Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-08-21
STATE RANCHERS
WILL TOP GOALS
FOR PRODUCTION
MAIN STUMBLING BLOCKS, MILK
AND SUGAR BETS. KRUSE
IS INFORMED

Montana farmers and ranchers will
reach or exceed the states food for
victory" goals in all but a few in
stances, with milk and sugar beets
representing the chief stumbling
blocks. a conference of state agricul-
tural committees reported to A. H.
Kruse, state commissioner of agricul-
ture.
Unsuccessful areas contribute their
contemplated failure to lack OF labor
and to purely local circumstances af-
fecting production. The production of
livestock and products, grain feeds and
the major grain and field crops was,
in most areas, listed as sufficient or
more than sufficient for war needs.
The state was divided into nine
areas for the study of production
goals. The first area, including Wheat
land, Musselshell, Garfield, Rosebud
Powder River, Golden Valley, Petrole-
UNI, Treasure, Custer and Carter
counties, is expected to reach or ex-
coed all crop goals except sugar beets
and all livestock goals except milk
Both failures were attributed at least
partly to labor shortage.
Area 2, including Park, Sweet Grass,
Saltwater, Carbon, Yellowstone and
Big Horn counties, is expected to meet
or exceed all crop goals except sugar
beets and canning peas. Milk COW and
egg goals are not expected to be met
but the milk goal will be exceeded. All
counties reported shortage of grazing
resources and surplus of feed grain.
Area 3, which includes Dawson,
Fallon, McCone, Prairie, Richland and
Wibaux counties, is expected to meet
all crop goals but corn, although no
livestock goals are expected to be met,
including those for eggs and milk. The
report, however, questions the wisdom
Of devoting effort to the production of
eggs and milk in this area on an in
creased scale.
In area 4, including Daniels, Sheri-
dan and Roosevelt counties, all crop
goals except those for potatoes, gar
dens, oats and flax are expected to
be met. All livestock goals except eggs
probably will be met or exceeded. Crop
production goals in area S, including
Blaine, Phillips and Valley counties
are expected to be exceeded for all but
sugar beets, potatoes and wheat, which
will be slightly below the goals. Feed
crops will greatly exceed the estab-
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except milk, are expected to be met.
In area 6, including Cascade, Chou
teau, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin,
Pondera and Teton counties, all pro-
duction goals except sugar beets, po-
tatoes, farm gardens, fluid milk and
eggs are expected to be met, while the
goal for feed grains, flax and pork will
be greatly exceeded. Area z, il GLIDING
Hill, Liberty and Toole counties, prob
ably will not meet its corn, potato,
farm garden, fluid milk and egg goals.
However, the area will greatly exceed
its feed crop goal and has a satisfac-
tory outlook for livestock production
and marketings.
In area 8, including Beaverhead,
Broadwater, Deer Lodge, Gallatin,
Granite, jefferson, Lewis and Clark,
Madison, Meagher, Powell and Silver
Bow counties, all goals will be met
except for milk and eggs. Area 8, in
GLIDING Lincoln, Sanders, Mineral, Ra-
yalli, Flathead, Lake and Missoula
counties, also is expected to meet all
goals except milk production and two
cases of failure to. meet sugar beet
goals.