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THE EHALAKA EAGLE. •! 1 - ; r I 1 EASON STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK iiiWING IN FALL STATE WQ0L CLIP BRINGS REWARD FAR BELOW 1916 SAVE GARDEN SEED THIS TALI, I With the present urgent necessity for producing increased quantities of food, the seed supply has become very important. An unusually heavy de- mand for garden seed during the present year, the cutting off. of Eu- ropean sources of supply and the oc- currence of several seasons udfrivor- able to seed production have united in so reducing the reserve seed sup- ply ofcthe nations that a serious shortage is feared in 1918. As an emergency' measure, there- fore, it is ifilportant that as much seed as possible should be saved •on our farms and home gardens. In earlier times heme saving of seeds was the rule and it can easily be done again. The warm weather which is continuing unusually late into the fall has created ideal conditions for ripening seeds of various kinds and Montana vegetable growers have an opportunity for seed saving not us- ually offered. Beans and Peas. The best seed of beans and peas is obtained by marking a few of the finest plants at the beginning of the harvesting season and allowing the crop of these plants to ripen com- pletely. When ripened until dry, hull these plants in the early morning, in order to avoid shattering and hang or spr_ead them in an airy, dry place until the seed is quite dry. When thoronghly dry, shell and store for the winter in a cool dry place. Sweet Corn. Seed sweet corn can best be secured by allowing it to ripen on the stalk. and since a single ear will be enough seed for the average garden, it is quite practicable to do this. Select several of the best and earliest ears and allow these ears to ripen thor- oughly on the stalk. When frost threatens, the plants should be pulled and hung where their will be no danger from moisture, frost, or even severe chilling until the seed Is thor- oughly dry. Cucumbers and Summer Squashes. Select and mark specimens of de- sired quality and allow them to re- main on the vines until fully ripe, which will be indicated by a yellow- ing of the cucumbers and a harden- ing of the skin of the squash. Split the ripe vegetables, scrape out the seeds and wash them until clean. pouring off the refuse and light float- ing seeds. Then spread the washed Reed not over two grains deep and place in the sun to dry. Stir the seed frequently while drying but do not allow it to be frosted or even badly —TRAPPERS— A trial shipment will convince you that we pay the highest prices for hirs,ilides, Pelts, etc. We remit you the day your ship- ment is re- ceived and charge no cow- 9( 'erasiol 6 eitAissts6 Write today for free Trapper's Guide No. 7, catalog of trappers' supplies and Price last NORTHWEST1Eitit II7DE 81 MR CO. Minneapolis, lettan. Eat. 1890. Sweet Clover Seed Wanted We are in the market for sweet clover seed. It you have any to sell or can get any, write how much you will have, enclose an exact sample of the seed. and give your ideas fis to price. We will buy it either hulled -or unhulled. but it must be free from mixture with weeds or alfalfa seed. We also want Sudan seed. Henry Field Seed Co. Box 7, Shenandoah, Iowa. chilled. Any quantity less than _ e CONSERVES MOISTURE AND AS - quart should be ready for storing a - ter one day's drying. SURES (MOPS A LONGER GROWING SEASON. Tomatoes. Select fruits from heavy bearing plants and allow them to ripen on the plant until past their edible con- dition but not long enough to start decay. Crush the fruits and separate the skins and coarser portions of flesh by hand or with a coarse sieve; , fold the seeds with the softer pulp into a square of coarse muslin or cheescloth and work this, energetic- ally with the fingers under water. It is thus possible to clean the seeds by forcing the pulp out through the cloth. When clean, spread the seed thinly in an airy place until dry when it is ready to store. Winter Squash and Melons. As these vegetables are not used until fully ripe, seed saving consists in merely saving the seeds from sat- isfactory specimens of high quality. The seed should be washed in water until clean and then spread out to dry. The vegetables discussed thus far include about all from which seed clods which may require sevtral can be saved this fall. Beets, car- years to mellow. rots, turnips, spinach, onions and If one plows in the spring, he al - cabbage are all biennials; that is, ways turns up cold, wet soil for his they do not produce seed until the seed bed and this should be let lay second year, thus making seed grow- for a week or so to warm up and ing a separate process from crop pro- settle before planting. The soil has duction. For tha class of seeds, the been compressed for at least a year small grower