Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18
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fed with the interests of all the people.
The evil Of having vast grazing areas en-
closed does not here exist, nor do large
cattle companies dominate the range.
On the contrary, the ranges are occupied
in common by a multitude Of stockmen
owning from 80 head to several thou
sand, who have organizations for hand
ling their stock upon a pro rata system of
expense. Like the early stockmen every
where in the west, the occupants of these
ranges have grown rich from small
beginnings without the application Of
those business principles that alone will
insure success in other pursuits.
With the influx Of farming population
that will follow the advent of the rail
roads, the system of range stockraising
will have to be greatly modified. Vast
areas suitable only for range herds will
always remain open, but these will be
equally available to the farming stock
grower, in whose interests will be all the
changes that will occur.
THE LANDS OF NORTHERN MONTANA
are arabic, but the rainfall is variable.
Cereals upon adobe soil are not a sure
crop every year without irrigation; but
the soil is by no means all adobe in char
acter. In the greater part Of Cascade
county it is Of a friable nature. rich in
phosphate salts, and rests upon a clay
substratum that retains the water above
it. Such soil is especially adapted to
raising roots of the beet and turnip vari-
cites, and rich grasses like millet and
alfalfa. All these send their rootIets
deep for moisture, and yield enormously
when grown in a soil rich in salts and
p~hosphates. Raising grain does not
make anybody rich in any country. Here
the conditions are perfect for a different
kind Of agriculture. 1t is no secret to
those who know the possibilities of our
soil and range that
STOCK FARMING
is the easy road to a competency. Pound
for pound beets and turnips, rich in sac
charine matter, and millet and alfalfa.
rich in nitrogen, and superior as feed for
stock to the best meadow hay in the
states.
Twenty to 80 head of cattle will in
the care Of a thrifty manager grow to 10
times that number in five years, and at a
minimum expense, because a homestead
can be readily acquired, and large areas
Of summer pasturage viii always remain
open and free. In April the bands can
be put out upon the free range and
brought to the vicinity of the ranch in
November to be fed during inclement
weather, or to prepare the beeves for
early markets, which are always the
best. Only the best breeds of cattle suit
able for both dairy1ng and the butchers |
block should be raised: such as the short |
horns and holsteins.
THE DAIRY INTERESTS
of this territory can be made equal to
those of any state. There is a present
demand for products of the dairy that
the territory cannot supply, and the
daily grows larger with the in
crease in population. Creameries and
cheese factories will prove profitable in
every district. The companion industry !
OF poultry raising will well repay the far
mer's wife. Spring chickens commonly
sell for a dollar per pair, and ranch eggs
are an expensive luxury served by hotels
only to distinguished foreigners whom it is
to impress favorably.
THE RAISING OF HOGS
can be made highly remunerative. In
various forms of cured meats up
wards OF 100000 hogs are brought into