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Geyser Judith Basin Times (Geyser, Mont.), 24 Sept. 1914, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053135/1914-09-24/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
st I:hinting • at the Geyser Opera liouse,.:*9rday. : Evening, October Third, 1914 i•; \ \ A N; 4... -4.13 - - - 1 46;-„; - - N ; / - • VOL 'C ••••••• '4 .4 7: ;;' • • • 771: A: \e4 OP: , . . -1 -.• t'• • , ff, • (O . 4 GEYSER: MONT., SEPT. 2 I. OIL PROSPECT While drilling a well, struck coloring indicating Oil. There has been quitelklittbeAxcimt , merit among a few local men, cOriCeitt« ing the oil indications, , fourid hitt will at E. C, Tanberg's place on Merino Ben6, Mr. Tanberg has been trying to get water on his place for some time, the drillings are noVrtknirt44t4 ff. when the workman struck a 'co'oring which indit.'ated the presence of oil. The well was plugged at once and Geologist Templeton, who has had cunt derable experience, being connect - • vO . th the . Calgary Cs nada ibikVro;- vias ieilt for: - IN Was Milea and•eitme Out Tuesday aftermon and throughly inspected the well but it this time cannot say if there is suf- ficent flow to warrent investment. It appears through the valley, there has been several occasions where oil has been found in small quanities bnt it is hoped there might be more at Mr \Fanbergs and prove to be aged boom to this locality. 1/elopments will be watched with inter s . Winter Emmet- - Equals Corn s --- By W. D, Sleeper and B. C. Buffum. Western .agricultural development is only fairly begun. Its producers are still digging at the grass roots and while the wealth found there is great, there are untold riches to be secured by delving a little deeper into the soil and keeping abreast of progress in farm practice and crop adeption. New dis- coveries and basic principles are brought to light so rapidly' that evert the wide awake weatener finds it difficult to take advantage of his opportunities. That braneli of agrkiiitiire which has ;beeti ahd always will be paramount over a large Alicia of th *eat is the raising, handliteetittad -fee4ing of livi- stock. $veryonn' fellows sometiiing the early histoil western fir rangiag. The early stock owngrwayee' little thought to the development of farms orthe.nse of -the soil save to dis• courage etich progress, as he imagined these things would be inimical to hie own financial Interests. In those see- tione whete'thla feeling he been strong. eat the growth' of population and the •-• progress. of farming and feeding has been slowest. Yet, the lands al .mg the water courses which can be irrigated and - are suseeptlable . of farming, have passed into private ownership and in general the range is supplemental to the ranch. With — the passing of the old range conditions winter feeding and fat - tenting of stock has become a necessity and the new conditions brings greater security and - profit to the stock man. The Rocky Mountain region is pecu- liarly fitted for both the feeding of stock and the production of stock foods. The native hay grasses in places are so rich and so nearly a balanced ration in themselves that cattle are often fatten- ed on such hay alone and sell over the block as corn fed beef. The stock foods which grow naturally or are rais- ed on the farms are rich in protein and the feeder can compound the cheapest and most effective rations. The winter climate of the west is most suitable for the fattening of stock. There is abandance of sunshine, the fall rain and snow is slight so the feed yards seldom get wet underfoot and the dry sold gives animals keen appetites, at the same time insuring the best amount of comfort. With all these things in our favor the larger part of our livestock has been shieped to the corn belt to be fiVshed and tha most of our dairy prAncts,! tired whits and eggs have been shipped' into the mountain region from the states twirler' east:' In a few localities !sheep Mkt rattle are being' - fattened \Sr Nothe - iih - ' grain shipped from the corn belt com- bined with alfalfa hay and the products of the beet sugar factories. By far the larger part of our stock is sihpped 1,0 eastern feed pens and an inereasinglm- ount the alfalfa that is raised in the arid egion is shipped along to supply the roughage. Such a policy is all wrong for while our soils are the richest in the world i thdir high productiveness can only be -maiktained ,,by returning the organic 'matter to the soil. The farmer who ifeedel and returne the manure to his lend is continually increasing its capac- ity' o produce. It has been found that 'ninety five per cent of the plant. footle in, hay and eighty-five ,per cent of the plant foods in grains may be returned in the manure. Add to this the inereas- edJertility from the growing of alfalfa Jo n f with the organic matter ( I. uttf. through the roots, stubble and . 