Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-28
THIS YEARS WHEAT
PROVES TO BE OF
HIGH MILLING QUALITY
Protein Up to This Time Very
High; All Wheat Above
Average

st. ~Paul-Spring wheat of the 10
80 crop which is being marketed in
the Minnesota terminals is Of ex-
tremely high milling quality with Ia
to 10 per cent protein content but of
light weight, the Farmers Union
Terminal Association says in its
weekly crop report.
1.-THE high protein content, howev-
er, does not mean much to the produ-
cers this year" the report says. 1.-TWO
years ago wheat with the protein
content Of the present crop would
have commanded a premium of 35 to
90 cents a bushel. Today the owner
is fortunate if he receives a premium
Of 3 cents a bushel for it.
$50 great a part of the 1880 wheat
is of high protein content and excel
lent milling quality that buyers are
not compelled to pay the usual bonus
to obtain it.
with threshing and harvesting re-
turns coming in from all states in the
4NOItuWcSI, lOIcCdStS VI opOttcu tOH-
ditions are being borne out.
Minnesota is in an unusually ia
vorable position. While. corn as been
badly fired in some sections, the out
look is very good in other districts.
Corn is unusually good around Was
eca, Watsrvilh and Kilkenny. Re-
ports from Jordon tell. of spring
wheat averaging more than 25 bu-
. shells an acre and winter wheat some
what better.
There has been some improve
ment in the prices of hogs and cat
tie, which on recent days have sold
at the highest prices of several
weeks. Crop returns are also good
from northeastern and parts of cen
trail eastern North Dakota.
"While their fairly bright picture
can be painted Of conditions in parts
Of the territory, there also are dark
sides. High temperatures and ex-
IRENE dryness have caused late small
grains, flax, corn and pastures to de-
teriorate rapidly. Harvesting and
threshing is. nearing completion IN
many sections. The weather has been
particularly favorable for threshing
and combining in North Dakota.
western North Dakota and Mon
tana are hardest hit by the. drouth.
The latest Montana official report
says that due of lack of moisture, the
government crop report for August
/ NAV have to be revised further
downward in the final analysis.
"The Montana Department of Ag-
riculture again comments on the val
ue of summer-fallowing language:
We'll fallowed fields have been hold
ing up quite we'll and in most instan-
ces have been producing double the
crop reaped from 'stubble or contin-
uously cropped land.
"A report from Edinburg tells OF
rust damage and some samples were
sent in. The estimate is made that
rust has caused Is : Is per cent dam
age in that part of Walsh County, but
rust damage reports otherwise are
scarce. Around jamestown, N. d.,
wheat is running around IL bushels
an acre and durum somewhat more,
with wheat from 48 to GO pounds in
weight. Barley ard oats are turning
out about 20 bushels to the acre and
rye Is, while flax averages about
Ave bushels. Corn acreage is larger
as the trend to Investigation grows,
but rain is needed.
"Around Lisbon, N. D., yields are
above normal. Elliot, Verona and
E~nglevale report returns of around
20 bushels for wheat. Rain is needed
soon in this territory if yields are to
be of real value.