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THE OHOTEATJ MONTANAN. D o Y o u K n o w SfO ll A « . V Mr/tSK. — what Potato Seed Balls are? — that our new Ice Cream Water melon keeps till Thanksgiving? — the name of the most perfect Sweet Pea in existence? — the value of Sweet Clover as a soil enriching plant? You can get this information and lots more like it by sending for our new 1923 Catalog Answers these and hundreds of other questions about gardens, or chards, shrubs, poultry, stock. It’s FREE. Send for your copy today. See page 4 for special 50c and $1 assortments of flower and vege table seeds. “ The Home of Quality Seeds” THE INLAND SEED CO. vrAtuc 013 First Ave. Spokano, Wash. Los Angeles— Charles Chaplin, the funny man of the movies, and Pola Negri, European screen star, are to he married. NEIGHBOR LIMITS AVERAGE FARMER NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD BE DEVOTED TO PRODUCTS LO CALITY IS ADAPTED TO Buyers of Apples Prefer to Go Where There Are Many Orchards; Isolat ed Effort Affects Market Condi tions, and Makes for the Cheaper Price. in Agricultural and Grazing Logged Off Lands of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., on Easy Terms Dairying Is a type of farming best adapted to the timbored sec tions of western Montana. Most of the land can be converted into pasture at very little expense and dairy cows will yield a splendid profit from the land without the necessity of removing the stumps, although a sufficient acreage must be put under the plow to supply winter feed. In connection with dairying, hogs and poultry should take an important part. All fruits, berries and garden truck thrive; field crops of grain, clover, tim othy, potatoes and stock roots do well. You are buying at values fixed by experienced appraisers, strip ped of promotion charges, com missions and other trimmings, which are usually added before it reaches the farmer. We will aid you In selecting a location that Is adapted to your needs. BLACRFOOT LAND DEVELOPMENT CO. D r a w e r 1 5 0 0 Missoula, Mont. The average farmer is limited the changes he can make in his farm business by the farm practices of the community in which he is living. There are farmers in every com munity who would like to change their systems of agriculture but are restrained from doing so by the fact that their neighbors will not change. Many farmers have tried to change from one type of farming to another better suited to the region, hut failed because the cost of running such an entirely independent business was too great. A man owning an orchard in a lo cality where there are no other orch ards has trouble in getting rid of his crop. Buyers would rather buy in a district where thoro are a great many orchards, and it is often diffi cult to get them even to make a bid on the same class of frujt that they buy readily in other localities. Even when the farmer is so fortunate as to get buyers, he generally receives a lower price for the same grade of fruit than would be received in a general apple growing region. Besides the problem of a market, labor which understands that type of work is hard to get, merchants do not keep in stock many of the ma terials needed, and implement dealers do not carry repairs for machinery not commonly used. These condi tions make the cost of the change prohibitively high. These facts are probably more evi dent in the keeping of purebred stock for breeding purposes than in other lines of agriculture. If a man wants to buy several purebred Holstein cows, he generally goes to a locality where there are a large number of farmers keeping that kind of stock. Often there is a man in his own com munity who has for sale Holsteins that are just as highly bred as those in other districts, but he either has no market for them or must sell them at a greatly reduced price. The farmer ought not to think on account of these facts that he should not change his Bystem of farming just because his neighbors do not do like wise. It does bring out the fact that sudden and radical change generally is not successful. There are ways of getting around this handicap, how ever, and the farmer should make a careful study of conditions and de termine how best he can bring his neighbors to his way of thinking. Probably the best way for a farmer to start such a movement is to arouse the interest of his neighbors in his farming operations. Farmers in a community profit from the exper iences of the individuals. The farmer should strive to excel his neighbors in their own farming operations. This focuses the interest of his neighbors on his methods of business. As soon as this has been accomplished he can gradually bring about the change he advocates. This is necessarily a slow process, but if it is successful the community will follow the lead of the farmer who is bringing about the change. F A R G O . a n n u a l low T I T Following is the annual live stock report for Montana, issued