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• - 4, Iss ..\ \ - •=sss.• — • 'se- VOL, 5. 4,sf, ' •\i\11 , 1 , // , / • / .\\ do.D. -a ka ; - tear,: ...••• , , • . -,\ \;1 • e \ 'ess•S'ss tee; i I ,. . 4 : A\ \' -AAA, s,_ arse sae • t• IMM•11.111•1.0.1 , V111. 0 .1•111•MMI 11.VIIIIC•41 , WINNOW r PL.\ GEYSER, MONT., MAY 28, 1915 NO. 16 Writes George E. Piper, in 'Campbell's Ssien- title Farmer, writes very interestingly on the history of corn and urges its growth in Montana: ilia article reads, in part, as follows: That Indian corn \King Corn\ of the middle west more than two hundred years reigned suprem e as \Queen Corn\ along the banks of the Missouri river, in what is now North Dakota, produc- ing more than fifty bushels to the acre will be a surprise to the farmer of to- day, but it is nevertheless a fact. It is true that it did not greatly re- semble the corn that flourishes in the fertile fields of Iowa and Illinois, for It was smaller of ear and shorter of stalk but it was corn, and was the chief article of food for a thrifty race of people in a semi -arid region with but a short growing season. W e learn from Indian tradition that many hundreds of years ago the Sioux who originally inhabited the Atlantic coast migrated west, probably forced by warring tribee. Near the mouth of the Ohio river they split up into many branches and scattered over the plains where in a region of scantier game they were%ard pressed to maintain an ex- istence. This was long before the 'lay of horses in America, and the Indian had to hunt his game on foot, which only the stronger and more aggressive tribi were able to do successfully. But one of these groups, the Man dans, had brought along the knowledgi of corn culture from the east where they had practiced it to some extent. They were lees warlike than the Dakotas who made war on them, and so they found it difficult to hunt the swift moving buffalo, deer, and antelope while at the same tiv.e fighting off their active enemies. Naturally there- fore they kels to the rich flier bot- toms, planted seed that they hail brought from the east and depended upon corn for the major portion of their food. Their enemies harried them contin- ually, however, so that they slowly mi- grated northward and westward along the 'Missouri river, planting their corn r i they went, until they settled per- manently on the banks of the Missouri ,in what is now North Dakota. Here they prospered. During their slow mi- gration from the warmer river bottoms of the middle west which had 'extend- ed over a long period of years, their Interesting 1 -- iistory of Corn kAda _ and Montana. The best known T T • stuvegi.fiilly (silt is at-,i in North Da- mming these are the Dakota dints and ,e hat is now genteelly ternied \squaw\ 11, is hick i,, 1,rolsah13' a itegi.nerate mixt ale of the old Nlandiiii varieties. Early types of the se vat ru ies produce very well here in Montana both in grain 'and fodder. There are li te good reasons why corn should be grown in Montana and which will make corn nn, of Montana's most important crops. First, corn which ha -s been thin ought ly cultivated and kept free from weeds produces a condition of summer fallow equal to that of sum - slier tilled lands for small grains. Sec- ond, coin has a low moisture require- ment and %%ill pre -duce a inure profitable crop than the small grains in a dry year. Third, the raising of corn leads the kceping of livestock on the farm, especially hogs. Fourth, it pro- duct -it a cheap and profitable roughage to be used in etimbination with the grazing lands. Fifth, it produces car- bohydrates to balance the proteins of ;nu alfalfa. Among t lie many verities cif corn -angled to Nlonta nu, a few can be mind that will produce well under al' dual any condir of altitude or arid- aess. The best yielders, and at the same 'line 'Groat. best adapted to dry eondi- 11:11.i. frosts and poor cultivation, are lie eaily dints. Varieties that have li.1-11 recommended bs. the Montana ex - reline nt station at . Roseman are the taketa S1 Lite Flint. Geliti Flint, Bur- eihhitat 111xiat and EA! 13 Spat% tl ‘1111. \Ming 111lft pita two years, corn , holds have been reported in the statae singing fr twenty-five to seventy - corn had becom e aeclimatd to the harsh cold climate anti short dry summers of the Dakota m. '1'111. alandairs were la- ter joined by the Ifielietsas.. probably for protection against (Its. Dakotas, a !