The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-15
States Spring
wheat ESTIMATE =
38,393,OOO BU.
Slightly Under September Fore
cast But Well Over 1925
Yield-Other Figures

While, due to harvest damage, not
equalling the promise of a month ago,
MOntana's spring wheat crop on pre-
liminary estimate of 38,393,000 bush
els exceeds last years crop of 31,773,-
900 bushels by a wide margin and is
slightly above the 1920-24 average
production of 81, o 900 bushels. Com
bining with spring wheat the August
preliminary estimate of winter wheat
of 5,460,000 bushels, the state will
have a total wheat production Of 49,
$4,000 bushels, against 34,6O1, 900
bushels last year and the 1920-24 av-
erage of Al ,743, 900 bushels.
These estimates, compiled by the U.
S. division of crop estimates in CO.
operation with the state department
of agriculture, are based on this
years preliminary estimate of acre
age change from last years acreage
and the average yield per acre as de-
termined from threshing returns to
date and correspondents estimates Of
out-turn of unthreshed grain.
Other crops covered by the October
survey of the state and federal de-
partments show mixed changes COM
pared with last months forecasts.
Corn, potatoes, beans and apples were
rather severely hit by the freeze Of
September "a and 25 as indicated by
the declines in October production
estimates as compared with last
? month. For corn the decline was 1917
per cent; for potatoes, 14.3 per cent;
for beans, 1871 per cent and for ap-
pies, 44.4 per cent. Barley, flax and
tame hay on the other hand were
e found to have exceeded somewhat
their earlier forecasts, due to better
e yields than had been anticipated,
r which in case of flax more than off
J. set some damage to late fields by the
e freeze. The decline in the October
estimate of spring wheat compared
with September was % per cent and
: is attributed to the wet weather of
September, which caught about a
! third of the crop unthreshed and de-
k layed threshing continuously in most
of the late sections.
n The cold spell of the oath and 25th
z was the worst ever experienced by
Montana farmers in September, &C
n cording to official temperature rec
4, ords. Zero weather for the first time
in September was reported from a
number of points in north-central
a Montana just east of the Continental
divide, breaking the previous state
record of 10 degrees above zero by a
S, wide margin. Although varying in
=. it's effect on susceptible vegetation,
the damage zone extended well into
ir the eastern border counties Of the
state. Temperatures moderated again
on the 26th, preventing further dam
age to root crops that would have fol-
i lowed a deep freezing of the soils.
October summaries for a number of
crops follow:
Corn, 100000 bushels, a decrease
of 1877 per cent from the September
estimate; compares with 6,031, 600
B bushels in 1925 and $4,000 bushels.
y the 192O-24 average.
Spring wheat, 38,393,O0 bushels
compared with 31,779,OOO bushels ir
1925 and 37,O43,OOO bushels, the five
year average.
Winter wheat, 5,46O,OOO bushels
compared with 2,s28,OOO bushels il
1926 and 10,6O9,0O0 bushels, the 1920.
"a average.
All wheat, 43,853,OOO bushels, com.
pared with 34,6O1,0 0O bushels in 1922
and 47,732,OOO bushels, the 1902.
average.
Oats, 1~7,42O,OOO bushels, compared
with 14,355,O 900 bushels in 1925 anC
17,34O,OO bushels, the five-year av
erage.
Barley, 4,475. 900 bushels, compare,
with 3,276,O00 bushels in 1925 an
2,O54,OO0 bushels, the five year aver
age.
Rye, 100000 bushels, compare
with 100000 bushels and 1,O27,O0
bushels, the 192O-24 average.
Potatoes, 3,O45, 900 bushels, a de
cline Of 14.3 per cent from the Ser
TENDER forecast, which compares wit
S,552.OO0 bushels in 1926 and 4,347,OO
bushels, the five year average. Flu.
extent of frost damage not yet as
certained. More accurate estimat
next month.
Seed peas, some damage by rain.
A decrease in both acreage and yield
as compared with last year. The 192
production was about 292, 900 bushel
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