The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-14
DIVERSIFIED FARMING.
brother Yerkes Makes q Few Remarks
ON Yellow Dogs and such.


DIVERSIFIED FARMING.
Brother Yerkes Makes q Few Remarks
ON Yellow Dogs and such.
Bozeman Chronicles: When we look
around us and see the strides some of
our farmers are making In the way of
diversifying their crops. we are filled
with an admiration and glee that Is
akin only to that experienced by the
college student when he pockets the
fifteen ball
Having spent the best years of our
life in trying to teach the farmer wis
dom at our feet-which nature has
made large enough for this and all
other purposes-we smile with salts
faction when any evidences of versa
tility and diversity on the farm is
brought to our notice.
Now. a great many OF our leading
farmers have been educated in the be-
lief that when COW produces a
spotted bull calf, she has done her full
duty; and. II. after prospecting through
straw dump all winter. she comes
out alive. Providence has been kind 10
him by furnishing a mild March. We
have always contended that a COW
ought to be fed something and COM
PEELED to yield milk. butter. cheese.
smear case" or Dutch cheese" and
'clabber." This is diversified farming
dS we kct IL ITOfu n man WHO runs an
agricultural paper In a sheep camp.
There are those who protest that
''clabber" is not a necessary adjunct
to the farm; but we say II Is, and
quote the following to prove our forti-
fed position:
Once. when Bozeman was in the
throes of its annual political revolu-
tion. and-men were falling over each
other to be members of the city coun-
oil a In Aah fnrf 20 nrat
up a citizens ticket. A meeting was
called. but the politicians were as un-
responsive as a pair of hay scales.
Finally a young man arose and said:
conference.-the purpose of this
meeting as I understand II. is to make
the old moss-backs jar loose and con-
gealing ourselves together"
Actuated by a zeal for correct speech
that has often laid us open 10 the
charge OF being born in Boston, we
asked the young man what he meant
by "congealing ourselves together?"
1t looked at us pityingly and said:
''Mean7 Why where was you raised7 ?
Down in Kansas where I came from
we used to have evening parties and
"clabber" was always served for re-
freshments. We took this around to
the folks in tin pans and we used al
ways to say: VIII you have yours
CONCEALED or uncongealed?' That's
what I mean and when you get more
sense. II you ever do, you will not be
coming round and asking people what
they mean when they sling good u. s.
talk"
Since then we have always been n
friend of a diversified farming that
would include "clabber'' in its bill OF
fare.
At another time two fiddlers, with n
threshing machine, went seven miles
after dark. TO play for some folks.
They played till midnight, giving the
delighted recipients an uninterrupted
stream of music. such as the Devils
Dream" THE Raccoon's Tail" and
other classic melodies. At last the
hostess brought them out a fun pan of
"clabber" and some nice. raw rutaba-
gas. Now. IL these particular people
had not diversified. the fiddlers would
have gone hungry.
Another instance I'm support OF our
views: Last Saturday while a number
OF our farmers were hauling in grain
and waiting around TO see II they were
getting a square deal on weights, a
big, yellow dog was run over and kill
ed. His hide was neatly "skun of n
him" and conveyed TO Thomas Il.
Quaw, justice of the peace. who
promptly punched it's ears and made
out a certificate emitting the holder 20
the bounty gwen on coyotes. Mr.
Quaw remarked at the time that
punching coyotes ears and handling
the moist. warm. green hide was hard
ly appropriate and compatible with
the dignity and emoluments of his Of
flee: yet. 10 encourage the down-trod-
den farmers of this valley he was will
ing to do most anything. Mr.. Quaw Is
a very accommodating and polite gen.
/ tleman. OF the Oshkosh. Wis, school.
but when he reads this and learns that
IL was a dog IL is possible that he may
swear.
Enough testimonials are here given.
we think. TO satisfy everyone that di-
versified farming pays. Time was
when we could all hunt the gopher
and make fair wages out OF IL: but
class and discriminating legislation. in
favor of the rich. stepped in and a
I budding industry suddenly died.
But in the yellow dog business we
find a field so unlimited. so rich and 50
inviting. that we need not urge our
people 10 engage in IL.
p. S.-The street we live on presents