The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-26
MONTANA CORN CROP
lO,548,OOO BUSHELS
Is State Production Record?
Flax Crop Greater
Than 1916

AhAA INV
Although little more than a third
of Montana's corn crop this year was
harvested as matured grain, includ-
ing the equivalent that was utilized
for silage, cut for feeding, grazed u
hogged off, total production of the
crop on this years greatly expanded
acreage is placed at ~10,548,O00 bush
els by the November report OF the
Montana cooperative crop reporting
service. This production exceeds that
of 1923 (9,49O,0OC bushels) the report
points cut and although a much larg-
er proportion OF the 1923 crop ma
tured, the present crop, on its large
acreage now holds the states record
for greatest total production. Incl
dentally the report notes that cCEn
acreage in the state has grown from
fifty thousand acres in 1914 to more
than a half million acres in 1924.
Flax production in Montana this
year according to the report is 2,245,-
900 bushels, the largest since 1916
and will bring an increased cash re-
turn to farmers in eastern and north
eastern counties OF the state where
the bulk of the crop is grown. Pc
tato production, or the other hand, is
reported smaller than any recent year
since 1919, but due to the shorter
state crcp, LEGAL prices paid to grow
ers are better than a year ago. De-
tails OF the report follow:
November / preliminary estimate
OF corn production in Mortsna, based
cn ne July estimate Ct acreage plant
ed and averaae yield pr acre, is
placed at 10,54o,Jyy bushels. This
estimate includes in addition to actual
yields OF grain corn, the equivalent.
OF corn utilized for sila2e, cut for
feeding, grazed or hogged off, and
ccmp2les with the total production
OF 100000 bushels in 1923. How
ever, only about a third of the 1924
crop was matured grain corn COM
Jared with So per cent of the 1929
crop, the large bulk Of the present
crop having been utilized for feeding,
grazing and hogging in localities
where it failed to mature ahead Ct
September frOsts. The average yield
per acre in 1924 was 1870 bushels
compared with 26.C bushels in 1923
and 24.3 bushels in 1922, but acreage
on the other hand in 1924 was 50 per
cent larger than in 1923. Germ acre
age in the state during the past 10
years has grown from fifty thousand
acres in 1914 to somewhat more than
a half million acres in 1924; the crop
being grown largely as farm feed,
and as a cleaning crop.
On an acreage of 285, 200 acres and
an average acreage yield of 81 bush
els, flaXseed production in Montana
this year is placed by the November
preliminary estimate at 2,245, 900
bushels compared with 902, 600 bushels
IN 1928 grown Oh less than half the
1924 acreage and with slightly lower
acre yield. Growing conditions dur
ing the past season in the important
producing area were quite favorable.
Quality of the crop is high, being
rated at SO per cent compared with
so per cent for the 1923 crop. This
years big flax crop Will bring an in
creased cash return to farmers in
northeastern and east central Mon
tana where the bulk of the crop is
grown.
November l preliminary estimate
shows a further cut from earlier fore
casts and as now placed at 3,237,O0
bushels compares with 1886 coo bush
els outturn of the 1923 crop and
4%,455,000 bushels the 1914-23 average
annual production. Yield per acre
placed at 87.5 bushels compares witt
ITO bushels per acre in 1923 and is
the smallest acre yield since 1919
Factors which reduced yields were les:
damaging . quality which is PLACED
at 81 per cent for the 1924 crop com.
pared with IS per cent for the cror