The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-02-01
BOZEMAN M T. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1888

farmer can have his mountain range ioF
iilty or n hundred cows without cost al
mulestation, where his dairy herd will
return more rrnft in good butter on milk
than could he obtained from any farm
investment where the labor and cost
would be rimr times as great. While The
mountains endure, and while the rrr-i-
/ Gus metals require the ten of ih"usaids
of hardy miners IT, work them and tHrn
them into honest money, anti wh'ir
artificial butter dishoners the nalne of
this delightful luxury, SO long viii the
| mountain dairics command the custom
aly HIGH price iul ranch butter, cream
! and milk.
| In Montana the dairy products have
i ever been the most profitable of any of
the farmers Investments and as the
population of the Territory increases
there is a market assured for these as
! long as grass erows and water flows.
CLIMATE.
| In order to- correct misapprehension
in regard 10 the climate of Montana that
have gained general credence among peo-
pie who do not take into consideration
| our comparative low altitude. and who
believe because cur latitude is high up
anon. the fUrtirs we must necessarily
| have a climate of Arctic rigor. 1t is Only
necessary to assign certain natural
causes and prove by comparison that
| Montana possesses most equabia, pure,
delightful and health.giving climate than
any portion Of the United States. No
excessively hot weather prevails at any
| time of the year, and the nights are
| delightfully."- cool. During the winter
months there are occasional blizzards,
not so frequent, however, or as severe as
in other northwestern regions. A biz
zard never lasts mole than two or three
days, and is almost invariably succeeded
by an opposite meteorological condition,
The Chinook" a warm western breeze
from the Pacific ocean, comes, to the re-
lief, infusine new life into every business
channel and unlocking the frozen grasses
so that the cattle and sheep, without per-
manent injury, resume their feeding,
and go through the winter without other
shelter or feed than that provided by
the nutritious bunch grass and the viii
lows along the streams.
The severity of the ordinary cold snap
in Montana has been ridiculorsly over
rated. Leaving the occasional blzzards
out of consideration, it may be positively
stated that one suffers far less from cold
in Montana when the thermometer in
dicates twenty degrees below zero than
il almost any eastern locality when it
only touches zero.
This difference is very easily account
ed for by the excessive humidity of the
atmosphere in the East and by the blow
ing of the wind, which renders the air
l painfully cold and penetrating.
The mountain air Of Montana is dri
4 and as the wind scarcely ever blows in
e winter when the thermometer is down
n in the zeros, it may lie confidently as
I serted that as far as climate il concerned
. this inter.mountain territory possesses
. every advantage over the New Englan'
9 and northern Middle States
) The arabic valleys Of Montana are
is from 800 to 1000 feet lower than th'
Z most fertile ones of Colorado and Utah
d In the Eitter Root Valley IN Miss"ni'
n county, for instance. the agrIruit"ta
y possibilities are fully equal t" those "
l. the most favored sections of the Centcn
vi NAL States.
re The tables compiled by Professor Gan
IN net, of the Hayden survey, show tha
fd 81 600 square miles of M"ntana'S are
Ie are less than 1000 feet above the sea
n whilA only 5000 square miles of t"!t
rs, radios area, and none of u'ah's, are
rs less altitude than +,ooo feet.
ld Montana also contains valleys an
IA bench lands, covering an area oi +',h
ny square miles, at n less altitude than j wv
at while neither Colorado, New Mexic
n Utah nor Wyoming, contain an area
surface as low as 5000 feet.
III The official reports referred to mai
IN the mean or average height "t Monial
to above the sea 5000; that of Nevada
be 600; of New Mexico $500; of Wy"mil
nd 5000; and of Colorado 1000 feet.
Montana possesses an average altltn
of ,oGO feet less than the general ave-
on age of the above named States and II
lid ritories, equal to more than seven degr'
Ex- oflower latitude. Compared with th"
les, the lower altitude Of the grazing lar
the more than compcnsatcs for their hlsl
'hu latitude,
is For comercial, mining, stock lalsi
ont and manufacturing pHrposes no elm
'ore in the world possesses greater ndva
'"h ages; being well adapted to inspire
and energy, foster the ambition aud prom
rms the health of the people.
so The season opens early enough. for
Will 5hwing of gain in April. the p'ow
cat. for which is sometimes done in Febru;
ex' All grains sown in the sprins are Il
N Is ripened for the harvest in August
'lpai Septemher, owing to TIE great amo
of dav light from the summer sols
tory until the harvest is assured.
ior The summers arc not too warm AMI
ught autumn months are generally rhara'
heep izcd by the very perfection of " nthc
pro- The snow-fall in Montana l. 30
. 1t much AS in New York or Maine.
'attle The weather at times admits Of tl
who layinr and stone masnnary until
n all Christmas. The Grand Central, hel
that A four story brick h"t,l, Was runstru
put in November and Dccrmhcr OF
hay The follow ing is from the diary
use. citizen of Helena frr the year 1878.
ever Two hundred and t"cnly.two
1.-the calm, clear and mild weather.
great Forty nine days cloudy and Wild.
ell as Nineteen days showing. Total an
cattle Of snow at any one time this year
'ineh' inches.
III be Thirty-threc days, rain.
thout Eight DAYS the mercury below q
ls was Thirty days, windy.
lf dit Four DAYS in June and July, thu
Instant The recorded mean annual ten
ystem ture of Montana is forty eight degr
| one R.purt of Helena Beard of Trade.