- though they have. it beautiful legend telling how a war party of Ilidatsas wandering westward front their home Itevils Lake came to the village. of t %miens on the Missouri, crossed over, parleyed in the sign hingstage, feasted on corn, and took home as a gift a half ear of corn whieli (het' Planted and cultivated iii their home fields. Later they joined the Mundane, living in an adjoinine, village kind grow log corn as their basic food. In 17:18 a Freiteli explorer, Verettilyre, visited the Mandan -tribe. Il e report' ed a great abundance of eigrietiltural foods, particularly corn, and a cones paneling dearth of animal foods. Later the Lewis and Clark expedit ion was practically Raved from starvation by I 0111 Which they pureloised from these tribes of Indiana. They reported has - ing purehased as timeli us lii irl y bush- els of corn at law lime. Some very interesting information re- gardiag Indian agrieultvire. has recent - ly been gathered by M. Is Wilaiiii and Professor At of the Mantana ex neriment station. The pleat., pait ot 'wir detailed information via , derived 'om Scattered Corn aVoinan daughter .f the last \Ian:fan rorn Choi . According to 11 r ill 40 lte.iiiasls :malt Dakota. the Mandan , hail mant ,ern ceremonials and HIS \Corn was very sacred a it Is them. l'hey must never let it he scattered .bout on the ground, and must always treat is with eonsideratien and he good 0 it. No knivee might ever be used :in the stalks and ears. • • • Corn alantinit started- about the first of May ind continued up tie the first iif June in some of the larger garden., every ker- nel being carefolly placed by h.,11.1 at the rate of set sir ii eight kerlielY to tin' In view of the inan2,' straies, tradi- tions and eerei ttttt dealing with and of the prominenee of the corn priest in the tribes it seem , :111111Nt compulsory to believe I hat a as in the old 41ays la -for,, th. I lie horse the chief rtide 'food for tie. Cascade Forage marine, ,if demonstration that this ex- cellent fodder tan bs. grown in parts of this Comity, and ehould enter into the rotation plan of every payifig fled faint. These %itilittieti are being tried oul in et ery quarter of the colin• ty where vie- have reasonable assurance that eurn will be a alleeesa tram th, lodelei statielpteint. a. • The sae eomprise Northwestern Dens, ia•h t i Flint, Mali Flint, Rustlers White Dent, Dakota White Flint, Min- nemota 23 and Minnesota 13, and Brown County Dent. All these varieties are being given a very thorough test. Some of them are of the adage type, others adapted for hogging off. %Viten it is re- niembered that the average yield of the scan Leh tor the last two decades has been but twenty-five bushels per acre, ind totally acclimated corn in Nrontana ins his -ii Isetween twenty-eight and 33 mshels Imo acre, the poaeibility of this rop i seen for this country. Besides the earn, the Sundan glass is wing Weed out under different eleva- ions, ilry farming and Irrigation. This -batten areas is an annual plant and . iroduces very heavy tonnag e under dry farm vonditions. Lust year at Hoek - snail, tinder tory advo se' conditions, it want as high as some 1,200 pounds per icre. It forms a very valuable hay. and :he ground can be. used for something text t ear. which makes it quite adap- table III tilting into a rotation. The oats are a vatiety called 51st', Day, and the barley belongs to the A'hite Smyrna. These varieties are be- ing given a trial beeause of their drought csimtant clia t act erist early maturine Ind heavy yielding qualities. It is taped bv the end of the year to have some very valuable data on the Sehavior if thesee crops, and in this manner we will be able to know more Infinitely the possibilities of the coun hry, and also the different crops which 'an h grown to a donor and cents ad- .aintags.