Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-12-24

so much as Mr.. Lutz's statement.
II you can grow mixture in that
way; If you can grow fodder corn, as
l have stated, and if you can grow
alfalfa as ! think you can grow it,
why there will be 10 difficulty what
ever in growing livestock here in the
future, to far greater extent than it
has ever been grown before. / be-
lieve, farmers, that you are going to
he able to grow great amount of
stOck-mOre than you have ever been
able to grow before, because of the
larger production you are going to
get out Of the land. I do not think it
would be wise for Il farmer when he
first breaks his land, to go to any
great extent into the raising of live
stock. think the wisest thing to do
is to try to raise some grain as quick
~ rs possible, something to bring
him money. What crop will bring
him money the first year! Suppose
he settles the last Of the year, he has
nothing broken. WHAT'S he going to
do next year to make money? Now
that can be done. Tie breaks up
piece of land iii the spring. The soil
should be plowed to considerable
depth, and flax will make as profit
able a crop as he can plant. Drill
the flax in to the depth Of about an
inch. Ito not think in should need.
say more than one and half pecks Of
flax to the acre. l believe at the end
of the season, he could expect to get
ten bushels Of flax per acre-I have
heard Of from 70 to 10 bushels, but
think that eXtreme-if he gets ten
bushels to the acre. don't you see he
has a money crop to help him out the
very first season he farms. Iwould
like to mention another thing in con-
nection withathe flax crop. He is not
likely to get as good Il wheat crop
after flax as if he had grown a wheat
crop. For that reason he should try
to make a wheat crop his first crop
OH a field.
Then think the alfalfa crop is 60
ing to be an important crop, when
the farmers begin raising live stock,
to provide forage. together with the
fodder corn. l have talked about.
would say that suppose a person has
just located OH claim and has no
land broken. If he breaks mp a piece
of land and sOws alfalfa on the break
ing, between the middle and the end
Of May believe he is going to get a
stand of alfalfa at Il reasonable cost,
by sowing not more than eight pounds
Of seed to the acre. That is one way
to get a stand of alfalfa, but would
not recommend that way to farmers
who are established on there farms.
They should prepare their ground
properly and SOW alfalfa OH land that
had previously raised crop OF wheat,
flax or corn.
want to say a word in regard to
beans, to which Professor Cooley
made some reference. would like
to know how many bushels Of beans
can be obtained from an acre in Mon.
tana. ! have heard of 20 bushels to
the acre. We will assume that it is
possible to raise 70 bushels Of beans
to the acre. l suppose you can get
beans in this town at 10 centsa pound
/ assume that farmer might expect
to get cents pound for his product,
which would be 81. 90 a bushel, and if
he can grow twenty bushels to the
acre, that would be return of $50. O(
All acre, and at the same time hi
would be fertilizing his land. He il
bottling moisture in the ground, All,
it seems to me worth while for tn
farmers of Montana to raise thes
beans.
Now there is man who told me
tremendous story tonight. He toll
me he raised 1850 sacks of pOtatOe