4 ' ' U lid the ac- cumulation of nitrogek 4 nt..s the air by thin agency of (lie bacterfe;on the roots, along with added pluht.,loods With the water win -re irrigation is practiced and the improvement a the soithrtilkh • •••• - 1914 47-a• NO. 28 'culture and work 'mid it is mutt t41 that fertility may not only be hfithitain- ed for 1s . )1 time but the producing power of the land will be doubled and in 'cases trebbled. I Up to the present time the problent of the western feeder has been 'how to obtain suitable grain as the coneenr trate in his feeding rations. There has been a prevailing idea that Indltut corn is the only fattening grain that there is nothing else which can take the place isf corn. The cool nights and short sea of the arid region have not beets fav• orable to the production of large yields of corn of the varieties which have been available. The region is 'entminently suitable to the produetion of small grains but wheat Ima been too violable to feed to stuck arid there are dillicul• lies in successfully feeding wheat. Oats and barley are good yielding crops but neither have come into general nate tot tat telling cattle and sheep. ftlilo maime will not yied in the north and the high 'price of corn shippel from the corn belt I has made the profits front fattening with it more or less uncertain. 1Ve are learning much about the use of other grains than eons however. The prize ,steer at this year's International stock i show was from Canada and was fat- ; tenetl eithout corn, on attic II grains and I vegetables. Lambs have been fettenes1 at the Wyoming State University with- out grain or flax seed and turnips with alfalfa, and considerable stock is shipped each year front the went which ham been finished on alfalfa an tithe prosluete u f Tretits. • ' '— In his plant breeding work at Wor- land, Wyoming, Prof. B. C. Beam seems to have solved the problem of raising grains in the northwest which are suitable for stock feeding. His new Improved Vinter Emmer has been giv- en sufficient trial to prove its worth. This grain is hardy in Montana and other states. The grain was first dis- tributed in the fall of 1911. Reports ,have been received from many men who gave it a trial. In northern Colorado the beet yield reported is 114 bushels front the ntaehine on three -fourths of an acre Or at the rate of 152 bushes per acre. Some of the most interesting things about this wonderful new grain are brought out through the scientific stud- nf its food value. Analyak Of the grain in the huh i owl of the kernels HOW ABOUT A MACKINAW The most popular out -door coat on the market and as usual we are right in the front with all the latest conceits in patterns and styles for men, ye and for boys. Investigate our line. A splendid assortment of men's and boy's fall furnishings are ready. A complete change of sea- son requires a complete change of wearing apparel, shirts, underwear, hosiery, etc. Are you ready for Jack Frost? We are ready to make you ready. Better step in tomorrow. COUGHLIN BROS. & CO. WE OFFER YOU A POLICY of fife insurance at a very reasonable- cost. Better have u, issue you one this very day. You are as likely as any one else to have a fire and your turn may come tonight.' The pitcher that goes often to the well is sure to be broken. If you keep on putting off the fire insurance question you are apt to be \broke\ too. Plenty have. PRESEMAN & MOODY. after th r inn was removed were 'midi. by UV.. Clienticta departsuciti. of the Uni• serbity . ef Wyoming. These reports plum' that thy farmer who raiasse du buttiasis of corn per acre is ubteiniug for his tatirms4800 putter of grain with l 021_ .etflitttlet oP lterbohydrates and 204 irountke 'of protein.. psis seine farmer trittelning 'Sfilrbstndeed bushels of winter sumer per Isere has obtained 4,001) pounds of grabs with 2670 poutele of carbohydrates and 410 pounds of pro- tein. Moreover ,tht ensurer was plant- ed in the fall and pr - vested in the sum.