
in such commodities as flax, bayieg
and sugar beets.
During the last five years, the wheat
yield has averaged 17,e46.oW bushsae-
This of course includes the disastreue
year of 1919, when only about 1ooo4-
900 bushels of wheat were produnoA.
The condition of spring wheat lnet
month was reported at 70, year a0b
at so and the 10-year average on Sop
tember / has been SO.
Harvesting is practically comp3stsd
-. ao.+o~,, onI eox,thao sfa~xz <-nn,~Hsrd~
ties and west of the divide, bat In
other sections threshing is late.
Oats this year will run Gloss 10
yield of 23,051 900 bushels n eoes-
pared with 100000 as a five-y0r
average Early threshing returns in
dicate a high average yield. Grrss-
hoppers have damaged scattered + -
tions of this crop and the yield w'n
not he high in the eastern part of the
state.
Corn production will almost dou''.
last years yield ands Is about fise
times the five-year average Yield. 1h-
condition of the crop Is reported the
same as year ago. Rains and other
weather conditions this season hove
delayed maturing to some degree brt
It is filling well and not matr-'"g
rapidly. Corn suffered but little f-nn
the temporary drouth periods OF the
eastern counties.
Barley is about double the prodrc-
ton for the five years, and flax %
about so per cent more than the five
year average. Tame hay has r''',-
duction almost equal to the avess ge
even though severe damage has bern
done by grasshoppers to the aifsifa.
while hot weather lowered the yield
in some other sections not affected by
the insects. Much of the second crop
of alfalfa was injured by early rains
during the haying season.
Potato yields will go little over
100000 bushels better than the aver
age. The quality of commercial ps-
tatoes is said to be as good or betbx
than last year but yields are expected
TO average lower, due to many pAsk
stands and TO an apparent light sst n
many fields.
Apples do not quite come up 10 Ne
five-year average this season, due -
hail, scab and blight 1t is tbea0kt
that about 100 cars of fancy apQaAs
will be shipped from this state ukis
season and about 200 cars Of seeond
grade fruit. Last year the cariot aAiD-
ments totaled 3a3; in 1922, ese, ana fni
1920, 4t3 cars.
Yields of sugar beets are expected tol
far outclass those of last year ana thsD
five year average as well. No dAfintte
estimate has been set on the tonnage
for this season but probably absut
3e5, 900 or 100000 tons will be the yieid
in this section. which will be cut BY
the Billings plant.
s. NJ Fitzgerald, SO years Of age,
called as witness in a court case II
Livingston. recently, packed suit~
case with which he walked miles to Q
ranch where he borrowed horse ana
rode into Livingston. arriving Ia court
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