Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-28

came next are Il large number of ex-
amples Of farm equipment for house,
hold purposes. irrigation and farm
| machinery for various operations,
including many types Of machinery
that could be made OH the farm with
a little ingenuity.
Z, The next car showed in y very in
teresting way the proper methods of
/ blowing and cultivating land for dry
/ farming and particularly for the cult
! walton Of potatoes. Cases were ar
ranged showing IL square yard or two
! Of the surface of the soil, aud by
means Of Il glass front OH each case
! the condition of the soil to the depth
j OF ten inches or so VAS visible. In
! the successive cases was shown the
! proper and improper methods Of
! plOwing. the proper and improper
method Of packing the soil after
breaking, and the proper and i'm
| proper methods of cultivating the
! surface to retain the moisture. \
! series of cases similarly arranged
with glass sides showed the proper
! methods of arranging the soil for the
raising Of potatoes, either OH dry or
irrigated land.
There were exhibits here of several
/ OF the best varieties of potatoes.
! showing the characteristic folins and
; coIors.
The next ear Wss devoted to the
display of Interesting matters in hi-
"logy and chemistry. There We're H.
: lustrations of the most dangerous
plant diseases and insect and animal
pests. y series Of stuffed birds IL
Illustrated the kinds hat are friendly
To the farmer and ought to b- protect
ed. and those which were inilnical to
him.
Then came 4 series or illustrations
OF the meaning of the pure food law.
and Of the alultprat IONS and frauds
rTactlced upon purchasers OF flavor
ing extracts ANA utherarticlps. There
was much OF interest here In the
same dt partment was small auto
matte still for distilling water for
drinking purposes from water highly
alkaline. This would be useful on
farms in Montana in regions affected
with alkali.
The next section showed the effects
of alkali on cement work in causing
more or less rapid disintegration.
THIS fact is matter of Importance
in many places where there is Il high
percentage of alkali in the soil.
The next ear was divided between
the exhibits of the home economics
department, and the good roads dis
play. For the latter there were half
dozen models in miniature showing
the ideal form, and the process of
construction tf several types of good
roads.
The exhibit Of the domestic science
department included three chief lines:
study Of food values of many differ
ent kinds of food: IL collection of use
f"l household articles, not everywhere
in use, including many late inven-
tiOns:a study Of the qualities and
methods of manufacture of many tex
tiles. Any housewife who has ever
been Interested in either the how
or why of her work would surely be
Interested in the large variety Of in
terestlng things brought together.
The waste in the ordinary methods Of
making jelly was illustrated very
graphically. In the textile display
there was fine collection Of the pro-
duets Of flax: and Il fine collection of
the various kinds OF laces.
The displays We're usually ranged
along the side of the cars, IL little oy-
er half the space being left for spec
tators.- From W. +. Brewer. public
itv man with Better Farming Special.
The talk given by Hon. q. {. Gregg
was listened to by almost the entire
crowd. Mr.. Gregg stood in one end
of the coach and the audience seated
themselves throughout the entire car
which made an ideal lecture room.
MIR. Gregg, talk was of such Il ma
tnrt as to be Of great interest to his
hearers. The language was plain
and simple and was Well illustrated
throughout by examples and stories,
so that no man, woman or child was
unable to understand him.
His talk went toward proving that
diversified farming was really the
only kind Of farming. lie touched
education and training of children.
teaching them to look upon the
farm as their future home instead of
aplace to be stunned.
His talk was as diversified as the
farming which he SO highly recon-.