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The Hardin Tribune-Herald (Hardin, Mont.), 20 Feb. 1925, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn86075229/1925-02-20/ed-1/seq-5/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1926 THE HARDIN IMMUNE HERALD Page Five. HOW DIVERSIFICATION HAS MADE DANIELS COUNTY, MONTANA, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS FARMING AREAS IN THE NATION .....-smosnansaassissassassasmamssmaassitsiwassorwsnassmosinassansitemrsiss\mousousim s `• A •Iti . • A .A 0 •N:4.. d e IP° .411 1 .0 - PANORAMA OF THE HORSESHOE BASIN near Scobey. This is typical of the big grain fields of Daniels county. A T THE end of spur, extending Great Northern nental main line just west of th..t Montana -North Dakota state line, north, then west through the northeastern corner of Montana - a hundred -mile stretch of road that a railroad tion of more than 1,200 and is a modern little city with complete from the water and sewer systems and a 24- transconti- hour electric light service. Its school system consists of an up-to-date grammar and high school, employing a total of 12 instructors. It has four churches, Methodist Epis- copal, Lutheran, Catholic and Epis- copal. BIG TEAMS ON RIG FARMS -A combination that has made Daniels County one of the most prosperous sections in the Northwest. In Daniels County There] Is Room for 1,375 New Farmers on Proven Land Total Acreage _910,080 acres Tillable Acreage 728,000 acres Land Under Cultiva- tion 155,000 acres Per Cent of Total Now Tilled 17% Daniels county has room for 1,373 more farmers on tillable, half - section farms. annualllv carries one -sixth of the entire wheat crop of the state - there is Scobey. Although one of Montana's youngest towns, for the past four years Scobey has held rank as the nation's largest primary wheat market. Drawing from a huge area that extends into Canada on the north and into neighboring counties on the west, Scobey's six big elevators, its busy flour mill and its two big grain dumps for track loading will handle some- thing like two and one-fourth mil- lion bushels of the 1924 wheat crop. $1,166 Per Capita. In spite of the fact that it is one of the smallest in the state, both in area and in population, Daniels county, of which Scobey is the county seat, produced $6,393,000 of new wealth in 1924, according to estim- ates from reliable sources. This is a per capita new wealth production of more than $1,166 and classifies the county as one of the most pros. porous agricultural sections in the entire northwest. Scobey was built on its present site in 1914 when the railroad was extended from the east Prior to that time it was a small \inland\ town located three miles west of its present site. Today it has a popula- Speaking In Terms of Production of Wheat In 1924 -- Claude Tande, Scobey, aver- aged 43 bushels per acre on 70 acres of approved Marquis wheat. Mr. Tande took the sweepstakes prize at the state grain and seed show at Boze- man in January. .. Frank Fouhy, Battleson, av- eraged 45 bushels per acre on 50 acres of wheat. Alexis Lewis, Carbert, aver- aged 40 3-4 bushels of approv- ed Marquis wheat per acre, took fonrth place in a class of 45 entries at the Northern Mon- tana Corn and Grain Show at Wolf Point. It has a modern flour mill, six large grain elevators, four general mercantile stores, two newspapers, three hardware stores, four garages, three oil stations, six hotels, two meat markets, three lumber yards, three implement houses, a drug In Daniels County, in 1924, The Per Capita Wealth Production was $1,166 Following is the estimated value of the wealth produced in Daniels county in 1924: Wheat $4,390,400 Flax 272,600 Corn 100,000 Livestock 4,300,000 Dairy Products 100,000 Poultry Products 80,000 Coal 150,000 Population of county • .5,480 Per Capita Production._ $1,166 These figures are as near correct LIS can be approximated at the time of writing this story; and they were compiled under the direc- tion of the county agricultural department, with a view to conser- vatism, and not exaggeration. Since the farmer superseded the stock baron on the fertile hills and prairies of what is now Daniels coun- ty, there has never been a total crop faiure in that section. True enough there have been periods of short pro- duction when the careful farmer who practiced diversification found that his year's profit was due to the fact that he had tilled carefully and had diversified properly. During these times the grain man found it neces- sary to call upon his reserves from other years, but Daniels county farm- ers declare that these periods are no more frequent, nor more pro- longed than such periods in any other agricultural section. Thus far, good tillage and diversified farming has brought a profitable crop every year. The shortest crop in that sec- tion, for instance, was in 1918 but that year there were more than viable bank account and because he and Mrs. Bibby have reached an age when they are entitled to the luxury of a rest, he is retiring -a successful farmer. Mr. Bibby is a true craftsman. Not one crop did he rely upon alone. In CORN AND HOGS -A crop of coming