Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-05-28
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tai with which to make Il start. Woo
growing, which is bound to be one Of
our chief industries IN a few years,
can be engaged in with profit almost
from the start, 4 young man With
limited capital, good horse sense &nl
will to work, by exercising Judgment
and economy can in q few years make
a life competence oat OF the business,
A nan to make a success Of any busi-
ness must give his undivided attention
to it, and not rely on the sayings Of
unreliable employees; and just SO with
the sheep industry. Much money has
been lost in the bu5inessin this ToIi-
tory by this very cause, anl we be
1leye that every unsuccessful sheep
man can attributa his failure to negli-
& nee and mismcna cement. We know
instances where EoEcSn en have start
ed IN as herders and afterwards to-. q
band of sheep Oh shares and are now
worth from $4,000 to $4,000. These
men were thrifty and economical. and
Ire now in a position to take lie {
We are also acquainted with men who
have invested from $4,000 to $4,000
in the business and lo&t, just bccaree
they exercised little or no Judgment.
had no financial tact, relied on unre-
liable men to look after Their tiocEs,
while they sat around the neares
supply poi2t spinning yarns and
drinking dip As Z matter Of course
they soon went to the wall, Just the
same as they would in any other bust
ness, had they managed it likewise
They then commenced cursing the
business, ignoring the fact that it va;
wholly their own fault that brought
the misfortune upon them.
another industry which in & short
time will rank among the most profit
able Ct our fair Territory is that Of
farming. There are hundre3s Of thou
sands of dollars annually sent from
tie Territory to purchase our II a.
stuffs and meats, which il expended
among the people Of the Territory,
would effectually stamp out business
depression like this We arc nos eng2lf-
cd in. Mixed farming viii prove thc
most profitable. A start can be made
with comparatively littlecarital. Good
agricultural land can be procured IN
der anJ Of the Land acts at a trifing
cost, and by exercising the Judgment
necessary to carry ol aaE business
it can be made a success. Stock rails
ing of the different kinds, Oh a small
scale, can be associated with profit,
and We can see 40 reason VIII this in
dustry would notprove quite as profit
able as any other If properI.5 MA
aged. Heretofore all farming his
been confined tothe valleys, the bench
lands being considered worthless, ex-
cept for grazing, and the only market
product cultivated to any extent was
oats, which yieldlargely and for which
farmers realized from two to two and
one-haif cents Ter pound, the price
depending entirely upon the demand.
Since the advent Ct the railroad the
price of oats has declined in its just
proportion with other prolrct :, and is
now worth only about half the former
price.
When this change came the rancher
considered his occupation gone, but
still continued to buy Minnesota flour
and Chicago hams, bacon and lard,
: e s'he Of producing them himself
plying the demand Of the Ter
- Necessity, the great mother,
has forced them to abandon this old
mode of farming, and they are now
beginning to realize that by cultivat-
such products as will find a ready
market at home, that their occupation
which SO short u time ago they con
sidered gone, is now really more re
munerative than ever. Wheat here
tofore has been raised for chicken
feed principally, and only during the
past year or two has its successful
cultivation in this climate been estab-
lished. Practical tests were made Of
the high bench lands without irriga-
ton, for its cultivation. which proved
eminently satisfactory, and establish
ed the fact that the supposed unpro-
ductive bench lands were III reality
better producers Of wheat thar the
valleys. This revelation has met with
stubborn opposition from the start,
and every obstacle that could has been
placed in the way to deter its develop
ment, but no industry Of so great i'm
portance will remain dormant for any
of time, but will assert itself,
despite any and all opposition and dis
enlargement that can be brought to
bear against it. When this tune
comes-which is not as far distant as
many imagine Montana flour will
rank as high as that of other localities.