The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-10-24

winter wheat. The 1924 total
wheat crop on this forecast is
about 1913 million bushels larger
than the average production. for
the past 5 years (1919-1923) and
about "a million bushels larger
than the favorable crop of 1928.
The greater part of this increas,
was in the spring wheat crop which
production was 2.5 million bushels
greater than that of 1923 and H.
million bushels larger than the 5
i year average (191-1923). 1t i:
significant that the larger 1922
spring wheat crop was produced OF
an acreage $4,000 acres smaller thar
in 1928 and about 100000 acres
smaller than for the five-year aver.
age (1919-1923), larger average
acre yield being the factor for the in
creased production. Individual yields
as usual varied greatly according to
local damage and as between dry
land and irrigated areas, the state
average of 1875 bushels per acre com
pairing with l43 bushels per acre in
1928 and 11.2 bushels the 1919-2S
average. The crop in general yield
ed best in the northeastern and east
central counties which averaged
about 1918 bushels, the north cen
trail and south central counties were
relatively the lowest averaging
about 1918 bushels due to spotted
drouth and insect damage. The rest
of the state averaged 1915 bushels
The quality of the crop, due to
generally favorable growing sea
son and harvesting conditions in the
important producing areas averaged
high and at SO per cent compared
with go per cent in 1923 and the 10
year average (1919-1923) of 1915
per cent!
The Winter Wheat Crop.
Winter wheat production this
year placed at 12,404,000 was
slightly smaller than the 1928 crop
but was 29 million bushels larger
than the 19f9-23 average production
The quality of the crop averaged 90
per cent as compared with 81 per
cent in 1923 and the 10-year (1924-
1929 average of 1878 per cent. ....-.-.
Wheat Marketing Fast.
About 1915 per cent of all wheat
was estimated to have been mar
keted by October l. Applying this
per centage to the 1924 production
of 54,827,000 bushels, it would ap-
pear that Montana farmers had al
ready disposed of 700 bush
cells, this marketing not including
carry-over of the 1923 crop esti-
mated on July /, last at 3.5 per cent
or about 1,737,000 bushels. An APP
I1n1 nf n
els of wheat was therefore in farm
ers' hands on October 1. Of this
amount seed requirements will take
about 13 per cent and with the US
ual small amount for merchandise
stock the remainder is available for
market. In 1928 it was estimated
that 81 per cent of the total crop was
sold.
The United States Wheat Crop.
The total production on spring
wheat in the United States this year
is placed by the October preliminary
estimate at 266 million bushels, an
increase of about 10 million bushels |
over that of the September forecast,
The present forecast now being So
million bushels larger than the final
of the 1928 crop, and 10
million bushels larger than the
L918-1922 average production.
The total production of winter
wheat in the United States was
placed by the August preliminary es
innate at 5S9,O0O,O0O bushels.
On this basis the total wheat crop
If the United States this year stands
it 855 million bushels and is SO mil
ion bushels larger than the 1928
wheat crop but rs million bushels
mailer than the 1918-1922 average
of all wheat.
The World Wheat Crop.
Under date of October 1, the U.
!. Department of Agriculture issued
he following summary of the world
Theat crop prospect:
"Official estimates of wheat pro-
uction from 27 counties represent.
ng nearly So per cent of the North
IN Hemisphere crop give an aggre-
ate of 2,344 million bushels COM
AIRED with 2,616 million bushels pro-
uced by the same countries last
ear, or a reduction of 10.4 per cent.
his includes estimates OF all I'M
ortant producers in the Northern
hemisphere except Russia, emma,
rance and Roumania. or the II
ountries reporting, only the United
tates, Austria, Jugo- Slavla, Bull
aria, Morocco and Chosen show in
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