Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-07-20
WHEAT in PARTS.
OF COUNTY SHOWS
EXCELLENT STAND
Farmer s Anxious as Hot
Weather Continues and
Ripening Begins

With reasonably favorable. wea
ther conditions, and barring damage
from hailstorms or g~rasshoppers,
Sheridan county will come through
with Ii wheat crop this year that
viii average I or 8 bushels to tht
acre. This opinion is based on quite
an extensive survey made by the
Herald this week through personal
inspections in different sections OF
the county and talking with far
mers from other sections who have
supplied authentic information
~Grasshoppers have taken a con
siderable toll in some parts of the
county. but damage from this
source has not been nearly so great
as was feared a month ago Much
greater cut in yield has come from
drouth in those sections which did
rot receive SO much rainfall as
others and more especially can this
damage be traced to poorly seeded
fields. !
Some wheat will not be worth cut
ting in a few of the driest sections.
but such areas are small compared
to those where there is a good heal
thy stand now and with fay
orable conditions during the next
len days will bring fourth a substan-
tial yield
North and West Best
The best sections Of the county
are the northern and western The
poorest is in the vicinity of Medicine
Lake and in the southeastern corn
ner. together with d narrow strip
north OF Outlook which was de-
stroyed early by small hoppers.
Those who have driven across the
Wolf Creek country south of Red
stone during the past week, as well
as farmers themselves. report crops
throughout that area TO be in goou
condition. Many fields in that sec
ton show prospects Of coming
through with 20 bushel yields
Albert Schleg. who lives 10 miles
south of Redstone. and has in 200
acres of wheat, says the average
throughout that section all the way
from Redst0ne will be about 1G
bushels. Some OF the best, he says.
may go - bushels. Practically all
of the poorer yields are ON land
where seed has been disced in.
Bill Hass, who farms more than
1000 acres northeast of Outlook
has wheat that will go from 10 TO
Is bushels, some has been damag-
ed by hoppers. Bill has one Of the
prettiest flax fields in bloom in that
part of the country.
Joe Kowski's crop is mostly all
in the area near the border which
has been taken by hoppers, much
OF 1t entirely destroyed a month ago
Little Of that remaining will hardly
be worth cutting.
Henry Breaje, who lives five
miles northeast Of Outlook. estim-
ates the average yield for his neigh
borhood will be from eight to ten
bushels, which, considering the de-
structi0n by grasshOppers, shows
that damage from this source was
not so great as first anticipated
As one nears Outlook, the crop
grows better. Tod Downey has two
splendid fields which under favor
able conditions should yield 20 bu-
shells easily. Andrew LELAND has
another big field on summer fallow
hat looks good for IS, as does also
Victor Anker. Coming east past the
big Tango farms are all good stands
where the right kind Of farming
has been done. MFR. Tango reports
good stands also on a large acreage
he has just recently inspected on
the reservation south OF Faxyiile.
He has one Of the finest fields OF
flax in Sheridan county.
Continuing east across the Plenty
wood and Mccoy creeks are founA
some excellent fields OF wheat.
Corn throughout this part of the
county has been damaged consider
able by cut worms, but that which
has come through IS showing a good
healthy stand.
South Of Archer ON the bench il
found good crops. Chas. Madsen has
wheat that will probably go at least
20 bushels to the acre. and Olas
Eggen some on summer fallOw that
win do even better. Here again an
reported yields Of disced in wheat
where the yield will be cut to e;ghl
or ten bushels John Eggen also has
a good crop. Those driving through
this section say wheat throughout
that neighb0rho0d should make a
IL to L. bnshel average.
On the flat west Of Mildly ths
yields are not so good
Dcoscy Country Good
' Making a trip to the D00ley coun
try angling northeast past the Han,
Thompson farm, one scarcely seer
d poor field Of wheat. Five mile,
from Pientywood are found som,
! splendid looking stands ON the RIBS
and NichoIiaso farms. MI. Thomp
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