The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-03
A REGION OF GREAT PLENTY
Some Interesting Opinions on the
Agricultural Possibilities of
Cascade County.
Fancies are One Thing, Facts Another,
and Facts Fav0r
Us.

~ paper Tedu DeIOrO inc board OF trade
at Wednesdays meeting attracted a good
deal of attention. 1t was written by A
II. Kyle, Jr,, and was an argument in ia.
vor of more downright agricultural ac
tivity in the region surrounding this city
The following extract is given because Of
it's great value at this time:
The first thing that commands our
immediate attention is the condition and
fertility of tho agricultural land in the
vicinity of our city, and, ia fact, Of the
entire county of Cascade. If the facts
as they exist were known 10 the general
! public II would be but a short time until
thousands OF acres Of these broad prai
ries would be converted into rich, golden
harvest fields.
If the advantages offered the people
and the productivity Of the soil were
known to the innumcrablc eastern farm.
ers who are rent poor, the seasons of
1893 and 1891 would see the dirt fall
from the piow shares almost at a pace
with the speed Of water going over the
dam at the Black Eagle falls, which
water creates an accessible power which
will convert the returns of the farms in
to marketable products.
There are many persons who will snccr
at the idea of this being naturally agri-
cultural land. | will call the attention
of such persons to the statistics furnished
us by the department of agriculture un-
der the supervision of Secretary Rusk.
who was once himself Il western farmer.
These statistics show that for a period
OF ten years, beginning with 1879 and
ending with 1889, that there were only
fwn utatac uract of fhn Miccpnri rivnr anal
six east of it that averaged more wheat
for the number of acres SOW than Mon
tana, the average for this state being ~
bushels per acre. 1t is also a fact that
the same report covering the same period
shows that there is but one state west of
the Missouri river that equalled Montana
in the yield of oats. Does not this indi-
cate that Montana is a grain growing
state?
Some people claim that the altitude is
adverse to growing grain here. For the
benefit of such persons | will compare
Cascade county with Klamath county,
Oregon, which has the same altitude.
and yet Klamath county is considered
the best grain producing section Of that
state. There I have seen mammoth
crops of small grain growing year after
year without artificial irrigation. which
demonstrates to my mind that this alti-
tude does not affect the productivity Of
the soil.
Having Travelled through the western
states and having made the soil a care
ful study, and also having made Il care
full examination Of the same, especially
z IN California oregon and Montana, am
prepared TO say that the general cha"ac-
ter OF the soil and lands around Great
fuls are very much likc the lands IN the
ABOVE states. considered the best and
most productive, why is such a large
iiourlng mill beng located upon the
banks OF our river representing a part OF
one OF the largest Touring mi!l companies
IN the world.
why, Also Is this large brewery plant
being erected IN our clty:
These concerns viii consume thousands
and thousands of bushels of barley,
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