Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-06-10

virgin MillS river vale, f.,r settlers.
Tins valley alone is greater than til,
whole of Indiana. and am informed
that it is just as productive as the bot
toms along the Wabash. LII this val
ley are lands that will support in af.
tluance millions of people, and it oc-
ours to me that the state is leyelict in
not telling the eastern and middle
states Of the chances presented here
for young men,"
Senator La Toilette If Wisconsin,
said ut Missoula: "Y3u have wond-
erful state, but It's great OppUrtnn-
tiles, it seems to me. are agricultural.
You have rich land, you can raise
great crops. have never seen such
apples as saw at Missoula yesterday.
! never dreamed that the state could
produce such fruit"
Professor Thomas Shaw of the Uni
versity If Minnesota said at The
Montana state fair in Helena in Sep
tember 1907: '"rhis is the first oppor-
tunity have had to see a collective
exhibit in Montana, and after going
over it carefully am of the opinion
that tier" is only one place On the
American continent that could raise
crops anywhere near approaching in
quality those exhibits have seen to-
day. That is the province Of Ontario.
Unq, aliiedly DC crops Ot Ontario are
lacking in the s,.reliO. quality OF the
Montana products, and the. are pro-
duced, 30, by farmers Of man, years
eNwricne and under conditions of
the YER, highest class Of cultivation,
which, of course. Montana farmers
up to this lA, have made no pretense
of toluy. But the Montana farmer
is r,pidlv improving his methods of
cul, ure, and in the not far distant flu
tire we may expect an even finer dis
play than this. although the limit al
read, would seem to have Deen reach
ed"
James j. Hill! ct the Great North
erl said IN the course Of All address
at the stale fair: "MOntana. as Your
chairman said, leads, or has led. in
the production Of gold and Of silver
"l.u o. c.rpn'. and they !a}e Ill j. n,
ex. remedy valuable III opening up
Your state: but let me say that ,he
natural wealth Of the soil Of Montana
is greater than the wealth Of all the
mines within her borders--many
times greater. 1t is not all a fancif,ll
picture to say that Montana can pro
duce when she has the people. the in
dustrious population to go out onto
the soil-Over $500 600 900 annually.
and that will come out Of the soil7
and when it is done they are ready to
turn to the same sources and produce
nave seen the fruition Of our hope
maybe our hope deferred but in that
binding .here is an exhibition OF agri-
cultural proG"cts that cannot he Oh
, tanned b. any state or province en-
! this conti.lent. And in some respects
/ | know tina. it 'anllot be equaled by
! any state OF province an this conti-
i nent.'
In 1908 Man'a,a produced 3, 7'n; 900
/ bushels OF spring wheat on lA; 900
i acres. which was valued December |
] at eighty-siN cents y bushel which
was worth at the farm 81, lS5. tkN. The
average yield was "a bushels per
! acre. Kansas produced 80 bushels
! per acr. ri the same CROP and Minne-
! sofa rs.
OF oats Montana produced 10. Str
! tMN bushels on 80 900 aclas. which
! WAS valued December at forty nine
cents q hrsliel total If s,,l76. 600.
The average yield was 49,: Bushels
per acre. with . value per acre Of
,221.; IN Montana the value of the
barley crop per acre was Sl..2a.
Montana produced Oh 2O,uoo acres
Ito ,o'G bushels If notatoes, an av-
e:age Of l;,S bushels to the acre, or
SGG.6o 70 an acre. In New York the
average Weld Yer acre was eigny-twO
bushels. and the value Of tie crop rer
acre ST, 50
1t is worth Waile ~ give here what
is believed 10 he a conservative esti-
mate of Vie production OF the state
Of Mcrt:,i." dnrIng the Neal ,.s":
FIELD. Farsi AND ORCHARD.
Hay $500. ,...,....,.. ',""'eo"
Potatoes ana other >eae5-