had better get off an and has a tendency to ,turn up lumpy early order to a reliable seedsman. and requires much more work to make it into a seed bed. It is not practical to plow as deep in the spring because the deeper he plows, the colder and damper the soil he Enables Farmer to Get Into Field Earlier in the Spring and Prepare Better Mulch for His Seed Bed; Use of Tractor Overcoming Drtm- backs to Fall Work. WOMAN LAWMAKER IN The advantages of fall plowing are many and particularly so in this lati- tude where the_growing seasons are short and the springs late and wet, as a rule. In the first place, if one waits un- til spring to do his plowing he sacri- fices a large percentage of the water which has fallen on the land during the fall and winter because he must wait for the ground to dry consid- erably before Ile plows. This loss of water has been calculated as 20 tons per acre, equal to 1.75 inches of rain fall. Heavy soils may be nearly ruined by plowing once or twice when too wet as the soil is thrown up in OVERALLS RUNS RANCHiturns Winter Breaks Up Clods. Legislative cares, which so ab- sorbed the attention of the -Honorable, Mrs. Maggie Hathaway, represen- tative from Ravalli county, and onel of the two women members of the state legislature, have given way to the more perplexing problems which arise on a farm.. A unique and strik- ing exhibit of fruits and vegetables, which won for her two prizes at the. state fair, prove how well she has met the latter dificulties. The \Ilonorable Maggie V.\ is' some fernier. She manages her own, ranch in the Bitter Root valley.' Dressed in women's overalls she works out in the garden and the orchard, makes her own boxes and picks, sorts and packs her crab ap- ples and apples, and then ships them to market. Accompanying her exhibit at the state fair were a lot of kodak pic- tures, showing the woman busy on her farm. doing her share to conserve vegetables and fruits for consump- tion in the winter FEEDING SUGAR BEETS TO WORK HORSES BENIFIC1AL Farmers in the Billings and Mis- soula districts, where sugar beet raising is being successfully conduct- ed, have found that auger beets fed in moderate quantities to horses at ordinary work will have a beneficial effect. The quantity to feed depends upon the anintal, the charatter of the hay and grain, and the amount and kind of work required. Some horses scour easily on beets, while others; make good use of them. Horses at hard work and on loos- ening foods like bran and alfalfa hay, and horses doing a good deal of road work. ahould not be fed with many beets. The condition of the bowels will itelp serve as a guide in the num- ber to feed. A feed of beets given on Saturday night, when the horses are to be idle on Sunday. will lie helpful in every instance. \You cut down that iteni,„ —and have a better roof by using Certain -teed Roofing cerkan-teed is the best roof, because It costa ICSR in MEM. facture, Is weather -tight, light -weight, clean, 'limitary, lire - retardant, costa practically nothing to maintain. It's the preferable type of roof for all buildInge, where durability 14 demanded. Be sure to lootrirrr the Certain-terd ishel—then you are certain of °unlit, and guaranteed satisfaction. Certain -teed le guaranteed for A, 10 Of Ifs year* accord- ing to thickness(1, 2 or 3 ply). Certain -teed Slate Surfaced Shingles are @Implanting wood and slate shingles for residences. Cost less. Just as good look- ing. wear better. won't fall off, are fire -retardant, need no painting or staining. Certain -teed Paints and Varnishes The name Certain -teed on ft can of either IR the same guarantee of quality and satisfaction It hi on a roil of roofing or bundle of shin- gles. Slade In all colors for all uses. CERTAIN -TEED PRODUCTS CORPORATION New York, Chicago, Philadelphia. St. Louis, tumors, ci e r e l a so. Pittsburgh, Detroit, Buffalo, San Francisco, Milwaukee. Cincinnati, New Orleans, Los Angeles. fainneRnolis. K.111.10. y. Seattle, Vidianapolls, Atlanta, Memphis, Richmond, (soup! Rapids. Nashville, PnIt LakeOlty, Des Moines, Houston, Dulutn. London, Sydney, Havana. FARM AND LOA S - LIVESTOCK beans Cloned at your Farm Promptly. 0 TO 7 PER CENT. HUGHES LOAN AND LAND COMPANY 8 Third St. N., Great Falls, Mont. Ref.