The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-24
.,NE s o'NsIRRllaa4TloNIsTs ARE MORE
THAN MAKING GOOD.
COL0NISTSARE PLEASED
Secretary Decker of Chamber 81 Com
rneree Tells 81 Progress Ii Recently
Settled g Countrywide single F:,a.Il-
ure Recorded 50 Far.

JusLlned8 by the results attendant upou
their operations" said Jean Decker
secretary Of the chamber of commerce,
yesterday. After having, been submit.
ted to as severe 4 test as the land ii
and around Broadview viii probably
ever have e undergo, crops are being
gathered that are truly astonishing.
And, mind you. this Is not from land
which received the proper care and
tdillaage. We all know what Dr. sud
duth Is accomplishing there, and none
are surprised to hear Ut the Yields
Of different kinds 81 grain. garn,esred
by him. But It is what the newcom-
ers. the settlers who are working
their land for the first time, are ac-
complaining that is surprising.
Grain Looking Fine.
only this morning ] was speaking
to Mr.. Waterman, who has q claim
near BroadvieW. Asked to tell ex.
actly how conditions were there. he
said: Grain Is certainly looking hne,
although the grass Is beginning to.
cure. which 4 am told is natural 81 III
at this season. Our people seeded only
small tracts, having arrived too late
IN most instances to be able to break
what land they expect to eventually
cultivate, consequently have small
fields. But IN no instance that has
come under my notice has there been!
q failure, even remotely. Hot q the
weather has been, no signs VI drought
are to be seen anywhere, and, as Il
said before, everything is looking fne-
". For q while some feared that the
soil would be unable to resist the de-
mand made upon It, but 1t succeeded
in every case. I have IN mind a field
OF barley that was especially good
from the start. About 10 days,
ago we began to watch it particularly,
to see whether It would fulfill the
promises II heldsout earlier II the sea
son. II made good, and TIL. owner told
yesterday that It was ready for
the reaper. All the others who man
aged to get little grain into the
ground have had about the same *
perience., N
iowans Have No Complaint.
In answer to Inquiries MI. Waiter
man said that the colonists were wen
satisfied, which Is really remarkable
where conditions are materially difer-
ent and consequently some dfsappoint-
ment was to be expected. 1T should
remembered that these people
are ~culttiyating raw land, hand that
was broken barely in time to receive
The seed. no opportunity having been
given to prepare 1t, 50 as to store the
moisture through the medium Of cul-
tivation and tillage. The things
grown this season were seeded on
sod land, and everyone knows what
hat means. When crops may be gath
cred under such conditions-crops
are satisfactory to farmers from
[owa----it takes no great stretch Of the
imagination to picture what viii bel
lone in q few years hence, when the
soil has received the proper amount Of
cultivation and the cultivators become
familiar with conditions and accus-
'omed to their new surroundings.
skeptlcs See The Light.
The men who have been doubtful
regards the successful farming Of
aon-irrgated land are beginning to
AXE notice and are revising their opinr
Some Of them are slow to accept
he new order OF things, but accept
hem they must; nature does not re-
'pect their whims and prejudices, but
'ollows out Its own plans. with re-
suits that may not be denied"
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