CROP PRODUCTION STATISTICS 



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SPRING WHEAT 



The seeding season was fairly favorable for a thrifty start of the crop, 

 although the first part of May was reported at the time as being somewhat dry. 

 The latter half of May as well as the first half of June were both very favorable 

 from a moisture standpoint and by the end of June the crop had in general the 

 best prospect in recent years. July set in warm and a rapid development followed 

 that would have resulted very favorably except for the high day temperatures 

 and hot winds that during the period of July 9th to 17th, rapidly depleted soil 

 reserves of moisture and generally weakened the plant. Dry weather, followed 

 the hot spell in the important producing sections in the eastern half of the state, 

 although some relief came generally throughout the western half about the middle 

 and again at the month. The heat and drought effects were not severe on irrigated 

 wheat but on the large bulk of non-irrigated crop, especially in eastern districts 

 premature ripening and heading with short straw on the late seedings was general. 

 A very spotted condition as to yields resulted with the state average being re- 

 duced to 10.5 bushels compared with 16.2 bushels in 1924 and the 1920-1924 

 average of 13.3 bushels. Grasshopper and damage other than climatic was on 

 the whole less than usual. Quality of the crop was also slightly below the average, 

 being placed at 88 against a ten-year average of 90 per cent. 



PERCENTAGE OF SPRING WHEAT IN THE SEVERAL GRADES 



State Years 



Montana : 1925 



1924 



Wyomnig 1925 



1924 



North Dakota 1925 



1924 



South Dakota 1925 



1924 



Minnesota 1925 



1924 



U. S. Average 1925 



1924 



DURUM WHEAT PRODUCTION 



Included in statistics of acreage, yield and production of all spring whea^ 

 is a small proportion of durum. To distinguish this wheat which is used to 

 make pastry and macaroni flour, from bread wheats, the Division of Crop Esti- 

 mates in recent years has made separate estimates for durum as a percentage 

 of all spring wheat. For the spring wheat states in 1925 and 1924, these estimates 

 have been as follows: 



