The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-31
PREPARATIONS TO RECEIVE
APOSTLE or SOIL CULTURE.
he IS NOT A TnEORlST
Message for Man Above the
Ditch and lrriaationtst az Well
May Hold Lecture in Open Air It
Weather 10 Favorable.

M Nv AQOO Ole COlu1uE %~@Q udS
suddenly taken on a new meaning to
many Of the people of Billings and
vicinity and the old Scotch song has
assumed a new interest to most OF
them. Probably, though, it would be
better were the 's'' dropped and the
song revised for this occasion, for
only one Campbell Is coming, and he
the greatest and best known Of the
clan. April 8 is the date selected for
his appearance in Billings. On that
day he will tell the farmers Of Vel.
lowstone county and the surrounding
section how to best cultivate the soil
so as to receive the greatest returns
for their labor.
Although many insist In prefixing a
title to the gentleman's name, he does
not lay claim toNsuch distinction. He
is neither q doctor nor q professor,
but q. plain. unassuming farmer, who
by years Of study and application Of
ccmmon-sense methods, intelligently
applied, has succeeded in evolving a
system Of soil culture and tillage re.
sulting in yields, generous and certain
where 1t was formerly thought nature
had been too niggardly in its provi-
.sions for recompensing the industrious
Ihusbandman.
Not q Theorist.
Mr.. Campbell Is no theorist, who
uses high sounding phrases and mean.
ingless terms to mystify and over
|whelm his auditors. He is a practical
man, who in simple language tells
what he has accomplished and what
others may accomplish II they but
follow the right course.
In the minds Of many the so-called
Campbell system OF farming is appli-
cable to land above the ditch only.
This is a mistake. He has q message
for the irrigationist as well. "Soil
Culture and Conservation OF Moisture
is the subject on which he will talk.
Soil culture is something that inter-
ests every farmer and by the conser-
walton Of moisture he means the mois-
ture nature places in the ground, un.
aided by art. He tells how to raise
crops with a minimum Of water and
explains how good results may be OBJ
tanned without placing sole depend
|ence upon the irrigation ditch.
BY following his methods bumper
crops are now raised successfully in.
western Nebraska and South Dakota,
where the normal precipitation is even.
less than in Montana, and crop fail
ures are unknown where his way OF
farming is followed. To the man who
is content to farm on horseback Mr..
Campbell may have nothing OF inter-
est to relate. but to the man who tills
the soil with q purpose, who wants
something more than nature unaided
10 willing to produce, he brings q
message OF cheer and promise.
TO Run E~xeursion.2
So great interest has the announce
ment OF his coming aroused that steps
have been taken to run an excursion
on that day from Red Lodge and the
intervening places on the Rocky
Fork branch Of the Northern Pacific.
The lecture will be free and there will
be no passing Of the hat. f&the day
proves to be fair. the speaking viii be
in the open air. The place selected
is on the south side, on the vacant
ground between the warehouses Of
the YatesHuse company and Yegen
Bros, Inc. Arrangements have been
made for a great display Of farming
implements and machinery. the diff
ferent Arms dealing in those wares
having agreed to make an exhibition.
Should the weather be unfavorabls
for an open,air meeting the lecture
will be delivered In the auditorium of
the Y. N. G. "A. building, which has
been kindly placed at the disposal OF
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