by the Montana co-operative crop and live stock reporting service, for 1923, with the 1922 and 1921 estimates for comparison: Total Av. Value Total -Number Per Head Value HORSES: January 1, 1923 ____ ----- - 643,000 $38.00 $24,434,000 January 1, 1922 ___ 670,000 41.00 27,470,000 January 1, 1921 ____ ---------- 669,000 50.00 33,450,000 MULES: January 1, 1923 ____ ---------- 10,000 60.00 600,000 January 1, 1922 ____ 9,500 69.00 656,000 January 1, 1921_ .... - ---------- 9,000 87.00 783,000 MILK COWS: January 1, 1923 __ 165,000 55.00 9,075,000 January 1, 1922 ____ ---------- 160,000 58.00 9,280,000 January 1, 1921- .... _ ---------- 156,000 75.00 11,700,000 OTHER CATTLE: January 1, 1923 ------- 1,235,000 30.90 38,161,000 January 1, 1922 ___ .— 1,260,000 27.20 34,272,000 January 1, 1921 ------ ---------- 1,080,000 35.40 38,232,000 ALL CATTLE: \ January 1, 1923 ----- -1,440,0 00 33.73 47,236,000 January 1, 1922— .. 1,420,000 30.60 43,552,000 January 1, 1921— . 1,236,000 44.78 49,932,000 SHEEP: January 1, 1923 ------- --------------- 2,315,000 8.70 20,140,000 January 1, 1922 ... __ --------------- 2,270,000 4.70 10,669,000 January 1, 1921 _ -1,973,000 5.80 11,443,000 SWINE: January 1, 1923 ----------- --------------- 198,000 13.20 2,614,000 January 1, 1922 -------- 180,000 13.10 2,358,QOO January 1, 1921 ---------- ______ 160,000 16.50 2,640,000 VALUES OF ALL LIVE STOCK IN MONTANA .1 n n n n r y 1, 1 Q 9.2 $95,024,000 .Tnrtiiiirv 1 . 1 9 2 2 84,705,000 January 1, 1921 — — 98,248,000 ESTIMATED TOTAL VALUE OF ALL MONTANA FARM PRODUCTS, 1922 A M nrnna ... _____ $ 87,699,000 Cattle and calves sold and slaughtered . .. 18,560,000 Sheep and lambs sold and slaughtered 7,339,000 Wool clip of 1922 .. ___ 6,680,000 Swine sold and slaughtered ...... -------- ... - 3,510,000 Horses sold ...... • — 250,000 All milk and milk products Poultry and eggs produced- Honey and bees’ wax produced- 9.740.000 7.588.000 170,000 Total ________ ... $141,536,000 ilFLiO T 111 MTIFIC m i N THI Being busy as a bee has its sure reward. Most timely is the recent urge o f farm journals and newspapers that farmers increase their activities and go into dairying with improved tested stock. This i is a new endeavor with its profitable products— milk, cream, butter, cheese. W e have long urged ro tation in crops and we want to again emphasize the im portance of making hay a considerable part of your acreage. Hay crops are the foundation o f success in stock and also doubly profitable in that they prove most valuable as an aid in supplying renewed vigor to the soil for future crops o f com, wheat, barley, etc. Our seed stocks o f clover and alfalfa, (the legume hay crops which put nitrogen into the soil) as well as tim othy, bromus and other grasses arc grown on inspected fields, free from noxious weed seeds—high in quality— low in price. Biennial White Sweet-Clover Grimm Alfalfa North Dakota Alfalfa North Dakota Timothy Slender Wheat Grass Kentucky Blue Grass Mammoth Red Clover Biennial Yellow Sweet-Clover Cossack Alfalfa American Alfalfa Bromus fnermus Red Top Medium Red Clover Alsyke Clover To get the facts of the recent farm success survey in the north central Montana “ triangle” before the farm ers of that section, the Montana State College Extension Service is sending a special \extension train” for a 30- day trip over the country from Great Falls to Havre, to Shelby and return. The train will be furnished by the Great Northern railroad as a means of co-operating with the Extension Service in its work for this dry land farming section. The train will start from Great Falls on February 20. In charge of the train will be M. L. Wilson, farm management demon strator for the Montana Extension Service, and who was in charge of the survey made in the triangle last sum mer. Mr. Wilson’s study of this sec tion of the state has been one of the important agricultural happenings of the last year in Montana. The sum mary of his study shows the means which successful farmers have em ployed to build their permanent homes in this section despite drought, pests and other handicaps. The train will be a condensed “ ex tension school” on the type of farm ing suitable to the “ triangle.” One of the main points brought out by Mr. Wilson in his survey is that farm ing in this section must be built around control of the Russian thistle. Tillage implements, therefore, con stitute one of the most interesting topics for farmers of this region. The special train will carry two flat cars loaded with home made tillage ma chinery. At each place where the train is stopped, these implements will be demonstrated and farmers wbo will accompany the train will explain how the implements may be made on the farm at a nominal cost. Because conservation of man labor is another of the important factors In success in the “ triangle,” each stop will see a demonstration in the use of large teams. A special driver will be with the train and horses will be at