—Commercial National Bank 1 But if he plows in the fall, all these conditions are changed. The ground is usually dry and turns up lumpy, but , thead lumps are exposed to the weather all winter and freeze and thaw several times which disin- tegrates and aeriates them as no har- row can. The surface of his ground is left rough and loose and it catches and holds practically all the mois- ture v.'hich falls on it and in the spring, he does not have to sacrifice much of this because he can go into this ground with a disc and harrow a week or ten days before he could plow it. The soil for his seed bed has been weathered all winter and is in an ideal condition for making a seed bed. It is on top and already warm. It is practical to plow deeper and, under ordinary coffditions, it will give him three weeks longer growing season which, in the case of sugar beets and such crops, means success. An incidental advantage of tall Frost and Cold Kill Worms. plowing is the killing of cut and wire worms which kurrow deep in the ground in the early fall and are turned up by the plow and killed by the frost. The only disadvantage to fall plowing is the power required to pull the plow through the dry ground and this is being rapidly overcome by the substitution of tractors for horse -power. These are on the mar- ket today in all sizes and designs and are being purchased by the mod- ern farmer as fast as they can. be manufactured and it is a safe prediction that another generation will see the passing of the horse from the farm, as this generation has seen the oxen superseded by the horse. A tractor is never tired. It works 24 hours a day every day in the week if you need it. It is much faster un- der ordinary conditions than a horse and it will not only do your piffling, but it will cut your wood, pump your water. do your threshing, run your washing maehine and cream separ- ator. and make itself generally use—, ful around the place and when it is not working, it does not eat. LARGE FRESHMAN CLASS ENTERS STATE COLLEGE SIXTEEN MII/LION POUNDS ESTI- MATED PRODUCTION FOR , CURRENT YEAR. Cold Winter and Short Lamb (.'rop Responsible g for Low Production; l'ossibilities of Government Con- trol Throws Uncertainty Around 1918 Price. Approximately 16,000,000 pounds of wool were clipped in Montana this year, according to figures that have been compiled by E. A. Gray, general agent for the Chicago and North- western in Montana. Mr. Gray has been compiling similar figures for several years and is a recognized au- thority on wool markets and produc- tion. , These figures place the 1917 clip about 5,000,000 pounds below 1916, which condition Mr. Gray lays to the severity of last winter, and the short lamb crop last spring. Prices are so much more than a year ago, however, is near death from wounds. that flockmasters will realize just as Paris—French soldiers who escap- much money as last year and much ed from Germany say that 3,700 more than in years previous. French and British soldiers and 1, - Uncertainties of Market. 500 Russian soldiers died of typhus Uncertainty as to the character of at the German concentration camp at Cassel. ORLD RUE S TOLD ON BRIEF next winter and the probability of government control or wool prices make it impossible to guess on the probable wool prices in 1918, accord- ing to Mr. Gray. \Now that the government has taken a hand at fixing prices,\ said Mr. Gray, \it is to be presumed that it will also regulate the price of wool, one reason for such action being the large amount of wool needed by the war department to clothe and equip the new army. Sheepmen seem of the opinion that the government will fix a price very soon and many pre- dict that the present prices will take a slump soon. Australian Wool Coming. Registration figures for the open- ing three days of the state college at Bozeman aeem to indicate that the young men and Young women of NIon- tana vire responding nobly to the re- quest that all those who possibly can should obtain college training and thus become better prepared to 1101s America boa Iter allies will tile war. Because of the fact Oust HO many young men had entered the military SP1'Vlr(' and the unsettled conditions created by the war, the college au- thorities had looked for a small en- tering class composed for the great— er part of young women. Much to their surprise, in rolled the biggest freshman class in the histoi y of the college -140 registered the first three days and enough more coming to easily bring the final mark up to 150. There are 80 boya and 60 girls, as against 79 boys and 54 girls in the entering class last year. The enrollment in the sophomore, junior and senior classeB ia very good. Nearly every student who is not serving in the military service has returned to resume his studies at the college. The total enrollment of four-year students reached 334 Itt he end of the second day of registrations with additional students coming in on every train. All freshmen wereNcepelled to don pea green caps RS soon aa they appeared on the campus. A few bolder spirits resented this restric- tion, but an enforced bath in the col- lege pond soon brought them into line. The aophortiores, who accord- ing to tradition are supposed to en- force collegOcustoms, are badly out- numbered and will have their hands full as Boon as the first year boys organize and find their leaders. Washington — Roumania is so short of medical supplies that the wounds of her soldiers are being dressed with sawdust. Spokane — Trainmaster Douglas, of the Northern Pacific division at Pasco, declares that ,women will be used aa passenger brakemen if neces- sary. Washington—Since the draft reg- istration day, June 5, 200,000 for- eigners in the United States have de- clared their intention to becoeie citi- zens. Lynn, Mass.