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THE EHALAKA . EAGLE. 'or r • I t - 'TREASURE STATE FARM AND- LINESTOC INCREASING FARM BY DEEP PLOWING EVERY INCH PIA)W GOES DOWN ENLARGES SPHERE OF PLANT ACTIVITY. Tremendous Quantities of Water Re- quited for Production of Crops on Single Acre; Air and Sun Abso- lutely necessiwy to Properly Break Up Soil. . The deeper you plow your land, the more land you have to farm, and the larger 'your crop returns are bound to be. It is possible to increase the size of your farm fully 25 per cent without increasing the area any whatsoever. Suppose your farm is 40 yards long and 20 yards wide and ypu have been plowing it six inches deep. Then -you have been farming 13,333 cubic yards of your farm. If you increase the depth of your plowing to 10 inches. then you increase the amount of land you are farming to 22,222 cubic yards, or ehlarged your farm 33 per cent. You should consider your)farm as the feeding ground of your crops. They feed through their rootlets and with few exceptions, the rootlets con- fine themselves to the plowed ground. Therefore their pasturage is limited by the depth you plow. Nature's Fond - Storehouse. The soil under the plowed ground is a vast storehouse of plant food. but it is not available fot the root- lets because the food is not yet prop- erly prepared for the plants. It re-; quires certain chentical and physical' changes which can only be liroduced by the sun and air. Air corrodes the minerals, forms carbonic acid with the humus, its oxygen and ammonia , dissolve the minerals and make them soluble and it enters into many! chemical and physical combinations' that have an important influence on; soil fertility and the warmth of the sun is needed to assist in - these' changes. The rootlets themselves require air and the mere fining of the soil in- creases the fertility by offering more' surface for the rootlets to feed on. ' Water Required by Plante. The food which the Watts use is ! dissolved by the film water which! surrounds the particles of soil. This water is taken up by the tiny rootlets conveyed by them to the roots, and by them to the plant where the food is digested and the alter evaporated through the leaves. The amount of water consumed by growing plants is almost unbelievable. The Iowa agricultural experiment station has determined that the water required to grow a ton of clover hay is 1,560 tons. or enough to cover an acre 13.7 inches deep. To grow a ton of air dried corn -fodder requires 570 tons of water or enough to cover an acre five inches deep. To grow a ton of oats requires 1.200 tons of water, or enough to cover an acre; 11 inches deep. To grow 200 bushels of potatoes. reqtsires 582 tons of water and to grow an acre of pas- ture requires 3,223 tons of waterd Deep z plowing increases your wa-; ter resetvoir, especially if plowed in the fall. If all flesh is grass, no wonder some of us are green. FUR TAKE- A -TIP S s.sthr.ct. . w. a nd or•nt your lore to sorpl. oor trovdr %Ont. tots for 1....dost •re • • ',Ir. it • fr., . Parr Irodi yit \; vor'ne I v. 33 thumbs. .••••••• Thirty head well bred Hol- stein milch cows, one regis- tered Holstein bull. Terms easy to right parties. H. J. Skinner Room 333 Ford Bldg. GREAT FALLS MONT. 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 as to price. We will buy it either hulled or unhulled, but it must be free from mixture 'with weeds or alfalfa seed. AWe also want Sudan seed. Henry Field Seed Co. Box 7, Shenandoah, Iowa. What County Agents Have Been Doing In the mobilizing of the agricul- tural resources of the state to meet the new conditions brought about by the war. the , county agent or county agriculturist' as he is sometimes called has played a most Important part. At a meeting of the state defense council in April, Chancellor Elliot of the University ot Montana presented a plan for placing an agricultural agent in every county of the state for the purpose of carrying out such em- ergency measures relating to the in- crease of food production as the sit- . uation demanded. This plan met the approval of the state defense coun- cil and through the extension service of the state college at Bozeman,. 