The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-11-20

Although little more than a
third of Montana's corn crop this
yea was harvested as matured
grain, including the equivalent of
hat amount hal was used for
silage, cut for feeding, grazed
OF hogged off, total production of
the crop on this years expanded ac-
reage is placed at 10,548, 900 BUSH
els by the November report of the
Montana cooperative crop report
ing service.
This production exceeds that of
1928 (~9,049,0O0 bushels) the report
points out and although a much
larger proportion of the 1923 crop
matured, the present crop, on its
large increase now holds the states
record for greatest total production.
Incidentally the report notes that
corr average in the state has grown
from fifty thousand acres in 1914 to
more than a half a million acres in
1924.
Flax production this year, accord
ing to the report is 2,245, 600 bush
els, the largest since 1915 and will
bring an increased cash return to
the farmers in the eastern and north
eastern counties of Montana where
the bulk of the crop is grown. Po-
tato production, on the other hand,
is reported smaller than any recent
year since 1919, but due to the short
er state crop, local prices paid to the
growers are better than a year ago.
Details of the report follow:
Corn-November 1 preliminary
estimate of corn production in Mon
tana, based on the July estimate of
acreage planted and average yield
per acre, is placed at 10,548, 900
bushels. This estimate includes in
addition to actual yields of grain
corn, the equivalents of corn used for
cut for feeding, grazed or
hogged off, and compares with the
production of 9,490,000 bush
els in 1928. However, only about a
third of the 1924 crop al matured
grain compared with 23 per cent of
1928 crop, the large bulk of the
present crop having been utilized for
feeding, grazing and hogging in To-
.calities where it failed to mature
ahead of the September frosts. The
average yield per acre in 1924 was
1870 bushels compared with $50
bushels in 1928 and 24.3 bushels in
1922, but the acreage on the other
hand in 1924 was SIS per cent larg-
er than in 1928. Corn acreage in
he state during the last ten years
has grown from $4,000 acres in 1914
20 more than half a million acres in
1924, the crop being largely grown
or farm feed.
FIax-On an acreage of 258.OOO
acres and an average acre yield of
81 bushels, flaxseed production in
Montana this year is placed by the
preliminary estimate at
,,245,000 bushels compared with
$4,000 bushels in 1928 grown on
ess than half of the 1924 acreage,
md with a slightly lower acre yield.
Growing conditions during the past
eason in the important producing
Irea were quite favorable. Quality
# the crop is high, being rated at
70 per cent compared with 80 per
:ent for the 1923 crop. This years
zig flax crop will bring an increased
ash return in northeastern and east
central Montana where the bulk of
he crop is grown.
Potatoes-November 1 prelimin-
.ry estimate shows a further cut from
'arlier forecasts and as now placed
It 3,237,000 bushels, compares with
bushels for the 1923 crop
4,455, 900 bushels for the 1914
1928 average annual production. The
'ield per acre placed at 87.5 bush
Is compares with 10 bushels in
1928 and is the smallest acre yield