each stop to be used In the demon stration. The manner of hitching up’ eight or twelve horses in a team, the manner of driving, the turning of the machinery in the field, all will be demonstrated by a practical farmer. There will he implements on the train to demonstrate methods of con trol of soil blowing by cultivation, weeders of all sorts, duck foot and other types of cultivators, goose neck and “ safety razor” weeders. A coach attached to the train will serve as an exhibit car. In this coach will he large pictures of machinery and methods used on the successful farms of the “ triangle.” How fallow is listed to prevent soil blowing, how “ strip farming\ affects soil blowing, the effect of the disc on wc-eds, typi cal shelter belts, dry land gardens and their proper location, farm flocks and herds, all will he subjects illus trated by big enlargements of photos taken on these north Montana farms. In the car also will be dry farm exhibits of paramount Interest from the North Montana experimental sub station, from the Montana state col lege, and from various farms of the section. The exhibits will tend to show what can be done on these dry land farms. Ifnbam Sweet-Clover Our 1913 catalog and seed samples sent (tee and postpaid. W e will also gladly send you under separate cover a Farm Recora and Account Boole, and for this will ask you to favor us with the names o f three or four neighbor farmers who should be interested In Fargo Seeds. Many dealers handle our seeds. If you cannot get Fargo Seeds from your local seedsman send your orders direct to us. EED H o u s e f a *=» e o w N O R T H D a k o t a C * T A . k < B - e o . . —1 . 0 In each town visited there will be a general lecture in the most avail able place. Here Mr. Wilson will tell the results of his survey, tell how farmers have made a success in spite of bad years and how other farmers could make the same records, and at the same time will illustrate his talk with lantern slides taken in the \tri angle.” Moving pictures taken on these successful farms of the “ tri angle\ will be one feature of these meetings. Prominent farmers whose successful farms” were studied last year by Mr. Wilson will be with the extension train and will give short talks and be in conference with other farmers who desire to ask questions. “ Our idea is to make this informa tion available to the farmers of this region in time for benefit this year,” says Mr. Wilson. “ With the co-op eration 'of the Great Northern rail road this has been made possible through the extension special train. It is not a lecture upon a theory ad vanced by farm extension specialists, but is a demonstration of facts gath ered from successful farmers in this region. We are summing up the ex periences of the farmers who have been able to succeed where others failed; we are presenting this sum mary in practical form for all farm ers to investigate and benefit by it.\ LIVE STOCK IN GOOD CONDITION OPEN WINTER HAS SAFEGUARD ED CATTLE; SHEEP 98 PER CENT NORMAL Montana Stockmen Are Looking For ward to a Good Year, According to the Federal-State Live Stock Re porting Service. erage for the past year among flocks, being 11 per cent for the state. Much heavier losses were experienced in some localities of the state, especial ly in the southeastern section. The lamb crop for 1922 averaged 75 per cent of the number of breeding ewes on hand a year ago. A much better percentage is anticipated for the coming spring, as the breeding sea son conditions were generally favor able, and more than usual care of the ewes and lambs before and through the breeding season is being contem plated by many owners. ;■ Over the West The consolidated report issued by the Denver office of the division of crop and live stock estimates, shows improved range conditions over these states as a whole, all states reporting improvement excepting the Dakotas, Texas, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nevada and Washington. The condition was 85 per cent of normal on January 1. The normal, or 100 per cent, does not necessarily mean that the range is available for use, but may mean also a condition free from injury, and with sufficient mois ture to insure a good growth of feed for the coming season. The drought-stricken areas in New Mexico are mostly unrelieved yet. The condition of cattle and sheep for these states averaged 90 and 94 per cent, respectively, on January 1. Stock on Feed The report from the Chicago re gional office, covering the - ‘feeding situation, indicates a still greater in crease in the number of sheep and lambs on feed, compared with Decem ber 1, there now being about 30 per cent more than last year, when feed ing operations were much restricted. The number of cattle and calves on feed decreased some, due to quite, heavy marketings in December, and to the rising prices of corn. There is 25 per cent more cattle being fed. now in the corn belt states than,there were a year ago. '*5 R O U P For SpasmodicCroup rub Vicks o ver the throat and ‘ chest untii the difficult breathing is relieved— then cover with a warm flannel cloth. V a p o R u b Char 1 7 M illion Jars U sed Y early PCC *»*L !