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Page Light THE HARDIN TRIBUNE -HERALD Friday, June 5, 1)25. I Treasure State Farm and Livestock The Leading Articles on This Page Are Prepared by Experts of the State Agrieultural Co/lege at Begman. i FARMER READERS OF THIS NEWSPAPER ARE UlttHED TO FILE THESE ARTICLES • — J Production of Seed Peas State 9 s Growing Industry (From Montana State College) m ONTANA is one of the import- ant seed pea producing areas of the United Stoates. Practi- cally all of the 600,000 bushels of seed required to plant the country's 160,000 across of canning peas come from the northwestern states, ac- cording to Clyde McKee. agronomist at Montana State college in the new Experiment Station bulletin, \Pro- ducing Seed Peas in Montana.\ In addition to seed pea production the establishment of canneries in the Bitter Root and Gallatin valleys has brought about considerable develop- ment in the production of peas for canning purposes. While the two mentioned valleys have been the most conspicuous in the production of seed peas. Prof. McKee advises that the higher val- leys in Park, Madison, Carbon, Flat- head and Lewis and Clark counties are increasing in importance and that there is further opportunity for extension of the business. The higher irrigated valleys in the western half of the state are spoken of as most favorable for seed pea production. Contracts with re- liable pea firms is advisable, accord- ing to the agronomist. not only to be sure of a market for the crops but because the firms know the de- sired varieties, the market demands, and so on. The seed pea business Is so intimately linked up with the canneries that the two must neces- sarily work together. It has been said that farmers growing seed inde- pendent of the seed companies has caused a deterioration of seed stock in certain sections and . canners have expressed the opinion that unless the quality of seed is maintained, they will be forced to grow all the seed that they use. Under the heading, \Returns from Growing Seed Peas,\ Prof. McKee in his bulletin says: \The growers of peas must meas- ure their returns in several ways. There are, (1) the direct income from the sale of seed; ( 2 ) the bene- ficial effect of peas upon crops which follow; (3) the grazing value for hogs and sheep of the land on which the peas were grown; and, (4) the feeding value of the pea straw. \As with other crops, yields vary with the season, the variety grown, the soil, and the kind of care which the crop receives. Under conditions which prevail in the Gallatin valley from 20 to 25 bushels per acre is considered an average yield. The more successful growers obtain from 30 to 35 bushels per acre and an occasional farmer has harvested as much as 50 bushels per acre from fields of considerable size.\ The contract price for peas in the Gallatin valley during the past three years has varied from 2.25 to $5 per hundred pounds. \Yields of early varieties average less than the later maturing varieties, hence seed firms usually pay a higher price when contracting for seed of the early var- ieties.\ The contract prices in Gal- latin valley ranged from $2.25 to $4 per hundred pounds in 1923, from $2.75 to $4.50 in 1924 and from $3.25 to 5 in 1925. Speaking of returns from peas other than direct income, the bul- letin says: \As a general rule, farmers re- port that they obtain larger yields of wheat and other small grains when these crops follow peas than when grain is grown continuously. One prominent rancher of the Galla- tin valley reported that before grow- ing peas, his wheat on good irrigat- ed land averaged only 30 to 35 bush- els per acre. He started using peas as a crop to preceed wheat, and for three consecutive seasons his wheat yields on the same land have aver- aged from 45 to 50 bushels per ac- re. At the Montana Experiment Sta- tion in 1903, oats after oats produc- ed at the rate of 68 bushels per acre, while oats after peas yielded 106 bushels per acre. At the Idaho Ex- periment Station in 1917. Turkey winter wheat after peas produced se- ven bushels more than the same var- iety planted on land which had grown wheat continuously for sev- eral years. Evidence is being ob- tained which seems to indicate that land which has produced s legum- inous crop such as peas, not only re- turns higher yeelds of wheat but that the wheat has a higher nitrogen con- tent. It has been observed that the pea crop leaves the soil in an excel- lent physical condition and in most eases pea ground -ran be:prepared tor eucceeding crop with a minimum of labor. \In the harvesting