The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-16
MONTANA WHEAT
CROP 81 MILLION

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poets in Montana, while mixed wer
mostly favorable especially in tn
case of the more important crops ac
cording to the October crop repor
issued by J. G. Diamond, agriculture
statistician for the Montana cooper
alive crop service. A spring whea.
crop somewhat in excess of earlier
estimates due to generally favorable
harvest conditions, has brought The
total wheat crop up to 54,S27,00f
bushels, the largest in the history OF
Montana, the report states, while in
creases are also noted in the fore
casts for barley and apples. On the
other hand the report shows moder-
ate declines in forecasts of corn, po-
tatoes and oats with but nominal
changes in outlook for other crops.
Details follow:
Record for Wheat.
Average acre yield of spring
wheat for the state is placed at 1915
bushels compared with 14.3 for the
1928 + and 10.5 bushels the s.
year q919-23) average. On the
basis of the June acreage estimate
of 2,737,O0O acres 1924 production
is now estimated at AZ, 423, 900 bush
els compared with 80, 100000 in
1928 and 3O,99O,O0O bushels tie
1923 average. Included in the
estimate of spring wheat this year
is 1,419,OOO bushels of Durum
wheat grown on an estimated acre
9 of $4,000 acres. The October
estimate of spring wheat production
is somewhat in excess of the Septem-
Der forecast due to generally favor
able harvest conditions. In general
the crop yielded best in northeastern
and east central counties, although
barring localities where local damage
factors cut yields, practically all M
portant producing areas yielded above
average. With the August estimate
of 2, 404, 900 bushels Of winter
wheat the local wheat crop Of the
state is now placed at 81, 1927, 900
bushels, the largest in the history of
Montana, and exceeding the favor
able 1928 crop by "a million bushels
and the 1929 average by 14.3 mil
lion bushels. Quality of the spring
wheat crop is placed at SO per cent.
Quality of winter wheat was 80.
Both figures are better than aver
age.
Big Dat Crop.
Average acre yield of oats for the
state is placed at $40 bushels, com
pared with $50 bushels in 1923 and
24.0 bushels the 1928 average. A
larger acreage this year estimated
at 10000 is responsible for a
slightly larger production this year
compared with last. The present es-
innate is 22,320,OO0 bushels com
pard with 22,2O9,OO0 bushels the
1928 crop and IA, 728,O0O bushels
the 1923 average. Threshing re-
turns on oats did not hold up to the
prospect Of a month ago. Quality
of the crop is 80 per cent compared
with the same figure last year. Aver
age acre yield Of barley for the state
is placed at 26.O bushels and ex-
ceeds the prospect of a month ago.
It compares with 25.5 bushels for the
1923 crop and 1875 bushels the
1928 average. 1924 production
on the basis of 10000 acres esti-
mated to have been cut this year is
placed at 100000 bushels compar-
ed with 2,474,OO0 bushels in 1928
and 1880 900 bushels, the 1923
average.
Nine Million Corn Estimate.
The trend of condition of the state
corn crop has been below average all
season due to a late start and poor
progress through a cool season.
There was consequently much late
that failed to mature ahead Of
the killing frosts that were general
the 18th to the 9th. On the
MANU- SlI4SS Vie CIOp 10 ldISSly
grown for farm feed, the bulk of the
crop can be utilized. October 1 con- ,
dition is placed at Sc per cent of
normal compared with 90 per cent a
year ago and the 10-year average
for October 1 of TAO per cent. On
this basis the October forecast is
at 8,875,OOO bushels, compar-
ed with 10, 1872, 900 a month ago, and /
9,490, 900 bushels the 1923 crop. In
this comparison it should be remem- 4
bered that the 1924 acreage is SIS :
per cent larger than that of 1923.
2 Million of Flax.
Although some late seeded flax I
was damaged by September frosts, i
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