The Harlowton news., 1913-03-28
MANY PEOPLE WSI
BETTER F. ARNnNG. TRAIN
Everyone is More Than; Satisfied This Great
Better Farming Train viii. Have Tendency !
to Enrichen the Farmers Of Montana.

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the morning Of March u, covering
tiKei points ! donl::the Ealhtflnl alley
road, and Butte On The u e. way Z. u vest ! y
ward to the western terminus, Of
the triprat Frencht own. branch on.
Monday and Tuesday, and from
,there: goes east. to the terminus sof
VIE l tP'ipx ri x..F' Baker l Inst at;the eastern
edge Of the state.
" The expenses Of the farm train
is borne joiintly1 <bi,y tie 7 railroad,
and the board Of farmers institutes
Tor Montana, the aervidesof the
College staff being given without
charge, This IS the first train Of
the kind equipped by the Milwau-
kee road in Montana.
On the first flatcar back of the
engine was a model chicken house
which was the object Of much in
terest. There were no fine stock
chickens taken along, the; purpose.
being merely to givesa good impress
sion of the best way To- make a
chicken house that would be eco
nomical and satisfactory for the
best service. A bulletin Of the.
Experiment. Station was given
away to ali applica ants which gave
comp ete Of this ] house
with Methods Of onstrnc tion, all
the nsions, etc. Next to the
aatcar was. a baggage car fitted up
for the livestock, which consisted
Of cattle, sheep and hogs. The
famous COW, Polander, champion
grade cow Of the world, which pro.
duced /, ,O56 pounds Of butter in
one year, the property Of the ex-
pertinent station, was the animal
attracted the most attention. She
was purchased in Minnesota simply
as promising grade cow and
little is known Of her breeding.
The discovery Of her remarkable
qualities was made by the expert
Ement station in their careful tests
Of their dairy COWS. She netted
above the cost Of herfeed and care
1904 in one year. m The next best y
COW Of the college herd netted q
little over 500. The average was
in the neighborhood 81 seventy
dollars. M
| There were other animals Of the
Edairy and beef types. In general
the teaching Of the lecturers was
that pure blood was less important
than good form, and:a promising
fheredity. =
There we're specimens OF blopdeo
and cross bred sheep, showing. the
characteristics Of the wool and THE
form Of the animals. There Were
also exhibits of wool, showing stht
careless and costly methods o
packing wool Of all grades together
n Eresult ltingai in a low sale price. Will
I the exhibit Of sheep was a frame
i of which were exhibited wool 0
i, various grades in specimens take1
!. lat all the stages Of manufacture
into many kinds of fabrics.
There were several kinds of hog
on exhibition in fine specimens
u An interesting exhibit was th
I'fhistory Of certain feeding expert
ments with hogs that showed th
!, relative high cost Of grain 70
fattening hogs, as compared wit
a mixed ration of grain and Glove
! or alfalfa or beets. By far th
F.2@ AE Y = 1 E2.sT Y II
! cheapest fattening ration for hog
was shown to be grain an
} skinned milk il itself a goo
, argument for the dairy industr
i as an adjunct to profitable farming
> The report Of q sheepfeeding y,
!. pertinent showed that clover an
] alfalfa mixed with the grain mad