Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-18

ligent man can do that. The Eastern stock
grower can easily draw his own conclusions.
Add to the cost of wool or beef there, the
cost of transportation from Montana, then
subtract the cost of pasturing and feeding
there, and you have it. Their the stock
grower feeds or pastures OH his own PREM
ises the year round. Here he is not COM
PEELED to feed at all, nor own his pasture
lands.
Besides our stock interests, are our mines,
that offer inducements. nowhere to be ex-
celled. There are plenty Of quartz leads in
Our mountains. We know of dozen with
in a "sabbath days journey" Of our sane
tum, unclaimed, that are as liable to be true
assures OF paying ore as any in the Terrific
ry, and there are rich leads in the Territory,
developed to the depth of4O0 feet.
Besides those, we have manufacturers ia
~cilities, equal to any part of the Continent.
Mountain streams in their headlong passage
to the sea, afford the cheapest power in the
world, all that is needed, is machinery and
operatives. Wooden mills, paper mills,
beet-sugar %refinerie, and other mauufactu1-
es may be engaged in with profit. There
are none of the above named mills in the
country. Neitheris there a Towering mill in
Meagher county. Yet there are thousands of
pounds ofrgrain raised, and good mill-sites,
convenient to the best agricultural districts.
AS to town lots, WE would say, that so far
as Meagher county is concerned, there seems
to be but little opening. The county has not
at present, any business center, except Dia-
mond, and we are so hemmed in with noun
tains here, that we could not build a metro
politan city, ever did we so desire it. How
ever, as the county improves there will be a
commercial center for the county, built not
many miles from this place. We have been
far too brief to do justice to the country,
but will take pleasure in giving further
particulars on the subject, or any particular
locality in the Territory, for we have trav-
eled through all the principal valleys, and.
are personally acquainted with their natu-
raj facilities. We will a tou of
the Territory about the middle of Juue, and
will give q hasty glance at what ever may
come before us in the shape Of facts, mate
AeI III thottSSSs ~
Let all who wish to learn of the
of Montana, subscribe at once tor the HUs-
BANDMAN. Every farmer and every citizen
of Montana, should send a copy to the States,
so that the outside world IN ay geta glimpse
at our resources. Every branch ofindustry,
the herds, f1ocks, fields, mines and work
shops, are all well and faithfully represented.
NECESSITY is the mother of invention.
We learn from the. Colorado Farmer, that
MIR. John 0. Brewer, ofPlatte Valley, broth
er of James Brewer Of this county, has in
vented a machine for the determination of
g~rasshoppers. The machine is made of sheet
iron, the front occupying a space Of some
ten or twelve feet, the furnace being about
two feet deep. From this front two wings
of the same dimensions divergent an angle
of about twenty degrees. The whole ma
chine is supported by four wheels, two in
front and one at each extremity Of the fan
ges.
The machine is driven forward by ateam,
and the furnaces beng supplied with fuel,
catch the grasshoppers, as they are disturbed
and rise from the ground. In front of each
furnace is a CRATE, which catches all grass
lopporc which NAV rico offor ba;,or 1;ct,rh-