of peas it is im- possible to Cut and remove all of the vines In addition there is some loss of seed from shattering, even under the most favorable conditions. Some growers estimate that the shattered seed which is picked up readily by hogs is Iworth from one to five dol- lars per acre. Naturally the value of pea land for pasture purposes will be governed qute largely by the maount of seed left on the field from shatter- ing and from uncut vines. \Good Quality pea straw is of con- siderable value as a wintering teed for cattle and sheep, especially when legume hays such as alfalfa and clover are high in price. Its feeding value will depend to a large extent upon the weather conditions during the curing period. Pea straw ab- sorbs moisture readily, and if ex- posed to the weather will soon lose much of its feeding value.\ -o BARBERRY BUSH FIGHT GOES ON (From Montana State 'College) HE PLANT that has been known to bring about the loss of 200.- 000.000 bushels of wheat in a single year, is the way W. L. Pop- ham, in charge of barberry eradica- tion work in Montana, describes the common barberry. He advises that there is in progress in the spring wheat states a vigorous campaign to remove every common barberry bush in the entire area, to prevent for all time the tremendous losses from black stem rust, the disease which depends upon the common barberry for its development. In Montana the campaign has ad- vanced to the stage where the equi- valent of 22 counties have been cleared of the bush and records show that more than 10,000 bushes have been removed in the campaign that started in 1918. In the entire spring wheat area, where the campaign has been conducted, approximately 6,- 000,000 bushes have been destroyed. In speaking of the work, Mr. Pop- ham says: This campaign Is.the greatest plant disease control problem the government has ever undertaken. It cannot be called an experiment, as it is based upon similar successful un- dertakings of other countries, as well as years of accumulating evi- ence against the barberry in this country. Norway, Denmark and Sweden conducted similar campaigns 20 years ago with the result that these countries have experienced no rust epidemic since the eradication was completed. It is believed that when the bar- berry bushes have been removed in the northern tier of wheat growing states, rust losses from this cause will be checked. It is true that the rust may be carried for great dis- tances by the wind. It is also true that in the southern states it lives over winter in the red stage and so can spread from one crop to an- other the next season without first attacking barberry. However, there is little danger of serious trouble from rust so carried. Every rust epidemic causing extensive losses in the upper Mississippi valley has been found to spread from common bar- berry bushes growing within the er- adication area. Every property owner in the sta. should be interested in the campaign as the barberry must be removed from the cities and towns as well as from rural properties. The common barberry is an erect shrub growing five or six feet high. It has coarse woody stalks with bright yellow wood beneath dull gray colored bark. The , leaves grow in clusters, may be either green or purplish in color, have saw-toothed edges, and ar rounded at the tip. Growing out and turning slightly down from the base of each cluster of leaves are three to five thorns. The common barberry has small bright yellow flowers in the spring which produce red berries in clusters similar to :currants during the summer time. Pulp and paper represent the largest of the manufacturing indus- tries in Canada. Flour and grist milling comes second and the pro- duction of lumber and forest pro- ducts tomes third. MOTI - IER:- Fletcher's Cas- toria is a pleasant, harmless Sub- stitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, especially prepared - .iniants in anns and Chlren-all -weir for To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of 44 1 .4 0 9 ( Ij c 44., • Proven directions on' each package. Physicians everywhere recommend it 'BIG RANCH DEAL NEAR MISSOULA GORDON PLACE AT LAKE SEEL- ' EY BOUGHT BY EASTERN — CAPITALISTS About Farming Briefly Mentioning Flans aad Arthritic. of Montana Farmers co -Operating with The Ettensioa Serviee (From Montana State College) ARMERS of Montana may well concern themselves with the threatened shortage of horses and mules that is Inevitable in the United StatOs within the next ftw years, suggests the livestock depart- ment of the Montana State college. It is pointed out that figures