MONTANA CROPS 



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Dnrum Wheat Production. 



Included in statistics of acreage, yield and production of all spring wheat 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 Estimates in recent 

 years has made separate estimates for durum as a percentage of all spring wheat. 

 For the spring wheat states in 1923 and 1924, these estimates have been as follows: 



PER CENT OF MONTANA SPRING WHEAT IN FEDERAL GRADES. 

 (Per Cent of Total Crop that Graded.) 



Montana is noted for the high milling quality of its spring wheat and usually 

 leads all other states by a good margin excepting Wyoming, which is a much 

 smaller producing state. Only 40.4 per cent of the entire spring wheat crop in the 

 United States in 1924 graded number 1, while Montana's crop contained 84.0 per cent 

 in that grade. 



Dockage in Wheat. 



Dockage in wheat, a serious problem in the older sections of the spring wheat 

 region, has not yet become very troublesome in Montana where soils are newer 

 and weed infection less. However, weeds ultimately become a dangerous loss factor 

 to the farmer who operates wholly or largely in small grain crops, and it is well to 

 take note of the present situation. A survey made recently through elevator men of 

 the state gives the following averages for per cent of dockage in various sections of 

 the state for the 1924 and 1923 crops. These figures are tentative*. (See note below). 



DOCKAGE FOUND IN WHEAT. 



Per Cent Per Cent 



DISTRICT: inl924. in 1923. 



Northwest— (4 counties) 1.9 2.3 



West Central— (6 counties) f.o f-* 



North Central— (8 counties) I't I a 



Central— (10 counties) 2.7 d.4 



South Central— (6 counties) 1.8 ^-^ 



Northeast— (5 counties) 2.7 ^.i 



East Central— (6 counties) ^-y *•" 



Southeast— (7 counties) i-^ ■^•° 



State 2.53 2.96 



NOTE— Those interested in further information concerning dockage in wheat for Montana 

 and other states of the spring wheat region should write Mr. R. B. Black in cha^e 



Grain Cleaning Division of U. S. Department of Agriculture. 404 Flour Exchange Bldg.. 

 Minneapolis, Minnesota. 