38 men were placed in the field by May 1. Since that time the county agent has become the chief instrument for putting into practice the plans of the state defense council. NI. L. Wilson, state leader of the county agent work in Montana, in a recent interview, gave out a short summary of what the counts' agents had accomplished since their ap- pointments last spring: Arousing the Public. \The first task of the county agent,\ said Mr. Wilson, \was to go into every community in his county and by posters. personal interviews, newspaper articles and public meet- ings to arouse every one to the seri- ousness of the food situation and the necessity for the greatest possible production of all kinds of farm products. Due to the high prices, farmers oversold their last year's crop and there developed in most of the counties a shortage of both seed and feed so that many men who were reached by the increased pro- duction found that they could not easily obtain the seed necessary to put in the extra acreage nor the feed to keep their animals fel . ,the ex- tra work. \For nearly a month a majority of the countyeagents devoted almOst all their energy toward overcoming this shortage by locating stocks of seeds and feeds and pTacing farmers in touch with the available supply. Pro- fessor Alfred Atkinson, now food ad- ministrator for Montana, was in charge of this part of the work and the Bozeman offices kept constantly in Witch with surplus seed and feed stocks in all parts of the state and notified the agents each week as to where their county needs could best be filled. Helping Get Seed anti Feed. • As a direct result of this work. 13,548 farmers were assisted in lo- ' eating seed and 1,120 were helped ! in buYing feed. The additional acre - 1 age planted with seed secured with !the help of county agents amounted to 110,370 acres. This does not take into consideration the large nember of men who were indirectly assisted :or who located seed from second- hand information given out by the county agent.\ ; Another important feature of the spring work, according to State Lead- er Wilson, was the gopher campaign conducted in 12 of the central and northern counties where this pest does enormous damage. Six thou- sand farmers used the poisoned oats prepared by the county agents and 4,400 ounces of strychnie WRS used in this work. Ten million. is Mr. Wil- son's estimate of the number of gophers killed as a reoult of this campaign and he insists that this figure is a very conservative one. Gopher Destruction Valuable. \The killing ot this large number of gophers undoubtedly saved enough money to the farmers in the 12 counties where the work wan carried on to pay the salaries and the ex- penses of all the county agents in the state several timeb over,\ he said. \In the weetern end of the state. Marketing Is Our Business We have car ots of hay moving every day also oats, coal, wood, fence pilots. poles, house logs, apples, new and second hand sacks. Now is the time to lay in your win- ter coal and save money. WE WANT OATH AT ONCE. Write Us Regal -tang Prices. NOTHERN BROKERAgE CO. 500 First Avenue South GREAT FALLS MONTANA orbs -live for the remainder of the month. All priees f. o It. 4.1vi• weltzht 11••to4. haw.. ChM. 141111i • k I 'I'll'. Med 111 ,11111) 1.0e 11 , 11-:. 41311111 !doom ... larve 1 2 to 5 II. 12e SPro.L:s. and small Spriog do , lt-t. rot . '!0‘. Spreitu rut . ttOr 1..11o4 torke) - s. plump candled-seleet - . ut.•• $1:1 'We are :went, : for l'onkeym assort• 4..1 “ , iltry remedies. I Isle. 14)Ul/FItY CM., Butte. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• FARM AND LOA S LIVESTOCK Loans Closed at Your Farm Promptl). 6 To 7 PER CENT. HUGHES LOAN AND LAND COMPANY 8 Third Ht. N., Great Falls, Mont. Ref.—Commercial National Bank ' 1 county agents, working In co-opera- tion with state and federal entom- ologists, acted as local leaders in fighting one of the worst grass- hoppers outbreaks in the history of the state.\ \During the months of June and July farmers' national defense meet- ings were held in practically every im- portant farming community within the state of Montana. The county agent was made responsible for the advertising and local ararngements of these meetings and they were Consid- ered a very important part of the sea- son's work. A total of 337 meetings were held with a total atendance of 85,678. Providing Farm Labor. \Many of the agents assisted in the distribution of farm labor by listing available help in cities and towns and putting it in touch with farmers who needed laborers. \Each county agent has made a weekly report of crop conditions, which have been tabulated in Boze- man and sent to the state defense council. Right now they are engaged in making a survey to determine the number of acres of each crop that is grown in the state. \Together with the emergency work as I have outlined above the agents have assisted in carrying out Boys' and Girls' club work, and with the thousand and one other things that the county agent is expected to do, he has been kept on the jump most ,of the time. \The work has been very well re- ceived all over the state.\ said Mr. Wilson, \and with the organization which we have built up this year we will be able to render even greater service during the months to come.