from the United States Department of Ag- riculture indicate that the number of horses on farms in the United States will be only about 60 per cent of the present numbers and that mules will drop down to about 74 per cent. Livestock authorities at the college point out that while the present numbers of colts and young horses are not enough to maintain the, pre- sent horse population, which in turn leads to the expected shortage In the immediate future, there can be little advantage in a general stampede to horse production, which could only have the effect of pro- ducing the same general low price situation which has existed in the past few years. On the other hand, It is held that there is opportunity In the conservative breeding of first class work stock. * The dates of the Northern Mon- tana Corn show have been set for November 4, 5 and 6, at Glasgow, with Murray E. Stebbins ,county ag- ent for Valley county in charge. This will be the fourth year for the show which was started in Malta in 1922. The circuit on which the corn show is held consists of northern Montana counties where corn has be- come an important crop. The coun- ty extension agents of these counties co-operate in holding the show. Last year the exhibit was held at Wolf Point and the year before at Chi- nook. * * * The best butter maker in the world cannot make good butter out of poor cream ,says J. A. Nelson, in charge of dairy production at Mon- tana State college. On this subject he says, \It is a well known fact that the quality of cream, plus the shill of the butter' maker, determines the quality of the butter. In other words, the butter can be of no higher quality than the cream from which it is made. A few cans of sour, bad flavored cream mixed with several cans of good cream will result in butter of the same grading as if made of all poor cream. The grad- ing of cream, and payment on a basis of quality are the principal means by which the creamerymen can im prove the quality of butter. Cream grading, therefore should be an in- ducement for producers to take bet- ter care of their cream and to deir- er it to the creamery in the best s- sible condition so as to receive the highest market price for butterfat.\ . 44 Tests to determine the practicabil- ity of sugar beet production in Teton county will be carried on there this summer. The co-operation of 21 farmers has been secured for this work and see dhas been distributed. Through the courtesy of George N. Sanford, manager of the Sun River Irrigation project a sugar beet seed- er has been secured for the plant- ing of the seed. . 4, Many of the farm women in Yel- lowstone county are interested in the raising of poultry and are adopting the newer and improved methods for Montana conditions. Poultry meet- ings were held in four communities last month and each meeting was well attended. The subjects discus- sed were the incubation and care of the young chicks. Harriett E. Cush- man, poultry specialist for the Mon- tana State college addressed the meetings. ' * * • The month of June is \Pant-Up\ month in Richland county. Farmers and business people are co-operating In a county wide effort to improve the appearance and \save the sur- face\ of barns and dwellings. . .41 , • * A 4-H club in which the members will grow nothing but certified seed potatoes has been started among a group of young folk in Phillips coun- ty. The club will start its work at once and. the Sharpies& strain of Bliss Triumph seed will be used. The club will be conducted and the pota'L toes will be grown according to the regulations for the production of certified seed potatoes under the di- rection of the Montana Potato Im- provement association. * * * A kitchen eqiiipment teeting circle has been starred in the Flrenchman'n Ridge community of Chateau coun- ty. The circle includes 20 farm wo- men and has for its purpose the test- ing out of various kinds of kitchen equipment and labor saving devices. The pieces of equipment are passed around from one member of the cir- cle to the other until all have had a chance to use them. This enables each woman to determine the value of the different articles brought be- fore them before spending money for their purchase. # • • Livestock shippers of Custer coun- ty have petitioned the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St, Paul railway company to establish a feeding yard at Mo- bridge, So. Dak. 0 . • With 19 new growers of registered Grimm alfalfa seed starting this 5 , \ r,itosebud Jcounty is looked to I become an important Tigure in xl v. ontana's rapidly growing pure seed industry. The