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THE EKALA.KA EAGLE SEEDS Front the oldest and most complete establishment In the Northstest. Twenty-seven years experience • In Montana. Free to clue Cuatomers 1917---CATALOG---1917 136 Pages „. Free on Request 3Iention This Paper. Threshing Alfalfa Seed for State Nursery Seed Co. Alfalfa, Clovers, Grains, drasses, Seed Potatoes, Onion Sets, Canadian and Marrowfat Peas, Vegetable and FloWer Seeds, Fruit Trees, Shade Trees, Small Fruits, House and Hardy Garden Plants. STATE NURSERY & SEED CO. HELENA Established 1890 MONTANA Northwestern Seeds for Northwestern Farmers Pamphlets On 7.awns, Sntall Yeutter. Sweet Peas, Vegetable and Flower Culttire and others of interest to the Farmer FREE ON REQUEST the ones you are Interested In. Namirig Lewistown Central Cattle Mart, to Be Opened Within Sixty Days, Required by Needs of Industry (Editor's Note—IL A. Har- low, one of Montana's captains of industry, has joined with the live business men and farmers of the Judith in the movement to establish at Lewistown a cen- tral cattle market for Montana, which will be in operation with- in the next 60 days, having been already amply financed. Mr. Harlow is an authority on live- stock conditions in 'Montana, and is himself actively interest- ed in cattle raising, having es- tablished near Moore, Montana, the 'Snowy Nfountain Hereford farm, where he Ls producing pure bred Montana native stock .and putting on the market young registered bulls.) (By Richard A. Harlow.) third of an animal for every inhabi- tant. In other words the supply of beef per capita today is just one-half of what it was in 1900. There are many reasons for this shortage, but the one that interests us most is that the - Mblitana whe.at farmers have driven out the vast herds of range animals, and that great source of supply is cut off. In the early days there were count- less herds of buffalo ranging over Montana. and the early ranchers realized that a country that was good for buffalo was good for cattle. We all thought that when the wheat far- mer came and closed in the ranges, we had seen the end of the cattle business, but we are now' beginning to realize that we have millions of acres of good grass left. These acres are scattered and isolated, and can- coun _ not be used for big herds, but they The cattle situation in this will produce as much feed to the acre try, and all over the world for that matter, is much more interesting than the average man realizes. There is a great shortage everywhere. In the year 1900 the United States had 75,000,000 people and 51,000,- eovery year because our ranchmen are 000 beef cattle. That was two_ not organized to turn it into money. thirds of a beet animal for every inhabitant. Today we have 100,000,000 people and 36,- 000,000 beef cattle, which is one - cannot be used by somebody, and the scarcity of cattle and the high price of beef, together with the abundance of idle capital, will bring more and more of this Ind tato use every year. Industry in Its Infancy. All these fact's tell the thoughtful APPENDICITIS If you have been threatened or have GALLSTONES INDIGESTION. GAS or pains in thee right FREE skle. writs for valushl• book of information. L. K. Bosvers, Rept. E97, 219 So. Dearborn 8treet, Chicago. as they ever would. Hundreds of thousands of times of this grass land are lying idle, and millions of dol- lars' v..orth of grafts is being lost It is true that there are many ranch - men who cannot reach these grass lands, but on the other hand there are very few tracts in the state that •31mwor :Ammir IPmmir 'Woe 1) 0 mmr One Whiff—Bingo! He's Dead! The minute Mr. Gopher smells Kill -Em -Quick. he starts right in to commit suicide --it gets them all for I cent. an acre --saves enormoui losbes. IiilliwEinseQUIck GOPHER AN D SQUIRREL POISON Sure Death. Rodents like its odor and its sweet taste. The tinicst particle kills instantly. Easy to use.- Simply stir into moistened oats or ground feed and drop into holes. Safe. No danger in handling. Scatters noweed seed. Money back Guar- antee printed on every package. sizes. 50c and 81.00. enough for 40 and 100 acres. Get it frotrf3four local dealer. If he cannot slIPPIY YOII. we express $1.00 size prepaid upon receipt of the price. Write for Free Gopher Book. - Leo Shapiro & Co., Inc. 1st Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn. 44.