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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1924
Page
3
Northern Montana and Fergus county report the best outlooks with warm days and ample moisture boosting crop growth. Farmers recall a bountiful 1916 as corn prospects rise despite early cool spells, while livestock remains in good condition statewide.
County wide moisture is ample with rainfalls meeting needs. Roy and Winifred areas report the finest crops in county history, eastern Fergus shows early corn up and winter wheat in good condition. Carl Peterson, county agent, says prospects for large yields are exceptionally bright for this time of year.
Lincoln County farmers face below normal Libby crop yields as most non irrigated crops remain short and irrigated crops struggle to reach standard height. The first alfalfa cutting will be light while fall sown grain may not reach binder height. A week of heavy rainfall totaling 1.8 inches, plus heavy mountain snow, boosted moisture after a drought.
Havre weather remains favorable for crops with rainfall reaching 5.01 inches by Monday evening in June. Small grains look better than at this time since 1916 with early sown grain showing shooting. Corn is backward due to cool weather. Flax and millet seeded, alfalfa cutting begun, sheep shearing due soon. Livestock in good condition as range improves.
Conditions in Beav erhead County show generally poor moisture with rain badly needed. Valley crops fair but below standard, stock in good shape, lambing above normal, grasshoppers scarce, wild hay behind season, and weekly rainfall zero. Temperatures range 55 to 80 degrees, 30 to 40 at night. Shearing near finished with a fine clean clip about average.
In Blaine county crop conditions are excellent with a June rainfall of 4.45 inches. Warm weather accelerates growth as alfalfa cutting begins this week and the hay crop is expected to be heavy. Shearing will start in a few days.
Sidney All notes crops in good to excellent condition with sugar beet growth ahead, corn lagging ten days, alfalfa and pastures rated high. Intermittent showers and warm sun aided development, morale high, and no prior crop compares to current prospect.
The corn crop advances with warm weather as small grains look fine. Moisture remains adequate despite localized rain, and overall conditions are encouraging with no signs of distress. The Miles City area reports healthy growth and favorable forecasts.
A memoir recounts 1863 plains travel near Omaha meeting Pawnee and Sioux still waring, the author’s silk masks, Quaker like Indian encounters, Bannack and Fort Benton life, mixed-heritage neighbors, and the rapid fading of plains tribes Blackfeet Gros Ventre Assiniboines Crows Bannacks Flatheads.
George McCone, Montana senator and long time Dawson county resident, endured and survived frontier mail runs and Indian encounters. The piece recounts his early life in Indian Territory, daring night rides, fort-to-fort mail contracts, and dramatic episodes with Sioux and Gros Ventres along routes from Bismarck to Fort Keogh and beyond.
In Roosevelt county crops are fine with 0.52 inches of rain in the past week. Livestock are in excellent condition. No labor is needed. Indications point to very few grasshoppers this season.
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