new growers are lo- cated in practically every important farming community in the county and it Is expected that they - will have a grattl,..1sAimoshca,lo• .eatend lag tit acreage next year. * • • in an effort to extend corn grow- ing Into the higher altitudes of the g2.N0,000 Capitalization in Company Which Plana to Operate Enter- prise; Will Raise Hogs. Sheep and Cattle. To Do Much Building. The Eastern Retail Pork Deal- ers corporation, capitalized at $250,000. has purchased the (- don ranch of 1.0$0 acres in the Blackfoot valley in the Seeley lake region, in western Missoula county, and is beginning an ex- tensive improvement program for the raising of sheep, hogs and cat- tle. The corporation's program in- dicates that the ranch is to be one of the most completely equipped in the northwest. The Gordon ranch, which is 55 miles up the Blackfoot valley from Missoula, formerly was owned by C. H. Muckier, who still retains an in- terest in the property. Dr. G. H. Nivler, of New York, vice president and general manager of the east- ern corporation, executed the deal which is one of the largest transac- tions of the year. New buildings on the Seeley lake porperty, construction of which is to be completed this year, include a new ranch home, four tenant hous- state, two extensive variety tests will be conducted this year in Lewis and Clark county.- Each test will consist of eight varieties and strains. • * Sweet clover is being rather ex- tensively tried out as a forage crop In Madison county this year. More than 2,000 pounds of yellow blossom seed have been ordered by farmers in various parts of the county, and a number of tests of different strains of white and yellow blossom sweet clover are being conducted. 4,, Stillwater county will have a ton - litter contest this year. The first entry was a Duroc-Jersey owner ' with a litter of 11 pigs. • * So convinced are farmers of Fer- gus and Judith Basin counties of the value of the furrow drill In planting winter wheat that more than two carloads of attachments necessary to convert the ordinary drill, have been sold. Investigations this spring showed that apporxi- mately 90 per cent of winter wheat sowed by the old method was aban- doned because of winter kill, while the grain sowed With the furrow drill showed less than a 25 per cent abandonment. • The production of certified Bliss Triumph seed potatoes is extending into Fallon county. At the present time at least six farmers are plan- ning to make applications for cer- tification from the Montana Seed Improvement association. UMMER COLDS that make you so uncom- fortable in hot weather, are better treated exter- nally—Rub over chest and throat and apply fre- quently up nostrils— ICK VAPORUES Over IF Afil4iose Jar* Ulla ramie • FARMERS BUYING MORE IN STATE (From Montana State College) A FEW straws indicating which way the farming and commer- cial winds are blowing in Mon- tana and the Northwest, are con- tained in the May 15 issue of the \Montana Agricultural Outlook,\ is- sued by the Montana Extension ser- vice. The figures and statements are taken from the Monthly Review, issued by the Ninth Federal Reserve District. - There is every evidence that the movement of commodities of all kinds to the northwestern trade ter- ritory increased while the move- ment of produce to market declined. Rural g communities unities exhibited much re gater buying power in March than a y \Wholesale trade was materially larger in March than a year ago. \Sales of farm implements was 68 per cent greater than a year ago.\ \Shipments of agricultural imple- ments and vehicles amounted to 305 cars in March as compared with 160 cars a year ago. \Lumber retailers in this district report sales 39 per cent greater in March than in February and 49 per cent greater than March a year ago. \In manuacturing, March was a month of reduced actiivty in this district. \Wheat receipts at Minneapolis, Duluth -Superior terminal markets were nine per cent smaller than a year ago. \Stocks of grain at the end of March in terminal elevators at Min- neapolis and Duluth -Superior were nearly 40 per cent. greater than a year og. \Banking reports at close of March indicate that country banks were reducing their reserve of idle funds. \Business failures in the north- west were six per cent more numer- ous in March than the same month a year ago. \Sales by mail-order houses and chain stores are at high levels. \Hardware trade is reported to be good in all parts of the country. \Automobiles and automobile tires are in excellent demand and radio sales continue to expand. es, a cheese factory, a