| Hot Water« Copper Tank, Sell Regulation, Large Oil «Ar»TCC 0 |[ 7*nk, Safety Burner, THREE Walled, Weatero Red Cedar Construction. From 60 lo 4000 Eg* Capacity. 60 daya FRES TRIAL. Electric and Oil Heated Brooders. Get our catalogue and free poultry helps. St. Helens Incubator Co. y Central!*)« V/aihfnqtQft, BUY A PERCHERON STALLION The largest breeder of Per cheron horses on the American continent, the Bar U Ranch, Is overstocked with 100 young Percheron stallions, black and grays; weighing from 1,800 to 2,000 pounds. These horBes have been raised in the open and are hardy, and more desir able for the breeder. Montana is short of good draft horses and this may be your opportun ity. Send for our catalog. GEORGE LANE CALGARY, ALBERTA Weekly Grain Letter IVo a r c now re c c l v in s tlic en larged w e e k ly grain letters fro m L o g a n & B r y a n , m e m b e r s o f C h lrago B o a r d o f Trade, D u lu t h B o a r d o f T r a d e , M inneapolis C h a m b e r o f C o m m o r c e . and W in n ipeg G rain E x c h a n g e . These letters, which, -cover fu lly the gra in situ a tion , nro especia lly valu a b le to farm e rs, grain m e r ch a n t s , flo u r in g m ills, elevators, banks a n d n e w s p a p e r s a n d w o w ill be pleased to sen d these to in terested parlies, free, u p o n request. Lauzier-Wolcott Co., Brokers Spokane, B u tte, B illin g s , A n a c o n d a , M issoula. M e m b e r s C h icago B o a r d o f T r a d e Spokano and Salt L a k e C ity S t o c k E x c h a n g e s BLACK-LEG AMONG YOUNG CATTLE Can bo Prevented through Life, by the use of LEDERLE BLACK-LEG AGGRESSIN Aggressin is recommended by Montana State Veterinary Department, United States Bureau of Animal Industry; and all reputable Veterin ary Surgeons advocate it above all Black-Leg vaccines. Insure Your Young Cattle W ith It For Life Can be purchased in 10, 20, 50 and 100 dose bottles at 15 cents per dose, from D R. M. E. K N O W LES, State D ir ributor, HELENA, MONT* Or any reputable Veterinary Surgeon in Montana FOR 5 YEARS IN SUCCESSION Hampshires have won grand championship over all'breeds, all ages, and all weights of hogs in the carload lots, at the International Livestock Show, HAMPSHIRES 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1022. FOR 5 YEARS IN SUCCESSION HampshlreB have shown the youngest, yet the heaviest spring pigs at this show. HAMPSHIRES ARE THE PRACTICAL FARMER’S PRACTICAL HOO, because of—their meat type—their graz ing qualities—their activity health and vigor—their highly developed mother Instinct and milking qnnlities—their early maturity and economical gains AND BECAUSE THEY ARE RECOGNIZED MARKET TOPPERS. For Information about Hampshires or for names and addresses of breeders near you, address D e p t . 17, H A M P S H I R E R E C O R D A S S O C IA T IO N 409 W isco n s in Ave, C. ST O N E , Secy. P e o r ia, Illin o is n I I A ! f 100 % PROTECTION FOR LIFE Dlftlm ft« n . a m B la c k le g A tftfressin. Abso* B i H - I H ' lutdy safe. Cutter's Solid Agercs- 0 S j H j « g 6in Injectors work just ItlcBlickleZ H f l O n Pill Injectors. If Cutter’s Acercssin ” f X a is unobtairuhlelocilly, write The Cutter Laboratory u Tha Laberahry that Knnot Ilm \ Berkeley (U.S. License) California N.B.—Old Style Powder and Pill Vaccines still made (or those who prefer them. With practically all of the state’s livestock in excellent condition for this period of the winter, with rather open weather continuing, and with a good supply of feed on hand, Mon tana stockmen are looking forward to a good year, according to the Jan uary report on livestock conditions is sued by the federal-state co-operative crop and live stock reporting service. Improvement in the ranges and pastures from December 1 is due to considerable snow and rain which fell. Winter pastures and ranges have been mostly clear of Bnow since Christmas, and their consequent uti lization by the stock has relieved the owners from feeding much hay. Local prices for hay have dropped in some sections due to these conditions. The range condition on January 1 was 97 per cent of normal. Cottle 07 Per Cent Normal The condition of cattle on January 1 was 97 per cent of normal, compar ed to 94 per cent for the previous month. It should he noted that while the physical condition of cattle has not improved in general during the past month, the condition figure is given as compared to the normal at any particular time. Losses among cattle during 1922 averaged 9 per cent for the state, while the calf crop was 71 per cent of the breeding cows on hand a year ago. Sheep 98 Per Cent The condition of sheep on January 1 was 98 per cent of normal, the same as for the previous month. Losses were generally considered about av-