- mer with 'the leAst enteunt of expense. The vogue of etnmer asAtok food has been determined by trial ahd experiment. Feeding trials in N. Dakota showed the epring (limier to be more effective than corn who' fed to baby beef or to steers ; kik had eueeulent greed instead of dry - 411 steer feeding with dry hay it .took 4ne ant one-fourth pounds of em- s/leek's equal one pound of corn. At the 'Colettiglo Experiment Station 111 feeding ; lenges' with Walla as the keyv they tnad_4104e, sitte chenece eine on kteuier Ire - 44 - y del on emit. • One of the chief factors' in the : ea/tie of simmer for stock food is the hull around the grain. Animals will never bolt the grain but chew it well to get the flavor. The hulls act as roughage and separate the food particles in the it rutin eli so they are acted on by the fluids arid all dims -sled. The grain, in the .bull weighs about the name as oats in pounds i per bushel. • I This grain gives new opportunity to the stoekfeeder of the west and taking advantage of it will revolutionize our methods amid greatly improve our coil. ditione. i f The above article was brought to the attention of the - World by Frank Mitch- ell. who states that lent season he flied groeing this crop with remarkable sue- t --as. The seed was imported front the Dakotas at $1.000 per bushel and seven acres sown, on land fartu after the manner of the dry land. This watt . t.f.‘ , a in the same manner an mm inter mm hen I and gi 110 pa rt i..n him ell en t• . The result was near WO bushels front seven acres mown. Mr. Mitchell announces that he has quite an amount of this seed and will dispose of it at $2.00 per bushel in order (list the farmers of this section may have an opportuaity to try this extra• 'ordinary crop. , ,The Dual Purpose Animal By PROF. THOM•fics SHAW. Th.. declined for dual purpose (little a far away beyond the supply. Tlif. priee of meat is soarluo. arP\I European war nili send it !dill higher, Th.- inerensing populatbm of Ameriets :another factor in the general rise nr meat to higher levels. The increase in the suppy of meat must come almost entirely from the arable farm. Some 'of it may come from dairy cattle. The supply from this 'source will be small, nthe nature of things it will be small Some of It will come from beef 4 -attic. .1 ...tisideratile proportion may conic trom iii seouree. -41 • 011, as ; . ! rovi ump hit -I het ter Omit it produeing dairy pro diet the farmer Will Ile i al - ienti.on of the farmer. But mere mon py will C01114 to the man who milks dual pur pose cows and grows from thorn the male calves for the production of beef. fe the Greet European' 'struggle whet ii happening': Neither in Britieu, it. mu Frence oi liermenv is the beef slip - 1 -iv at home obtained ehiefly fr the straight 'beef breeds er from the dual I ...rpose breeds and it ia eupplemented beef that coma -4 from the rang' -u+ of smith Africa and Australia. Cyr - many has withie her boarders no strict- ly beef cattle. The same -s true of France and Belgium. In the great strng gle of the nallons the supply of beef comes namely from dual purpose cattle. Ile lookes at the anus cmi demeutekwho titinks. that - they .cannot be bred. r'•*ut-how art- dual ettetleju the United Slates to be obtained. The view of ills teaching ofthe men who have said that they could not be bred has overran, the land. It has taken from the farmer his dual purpose cow and given him nothing in return. Tune, it. may be said that it has given him a etraight dairy cow. Suppose that is conceded, what is the farmer to do? Butter is good and cheese is good and milk is superlatively good, but with the latter the factor of trans- portal - in etmeerm•il. In the great European struggle it is not so much, how can butter or delete be obtained as to how can meat be obtained. this is sine ot the buportant question's in feeding the nation. Milk is good and butter . is good, but it will not supply the need: of a haagrs- .snan. .11e—wantss. meat. The combatents in Europe hate not fought on a diet of blin d er. They have fought on a diet of bread and meat. How is the American farmer to get this dual purpose animal? He cannot wait until the supply comes from Fig- s:n.1. This trill partially relieve the situation, lint that source of supply is limited. What are the importations trout England among so many? That sourer, of supply alone would not stock - Anne its 1% lab dual purpose cattle 'for nee.) y eels ts ssene. Whet is the far- mer t.. .107 'teat is the all intportaiit quest ion. If lie a keeper of cattle and has been milking them, lie can keep and breed them from his bent produeers, and he Call eliminate those from his herd that are not good milk producers. If he has not enough of good milk predue ens he can go sod buy more if he knows how to select them. [tithe selection he should not he leo particular as to breed or gra-le. The main point vvith him is, first. lit g r;:i ved tgoo lt i rec igi d r i g n e g. amid fr\m second, n\dcov3 em en if of to choose only -inch RR are good milk producers. One who is a good judge of cattle ears tell with much certainty as to whether or not the letter qualifica- tion is present. ' Now comes the most diffleult phase lif the questien. what class of bull is his to 11Se I le. England this question 11111+1 . % .1141. The farmer there