Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-06-29

~f>A DOlAITYEu TAF
hopes OF farmers in every sec
.on OF the -ounty. Several
HgnI shoNrs fen in the PIen-
WOOD vicinity. Medicine Lake
and Reserve reported a fine
ram, and the north end nj the
county from the west line 10
WcstDy got a good soaker.
WIN cool weather in prospect
Ior thursday, growing eondl-
lions should be ideal.
crop damage reports carried the
wheat market to record heights the
fsrst OF the week. Tuesday local 81
evafors In plentywool paid ] raf.
PRICE OF ~ cents Which represented
q spread Of 81 cents since Japnarr
Isl, when wheat was selling here
Tor - cents. Other grains were M
In proportion.
Inc sensational rise started last
Saturday with Il bulge Of 1 cents
trop damage reports from the N.St
and southwest boosted wheat ansfh-
er ! cents Monday. and Tuesday #
Went ~shyrucketing again for n gain
Of Is cents.
Wheat WAS being marketed ri
elevators daily. and local buffers e.
ilInatel there was still from 20 III
:, per cent OF last years crof. i,
sell.
Wednesday brought n reversal 81,
all grains, the cash price In ficnt,.
M.t.Hl dropping 10 - cents.
Tuesday December wheat toueh-
ed the dollar mark I'll trading in
Minneapolis. July closed 1T 81. IL
amid scense Of frenzied trading nat
Witnessed since war days in tie
Minneapolis pit
The sensational advance followed
continued reports OF serious ~ am
age from drouth and grasshanper@
throughout the wheat BELT hail, IL
northwestern United States ana
southern Canada.
Local Crop Conditions Fair
opinions varied AS To conditions
OF the crop over Sheridan county
TN the whole 1t was believed H. IL
fully rs cool or better than any
section Of Montana and much. her.
Ter than in counties to the east in
North Dakota.
The moderate weather If the ffrsy
half OF this week following rain~
both Sunday and Monday imurag44a
materially. Continued
weather was predicted Nfor the
two days.
Han fell In different parts Of the
county Saturday and Sunday lights
! small area near Outlook ref,prfa,,
ALL with Saturdays rain. but com
ny straight down. little damage
10Th TO grain fields and gardens.
The g~rasshonper situation seemed
Q be under control. The county had
supplied 300 pounds of arsenic
which had been used In different
esfions Of the county. Another shin
lent Of 5000 pounds was experfe4i
Q arrive today. The worst infested
Tea was north and east Of Outlook
Though in the Wolf Creek country
nnIh OF Redstone the kanning~
lone had used seven or eight tom
7 bran and five to six hundred
onnsis Of poison. Infested Spots
fere reported in some other see
Ions, but they seemed Of less CON
Farmers were diligently
TatenIng however for any fresh
utbreaks and were prepared to
,nlbaf The work Of the hoI,pers Inn
lediateiy.
10 the east In Divide ana Burke
in North Dakota large areas
ere beng taken by -rasshoppers
II crops in Ten townships III Burke
'isnfy. about 90 miles east Of VEST
! and along the Canadian houn-
Try. were completely DESTROYED.
III appeals were already being
AIDE for Red Gross aid to feed live
ack.
The general crop conditions
roHgh0nf Sheridan county was
'oFe the average in the state. The
u sections Of the county was re-
1esi 10 ~ in the Retlstune country
ufh and east across the reserya-
m To the south end If the county
e In the Homestead area.
Grain stumbled in was lookinn
E poorest AMI had already shown
from dry weather. Wheat
y beginning 10 head in several
-fions. and with hot dry weather
was feared the stand would bt
Drt and the yield cut down. With
fornbie weather conditions during
; next two or three weeks. local
believed the county's crop
uld come through between 30 and
percent normal.