\ ORPINGTONS COME INTO FAVOR WITH FARMERS The Orpington breed of chickens has come into favor within the last few years. It was originated - by the late William Cook of England. who produced both single and rose -comb varieties. Rose -comb whites were the first rose -comb variety produced. They bear considerable resemblance to the ltose-comb White Dorkings, which were used in their development. Mr. Cook felt that a rose -comb variety would be desired in sections where the winters are so severe that the single combs might be frozen. The single -comb varieties led in popu- larity. but the rose-cornbed has attained favor In many sectioni as a winter layer. In size, growth, early maturity and table qualities, it is equal to single -comb White Orpfng- tons. Full-grown specimens weigh from 8 1-2 to 10 pounds for males, and seven to eight pounds for females. They have established a reputation for having tender, juicy flesh. They have white skin, legs and beak. and a full breast. Their plumage is white in all section3, which con- trasts sharply with their blod-red combs and wattles. The fowl is in good market condi- tion — at all ages from broiler to roast- er. CROP PRICF,S WAY UP PRODUCTION IS DOWN A summary of the October crop report for the state of Mon ana as compiled by the bureau of crop eo- timates and transmitted through the weather bureau, United States depart - mentor agriculture, is as follows: All Wheat—Prelimirary estimate, 18.000,000 bushels; production last year. December estimate, 28,665,000 buohels. Oats—Preliminary' estjmate, 12,- 600,000 bushels; production last year. final estimate, 25,080.000. Barley—Preliminary estimate, 1.- 350,000 bushels; production last year, December - eotimate, 2.660,000 buohele. Flaxaeed—October 1 for . ecast, 1,- 920,000 bushel's; production last year, December estintate, 3,0'0,000 bushels. Potatoes—October 1 forecast, 880,000 bunhela! production last year, December estimate, 4,875,000 bushels. All Hay—Preliminary estimate. 1,- 465,000 tons; production lent year, December estimate, 1,983.000 tons. Apples (agricultural crop) --Or- tober 1, forecast, 322,000 barrels of three bushel's; production loot year, December eotimate. 256,000 barrtis. Prices—, -The first price given be- low le the average on October 1 this year and the second the average on October 1 last year: Wheat, $1.91 and $1 . 37 per blush - el. Corn, $1.40. Oats, 78 cents and 35 cento. Potatoee, ;1.44 and 78 c.ents. Hay, $19 and $9.10 per ton Mega 41 cents and 30 cents per dozen. Whenever you happen to think that the dull, drab and dreary daye will soon be here, just think of roast turkey and cheer up! An optimiet le a chap who ran smile cheerfully when he epee how RMI111 a package it takes to hold four - bit's' worth of ham them\ days. A lot of fellows in this world are down and- out becaune when they were young they relied on pull in- stead of push to get them through. GREEN FOOD FOR CHICKS IN FALL SPROUTED OATS MAKES ONE OF BEAT AND MOST AVAIL- ABLE SUPPLIES. Late Planted Corn and Lawn Clip- pings Relished by Chickens of All Ages; Easy to Sprout Oats as Spe- cial Apparatus for Purpose Can Be Secured Cheaply. • 11 is important that green food be supplied to the flock at this time of the year, as it is' part , of a well- balanced ration. For early fall green food there is nothing better or easier to produce than green fod- der. A few rows of late-pIanted corn will last until killing frosts. The only preparation required in feeding it is to cut the stalks and blades in pieces from one-half to an inch in length. After the corn is no longer avail- able, late cabbage supplemented with lawn clippings can be used for the rest of the winter. There is no reason why sprouted oats cannot be used for the .entire winter if the poultrykeeper wishes to go to the trouble of preparing them. They are. :perhaps, the one best green food for both layers and young stock, yet those already suggested are eas- ier to provide and will give splen- did results. Commercial Sprouters Best. Because of their availablity at all .seasons of the year and the ease with which they can be procured, sprouted oats are used on most of the large poultry plants. Since the manufac- ture of oat sprouters in various sizes, the farmer and surburban poultry - keeper can also use this form of green food without any material out- lay for the proper equipment. It is possible to sprout oats without the use of special appliances, but the variations of temperature in the rooms of most dwelling .make the process rather unsatisfactory. It is generally cheaper in the long run to purchase a substantial oat sprouter of the slze required for the flock. Commercial sprouters are us- ually equipped with seven trays or flats . . one for each day of the week. In practice about one square inch of the sprouted oats is f.ed to each hen daily. and from this rule one can easily compute what size flat will be necessary to proviee the total supply for the flock. Use Oats of Good Quality. Oats used for sprouting should be heavy and of the best grade. The desired quality required each day should be put in a pail. covered with lukewarm water and allowed to soak over night. To