-and inetuporateci ‘ in our mans' sement of diversified farming.—R. A. Ills tic ha rd. WARNING ON FAN WEED The fan weed ha is been waived in ('as ad.. County to an appreciable extent 'ound the vieinity of Belt, many in- miries having come from that neighbor- hood of reveal elate. It has also beeii notieesi in ins -ri'n'sing amounts it: othei roils of the. Comics% 'Fisk weed is exceedingly dangerous , , Itis heathen. :Is a field peat. It belongs to the inns. old \lamb. n types '1' il, et.I II terms a par t of is olefins( t• tarsi family. and has threatened the of corn still exist and a re III1W being : proj..4 t made loy 1 M. a g I hiill Iiikt in ths larmers in sections of alontana and south Dakota to a very alarming ex tent. Farmers should study their fields . losely, and when etiPF this %reit 0.• . ot , . 410 all ill their power to prevent . dr spread. Failures to do this now wil l ardy mean a higher coat of doing it Its I lel MI. I It has been est ima test that this plan a. ill prisluee MI t he average, 1,500 seed sr plant. I he la rirer ones produeing a 'ugh as lisimmt seed. These seeds at , Ide from t lire.. to lies pri yea rs. an . le the plaid is animal its character ' . numerous a tnount is of seeds it pro 1,1 ...s tends to make it a very tigl • to era iliea te. It seems to %tint.- . het ter than wheat. It will bloom ' r a sickle ha r, and grows under tent., ''triers very profusely. Preventative metimures would be t( lir-I see that all the seed is clean an , elite. This can he done by sem:lint -*a Milk shown to 111171-1111an. at no cost tett the postage. 'Fry to allow the plant ,,, germinate arid then kill thy harrowin- °ter the ground. whirl' will teor out GI , ...111:111 plant's. This should he dun F. be fore thee plant gets its long tap root st stem eat a Wished. Another met boil «odd be to simmer feilloW ntle year .ind part of the next season putting in I /Olt erop. like corn, whieh ran he rid- . kilted. If possible, avoid plowing for 'tie or three yeara, provided of course s.0 ha ve a good seed bed. In Oda man- ner theme /seeds will lw rotted under- acalli I he ground. while plowing only . lit..w.. I hem nearer the Slittael• where. i and proluee Mandan people. Descendants of the The work on fierag,. proiliwtion has begin, m I 'aseade ( anti many termer, Us cooperation with the agri- eulterist are t ry ing it on their farms. There are eight it of corn. s..iiii• Sandals grass, sorghum, millet. lap% mangles, oats and tairley. Th, se seed are ieroetired from the Col- lege a I Itozema ci, St at e Department of Apricidt sire. i'or 111,' purpose of trying nut t he helia v nit of some varieties ill LET US SHOE THE WHOLE FAMILY BRING IN YoUR WHOLE FAMILY AT oNE TIME AND HAVE: A \.SHoE PARTY\ IN oUR, SToRE. WE CAN FIT THEM ALL OUT AND FIT THEM IN STYLISH, CoMPoR TABLE LoNGWEARING SHoE:S. ALL LEATHER No CoMPoUND. THIS WILL SAVE YOU TIME AND WoRRY, THIS WILL SAVE YOU MONEY --BECAUSE WE WILL SELL YoU 600r)SHoES PoR LESS, ALL SHoES Al THE SAME PRICE ARE Nor THE SAME QUALITY. All our shoes are guaranteed, that is why we sell so many. A! aid SIZES—ALI, sTYLEs—AI,I, PRICES We are always pleased to show you—and are sure we can save you money. Kennedy -McConkey Company Me Quality Store. I lo. V 'will ill 1110te 1.1:1111.4. ' , nine inqui tics cause in Is -t year re- , I ing (hi' plant, and more are commie II.. rear at an alarming rate, tespecied oism th a trinity of Belt and Repot-, hod. he asoictilltirist is prepared to Redd bulletins on the fan weed to all who re- st them, end give you every Buis- . rinee toward it. eradication. --R. A. Mane hard, Agt. S. Dept of Agri. ADVICE ON ROAD MAKING \Don't drive in the ruts—don't drive in the tracke. 'UPS the'whdle of the read.