The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-30
PROFESSORS FROM COLLEGE CON-
DUCT SUCCESSFUL MEETING.
MUCH INTEREST MANIFESTED
C3ark's Fork Valley Is Declared to Be
b the Best Place in the State for
the Culture Of Sugar
Beets,
Especial to Inter Mountain.)

= Red Lodge, Dec. MISUNDERSTANDING
the inclement weather and the fact that
sthe meeting had not been as we'll ad-
Nertised as it might have been, there
swere % Carbon county ranchers pres
ent at the opening of this county's first
Farmers institute.
f.; Two sessions We're held, one in the
afternoon and the other in the evening,
and the meeting was in every way a
success. Able talks were given by the
various members of the Montana ex-
pertinent station staff. who were present
to conduct the meeting, and the num-
Der of questions propounded by each
speaker and the informal discussion fol-
lowing each address showed the inter-
est taken in the meeting.
The first speaker was Director Samuel
Fortier of the station, who talked on
timely subjects pertaining to irrigation
and water rights, giving illustrations
of various methods of correctly meas
uring the flow Of water and discussing
the water right suits which are be-
ginning to be popular in this county.
Prof. FOrtier advocated a change in
the laws regarding appropriation of
water along the line in vogue in Wyo-
ming, the fundamental idea being to take
the matter of the adjudication Of dis
puted water rights out of the hands of
the courts and put it in charge of a
state commission.
Prof. FOrtier's talk occupied the whole
of the afternoon, and at the evening
session DR.. F. w. Traphagen, the chem
list at the station, spoke on sugar-be
growing. Prof. Traphagen told of the
various tests which have been made dur
ing the past few years to determine the
practicability of beet raising and stated
that the valley of the Clark Fork in
this county had been shown to be the
best place in the state for this work,
and that the establishment of sugar
beet factory in Carbon county during
the next season was not beyond the
range of possibilities.
'Following DR.. Traphagen. Prof. r. S.
Shaw, agriculturst at the Bozeman sta
ton, spoke on the general agricultural
work of the station, giving statistics
regarding the production of the various
crops on the station farm. He spoke
of the necessity of the corpora ton of
the farmers of the state in carrying on
grain tests, and closed his remarks with
detailed sta tement of the marvellous
results of some of the feeding tests which
were carried on at the experiment farm
curing the Iast season.
ii At the suggestion of Prof Fortier, a
standing committee on arrangements
was appointed to Superintend the next
annual Institute, which, If it can SO be
arranged by the station people, will be
held here the latter part of next No
vember.
The committee consists of A. A. Sllis.
Red Lodge; b. E. Vail, Red Lodge; M.
w. Dickey, Rockville; G. F. Peterson,
Bridger, and r. O. Morris, Morris. AT
the close of the meeting a vote of thanks
was extended to the three professors
who had conducted the institute. A. A.
Ellis presided over the afternoon session,
while c. F. Oliver of Joliet officiated
in like capacity at the evening meet
inS.