major importance in Daniels county is the hog crop. 500,000 bushels of grain marketed at Scobey. Made Rich By Farming. The story of agriculture in Daniels county is not one story but a series of stories of accomplishments of individual farmers. THE FIRST LOAD OF CORN -Tom Bibby with the first load of home grown corn ever brought to Scobey. FARM HOME of Steve Watts near Scobey. Completely modern throughout, with electric lights and running water. TURKEYS AND COWS on the Frank Hughes place near Scobey, an evidence of permanent prosperity. FARM HOME GROVES are becoming attractive features of the Daniels county landscape. store, a bakery, two grocery stores, a theater, a large community hall, the county offices, laundry, cream sta- tion, restaurants and other modern business houses. \Wheat Is King.\ In addition, Scobey Is the home of three banks, the First National, Mer- chants National and Citizens' State. which showed a total of almost a million dollars in depolits on Decem- ber 31, 1921. The five banks in Daniels county showed a total of $1,390,614.67 in deposits on tha above date. Scobey is the home of a large land corneae y, official port of entry into the United States from Canada, location \Of a United stateg . Customs house and headquarters for the largest independent oil market- ing concern in the northwest. However, Scobey's principal inter- est is in the farming industry and wheat is the king of its crops. At the same time there is a marked di- versification of crops throughout the entire county with corn, hogs and turkeys assuming positions of major Importance in the production of wealth. DANIELS COUNTY'S BEST CROP. Jake Kostinuk and Mrs7Kostintok and family and the grove on their farm home near Scobey. At the tight of the picture in the back row, is State Senator L. F. Greenup, and with him is County Agent A. W. Warden. \He was broke when he walked in here a few years ago. Today he is rich and he made it all by farming.\ That is a common story Scobey ieople tell and it's a brief summing up of the story' of any one of more than a score of farmers in the imme- diate vicinity of Scobey. There are , other scores that own large farms. I \don't owe a dollar\ and have size- , able \stakes\ laid by in the bank and the percentage of those whc , have farmed industriously and in- telligently and yet have not made' good is virtually nil. There is the story of Tom Bibby, for Instanee, a man considerably past the age of pioneering when he ar- rived in the Scobey territory in 1923.1 But Mr. Bibby was a farmer and I knew what to expect of a farm. He bought some land within a few miles I of the present site of Scobey, paying I what he could down on it. The farm had a crop on it and that fall the crop paid the entire price of the place. Today he owns without debt 520 acres of improved land, equipped with splendid buildings, has an en Diversification's Rapid Three Year Increase in The Scobey Territory Corn acreage, 1922 1,000 acres Corn acreage, 1923 2,500 acres Corn acreage 1924 5,000 acres Hogs shipped 1920 ___ _ 0 Hogs shipped, 1924 15 carloads Turkeys shipped '24 75000 lbs Flax acreage, 1923, 3,300 acres Flax acreage 1924 11,400 acres addition to wheat, he raised hay, corn, hogs, poultry, sold butter and every year he added to the constantly growing savings account. There is much more to Mr. Bibby's inspiring story, but there are others - Fortune In Flax. Louis Lappierre, a Frenchman, un- familiar with the English language and American business methods. came from Canada in 1910. He had no money and he owed his former neighbors debts which he has since paid. He located a few miles north- east of the present site of Scobey. Today he is a wealthy man. He has a farm of 1,570 acres, highly improved. He has a modern home equipped with electric lights, water and sewer; he has a barn 72 feet by 100 feet with three floors in it; he has seven miles of woven wire fence on his place; he has sev- eral large tractors and three large cars for business and pleasure; he has a son in attendance at the Uni- versity of Minnesota and the younger children are being prepared for col- lege as rapidly as possible. All of this is from the profits of his farm. In 1916 a local elevator issued him a single check for $29,800 in payment for a shipment of flax. This was the largest single grain check known to have been issued to an individual farmer in the United States up to that time. Then there is Steve Watts, living within a few miles of Scobey, who Witattlaueil on Aarlealtural Pace., The Estimated Yields of Wheat f or Individual Farmers in 1924 -- Name Bushels Herman Wagner 8,000 Henry Jacobson 18,000 David Brothers 20,000 Monnorey 0,000 Walt Truax 20,000 0. +1. Spear 20,000 Davis Se Schweisinger .....23,000 John A. Davis 0,000 Kerstein Brothers _____14,000 Dillon Brothers 6,000 Hanson Brothers __. 20,000 Steve Watts 8,000 Dick Juel 6,000 Andrew Tymofichuk 8,000 Ole St:instead 15,000 Nels Barko 8,000 Carl Miller ..... 16,000 A BUSY TIME FOR THE GRAIN clunr-A Louis bapierre threshing rig ready to start on a long megaton. Mr. Lapierre La seated in the car in the immediate foreground. When You Have Finished Read; This P