—. %ask., geffeulf. KILLS 'EM OUICK ' .Your Garden is as important as any por- tion of your farm. It will return more per acre than any field crop. For the best results acclimated seeds of known worth MUST be planted. For the Northwest Our Seeds are Foremost Try them this year-, you will become a staunch friend ariZI N a steady customer ;-: . - Catalog FREE on Request Valley City, No. Ihk. NORTHERN SEED CO. ANY BREEDER WISHING A HIGH CLASS Shire or Percheron Stallion Can save from $300 to $500 by coming to my stable in Great Falls and selecting one. They are frau my Illinois stable, %%hick has had a national reputation since 1875 --one of the three oldest in Amer- ica. They combine weight, quality and good breeding. Write for my illustrateAl booklet V. Address: Geo. E. Brown Hotel Hammill, Great Falls, Mont. POULTRY SUPPLIES The mast complete line In 3lontana. Incubators, brooders, remedies, fountains, fixtures, grain, flour. feed. bay. Write us your nano; and get on our mailing Ilst for free catalogue. We can supply your etery want In the poultry supply line sod solicit for prompt service your trade. „DORSI! & GREENFIELD illYTTE MONTANA z 1 Eggs for hatching from my blue rib- bon pens, $15 per 15. Utility, 1,11 per 15. Fertility and a square deal guar- anteed. i GUS T. JASMIN 125 N. N1AIN ST., HELENA, MONT. man that the.cattle business in Mon- tana is in its infancy, and that every year will see _an increasesd demand for breeding cattle. I have heard it said that, notwith- standing the general cattle - shortage in the country, there are more cattle in the Judth Basin today than there were in the 80's. I do not know whether this is true or not, but I do know that great numbers have been shipped in p•om Dakota in the last two years, and that there is a con- stant and increasing demand. The ranchmen are beginning to' realize that they must have something be - aides wheat to depend upon, and they are turning their attention more and more to the raising of cattle; also they sre inquiring more vul more every day as to where they to be had. This suggests the subject in which we are interested, namelY, a cattle market: If you wanted to buy 50 cows to- morrow, where v:ould you get them? I have been in the cattle business in the Judith Basin for 10 years, and I must confess that I should not know where to turn. °We all know where to find horses. Miles City •is the market. But where can we find cat- tle without driving from ranch to ranch, and from town to town? I know a man who looked all last sum- mer for a small bunch of heifers, and he did not find them till November. The process of making a market is 'very simple. In fact most markets make themselves. Once upon a time a Prickly Pear lialley farmer had some hay to sell. He loaded his rack and drove into Helena, unhitched his team in lower Lawrence street and tied his horses up against his wagon. He stopped there because it was a convenient place . to stop. Ile went to dinner and when he came back he found a man waiting for him. This man bought his hay. The next day he and a neighbor came to town with loads of hay and stopped at the same place, and they both found customers waiting for them on their return from dinner. After that all the Prickly Pear farmers stopped in low- er Lawrence street and all the hay buyers went there to get their hay. It became a hay market and is nov: known as THE Hay Market, and it is all because a farmer happened to atop there and leave his team and wagon. Levvistown Cattle Center. Lewistown was the center of the oldest and best cattle district in Mon- tana in early days, and without any effort on its part it is rapidly be- coming an important center again. Why not have a cattle market there? It is a railroad center. It has good hotels and it a city to which any Montana man will be glad to come. The time is ripe, the place is there and there is nothing to do but start. The Northwest ProduceCo. 711 Mouth Arizona Street - BUTTE - - - - MONTA NA Aro paying the following prices during month of Febru- ary, f. o. b. Butte. Live and Dressed: Fat Helm, lb. 18c, to 20c Fat Springs, lb. 1 Sc to 20c Fat Turkeys, lb... ...... to 27c Fat Geese, lb. 15c to 1f4c Fat Ducks, lit. 17c to 20c Old Roosters, lb. 13c to 15c SEND U8 'YOUR Chicken% Turkeys, Ducks Geese and Eggs we pay top prices. Remittasees Made weekly LIEW IS POUVPRY COMPANY 11.554 ROUTH MAIM. BUTTE. SNOWY MOUNTAIN HEREFORDS PURE BRED NATI‘'ES of 1(47k,i`l'ANA; RUGGED and ACCLIMATED 1110 cows of the best strains. We_believe that the Montana ranchmen who are building up herds of cattle want hulls of the highest grade only, but that many are not yet ready to pay fancy prices and we are offering onr .'coung registered bulls with that in v i ew . II4/1.63 BROWN, Mgr. MOORE, MONT. ROSE COMB REDS UN YOUR Cream, Poultry and iggs Write for Tags, Cult! Prices. - Great Falls Dairy Products Co. GREAT FALLS, Mont. If a day is fixed for a sale the sale is carried off successfull another day and another day and still another day, it will be a surpris- Y; then fix ingly short time befpre the people of Montana will think of cattle when they think of Lewistown, and think of Lewistown when they think of cattle. I am not unmindful of the fact that a cattle market of the kind pro- posed may be handicapped in a way, owing to the difficulty of getting large herds of cattle to the place, or sale. For example, it would be dif- ficult to get 500 cows