The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-18
CROP REPORT FOR
STATE OF MONTANA

While falling below the very faV-
orable season of 1924, Montana's har-
vests will mostly exceed the 5-year
average out-turns according to the
/ September survey of the Montana Co
operative Crop Reporting Service,
which places of the states 10 prin-
clpal crops lower than 1924 harvests
and all except wheat, potatoes and
hay above the 1920-194 average out
turns. August effects were mixed,
with flax, potatoes, beans and wild
/ hay deterloratlng as a result of dry
weather over most of the eastern
half Of the state and wheat, oats, bar
ley and tame hay making slight
gains. Crop damage was greatest
and more general in the eastern third,
heavy spotted in the central third and
hghtest in the western third of the
state, with the largest variation in
yields in recent years, according to
the summary which follows:
August Weather Effects
august weather continued most
ly warm and dry and following the
hot dry conditions of July drought eff
fects have been cumulative. Showers
on IA days were mostly light and
confined to mountain sections, the
only general precipitation being that
Of the 2Sth and 10Th which in some
extreme eastern and east central To-
calities was reported as the first gen
eral rain since early in July. Tenn
pratures during the first 10 days ran
upwards in the nineties, and tended
to ripen late grain. Cool weather set
in about the middle of the month and
alternated with a short spell of warm
weather from the 10th to oath. Rain
fall was much too light considering
the short soil moisture reserves and
in the eastern third the drought fur
Their damaged corn, flax, potatoes, and
hay"
"THE WHEAT CROP: September
forecast for all wheat is 39,275,0O0
bushels compared with 38,616,OOO
month ago, 51,668, 000for 1924 and
the 5-year average of 49,706,000
bushels. Winter wheat forecast re-
mains the same as a month ago, g.
$4,000 bushels while spring wheat
at 35,940,0 00bushels improved slight
ly over the August estimate of 3d.
2S1,000. The present forecast is bas-
ed on an average yield of about II
bushels for the state and assumes the
eastern third will average generally
under 10 bushels, the central third as
ranging from to Is bushels and the
western third averaging about 20
bushels, the latter section having the
smallest share of the acreage. Other
important spring wheat states on
September 1 are placed by the Fed
eral reports as follows: Minnesota
24,209,0OO against 22,800,000 last
month; North Dakota 114,584,00
against 1O2,134,00O last month and
South Dakota 29,352,OOO against 27,-
10000 last month"
'THE CORN CROP: September es-
innate from a condition of 81 per
cent forecasts a crop of 8,284,000
bushels compared with 9,896,000
a month ago; 9,198,0OO the 1924 crop
and 6,051, 900 the 5-year average pro-
duction. Declines in corn prospects
as a result of dry weather were gen.
orally reported throughout the i'm
jortant central and eastern produc-
ing areas. Nights were too cool in
the higher attitudes and the crop
generally was handicapped by July
damage; present condition of the crop
is very spotted and some poor fields
are attributed to the poor quality of
seed available last spring where home
grown"
"THE OATS CROP: The oats crop
shows slight improvement, September
forecast from 60 per cent of a nor
NAL condition indicating a crop of
19,001, 900 bushels against 1898, 900
I,,--Io11 To- - ,,,O,,+Is 10 OEd mn lacf
year and the 5-year average crop of
17,948,00O bushels"
"THE BARLEY CROP: Barley
with a September forecast of 4,198,-
600 bushels compared with 100000
indicated a month ago; 100000
bushels harvested in 1924 and the s.
year average crop of 2,154,000 BUSH
els. Condition of barley is generally
better than that of oats and spring
wheat, a larger percentage of its
acreage being outside the principal
oats and wheat area where July heat
and dry weather damage were great
est" ~
"THE RYE CROP: Rye production
estimates unchanged from last month
when it was placed at 2,275,000 BUSH
els compared with 1,75O,OOO bushels
in 1924 and 1,752,OOO bushels the av-
erage crop for the period 1920-1924.
The increase in rye production this
year comes largely from acreage ex-
pansion, yields being slightly below
those of year ago."
"THE FLAX CROP: Continued dry
weather during August in the prin-
cipal flax section of northeastern and