\ Among other things which the (State Highway Commission suggests for workers to do on .June 15th ,which Gov- ernor Stewart has deaignated as \hood Roads Ihty\ the to 'douse signs along the road* which will ask people to use the whole surface of the road and not drive along in th e other fellow'm tracks until a deep rut is worn. Circular,' have been received by the Commercial Clubs, County Commission- ers and others interested. The droll - are suggest that meetings be called in various parts of the community, and that the commissioners should co•oper- •te in every way possible to make the work on the day a success by arrang- ingin exact detail the work to be done ti the various eections throughout their counties. ‘Vork which may be done on \Good [Imola Day\ inclutlee the following: mashing cutting down hills, filling low places. grading up and widening bridges ind cultert approaches att well ae at railroad crossings. Chuck holes should workers nd they can all be filled up if the work is well directed. While the exact nature of the work (lone in different parts of the *tats will depend on the weather, but here ire a few things which the Highway Sommiesion says not to do: Don't •tart more than you can finish; don't timid stone or gravel onto a road which not properly graded; don't stsrape •od unit) Gaveled roadways and leave .t for traffic to entooth out. Don't fail ro mar out and work on June 15. -------- - UNTESTED SEED DANGEROUS Having tested over two thousand temples of seed Rent in from all parts .if the state this year W. B. Whitlock, superintendent of the Montana State Seed laboratory at the State College, has prepared a statement showing b tw treat is the danger to farmers from the purchase of adulterated seed, or seed having a high percentage of noxious weeds. For instance, out of 549 samp- le, of alfalfa seed, Mr. Whitlock took iver sixty different kinds of weed seed. kgain a sample of sweet clover seed -wilt in last season eontained only 14 per cent of sweet clover and the rest was alfalfa which looks nearly like the sweet clover seed but lees costly. \The Siontuna Seed law, as peseta] by the legislature in 1913,\ says Mr. Whitlock, \provides that all agricultural seed when *old in lots of one pound or more for set -ding purposes, shall bear the la bets giving the per cent of purity, per cent of germination, date of germina- tion test percenttiges of the following weed, if they are present: quack grass, fan weed, add oats, mustard and dod- der. The first year after the state lab inttory was shablithed l2(r.1 samplc.. s'e're gent in by farmers throughout thr date and sle by stealers. This year se00 eamplee have 'Greedy been e'en n and from present indication , ' the to tul number will far (-tweed that of hod ear.\ The present condition of the oree dented in the state can be judged h) he 549 seaside% cif alfalfa seeei whiel ave tweet tested during the past yea' Ii' this untidier 179 or 32.6 per een mitained Russian thistle; 176 or 32.: cr cent contained lambaquartera; 6 10.5 per cent contained muetare Vith the exeeption of lambequarter, 'II of the above weeds are noxiouk In hi -se 549 samples were 82 containim urn weed; 63 pig weed: 30 plantian 4 9 per cent eontained Sweet clover tot ...)0.4 per vent green foxtail. In al Me were titt ditterent varietis of weed the idfalfs tested. One sample con 'Mined enough wild buckwheet _if i !rew, to plant 5 to the square foot, i -.even &Hewn pounds to the acre. An Sher 5 -gram temple contained 57 slosh ter -weak or enough to plant 5 plants th he square foot —enough to blot out th , ntire fleld if only half of it grew. THE OWNER AND THE TENANT The Dakota Farmer recently 1mbibe-1i est the following transtretion betweet he 11Wrier of a farm and a prospect i v. tenant which contain* a good lesions: A strong, intelligent voting pan Went to a to miter is litt had is good farm Well Surthishe.i, and wanted to rent it. Saki! the farmer: \My faint with stoek and implements, is worth $20.