prevent mold, which is often troublesome, a little forma- lin, about five drops to the gallon of water, should be added to the water at the time the oats are put to soak. In the morning the surplus water is drained off and the oats put on the trays or flats about an inch deep and placed in the sprouter. The oats should be sprinkled thor- oughly two or three times a day af- ter they are put in the trays. About seven days are required to produce sprouts from three to four inches long, which is about the right con- dition for best results in feeding. This form of green food is the beet substitute for the tender gram; and weeds; it is very palatable and much relished by chickens of all ages. •••••••••••••••••••• Potatoes, Hay, Oats - Carlots Owing to the present market prices .st potatoets on the Chicago and Kansas City markets. the price of potatoes at loading stations In Mon- tana during the digging season will decline. considerably. lloweter any producer who ham e ggggg d In the loading of potatoes In car lots knows that some ohippers ail' pay more than others and we show where we haw. •oluntarily paid one dollar per hundred more for pota- toes than was being offered by the local shippers. If you are going to ha%es Roy pulsator., It• coffer e aant you to tt rile or wire at our expense stating what you have. to offer stat- ing quality and what Yon aro offer - ed. Chances are we will raise the offer. ROBT. L. ROWELL i23 Centnal Ave. tirrat roils, Mont. If you need lin bus oat% at oll, boy them now. ilia) 4,11114 111%,1111, P4 III transit. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• A. A. WHITE Townsith Promoter !liminess and residence -lots for sale in new towns in Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Ca!ifornia. Also 21 government townsitee on Flathead lake, a dimple on the \cheek of na- ture,\ neetled In the heart of the Rocky mountains, near Glacier nit - Bona! park, on the line of tl e Great 'Northern railway, the only trans- continental railw y with a branch line reaching the beautiful ehores and awe-inspiring rcenery of ...he Flathead lake, destined to become the greatest resort piac in the world. General office: 1210 Pioneer build- ing, St. Paul, Minn. Brianch offices: Hotel Missoula. Missoula, Mont.; Conrad blo , Kali - obeli. Mont.—Adv. WORLD MEWS' -TOLD, 0 1311111F Minneapolis—The first snow storm McAlpine and' Bilttnore hotels rimain of the season is reported from Win- ona. . St. Paul—the Great Northern rail- road will take $10,000,000 of the new Liberty loan. Washington—The Amelcan expe- ditionary force in France has been equipped with five rifriller nian. Fort Wayne--Robberics of saloons have become frequent since the in- crease in prices of liquor, but there are fewer drunks than before the advance. Escanaba, ohn Schout, 17, was killed by Frank Stebbins, a neighbor, .who mistook him for a bear, while hunting on the Upper Peninsula. Stockholm—The Swedish pro -Ger- man cabinet, as a result of the recent election, has resigned, nut the king has requested the ministers to retaiu their portfolios . for the present. Rome—The concentration ot Brit- ish, 'French anct Italian navat forces in the Adriatic foreshadows impor- tant operations h . ere. Italy will also conduct a , ftinter land campaign. WashingtonDisloyal newspapers, mostly of foreign languages, are be- ing discontinued at the rate of two or three a day as a result of the ac- tivities of the postoffice department. Washington—President Wilson is said to be greatly annoyea,. over re- ports that Colonel House is engaged in peace work. Washington officials say he is merely gathering trade data for Jitter use. New York—In the nine months to September 30 last, 63 people were killed by automobiles in New York state, compared with 543 and 476 re- spectively for the same periods •of 1916 and 1915. Des 'Moines, Ia.—With the consti- tutional prohibition election this week, leaders have announced that the proposed airplane tour of Iowa in the interests of the amendment had been cancelled. Washington—Ambassador Sharpe after a return to Paris from in in- spection trip to the American expedi- tionary force, reports the troops in' the best of health and spirits and the morals very high. Parls--The American field artil- lery has fired its•first shot against the Germans on the western front. It was fired by Major Maxwell Mur- ray, son of Major General Arthur Murray, now in command of the west- ern department. - Boston—With - its issue of Satur- day, the Boston Journal ceased to ap- pear. after Tore than 84 years of con- tinuous publication. The Boston !Jer- ald has taken over the Journal, and the lieraid will be known as the Boo - ton Herald -Journal. Copenhagen -L -Germans are now shipping silver instead of gold out of the country in an iffort to improve exchange rates. Three cars.of silver bars were recently shipped to Den- mark. Exchange is now 4.475 