The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-19
WHEAT CROP
IS NOW PREDICTED

The condition of crops in Montana !
on September 1 indicates production
Of 81 million bushels of wheat, % mil
lion bushels of oats, 9 million bushels
Tor equivalent) of corn, and also
larger crops than last year of flax,
barley and sugar beets. Corn and
flax prospects improved during Au-
gust while spring wheat sustained the
heaviest decline in condition of all of
the crops, due to rpst injury and to
drouthy periods in the eastern coun-
! ties. Other crops not harvested bare
ly held their own, and In some cases
showed moderate declines. These are
! features of the September Crop Re-
port issued today by Geo. t. Scott,
Statistican for the Montana Cooper
ative Crop Reporting Service.
All wheat. The total forecasted
! production of spring and winter
wheat combined is 51,003,000 bushels,
or nearly five million bushels more
than the preliminary revised estimate
of the 1922 crop. Of this, 6,239 900
bushels are winter wheat.
) Spring wheat. The September fore
cast for spring wheat production is
44,764,O00 bushels, based upon an av-
erage condition at harvest time of IS
per cent of normal, a loss of over two
million bushels from August forecast.
: Last years crop was estimated to be
a little less than 40 million bushels,
g. while the 5-year average has beer
: 17,948,O00 bushels, but this includes
the disastrous year of 1919. The con,
dition of spring wheat last month was
70, a year ago it was 80, and the ter
year average on Sept. 1 has been SIS
e The decline in condition was due tt
t rust injury in the eastern third of the
|, state, and to dry hot periods in th'
h same area, where little more than hal
a crop is reported from early thresh
ing returns. The crop shows best il
the north central, central, and soutl
central districts, but is generally goot
over the entire western two-thirds O
o the state, except where hoppers an
n hail have done injury to it. The quail
lty is below that of last year, consid
cradle of it being lighter in weigh
n and showing shriveled kernels, espec
tally in the rust affected territory
Quality in the central areas is better
ID and the gluten content will apparent
1t run higher for the state than it di
n last year. Harvesting is PRACTICAL
completed in the eastern and south
lie eastern counties and west of the D
lyI vide, threshing is we'll along, but i
other districts harvesting is late.
lg Oats. A crop of 23,051 900 bushe
s. of oats is indicated by a condition {
re 81 on Sept. /. Last years r ws
to estimated at 10000 0 bushels, ar
the average for the five-year periC
an has been 12,806,O00 bushels. The COZ
a. dition last month was "a, for Septen
is Der 1922 it was 80, and the ten-ye;
IA average 81. Oats have generally fillt
X in fine shape, and early threshing r
W, turns indicate a high average yiel
" Hoppers have done considerable sea
to tered injury TO this crop, and vie
all will not average high in the caste,
portions.
i'd Corn. Corn gained a point in co
NJ dition during August, and its Sept.
he condition of 90 points to a producti
hit. of 100000 bushels for this yes
hit The 1872 crop was estimated to
lat 5,475,0O0 bushels, and the five-ye