—It is estimated that the Lynn shoe lockout has caused° a loss of $3,000,000 in business to manufactuers and $1,600,000 in wages to employes. Chicago — Orders for 1,000 ma- chine tools, coating $3,000,000, to be installed in manufacturing plants that will build 20,000 liberty creators, have been placed. New York—Arrangements have been made for marketing the surplus Pacific coast wheat crop in New York through ocean transportation via the Panama canal. Hong Kong—The Chinese cabinet, with the approval of the allies, is willing to send 300,000 Chinese sol- diers to France in compliance with the request of the French. Duluth—Hans Bergson, a Danish homesteader, fought with an enrag- ed she -bear in the woods and finally killed the animal with an axe. He Washington—Franc Italy and Great Britain will pool all purchases of bacon, ham, lard, butter and cheese in the United States so as to eliminate competitive buying and so raise prices. Peoria, Ill.—George McCaskrin former mayor of Rock Island, is spending 59 days in jail as a result of a spree here. After getting drunk he was ordered to leave the city, but failed to do so. Washington --A plan to wreck the city aqueduct and cut off the city water supply was frustrated here when the police captured a large cache of dynamite and arrested two \Australian wool may have some ! men who were involved in the plot. effect on the price. According to re-• Pittsburgh—Joseph F. Geffey of ports, several ship loads have reached i Pittsburgh, president of the National Boston recently. Until after the ( Gass Associltion of America and an United States entered the war the. oll producer, has been appointed su- British government refused to permit, perviSOr of the government oil pur- the export of wool from Australia. chases under the war industries and in consequence millions of tonsi l board. were piled up in Australian ports. London—Germany's biggest and Another factor is the question of latest U-boat will labor under the transportation. I don't see where theYisame handicaps when winter gales are going to get the boats to carrY set in as have snuffler craft. For the wool, unless Japanese vessels en- this reason Germany will ntake fran- gage in this traffic.\ tic efforts to do as much damage as Anderson Brothers of Alder, who, possible in the next two months. sold their 100,000 -pound clip for Chicago — Robert Young. 4825 62 1-2 cents, probably received the South Halstead street, celled his wife highest price paid in the state; while into the kitchen and preeented a re - Frank Miracle of Helena. who is re- , volver at her head, slaying: \Let's ported to have received 67 cents per I die together.'' The woman ran out pound in Boston, probably received screaming, and a moment later a the highest price paid for a Montana: shot in the kitchen told that Young clip this year. !had taken his own life. Spokane — Rejected by four SII,K WORTH $9,000,000 . . i b e r e a n c h a es nd o f t h t l e l e n a r d n i t s y q n a a ti;l i t i n e a d v y i n se t r i v n - draft because of inability to pass the PASSES ACROSS STATE' eye test, Mark B. Lindsay of Miles City, has finally been accepted for , service with a hospital unit and as - Thirty -two cars of silk, valued at signed to Fort George Wright near $9,000,000, the most valuable freight , h, re. ever shipped at any time on any rail- i Wshington — American soldiers road, recently crossed Montana on ; ,,,,,h o are prisoners of war in Germany a record -breaking trip frotn Seattle, will receive food \kits\ containing to New York City, making the west- l'from nine to ten pounds of food ev- ern end of the Journey over the Great ery two weeks. German authorities Northern railway. agreed that each American shall per - The shipment traveled •in three sonaliy sign a receipt for his kit. One sections, 10 cars in the first two hundred and one Americans are now trains and 12 in the third. The trip, prisonera in Germany. from coaat to coast was made in 901 New Vork—Charles Edison, son of hours and the cargo was safely de-, Thomas A. Eflifi0I1, nays his father iH livered to the New York buyers to I not working on any spectacular in - whom it was consigned by Yokohama vention to destroy submarines, but is wholesalers. working on inventions which retire - No guarda were carried on the sent a great improvement lit the train, except the regular crew. methods of attacking submitrines. Him new discoveries are collet:Indy' .