The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-05-15

l S5lrs' history Of this SfaFe' S"lo
-. IL the sources of agricul-
iTaI f Ilf9 tbe most nc t important and
SOY oI 5 5pclpendabIe. 1t is the larg-
sasi ;DuJiyiduaI crop acreage. 1t
g si. sl dependable because of it's
{ 81. ls19 and price fluctuations.
lls On the past 10 years, wheat
.5".fion has had an extreme
Ua from 100000 bush
, "a = 1881 to 100000 bushels
els e i "a ~, The cash income to
p H,a l5'i farmers has ranged from
.s5soc0O0 in 1881 to $4,000, 900
= gSST During this same period
~ y Vel vieId Der harvested acre of
Y. mt has ranged from 6.6 bush
" n 1881 to 2O.3 bushels in
iSg. The price of wheat at har-
r,.i' time has ranged from 20
-. .s,,. Der bushel Oct. Is, 1882,
- S1.O2 per bushel Oct. Is,
TT Tbe uncertainty of wheat
,,oJurtiOn in Montana in any
1iren wear is indicated by the
80 tbat from a seeded average
'' 'Tsage Of 4,172,OOO acres in
isgI there was harvested less
i6so 100000 bushels while
from the smaller seeded acreage
# 100000 acres in 1927 there
was harvested a crop Of 81
$4,000 bushels.
Reports March 1, 1886 point
n 4 total wheat acreage cOnsid-
gably above 1882 planting,
which would place it as one of
The largest seeded acreages of
wheat in the history of the
State. In terms of final harvest
and cash income, this seeded
acreage has little significance
due to the uncertainties of fac
tors affecting yields and prices.
In 1881, cash income from
wheat, as aresult of poor yields
and low prices dropped from
first place which it has always
held, to seventh place. In that
year the income of the sugar
beet growers exceeded that of
the wheat growers. In 1927 the
cash income of wheat growers
was slightly larger than that of
al other agricultural producers
Of the state taken together.
"A large wheat production doe
not always mean a large cash in
come to wheat growers.
In 1892, 55,6OO,OOO bushels hac
Pproximately the same value a
ne 1898 crop, which was less thar
is6. the size of that of 1882. Il
l@z' wheat farmers of Montana
! a result of the depression re
Ived the lowest harvest price fo
S.s product in the history of tn
In the following year the Az
'Na!Iufal Adjustment Act wa
INTO effect, with the result tina
!! 1870, for crop that was 8
~ Scent smaller than that of 1885,
Eva ~ value of production was 1S
percent larger. ~
As an insurance against botl
: - HEluct9ahons in production, du
i y snmatic factors over which tn
! ;sr mas no control, as well a
s v insurance against price fluctua
s'I aa,, N lace Of which the farme
S, sgIualIy helpless, the AgricuI
graassst AS'iiiGilC Program had 1t
a. 'T y appeal to Montana farm
i,,n.Iu Under that program tn
cent. 'I ~. was paid an average of 8
'r osI per bushel on approximate
proS Sr,tsnt Of his average 1928
sssS II return he agreed to limit hi
perss sa acreage according to I'll
dr Sina Of his base acreage, a
6nls,soo by the Secretary of AS
p,i 10Th the years 1894 and 1os
natsrissl,l ms program were wears I
rsSsbo1cr crop damage bv droutl
San ;; Ips and other factors an
aess Insurance against losses /
iulS, factors, Montana farmel
Rogrssrss me period of the Triple
Tan sI5 me roeec ely. a total of mo-
ID ~ Allotment ' Act ooI' to =
I'D Vas 9th q the Triple A progra
hetions' , oo:eslgned to meet the 3
llogran! i;s . e against the form
a'ion Ts /. - the Supreme Court j
Ss soil II s 700 early, to predict VIII
o tor Conservation program !" {,