Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-12-28

N'l'ofeo branches, was king, people laughed
at II. lhey ridiculeu the idea of raising
horses, cattle and sheep and grain here for
'''e Eastern market yet the major portion
VI eproposition has already been realized.
ana few more years will see Northern Pa
clflc trains loaded with Montana grain NOV
''s toward either ocean, and Montana flyers,
roadsters and heavy draft horses will be
lou''o IN the greatharse markets of the East
and West. Our ASSERTION then that Mon
'a'la was Wen wei adapsed to fruit growing was
aiso hooted az, yet fp-day Montana has no
less than athonsalaaI young orchards, many
Of which are already yielding handsomely
OF small fruit, and not few promise we'll
with apples, plums and cherries, and the
worst togy in the country will to-day admit
that the day is not far distant when small
trult orchards will be as numerous as our
mountain homes and our people will revel
IN luxurles OF their own production. Every
hillside and mountain dell is adapted to the
growing of berries and grapes, AID success
ful gardens will soon be more numerous, in
proportion to eur farming population than
they are IN many parts of the States. Farm.
ing has indeed proved a success, and those
who have adopted it have laid the founda-
ton of permanent wealth, and the HUSBAND
MAN is proud of its advocacy of calling
that has proved so great .."s .ao.
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EIGHT years ago we travelled throughout
the settled valleys of Montana and made
the acquaintance OF most of the farmers
yes, we did more than this, we visited their
homes and shared their hospitality We
found them poor but happy, and generally
The majority ofgtheni had COM
naenced without means, and many OF them
without tools and with the most ordinary
teams. Their homes were the rudest mud
bedaubed, drt-covered log houses, but they
were secure from the winters blast. Their
out buildings were of the. g,Ile nature but
fruitful harvests had filled these rude homes
with plenty, and the stranger was made
most welcome. They were picturing bright
days of prosperity for the near future. How
has it been with them :? Let us look the
country over again. The old log house has
in many instances vanished, and neat
frame dwelling, richly furnished and carpet
ed, stands in its stead. A new frame barn
has also supplanted the old log stable. The
farm has been enlarged, the latest and most
farm machinery has been supplied,
and an orchard has been planted. Good
stock Craze in their pastures or loiter about
The barnyard They have wagons, buggies
and teams that can go, The mortgage, if
any, has been raised and instead they now
naye money to their credit III the bank.
Their most sanguine expee tations have been
more than realized. There may, possibly,
oe few exceptions isW who have not
kept up with the times ard shared its pro-
gress, but they are few indeed, and all have
and are still prospering, and the
next decade seems as full5ot promise as the
asst has BEEN And it is safe to predict that
;hese farmers will ten years hence be able
10 take their ease, while those who are just
beginning to-day will beperfectly indepen-
lent. Mining, merchandising and manutac-
;urng have profits, but no calling has in
.hese years produced such universal pros
oerity as agriculture, nor is. there any that
s likely to in the future.