The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-25
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bocauas We have never produced tuouQh %
get foreign market. or shown oareolvsa
ing the professor said, quotng IN
part from en- address BY Secretary
Morton: 1--WE haVo an automatlo
combiDod machine for reducing the bulk.
comuaoting wheat and enhancing ia value.
This machine puts twenty bushels % wheat
into less space than bushel meaaufe
and In doing 80 qualruplea the value Of
the grain. This machine oils itself
Hog. Wheat loaned 10 the we'll bred hog ia
cash Al big interest. A good brood eoN IL
an incarnation Of safe snvestment-a aon
Of bucolic bond the semi-annual coupons
81 which materiaiizs into cash on demand.
All other machinea compared % u are in
sionihcnnt inventions. This potent via is
a eondenaer, lie % also a manufactures %
hama iafda, fiiu pinatinR oils. hair brushsa
head cheese. tooih brushes. glue. buttons
fertilizers. fata. bacon, knife handles
vhisfles. SOAP souee. gauahges and satisfao-
tlon."
Another very interesting paper was that
Of l. ID. O'Donnsll. Of billinRa on All
fslfa." Mr.. O'Donnell ia one Of the Lead
/ ing farmers aau ifFiRationists of the stste.as
I we'll ~ one oi ths most sucosssful. lie 10
/ part owner aud manager OF the great Hss-
pefs farm ia Yellowstone county aud no
one ia tho state IL more comTetent 90 talk
on alfalfa growing than he referring 70
I its production In the Yellowstone valley, he
snid 10 vas she great feeding cr0p Of that
section It's pTodnct trebliu0 that Of any
other hay grown. 10 - an early hay, cut
ting a foil crop thirty days earlier than
any other op in Montana. and furnishing
green pasture thirty 20 siEty daya after
other pastures afs cleaned mp. lie said
that contrary 70 general reports alfalfa will
stand considsrable frost both early and
lAte. without danger. One great advantage IN
raising alfalfa, the speaker said was that
the frst crop cen be gathered before other
hay starts and before harvest, and the last
crop comes after nlmoat oil the other crops
nre ont OF the wny. He said that In the
NelloWatone valley alfalfa averages about
nvo tons per acre for three cuttings. and on
good tracts often four crops are out in
season. As 20 ita quality ~ feed, the
speaker said it was superior feed for
hogs; that they relished u, and that two
months old piQu turned into an alfalfa
pasture ia the spring have made from 30
10 22j porksrs Ia the fall. II cut aud fed
green one ton will support twenty i've hogs
during Hn entire summer. A. sheep feed,
be said that last wear on his ranch they
took 100 old awes IN fair order, led them
on alfalfa. and In forty days they had the
choicest mutton. He said that MI sheep In
winter seem 20 relish 10 IN preforonoe 10 all
other hay, aud that last year his sheep
fed on alfalfa averaged 81 more a hsad be-
fore they we're shorn than those that we're
herded on the ranges As milk producer
be said "a was wonderful, that when COWS
NsTe changed from other hay 10 alfalfa 10
, had the came effect as green grass In the
spring. Aaa hesh producer, he said alfalfa
fed ateefa we're considered By tho local
butchers as equal TO eoTn-fed animals. A
feed for horses. he said that the horses at
, his ranch bad been fed no other hay for
I Eve years, we're In the collar syery day, and
! compared with the best Ia pasturinR
! young horses on alfalfa, he said some pre-
cautions we're necessary. bat old stock need
not be looked after. Lsst fall MI O'Don-
z uen's firm baled and sold twelve sons, and
la !. a a - Hnaa -
they had ever tried. lie said that the cost
Of cutting. stacking and ifrigatinR on bis
place was 81 ton, less than one-half the
cost OF producing other hay.