from Great Falls to Lewistown, but that part of the enterprise would take care of it- self. If we provide an exchange for b91s, milk cows and high grade ant- tiralenrall kinds, and small bunches, the state will soon have an important center, and before we know it the broker and commission man will ap- pear who will have lists of all cattle herds that are for sale in Montana. After all it may not be so much a question of finding the cattle , at the exchange as of finding a place where cattle can be had. STOCK EXHIBIT TO BE ATTRACTION AT BELT Much interest ia being taken at Belt in the agricultural and home econ- omics short course, which is sched- uled for four days, beginning Febru- ary 13. This is the third course to be given in that city and the event is growing in importance each year. This year there will be a big ex- hibit of pure-bred stock, for in addi- tion to the carload stock which' will be taken to Belt from the agri-I cultural college, a number of local breeders will have animals in the show ring. Judging contests, with the college experts as the referees, will be held each day of the course, and there will be lectures and dem- onstrations as well. The home economics work has always attracted a large number of women, and this year the indications are that the attendance at this sec- tion will be larger than ever, and larger quarters are being arranged for. Each evening some entertain- ment feature will be given, the big one_ being the Old Folks' ball, Which has become an annual event, and 4 which only the dances of 20 and 25 yearii ago_ are allowed, the music provided tieing appropriate to that period. SPECIAL DIET NEEDED FOR HENS IN WINTER $50,000,000 IN FURS EACH YEAR THIS VALUE IS PLACED ON NORTII AMERICAN` ItAW PELT OUTpuT. \Get After Cc' tyotes--They Are in Great Demand and Pries Ex- tremely High; You Will Do Com- munity Service and at Same Time 3lake IligkWages,\ Advises Dealer Fifty million dollars' worth tis a normal season's production of North American raw furs, as estimated by A - . B. Shubert, president of A. B. Shubert, Inc., Chicago, which claims to be the largest house in the world dealing exclusively in American raw furs. \The fur industry is one of the oldest known to man,\ said Mr. Shu- bert in discusaing the market for pelts. \It dates back even before the tint° of Christ, and in spite of the fact that millions of fur -bearing animals are killed off every year—in spite of the fact that rigid game laws are enacted to protect the fur -bearers —the game is far front being extinct. \It is wonderful the part that furs have played in the. history of man. They have caused wars, led to the exploration of new lands and changed the maps of nations,. but more wonderful still are the varied fluctuations in the market. It is the greatest speculative game in the world. When the raw fur market is at its highest pitch, Wall street fades away to nothing alongside of it. Be- fore people knew what steel and to- bacco were, they were skinning fur- bearere for their pelts and still the game has not died out. In fact, this season promises more activity than ever in the fur business. Furs Absolute Neces.sity. • \Furs are an absolute necessity as they form the protective clothing of those vchoae occupation brings them in contact with the elements of win- ter. Furthermore, furs are extreme- ly fashionable. Milady's wardrobe is not complete without most of he -r- outer garments for fall and winter. her hat, evening gown and dresses trimmed with fur, and it is not un- common to see shoe tops, handbags and parasols trimmed with fur. \Get after the coyotes. They are in good demand and prices extremely high. You will be doing your com- munity a great service and at the •same time making high wages. \There are a great many who are under the iippression that coyotes; are a nuisance and are no good. whatever. This is wrong. Coyotes! are a highly destructive animal, kill-; ing cattle and sheep, but tbe coyote is a fur -bearer and its pelt has a commercial value—it is more valu- able this year than ever before. Coyote Imitation of Fox. Are your hens delivering the eggs you expected them to this winter? If not it may be possible that you are not feeding them the proper ra- tions for winter egg production. The extension poultry lecturer sent out by the state college is recommending the following ration as the best one that has been tried out by the col- lege experts and if farmers are not getting good results wth their present systems of feeding tt might be well worth while to give thia a tryout. Grain Mixture. Equal parts by measure of wheat, oata, and cracked petta. For Leg- horna feed two and one-half pounds to every 30 hens twice a day, scatter- ing it in deep litter. For general purpose breeds one pound and a half to every 30 hens twice a day la suf- ficient, DRY MASH 20 pounds Bran 10 pounds Shorts' Ground barley or corn10 pounds 5 