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Page Eight THE HARDIN TRIBUNE -HERALD Friday, Sept. 25, 1925. 1 TREASURE STATE FARM MD LIVESTOCK THOMAS CA PELL, MOHTANA FARMER, ©P TES LARGEST WHEAT FARM IN THE WORLD Thomas Campbell of Hardin, operatee the largebt wheat farm in the world. He harvested something like 22,000 acres of wheat on the Crow Indian reservation this year, and as a side issue raised flax valued at $=5,000. Mr. Campbell's Montana venture was started during the world war, in an endeavor to raise wheat to keep the allied armies supplied with bread. His effort was financed by Pierpont Morgan and a group of New York capitaliets, purely from a patriotic purpose. The war over they turned the farm holdings and equipment over to Mr. Campbell and he has since been operating on his own account. Here is a story of his operations__by _Carl J. Trauerman: A week ago, as the guest of Thom- as D. Campbell. 1 -visited the farm of the Campbell Farming Corp. at Har- din, Montana, the largest wheat farm anies, are so placed that within a few minutes after the broken machine is delivered to the shops, it is stripped and practically drydocked so that mechanics may inspect and repair, without delay, any part of the ma- chine. This quick action applies no matter whether the machine be a small Fordson or a mammoth Ault - man -Taylor tractor with its seven and one-half foot driving wheels. The precise movements of the large machine tools at times seem uncan- ny, impressing one as the movements of the hands of a Giant Franken- stein rather than the combination ac- tion stet' and electricity directed by the hand and brain of a mere man. . Equipment. Emergency equipment is kept at the round house at all times. When a machine breaks in the field it is immediately hauled to the shops and at the round house so new equiffnent is on the way to replace the , broken , THOMAS D. CAMPBELL 1111611511=111111111111 in the world. At Hardin we inspect- machine, long before the latter ar- ed the general offices of the company, rives at the repair shop. New equip - which are in a plot covering several ment is not always hauled from the acres, most of the space being oc- central shop, as, especially during cupied by shops where the immense the harvesting season, emergency equipment is kept in repair. All equipment is kept at the different moving equipment is driven by gaso- field supply camps. line power (I did not see a horse during my entire inspection) and it has been found cheaper to make all major repairs at the central station in Hardin than In the field. The shops at Hardin remind one of a combination round house and car repair shop. Giant cranes, jacks and machine tools, driven by elec- tricity and manned by expert rnech- & S°4( ( S e l 4G „c 4 til°67 o•s s * 6‘ci‘ 'WEI LLER &WEILLER LAM STOCK COHN/SS/ON SO. ST. PAUL—MINN ESOTA. PrObably one reason for the popularity of WRIGLEY'S Is that it lasts so long and returns such great dividends for so small an outlay. • It keeps teeth clean, breath sweet, appetite keen, digestion good. Fresh and full -flavored always in its wax -wrapped package. The farm, which lies south, north and west of Hardin, consists of 95,- 000 acres, of which 33,000 are in cultivation this year. Next year there will be 50,000 acres planted. This spring over 14,000 additional acres of new ground were broken. New ground is broken in the spring and summer-fallowed. This is seed- ed and after the first harvest the ground is diced and again planted, thus two crops are obtained with only one. plowing. _ _ _ --- - The acreage is subdivided Into four sections, each section having a camp containing living quarters for the crew and assistant foreman, in charge of 'division operations. At the camps are maintained field sup- plies and grain storage facilities. All operations are under the direct su- pervision of Mr. Campbell and his general foreman. During my visit harvesting opera- tions wrre in full force and equip- ment was moving with such dis- patch and regularity that I was in doubt as to whether I was viewing a farming operation or the move- ments of a railroad, Equipment in- cludes everything from cutters and threshers, tractor drawn, down to modern, self-propelled combines 'which 'cut and thrash a space 24 feet wide, without the necebsity of , either binding or windrowing. These machines cover 20 miles per day, per- form the work of 30 men and 40' ;alines; and are operating by only three m i en. Directly connected to the combine' is a wagon holding approximately I 1.35 bushels of grain, which is milledl In an hour. Empty cars are handled by switchmen, who must figure out , when each - combine or thresher will need empties and who deliver these i empties to the different machines with such iegularity that there Is very little delay. A most important department is that of gasoline supply. Operations require about $100,000. of gasoline per year. this being delivered to a central supply tank, in the yards at Hardin, from which it is distributed to the different supply camps. The field distributor, whom I call the gaeolifie-monkey (this term is derived .from the mining industry, casts no asperations on the distributor and is not to he used In the present evolu- tion disputes) drives a tank wagon, equipped with pressure pumps. The Menkeytt take pride in the fact that they have schedules figured out to such a nicety that they are always \Jonny on the spot\ to refill their battleships at sea so that operating shows no such items as \delay due to lack of fuel.