___ . A. A. WHITE Townsite Promoter Business; and residence lots for sale in new towna in Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Washington and California. Also 21 government townsites on Flathead lake, a dimple on the \cheek of na- ture,\ nestled in the heart of the Rocky mountains, near Glacier na- tional park, on the line of the Great Northern railway, the only trans- continental railw y with a branch line reaching the beautiful shores and awe-inspiring scenery of the Flathead lake, destined to become the greatest resort piaci In the world. General office: 1210 Pioneer build- ing, St. Paul, Minn. Branch offices: Hotel Nlissoula. Missoula, Mont.; Conrad block, Kali- spell, Mont.—Adv. 1 °wT°TRAPruRsi MORE MONEY FORME FURS YOU TRAP NSTIE 'The hirg. fur house 111 the world needs your furs. WO NY cash, Writtfor our new price list on Rao , coon. Muskrat.Skunk, sum. Fos and other ire. Trappers send us their furs ytar after year because ther get more money and a sau deal t Our new book will t a el you ow to trap—shows the d ferent furs in beautiful, tuiturat colors—gives the game la f litir t zp v elaa i r. emok etc. being tried on vessels off the Atlan- tic coast. New York—American pansengers who have arrived recently from Rus- sia declare that chaos prevails through that country and ip getting worse. Members of the aristocracy and the educated classes are commit- ting suicide by the hundreds daily, while the working masses are wast- ing time arguing in committees in Petrograd and getting nowhere. San Francitsco--H. G. Nicholas, night editor of the San Francisco Ex- aminer, shot a ,huge white bear in the Coast range, and hunters are now wondering where the bear came from. The bear is of an unknown species and is considePed to be some sort of a freak of the animal king- dom. The state game department is unable to account for the fact that such an animal had never been seen before if it inhabited those moun- tains for any length of time. London — From London to New York by airplane in one day is the plan of J. A. Whitehead, governing director of the Whitehead Aircraft company, and he declares it will be carried to a successful conclusion. The airplane will be piloted by Her- bert Skyes, who expects to leave a point near London at dawn and reach New York by night.' The trip will be accomplished in an especialy designed, powerful Whitehead ma- chine, Edgar Middleton will accom- pany Sykes as navigator. London—There has been a steady decrease in submarine destruction by the Germans during the paet six months. July and August showed an average of slightly more than 116,00 tons a week. The first week in September showed a further cut and with the second week there came a decreatie of nearly 50 per cent. For the week ending Septem- ber 16 sinkings were 62,000 tons against a weekly average in August of 118,000 tons; al ci for July ot 115,000 tons. The reduction in losses is due to the convoy system. GASP! .from F C . - I FLIP CO. h i l e / r'N/ SrLoUrf; '' for FURS or Fur pikes are high this year, Coon. Opossum, Mink. Skunk, Muskrat. Wolf and al] other kinds are wanted. Trap and In cash. FUR and ship to US. WO p&I COOSt-•• 1111 1t W Ilelp-Boek Free MONEY Tell* how to trap end prepare for wane for hlrhaoller.:4*.Mbes 1st- ' clu stew tiblOKUO k al a ViD71. IshOvirs I t Ala in r • YOU p • TPLAPf ANIMAS taizeitiVt. r C. Taylor Fur Co. flitt rur Exchange Bldg. Ht. Louis, Mo. (MI) •••••••••••••••••••••••••••4I Hay, Oats, Coal, Potatoes- Carlots There has been the heaviest MM.- mrnt of oats westward the past month o.1 any month In years. Oats are tery high on the Pisoifie roast %this the result that the iteasier grradest of oats are steadily ad%anc- ling In price. it Is decidedly ad% losable that aii those nho need to hts oats dur- ing the coming %sinter should hey Unless your community 11US a g I crisis of 1011111) you 'should arrange villit me to unload si Ismail car of potatoes in your vt-inity. Write for prices, your let ter tt III bring a prompt reply. ROBT. L. ROWELL 123 Central AVf... Great Fella, Stunt. _ _ _ t 4•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The BEST TRACTOR OIL The Tractor Dentonstrat ion at tho State Fair at Helena sass°. listely proved that MON-0-00 lubricating oils and MON-0-e() ga.so- line arr. best suited for Montana Tractors because they have been prepared for use under the conditions that exist in this state. The different snakes of tractors reurOsented at the State Pair used SIMI approved NION-0-00 products. NION-0-00 lubricating oilss and gasoline will suit your tractor. Montana Oil Co, A Montana Company Gust is Making a Specialty of Serving Niontana People. F R M J A ftwest rates of interest. No commission cliarged. Quick Action. LOANS F. C. BYDELEk 7 Tod Block, Great Falls, Mont. MR. FARMER HS IP US YOUR PRODUCE Get In Touclifith Us LEVVISTOWN CREAMEIWCO. LEWISTOWN, MONTANA.