pounds - Ground oats Cut clover 5 pounda — 10 Winds mem Beraws % 10 pounds Flax seed. — 26 ( , tince'f Salt Keep the dry mash In hoppers be- fore the birds at all times. Provide plenty of charcoal, oystershell, green food, and pure water. - And Maybe He Knows It. A Toledo (Ohio) ragman who goes around the residential aections tut soon as day dawns and yells for rags at the top of his voice, much to the disgust of tired buaineiet-men who are still in the haY, has his name painted on his wagon. It is I. B. Kerst. , Farm & Livestock Loans 6 AND 7 PER CENT. Loans Closed at Your FRY= Call or Write Hughes Loan & Land Co. - 235 Ford Block GREAT FALLS MONTANA. EEDS Alfalfa, Clov- er, Timothy, Wheat, and all kinds of Grass Seeds and Seed Grai n. Send for our special price list. Stands for Highest Quality. Our vegetable and flower seeds are the best quality that can be obtained. We have a complete line and will be glad to receive your order for any quantity from 1 oz. up. Write today for free catalog. BARKEMEYER Grain and Seed Company Great Falls Montana • ALHAMBRA HOT 8PRINO8 HOTEL. Open the year around. A comfortable millet Ike resort. Cuisine unexcelled. Baths inequalled for rheumatism, etc. Rates, $15 .er week. Reduced Ratters/ Rates.—Ask agent for I :0 daye' round trip coupon ticket. Write I 'or descriptive pamphlet. M. J. SULLIVAN. Proprietor. their lands sold but in the future they want to manage their own af- fairs. They asserted that the In- dian could handle livestock to better advantage than the Indian bureau is doing it.. Both wjtnesses Were questioned by Senator Walsh, but stuck to their statements that they \The coyote hi the only fur-bearer are qualified to manage their affairs. that can be' used in intisation of fox: The Indians then submitted to the The animal scarf macie from a fox committee a substitute for the skin was in great favor last year and Myers' bill. It is even more poptilar this year and the price la very high. An imi- tation had to be created, which could be eold to the consumer who could not afford to pay the price of a fox scarf. For that purpose the Ameri- can manufacturer is using the better grades of coyotes, with heads at- tached, which, when dressed and dyed and made into an animal scarf, can hardly be distinguished from a fox—except by an expert. The soft greyish hair of tho lighter -colored skins of the better grades is very pretty and when used' naturally makes an attractive set of furs. \The poorer grades of coyote are being used by the Europeans for coat linings for the man behind the gun and in the trench. The . skin is large and requires but little work, so it answers the purpose.\ y Insist on Managing Own Affairs. Before the Indian senate commit- tee at l yashington, Chief Plentycoos and Spotted Rabbit of the Crow tribe of Montana, testified that the Indians not only do not want any more of • OUR 191/ PRESENT TO CUSTOMERc (6,0, , -_t a tociAg 67 --.= — • C 11 -. 0 ; 4 ttb s 1 A Real Surprise That will delight all flower lovers— learn about this from our new ilkstralea catalog. Tells how to reduce living ex- penses with a good garden. Describes biggest money maker for the farm and all about the shrubs and trees we sell eired to our customers at wholesale prices. Send at once for this valuable book and Gift box_ offer—no charge. Farmer Seed & Nursery Co. ' 128 First Ave. ; Faribault, Minn. T 11 E 142 1 03 PtY- DEALER SAYS . 11 4 ggT HE Hickory Collnristhe collar to use. With the Hick- ory Collar shoulder sores, galls, fistula and sweeny disappear, The Hickory is made oi i only the best bark -tanned leather. The throat is five thicknesses. The back and rim are stuffed with long rye straw, which does not rot. The face is stuffed with soft, pliable buckwheat hulls, damp-proof. No pads are needed. The stitching is done by hand with heavy oil -tanned lacing. The top is wide and allows the neck muscles ample play. The bulge below fits into the hollow of the shoulders. The Hickory places the draft where it should be.\ WI; et Top P e e_ 4 y 1 Lon g s a _ Thr 04 ;;\ 116 °2= 1 \ 1 virso r•asivo'ln 6 %.00fr2o l ''` ° :- Is the mark you should look for on the next horse collar you buy. It means perfect satisfaction Or else a new collar or money back. W. M. Walsh, Yale, South Dakota, writes: \One of my customers was using a collar on a horse withoul satisfaction and he seed there wasn't a collar made that would work on him. I got him to try a Hickory, and within two weelta be came back to mg store and bought ten Hickory CoUars.'' 78,000 Hickory Collars Now In Use Hickory collars and harness and All Hickory tools. paints. varnishes, hardware. etttlery and stoves are positively guaranteed. Go to your Hickory dealer and learn more about I lekorygoods. A postal card will bring you booklets on llorseCollars and Harness, or on tools or other Hltkory goods. Address Kelley -Now -Thomson Company, Ninth, Minnet t ota It 4 ,
