Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-16 | Page 7 | Idaho Wheat Crop in Good Condition

IDAHO WHEAT CROP IN GOOD CONDITION BOISE, Ida., April 16 Reports on the winter wheat crops indicates that it has survived the severe weather of the past ceven months-with S7 per cent normal condition. j According to the report issues by I Julius H. Jacobsen of the Idaho crop reporting service, this is 11 points below be-low the condition a year ago and !J points below the 10-year average April I I condition. Jfhe c.ndition of the crop last December De-cember was only S-l per cent .of -normal or 10 points below the 10-year average av-erage condition lor that month. Unusually Un-usually low tempera turo during January, Jan-uary, very light precipitation in Feb-ruray Feb-ruray and alternate freezing and thawing thaw-ing in March, are contributing actors to tho present low condition. In the principal producing counties of Latah, .Lewis, Nez Perce and Idnho the condition of the crop ranged from 72 to 83 per cent of normal April 1, compared with a range of 95 to 100 a year ago. j Madison, Jefferson and Fremont counties have returned ,to winter whoat this year. Thousands of acres from Rexburg bench up the valley were mostly covered with snow the latter part of March. The condittlon ranges from 92 to 97 per cent of normal. The important counties o' Bannock. Fr'aiiklln Oneida and Power, Indicate good prospects. The upper country has had much precipitation pre-cipitation and dry fanners are happy. The difference in the price of pork and the price offered has made it profitable prof-itable for the hog-grower to expand his-business.' his-business.' This is indicated by a 17 per cent reduction in the number of breed1 ing sovs the past year. Idaho county, the heaviest producing county, shows a decrease of 25 per cent. Twin Falls 37 per cent, Canyon 38 per cent and Bonneville 20 per cent. While most counties report about the same supply of labor this year as last year, still when compared with the normal supply, nearly every county coun-ty reports a big reduction. Farm labor requirements have, declined de-clined 3 per-cont from those of last year, farmers are arranging their operations op-erations so as to handle the work' themsehes or exchange labor Avith their neighbors. i