As 10 the time for irrigating alfalfa, he said
. his folks irrigated the first time after out
ting the nrst crop, and agaia
after she second crop; II the
} seusou IN unusually vet be said they
I could cot the frst two crops before ifriRat-
ing. However, he said 10 was best 10 irri-
tended 90 better the hay - cleaner, ia free
from sand and grit and will cure day OF
two quicker. The speaker said alfalfa
should be out at the frat sign OF blossom.
or before. for the hTst crop. IL the weather
ia hne. leave In the swath about day and
half then rake and bunch. Extra oare
IN bunching the speaker said would pay.
In case of bad weather, and alse II 10 gets
unusually dry, 10 will hold together better.
The last crop he said, would stand 90 be
stacked quite damp.
b As 20 seeding the fret crop he said 10 be
most spccessful by all means use q drill. with
Z twenty pounds OF seed to the acre. Tbs
J Qround should be we'll worked, aud the
, seeding dons In the fall. II possible as the
! ground holds the moisture longer In thu
spring. and IL is best not 10 iTrigate when
I young. lie said early sowing was the best,
as then the farmer could get two crops the
! frat season. Late sowing may have 20 be
} irrigated up and that 10 not 80 sure. lie
> said be did not know of failure whore
alfalfa hHd been drilled in alone. while
I there had been quito a number when sowed
I with other grains. AZ 10 the liability Of
z alfalfa to lun out he said on one Of the
4 HeTper farm meadows they had alfalfa
. sown nine years ago and it was a good a.
a when started. A TO soils adapted 20 the
. growth OF alfalfa, ho said that 10 would do
e we'll on sandy loan OF gumbo bottom lands.
. or on bench land. When once started the
. speaker said 10 would do more 10 hold down
a aikali than any other plant he knew. In
J. 1888 tho Yellowstone valley raised about
= . 900 tons OF alfalfa. The speaker said
D alfalfa was now being bSled 40 Salt Lsks
aud Dsnysr and sent 70 the Chicago mafkst.
a He said 10 was being exported 10 England.
a Whsre it commanded S25 a ton.
!. Another very good paper was read By W.
ID II. hutherlln. editor OF the Rocky Mountain
u Husbandman. lie took Tor biz subject.
% diversified Farming" After showing ths
. superiority Of Montana as q grain pro-
"a ducaF. - proved % the Worlds fair, he
u said conditions we're changing nov. and
that hontanA farmers must diversity theii
4 crops. de advised she farmers 20 cultivats
8 fewer acres in grain ana 90 sesd portion
4 Of their land 20 meadows. principally al
70 falfa. Some Poland-China hRs." said the
o speaker. will prove valuable addition q
4 the farmer. few acres OF clover or al
q falfa pasture will helB them through ths
j. summer. and the wheat and peas thsT cen'
n sumo when fattoning will BE- turned 10 ae-
70 count "a about double ths pfios they would
y bring u sold In abe market. We should
J. give more attention 10 the aardeni
Z. sud the raising OF small fTuits
q eurranta GooseberrisA strawberries aud
10 berries can te raised In abundancs. aud on
x not less than half Of the farms % the atats
"A the hardy kinda OF apples. cherries and
" plnma can be grown with profit We
X should always aim % have besides boms
X supply some fruits 70 sell. some milel
:, cows are essential 20 She comforts of good
- living ON the farm. and whore lesa ares i
2 devoted 20 grain raising more land can b
., used for pastures and meadows rendering
% ~ more dssiFabls sBd Trohtabs 90 hav,
~ some cattle; and II wa have aoms milk o
~ aeli 10 the ereatnsry. take care Of tha calves
'r keep them growing finn she time Of shell
- birth. fatten and sell them for hoef a ons
- and tuo years. this will be found profitable
j. IL you cannot DAD = local market for youl
u bsevsas les few oluh tDgsthsf and send ~
a on three ear loads % inarkst 20 q tifns We
! eau rstss two tens of alfalfa 70 ths aera.
u and eAn eaaily harvest three efeps 10