inay use st bull of the milking Shorthorn the Red Lincolnshire. the South Devlin, the liahi Pell, or the Dexter. This gises him e id.. onsin for chniee. iii thin emu. - try there , . /Pilly II mintln•r of slid. bulls. They must 1.111111\ from the milk hug tihorthimrn, the 11th Poll or f lie awl the nnuil•--r of platicelt liMiterl. But if he is un- able to oblain one from these, what tan lie tin? Need the next ht-st Otitis would be to pet a bull from Shorthorn ancentry that milked fairly well, even though of the dual type. This would at least maintain the equilibrium of milk giving, and by (silting mit the pro- giny it would improve it. This would n ot taring iip his herd very quiekly, but it wn111.1 give him meet Well Milk fr0111 liii miii It tuinl:i I. II , would then keep reermr.1 .if milk production. It will pay him 'sell t e keep dub reeords awl by the aid 4.f these he eau weed out lee- milke're. as fresetentiv ac they f leeter. Th e prom, tom m Eros ep( 1-te ip to the stand .13rd f hat he mar ,i.-'.ire, hut his re turn , ,'ill he g.Trra ter than if he n.olizIft beef only. Iti time bulls of the deal txpe will he more plentiful. ftv the time it -we I bull mmiis wanted it would prolrably Ind be near so difficult to get • sink ItMlit be desired. That to breed from kills in feasible and practical is indicated by the existence qf a goodly number of herds that ha -r been bred along these lines, Ur or. souks - thing like them, but without any ecien.- tide effort to impro‘e their milking qualties. I There is a goodly number of herds essentially Shot -theirs that would fur- nish ...fair class of bugle if records were kept 'of dams. The absence of these is a great drawback. When the breed- ers of such cattle claim that this fefil 'which they bred is from good milking' dams, they have no proof to furnish. That many persons now who breed - pure shorthorns are claiming that they have 'belle for sale of the dual type are only ;trying to deceive cannot be doubted. They are only trying to' make capital out of the dual purpose wave. If they thieve make lees llenhy and more leggy than those of the real beef class, they 4,r.st to palm these off on the . unsuspeet• Mg public. Thus it is that the ment and milk idea Is being injured in the house of its professefl frieitfis, Because an an. :inn, Is a Shorthorn -that in itself frif- nislies not it''pettiefe\ , ist \met - Met- 1$ is a good milk gvter on the one Or a good beef produeor on the othes. ultra/mat sarattamtettriarr RECORD ! Enrollment at the Un l ivetstity of Mon- tana in Missoula has established a new record this year. The register's report shows that the registeratize4 on Tuesday, the first day, was 2e0, 11 ,i1Jhigher figure them' has ever before been reached on an opening day in the history of the rniversity. Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, the 300 mark was passed and the reports on 1Ve4neadey night showed that there were 360 students of full collegiate standing in the university for the year's work. Praetieally every county in Montana has representation in the student bogy at the university this year. There are students, to r from many other states. The law school, in particular, has drawn from the other states. Massachusetts and New Jersey have law students in Montana, who have come here upon re- commendation of lawyers in their states who know of the character of the work done in the tkiontina School of Including. as is the . proaelilloi in Inti- m-nit, statistical, the enrqtlenent in the year is already nen - r1)60. The late (wisp -ration of the opening week will ite-rease this figure materially. It me ill be several deys before --hl the etud- nts rear+ the university. 4117 law sehool hid 5 fair to reach The 100-nork, Is hick its faculty hag sent to rthis s -ear. The !school of jhurnalism starts its history with more students registered than hail been expected. lel dottiest it' seiener there are 35 stud- ents. An intere , ting festui-e of the tratoav Illia Veal' IS /1. -re are -44 , - eral susients who were 'students two years ago but who migrated to other in- titutione last year. They hays return- ed to Montana, satiafied that the work and the opportunities here are better tha theme width they found shronil. , FORMER NEW YORK UNIVERSITY STUDENT ATTENDS MONTANA Miss .inteinette E. Simile, of Bette. a former stieleet in the department of if inroutlilmi at New York university, has enrolled in the University of Montana to eomplete her undergraduate work in the new school ef jourmslism. Iinas Simon will be a candidate for the degree cit hatehelor of arts in June, 1915. LUKE M'Ll.IICE SAYS • et I Isluquirer. in.teing froffi the junk offisreclas 1 :1 1: a try mm - mum 'livered mm music .