large modern dairy barn, several hog houses and a number of barns and other build- ings. Construction of a saw -mill on Trail creek to supply lumber for the new buildings is to be begun at once. Stocking of the ranch is to begin this summer, it is expected. The cor- poration raises an improved breed of Chester White hogs, while none but pure-bred dairy cattle will be placed on the newly purchased pro- perty. Officers of the Pork Dealers com- pany include Frank C. Smith of New York, president; Dr. G. H. Niver, vice president and general manager; Harvey Wynkoff, vice president; Dr. E. H. Fitch, treasurer; Carl W. Swank, secretary, and C. H. Muckier, director. Buys Froid Creamery. The Froid Creamery in Roosevelt county, said to be one of the finest and most up-to-date plants of its kind in Montana has changed hands. The plant formerly operated' and owned by Fred Engler, has been purchased by .W. D. Kane, formerly of Malta, an expert in the creamery business and a man of many years, of experience Uncovers Human Skeleton. Parts of a human skeleon, reveal- ing a tragedy of years ago, were brought to the sheriff's office in Kalispell, by Berndt Olson, who has a farm on the site of old Demers- ville. The skull indicates that the victim met death by violence, as It i is caved in v er the right eye. A section of t vertebrae and two bones from e fore arm were also unearthed by Mr. Olson while har- rowing a recently plowed field. Many of the old timers of Demers- ville days have been questioned con- cerning the burial of victims of vio- lent deaths in the early days, bat so far nothing has been recalled which sheds any light. .. Every year the boll weevil bug does $200,000,000 damage to cotton, plants in the United States. In 1877 all the telephones in the world were made by two men in a Attie shop in Boston. Mrs. Price'a Compound gives splendid results I have used it for years. Bend your name and ad- dress and the names and addresses of five of your friends and receive Re- ceipt Booklet on canning with sample package of Compound. FKICE COMPOUND CO. 1605 Fein Ave. North, Dept. 0', Minneapolis, Mimi. DON'T CUT OUT A Shoe Boil,Capped Hock or Bursitis FOR A Bso RB1NE =,E .4. , will reduce them and leave so blemishes. Stops lameness promptly. Does not blis- ter or remove the hair, and horse can be worked. $2.50 a bottle delivered. Bost 6R Iris. ABSORBINE. JR., for mankind. (be antiseptic liniment tor Boils. Bruises. Sores Swellings. Varicose Veins. Allays Pain and Inflammation. Pore £1.21. bottle et drug- gists or delivered. Will tell you more if you ante. W. F. YOUNG, Inc., 250 Lyman SL, Springfield, Vass. Black Silver OXES Registered Stock guaranteed to Breed True to Type and Color. Montana's Oldest Farm. JACOBI Fox Fort Bentsks Farm Mont. BABY CRICKS Twelve Torieties We guarantee Safe Delivery INCUBATORS AND BROODRR8 Write for Price List GREENFIELD RAIN CO. Poultry Supplies Butte, Moot. leVA:S HI N G NI S at— QU 'TB May or June hatched W Chicks 014 a 100. Redo & Rocka Si? 100c4 live delivery guar- anteed Write for •pevIal prices on Leghorn. R. I Red or Barred Rock Pullets Catalog free. HA. 114 e• ATTU\ OULTRY WANTED We are lo the market ever, dr., row live chickens, turkeys, ducks and . Highest market prices pald, egeerd- ri t zi e r . % quality on day of arrival. Westaim West and Commission Co.. Butts. Montana • Madam: You will be delighted at the remarkable uniformity of this good flour OIL IL Os, Just think—a flour now that always acts the saint way in your oven. No guesswork. Baking failures cut in half. Test it. See for yourself: You have a delightful surprise in store. In the first place—we make Rex Flour en- tirely from the choicest Montana wheat. Nothing less. It must be the highest protein wheat grown theitatCanctybu know whatthat means. Montana wheat has the greatest protein value of any wheat grown. Rex Flour is, therefore, a big carrier of strength and energy. 6 Tested at the mil to make your balm uniform. We test this amazingly good flour by baking with, it ourselves. To be sure that every sack of Rex Flour will act in the same good way in your oven -whenever you bake. If you have never tried Rex do so today Royal Milling Co., Great Falls, Montana. EX - Our Direct Guarantee to You Order is sack today.idake imYthlthil you like. If you are not satisfied that Res la the most uniform flour you have ever baked with, return ' the unused portion to your dealer. He will give you back the full Price you paid. We wlU repay FLOU . R Ntalk.r , 0 • Tseisel at the mat for milers, &winos. Milled from highest protein Mositma herd wheat • 4 a