as compared with 8,8899 par. - Chillicothe. Ohlo---Each boy and girl who successfluly finishes the Eighth grade work in this city in pub lic or parochial schools will get a ;50 Liberty bond next spring. This of- fer was made by Colonel Itichard En- derlin. a Civil war veteran. San Antonio—Ten alleged slackers were delivered to United States au- thorities from Mexico last week. A reward of $50 for the capture of each slacker has caused the Mexicans in the Durango section to organize in search of large bands of Americans in that vicinity. Washington — To remedy the shortage in.currency, the secretary of the treasury proposes to convert $324,000,000 of five dollar bills into bills of denominations of $1 and $2 and to increase the amount of ;5 bills which banks may take out for circulation. The national bank ct will have to be atnended. New York—The Equitable build- ing, assessed now at $25,000,000, an increase of $4,500,000 over 1916, is the moot highly valued real estate in New York city. Assessments on the unchanged at $9,450,000 and -$8,- 700,000 respectively, while practical- ly all .of the Broadway hotels have lower aesessments than in 1916. Washington --An American mili- tary expert says that next spring the allies and the United States will have 5,000,000. possibly 6,000,000 men on the battle front in France and Flan- ders. With allied forces on the.west- ern front, the most important and vital war theater, much stronger than ever in men and munitions and with strong offensive movements against the central powers on the Italian, Bal- kan and Mesopotamian frpnts, Ger- many and her allies cannot possibly hope to do more than put up a con- tently weakening defensive fight in the spring and summer of 1918. Con- sequently many army men look for- ward to victory next year. New York—John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is wearing an old pair of half - soled' shoes and his'wlie Is wearing a hat two years old \I was going to get a dew pair of Shoes some time ago,\ Mr. Rockefeller said, \because I actually needed them, but when the shoe merchant said that rising prices made it necessary for him to charge men $8 for a new pair, I said I would economize. I sent this old patr eown to the village cobbler, and he half Doled them for me, and I am going to get through the winter on them. That is $8 saved right there. That $8 loaned to the government, will help the nation in the war.\ His wife, Mr. Itockefeller says, fs knit- ting sweaters night and day for the soldiers. \I was born on a farm,\ he said, \aVid started out to be a farmer, but a hornet's nest discouraged me at an early date. However, no hos- net's nest can discourage me from be- ing economical at a time when the welfare of our nation demands that every citizen shall grow everything possible, waste nothing and make everything go as far as possible.\ BELPS.YOU TRAP Wit AlVIIVIALS Trappers will make big ninnel this year. Furs are in demand at high prices — Coon. _Mink,Opossum.Skunk, Muskrat and ot her kinds are plentiful. M go arc o i i animals are food. U. S. ap- proved recipes free. Help Book Free Tells how to trap; traps and baita tome; how to pre- pare skins so as toprt hichcet prwes,and describes latest trap- pirit _devices, inrluding the new SMOKE TOR- PEDO. Shows pictures of RH animals in rotors. sod supply catalog. FREE—WIIITR TODAY. P.C.Taylor FDIC\ \-fteirdasselliliAllabillii \ T IRAP FURS MORE MONEY FORME FURS YOU TRAP NSTE The larz- fur house hi the world needs your furs. We pay cash. Write for our new price list on Rae - coon. Muskrat, Skunk. sum. Fox and other l er:. Trappers send us their furs year after year because they get more money and a square deal. Our new book will tell you how to trap—shovrs the dif• ferent furs in beautiful. natural colors — gives the game ig e m rices on steel tram. Breakers. etc. 't todeY — FREE. IFUNIPTIN OROS. & CO. 333 FUnstsa !IL Low* Apo • •• • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The BEST TRACTOR OIL The Tractor Demonstration at the State Fair at Helena abso- lutely proved that MON-0-00 lubricating oils and MON-0-00 gaso- line are best suited for Montana Tractors because they have - 104%h preparea for use under the conditions that exist in thin state. The different makes of tractors represented at the State Fair used and approved SION-0-(X) products. NION-0-00 lubricating oils and gasoline will suit your tractor. Montana Oil Co. A Montana Company that is Making a Specialty of serving Montana People. f ••+•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••• MR. FARMER sf le m y i p= oxp is ucE LEWISTOWN CREAMERY CO. LEWIsTOWN, MONTANA. — I ATTENTION! FARMERS & MECHANICS Welding of ill kinds of castings. stock Iron, brass, allomlnum. ete. Cylinders and crankcases our specialty.. All Work Guaranteed. Write Us tor Priem or Ship Direct. BUTTE WELDING CO. . BUTTE, MONT. 4 4 t . 1 • • 4
