The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-06-26
Grain Market

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II The Commodity Credit Corporation
held approximately 311 100000 bushel
of wheat on June 10, about two-third
of which was from the 1941 crop.
The 1943 national wheat allotmen1
as announced by Secretary Wickard
June II, was placed at 55,O00,00(
acres, the minimum under the law
Wheat producers whose lands and
equipment are suitable for growing
other crops needed more urgently in
| the war effort were asked to hold
their lands for those crops rather than
| to plant wheat this fall. The national
wheat allotment will be allocated
among the states as in previous years.
In areas where more urgently needed
crops can be grown successfully, war
production plans to be worked out for
individual farms will call for a wheat
acreage substantially less than the
allotment. Because of the transporta-
ton and storage difficulties and con-
tinuing need for livestock and dairy
products, growers in wheat areas are
urged to use as much wheat as pos
sible for livestock feed
WHEAT: Winter wheat developed
rapidly during the week despite cool,
wet weather and harvesting was pro-
crossing in southern portions of the
belt. Grain was turning color as far
north as southern Ohio. In the Great
Plains, the crop had headed north
ward to South Dakota. Harvesting
has begun in south-central Kansas
and cutting is well advanced In south
ern Oklahoma and is starting else
where. Good yields are being secured
from the Texas crop where harvesting
is in progress. From the Rocky
Mountains westward conditions con-
tinue satisfactory with winter wheat
heading rather generally in Washing
ton. Some lodging by wind and rain
is reported in good many scattered
areas but for the winter wheat belt
as whole the crop is satisfactory.
The outlook for spring wheat re-
mains promising. In Minnesota,
wheat is making normal advance and
has reached the heading stage in
South Dakota. The corp is jointing
In Montana where dry, sunshiny
weather would be helpful.
RUST: Traces of stem rust have
been found in western portions of
Texas and Oklahoma, but up to June
10 none had been found in western
Kansas. A few fields in western Mis- |
souri, have shown local infection with |
4 possibility that more rust may de-
Velop before harvest time. In Ohio |
and Indiana, stem rust infection is
light and it seems unlikely that much |
iamage will occur in these states
since wheat will soon be past the |
stage. Moderate infection
If leaf rust on wheat varying from
$50 to 1919 has been found in okla
IONA and south-central Kansas. Some
eaf rust is also present in Missouri,
n southeastern Nebraska and in
Kansas. Leaf rust is
md light in Michigan.
stem rust has spread from barberry
pushes to nearby grains in five coun-
les in Minnesota, in Wisconsin and
n eastern states where many bushes
still remain. In general, however,
'ust on barberry bushes has not been
leavy this year but in some sections
he bushes are spreading sufficient in
ection to cause damage to grain.
CASH WHEAT: Receipts of wheat
# all classes at Minneapolis again
increased and amounted to 1,276 cars
or the week while Duluth unloaded
33 cars. Mill demand was rather {
low most of the week but offerings
n the open market were not large {
nd protein premiums were steady to .
C higher in spots. Ordinary protein
70. dark northern spring wheat
yas unchanged at &c under to 1c over {