\ No Sheaves. • Using modern: Campbell -Improved threshers combines, it 1s necessery to bind the sheaves, as was the for- mer custom. Mr. Campbell has im- proved the cutter -Madre bp that he can run ten -foot binders • in series of four, cut a swath 40 feet wide an d instead of making four ten -foot windrows the machines deposit the entire product from the 40 -foot slit In one windrow and travel at the rate of 28 miles per day. Thi s is something entirely new in farming and makes a money saving of 55 cents per acre against costs last year. At present 15,000 bushels of grain are being threshed per day and most of this is hauled to the railroad im- mediately. When threshing opera- tions are ahead of transportation, the excess grain is stored in small steel storage bins. These bins are collapsible, can be erected in a short time and a great many of them are on hand at the different camps. Mack Trucks. Mack trucks move nearly as fast on the farm as Mack stock has moved on the Stock Exchange. These trucks convey 400 bushels of grain According to Miss H. E. Cushman, per trip. The most picturesque haul- poultry specialist for the Montana ex- ing equipment is the \cat -train.\ tension service at Bozeman, who con - This consists of a caterpillar tractor ducted the Butte egg show last year, hauling ten trucks, each loaded with the work of the Ponders county poul- 200 bushels. making a load of over try growers is an outstanding exam- fr - rons and having a money value ple of this form of co-operative mark - of over $3,000 when loaded with eting. Heretofore eggs have been wheat, and $5,000 when loaded with sold in the usual manner at the local flax. According to present calcula- store in varying lots, sizes and qual- dons. the entire crop was expected for eggs one time the summer prices to be in the terminal elevators by for eggs so sold ranged from 20 to September 1, about a month earlier 25 cents per dozen. At the eame than usual. The 1925 crop consists time shipments of high quality eggs of over 500,000 bushels of wheat and by the marketing association brought flax. 35 cents per dozen. ature has ela ed a peculiar freak on the Campbell farm this year. In the fall a large acreage in No. 4 sub- division was sown in wheat. This came up and was frost -killed (?) and this spring was sown with flax. Due to heavy moisture the supposed dead wheat acted about as dead as did Roosevelt when relegated to the vice-presidency, and the supposed flax fields now contain both wheat and flax, yielding 25 bushels of mixed grain per are, this grain being easily seperated at terminal screens. The flax is deep brown and wheat golden and in spaces where wheat did not come up the field is lined with solid flax, the lines being as straight as if surveyed with a transit. every day, the man in charge has MARKET PONDERA EGGS IN BUTTE POULTRY RAISERS ADOPT SCIEN- TIFIC METHOD OF HAND- LING PRODUCT 10 to 15 Centa Per Dozen More Re- ceived by Farmers Belonging to Association Which Has Licensed Grader, Miss Cushman Announces. Through the grading and candl- ing process eggs are becoming stand- ardized. The highest quality prod- uct, which includes eggs weighing not less than 24 ounces to the dozen, clean, unwasheil and with air cells of not more than 3-6 of an inch, are designated as \Montana Select.\ These \select\ eggs can be sold in By properly grading, candling and packing their eggs and ship- ping them to the Butte market, farmers of Ponders county are receiving from 10 to 15 cents per dozen more than prevailing prices in that county. A licensed grader is employed, eggs are assembled tWifee á week and shipment is made in patented cartons bearing the official seal of the state. trouble, he steps and helps him out of his difficulties. He sets 'the ex- ample for his men (even to observ- ing the first rule of the farm, i. e.. close all field gates behind you) and they all are very loyal to him. In an ordinary industry, operating plenty of opportunity to study cost 250 Employes. of operations and devising lower - There are about 250 men on the cost methods. On a fares there are job, eating breakfast at 5 a. m. and practically only three operations per supper at S p. m., all of these men j year. plowing or breaking, seeding working under a bonus system. One ! and harvesting, and it takes years is impressed by the speed with which to devise new methods so as to re - the crew perform the heavy work and the loyalty they show to the organi- zation. Men from all walks of life, college men, professional men, prize fighters in summer training and farmers are to be found on the job. A great many regard the experience as a school rather than a workshop and some of the students have been immetisely successful in applying the Campbell ,methods, on a small scale, in other localities. As you judge, I was highly im- pressed with all the features of the farm, but that which impressed me the most was Thomas D. Campbell himself. I have known him for many years, but this is the first time lir\ . \ -- \ - W -21 r - a r- W w-211 r -2. I have been with him on the job. He Cuticura Talcum runs the job in every detail, being a combination of a highly -trained business man, executive, mechanical engineer and farmer. He met me at ET the depot, driving a Stutz roadster. and after that we seemed to be every- where on the job, traveling at high — speed, his brain working as fast as the