- 000.00 I have spent a life time in getting it. You are 21, I judge, and can you put up $20,000.00 to match it?, If in seven years you have put that iamount in your head and hands you have done well. Sam sold: \I don't want to brag, but I think I can match you, and I put myself ttgainst . ,your farm, and we go surface halves. I worked a year with a alert penter and if there are repairs to be •••••N\ -- made on the house or barn you don't need to hire one to do it. I worked six months with a blacksmith and . studied iron and steel. I can shoe horses and repair machinery, if you have a forge and anvil to match it. \1 worked three months putting up machinery with an implement dealer, and I know all about farm machinery, how to tare for it, and repair it. I took a full course in our Agricultural College and had the care of the live stock, and know the different breeds and what they can do. A part of my work was raising baby beef, En that t yearling could be made worth as much as a three-year -old of 20 years ago. studied the dairy business, and help- ed our veternarian vaccinate hundreds of hogs, so I am sure of a pork crop. I -studied the nature of the various crops, and I am confident that in two years I Can double the output of your farm. Again, I ant strong a 1.41 ion' to work. I love the land and think I know how to take care of it. l'es, candidly, think I can match your furnished farm. I will take it a year and we will get atfotainted and then if we are both satisfied I shall want a long lease.\ \Take it,\ said the owner, \for five years. I have been tortured with slouch. es who have let the farm run down and have stolen and destroyed.\ Sam took the place and regenerated it, and made good for himself and the owner.- -C. S. Harrison. Nehr . COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETS There was a large attendance at the last regular meeting of the Geyser Com- mercial club on May 20 and consider- able intereat was manifested in favor of an old time Fourth of July celebration to be held this year. No definite action wes taken but the preeident requested each member to consider himself a com- mittee a osse to asoestain the seoti- ment of tht people and be prepared to act at the next meeting. It was the imanimoua opinion of thos e present that Geyser should have a base hall team anti that th e commer- cial club should encourage the organi- zation of a team worthy of Geyser. Up- on motion of Mn, Murphy, the president was instructed to appoint a committee to organize a base ball club to be con- ducted under the auspices of the com- mercial club. The committee consists of Misers Prevoat, Murphy and Lamm. After the transaction of the usual routine business the meeting adjourned. —Secretary of Commercial Club. GERALDINE MAIL ROUTE Geraldine-, May 2S. --After many un- euceemsful ettempte by the postal au- tlimitiea a route earrier has accepted a sontraet to haul mail from Graldine to Eagle Butte. The contract is in the hands of Clarence Clark, who also Ita/kil after Fort Benton route. The orient - lion of the contract starto Jun e first and vrill give Geraldine and Eagle Butte a three -tiny service per week. The stage will leave Geraldine every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at El M., returning Thursday and Katur• day at 8 a. as The postollices to be cov• Peed besides the terminals will be Ha - %laden, Clear Lake and Graceville. SPION KOP I. It. Fiedricks has rented the Ran- kin house heir in town and has started house keeping. C E. Lillegard made a business trip to Great Fails Tuesday. L. E. Parrish made a short trip to Gt. Falls on Tuesday. Ther e is a Great Northern Railroad crew here slice are engaged in cleaning the loose dirt front the big cut jus L West uf town. They will make this town thelr headquarters for about six weeks. lay 22 Ira Walker held a sale at the miter ranch south of town and sit h44u t r . h the croad was email a good taunt was r,scii,,eul lull I he patois. K. Stiles of Great Falls was the. auc• tioneer. [sat Saturday. while he attended the auction sale, one of Jalraar Kivinen'a 'flares took sick and before he culd get her home she died. Sam Hanson, whose saloon was burn- ed some time ago has engaged Albert. Johnson to put the butcher shop build- ing hi shape and will son be opened up again for business.
