The river press., 1914-08-26
COMMERCIAL CLUB NOTES

ricultural college, viz: Circular No
40, FLAX Cropping, Harvesting Meth
Ods,' and Circular No. Al, "Corn
Growing in Montana" These pamph-
lets are from the pen of Mr.. NJ. l..
Wilson and contain much information
on the subjects discussed and should
be in the hands of every farmer.
We are glad to note that in the
on corn particular mention is
made of the fact that in 1912 the
Hon. Geo. H. Stevens of Fort Ben
ton raised 200 acres of corn which
produced heavy crop of fodder. Mr..
Stevens is quoted as saying: II put
my corn land into winter wheat, U.S.
ing small one-horse drills for seeding
same. start my drills about Aug.
ust Goth. and by the time the corn
is ready to cut the wheat is gener.
ally two or three inches high. In
1913 l harvested 80 bushels of wheat
per acre from land handled in this
way" The circular also has an IL.
lustration of the field referred to. the
whole making an excellent advertise
ment for this section in the securing
of which, Mr.. Stevens deserves to be
cOnplimented.
1t is now generally conceded that
some types of corn can be grown prof
itably over the entire state outside
of the mountains, and Mr.. Stevens
and others in this neighborhood have
demonstrated conclusively that it is
valuable crop in itself and that it
has the further advantage of putting
the land in excellent shape for crop
Of winter wheat or rye.
In this connection it is interesting
to note that the Rogers-Templeton
Lumber Co., which has many inter-
ests in Montana, has done a great
deal to encourage the farmers to
grow some corn and they have obtain.
ed remarkable results in attitudes of
1000 feet higher than ours. In con-
junction with the growing of corn
they recommend the raising of hogs
and during the past year have ship
ped several carloads of pure bred
sows to different communities in
which they are interested. The Rog-
ers Templetoa Co. are frank tc ad.
NIT that distributing seed corn graf
is. in holding corn shows and giving
prizes for the best displays and in
supplying pure bred hogs to the
farmers at absolute cost, they are
not acting from purely rhilanthropic
motN es. They recognize that if the
farmers prosper, they viii be able to
sell them more lum, cr and be paid
for it, which is of some Importance
to them and there can be no doubt
that in preaching the doctrine of
more diversified farming the Rogers
Templeton people are working along
, the right line.
The raising of hogs is an industry
cut the state aud il: likely to in
crease as the country settles up and
'he farmers who have already settled
get down to lAcre mixed farming
methods. At !. recent meeting of the
Fort Benton Commercial club atten
.;tn was drawn to the unsatisfactory
conditions existing here in the matter
If market for hogs. We believe
that the difficulty can easily be over
come---as it has been in many other
places---by Il little organization
amongst the hog growers themselves
By putting their heads together they
could easily arrange to ship from
time to time iE carload lots and tC
sl,ip only to the most profitable mar
kct.
This is matter that should be
1>Hy %1,o
County Farmers Cooperative asso
citation, as we believe that such ar
; organization as we suggest would be
of immediate financial benefit to the
farmers.
We are now ready to receive sam
, pies of grain, grasses, etc., for exhi
bition at the County Fair. The little
; time that remains between now anC
the opening of the Fair will be fully
, occupied in having these samples
properly prepared for exhibition pur
poses, and we therefore hope there
may be as little delay as possible ir
sending in anything that may be
deemed suitable.
Our field man has personally call
ed upon about 400 farmers through
out the county and reports that ii
, most sections an excellent crop has
been secured. Winter wheat espec
, tally has turned out remarkably wei
, and in yield and quality will compare
: favorably with any other part of the
{ state. The county and state fairs are
I the best mediums we have for adver
Using our agricultural resources ant
, both opportunities should be takel
advantage of.
, We aim to assist the Fair assOcia
: ton in making the County Fair rep
. resentative of the county as whole
: and cordially invite our neighbors il
. and around Geraldine, Highwood, Biz
. Sandy, Carter. Floweree, or. in fact
wherever they may be located within
, the limits of Chouteau county, to co
, operate in making the fair an un
qualified success, and by so doing
make it pOSSible for us to give a gOOC