motor. Mr. Campbell seems to have all the details of his immense operations at his finger tips and his mechani- cal ingenuity is remarkable. He can run or repair any piece of equipment on the job and during his inspections, should he find any operator having duce expenses. However, Mr. Camp- bell and his mechanical engineers spend their winter vacations (?) in developing and inventing new mach- inery and labor -all -locations and each year shows a lower cost than the year before. Mr. Campbell reminds me of greas- ed lightening. He is one of the Amer- ica's great men, constantly striving to improve farm methods so as to take out as much a spossible the gam -1 ble in that industry and at the same' time assure the multitudes of cheap' bread. the patented carton and under the stare seal. In order to establish an egg mark- eting association of this kind, isccord e iug to Miss Clubman, there must be at leapt five members and the eggs must be candled and graded by an official grader liceaaed under the state laws of Mostana. At the pres- ent time there are eight of such licensed graders in the state—two In l'ondera county, two in Rosebud, one in Sheridan, one in Big Horn, one in Wheatland and one for the state at large. A number of local marketing as- sociations shipping \Montana Extra Select eggs,\ are already operating in the state and there is a growing demand for the extention of this system of marketing. Butte offers the nest market for such eggs, and as yel the demand is much. greater than the supply, according to Miss Cushman. The Montana Egg show held at the Mining city each winter has done much to develop a market for high quality eggs. Uses Hands to Catch Trout. Sven Thompson, who lives just east of Big Timber, came in with a trout story that will make some of the high -brow khaki suit and $75 r ranglers envious. He and a man were snaking out a tree from the Boulder, just opposite the Robert Milne ranch, at the bridge. They had the horses in the water holding the tree while they anchored it to some rocks. The man looked down and saw a large trout between one of the horse's feet and in next to the rock. Ile called Mr. Thompson's attention to it, and both grabbed, one catching the trout by the head and the other by its body. Then they took it to the Milne ranch and measured it. It was 13 1-2 inches in circumference. 22 1-2 inches in length and weighed exactly six pounds._ New Summer Resort Planned, C. A. Weil was in Eureka from Shelby a few days ago, accompanied by a capitalist, who has purchased the Mills place on Glen lake and plans on development of the property as a summer resort of considerable pro- portions. Negotiations are also on for some adjoining property which will be developed on a large scale by the building of numerous cabins and other conveniences that will make it one of the attractive pleasure resorts of the northwest. -0 The Livestock Market By CHARLES 0. ROBINSON & CO. Chicago. Sept. 4, 11125. Monday we had about 17,000 rangers on sale, which was Just about half arf the total receluts for that day. There was a big supply of medium and halt fat native steers, and this gave us a big run of me- dium cattle. There were very few choleti rangers on sale, cud they sold about lower, while other grades of steers were 25 to 50c lower. Cows were '25c lower. The highest quotation was $10.65 for twe loads of choice, dehorned, Montana steers, averaging 1201 lbs. We sold two fat Mon- tana yearlings, out of the J. IV. Folly ship- ment. from Hinsdale. Moist., at $10.50, one weighing 800 lbs., and the other no lbs. Tuesday, with 2500 westerns on sale, the market was strong on the best grades, and steady on others. Twenty head of choice II - youilng steers belonging to E. L. Dana sold at $11.00, averaging 1476 lbs., with 22 head of the second cut, averaging 1210 lbs., at $10.50, and 12 head, averaging 1379 lbs., at $9.75, and 42 head averaging 1275 lbs., &horned. at $9.90. There were also 64 choice cows. eraging 1190 lbs., which sold at $7.50. Receipts of rangers this week show an Increase of 9,400 head over the correspond- ing week last year. With corn -fed cattle getting scarcer ever day. we believe we will have a better demand for fat rangers from now on, and also believe the demand for feeding cattle will increases The dry weather over the corn -belt has caused pas- tures ot dry up. and if we get sufficient rains from now on, and with the splendid outlook for a good corn crop, it would give us a splendid market for stockers and feeders, after the middle of this mouth. We believe this will be the low week for the season on fat rangeeL----- MONTANA FARMERS HOW tO get the Highest Price for your Grain at the least expense. BILL IT TO MeCAULL DINSMORE DO., st Minneapolis or Iii•tuth Sales Supervised by the Minnesota Rail road and Warehouse Commission and the 13. S. department of Agriculture. Retorn• Guaranteed by Pldelty Bond for esesose.ws Filed with the Railroad and warehouse COIIIIIIISISIO11 of Minnesota Write for free bootiet gyring histrnetions twilit regarding direct shipments. 2 Gra zing Tracts Border in kt LOLO NATIONAL FOREST 25.000 ACRES and 11,000 ACRES AT •S 3 PER ACRE ttensealid gran., water. ntosisealol hane. Has a southern elope givtag early peat up,. Railroad era touches the land. Terms: 10 per tent down. twits w re 4111 0 1.11 into Ii, yearly payments. BLACKFOOT LANI1 iii,VELOPMiNT Drawee 15110. Mleeectla, Moat. 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