The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-09-11
On The Farm Front

On The Farm Front -
Helena. Mont, Sept. 10 -
CUPp - Harvesting throughout
Montana virtually was at a
standstill last week because OF
cool, cloudy weather and ire
quent showers.
The U. S. weather bureau
here. in its weekly report, sad
considerable wheat was bleached
by the weather, and that while
soil conditions for winter wheat
seeding were improved general
ly, in many sections the ground
was TOO wet for filling.
Sugar beets, potatoes and corn
were said to have made very
good progress during the week.
although III the Milk river dis
tr.ct there was some concern
whether there would be >uftlc-
lent water to finish the crop.
The weather bureau sad the
mustard crop was ripe and eA-
ceptiOlaI yields were reported
from some sections. In Ga.latln
county, shipments of fresh car
rotS began. following 4 tapeGlng
off of the fresh pea harvest.
Harvesting Of the boan crop in
Yellowstone county was delayed.
but despite some damage. above
average yields were expected.
Range and livestock condl-
tiOnS remained excellent
throughout the state. The rains
filled many WaterholeS which
were running dry and brought
new life to the fall range.
Grassnopper and insect dam
age, while heavy in spotted ar
cas-, was not serious generally.
Helena, Mont, Sept. 1O-CUP)
- Hail insurance payments
made by the state hail board
through the first week in Sep
TENDER totaled about $4,000,
E. K. Bowman, chairman, said
today. The amount was about
average, he said, but probably
would run slightly higher.
The figure, Bowman said, rep
resented claims which had been
finally adjusted, and did not in
clude claims in which disputes
still were pending.
The board chairman said the
state agency wrote about 81
OOO, 900 in hail insurance during
the season.
Washington, Sept. 10 -(UP)
United States farmers re-
ceived a total of 1902, 900 900
during July, $194, 000, 900 (27 per
cent? more than in July of last
year, the U. S. agriculture de-
partment reported today.
For the first seven months
of 1941, the department. SAID,
cash income from farm market
ings and government payments
totaled S5,242, OOO, 000, as COM
pared with 81, 1895, 10000 during
the corresponding period of the
year before. Income from mar
ketings during the seven-month
period was about 20 per cent
higher than in 1910, despite the
fact government payments were
down about IS per cent. i
However, Montana registered
only a 10 per cent gain IN farm
income from January to July,
while return from crops during
June was somewhat smaller
than that for the year before,
the report showed. Increases IN
other states ranged from two
per cent in Nevada to As per
cent in Arizona.
For the nation as a WHOLE
the increase in returns from
crops resulted largely from in
creased marketings of corn,
fruits and vegetables and the
redemption of cotton placed un-
der loan earlier. Returns from
all groups of livestock and
livestock products were sharply
higher than for a year earlier.
Greatest increase in income
from m~arketings were in the
returns from cotton and cotton
seed. meat animals, dairy pro-
ducts, and poultry. Returns from
all commodity groups except
grains and tobacco were larger
than in 1910.
Dillon, Mont, Sept. 10 up
- The annual Dillon Hereford
show and sale will be held Oct.
1921, Secretary B. R. Williams
said today.
He said 27 leading Montana
hereford breeders of the "a who
nominated calves the first OF
the year had entered their an
imals, and more were expected
to follow suit.
BoZeman, Mont, Sept. 10 -
(UP)- Ralph D. Mercer, extern
sion agronomist at Montana
State college. recommended to-
day that farmers delay seeding
of winter wheat until about
Sept. Is in order to avoid losses
from root rot. He also remind
ed farmers that four varieties
of winter wheat had proven adj