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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-10-06

for each variety to grow to maturity.
That year Pride of the North showed
the best termination test among the
Dent varieties, and Gehu was the best
flint. H.. A. Templeton, with a hand
full of the golden kernels, looked out
of the office window toward the
distant bench lands for a moment,
then turned and addressed us ''Mon-
tana will be a great wheat country,
but it will also be a greas stock coun-
try, and the sooner she's both, the
better for all. Other states have
learned a bitter lesson. Year after
year their lands have been robbed of
their richness and many lean years
have passed i'll trying to pay back the
theft. There will be fat and lean
years here, but with proper foresight
we can dodge a lot of trouble, and the
way to do it is to put feed on the
farms and good stock to feed it to. I
believe King Corn has come to stay
and I'm for it."
That day we started in. We visit
ed the schools of nearly forty towns
III CSutIdI anu NOItllCIu MOuIdud.
Children of all ages listened to the
story of a seed of corn; how the moist
earth and the warm sunshine brought
the germ to life; how it took it's sus-
tenance from the endosperm, until the
tiny roots were strong enough to earn
a living from the soil; how the stalk
grew until it bore its fruit-the ears
of yellow corn. We told the children
how to prepare and cultivate the soil,
to plant the seed and tend the plant.
We learned how oil, imitation rubber,
starch, sugar and many other won
derful things were made from the
seed, and how the stalk was both a
rich and healthy food for the animals
of the farm. Thirty-six kernels of
corn were given to each child who
wanted to W a corn patch, and a
medal was the prize for every one who
matured 10 ears of corn. The boy
or girl who raised the best 10 ears
received a silver cup We then di-
vided our territory into three geo
graphical districts and offered a free
trip to Great Falls to the boy or girl
who grew the best corn in that dis
trict.
Pathetic Letters.
1 could tell you of a hundred
pathetic letters that reached me of
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-10-06

that in Iowa and we couldn't make
1t go, and if we couldn't do it there
we can't do it here. [ doubt if we
can grow corn successfully. Better
try out a patch or two first; don't
be like the young minister who was
afraid his first sermon would be a
failure, but decided to read it and
take a chance. After the congrega-
ton was dismissed he asked one of
the elders how he liked it. Il did ma
like it for three reasons said the
elder. First, because we read it;
second, because We read it poorly,
and thirdly because it was ma worth
readin'." Be sure your sermon will
be a success before you preach the
gospel of corn for Montana" Some
body chimed in, "there's a farmer
near Stanford who has matured flint
corr for the past three years and is
selling corn for feed" and then the
discussion grew warm.
H. A. Templeton has a way of see
ing as far through a stone wall as
most people. He spoke; we listeped:
"Corn is being grown successfully in
North Dakota" said he. "I know
that to be a fact. The climate con-
ditions there are verv much like ours,
only we have an earlier spring, which
should be to our advantage. Suppose
we take this question up with Pro-
fessor Cooley and his associates at
Bozeman and get their opinion, and
if they think there is a reasonable
chance to raise corn here in the north,
we'll try the experiment. Person
ally" said he, "I believe it can be
done.'
Looked for Seed.
We got busy, We got advice from
the best authorities at the agricultur-
al colleges at Bozeman and Fargo.
There was hardly a seed firm in
North Dakota or Minnesota we din t
write to about scotland suggestions.
We talked to farmers in Montana who
had raised corr in North Dakota and
we came to the conclusion that flint
corn could be matured in Montana
and that we had a reasonably good
chance to mature some of the early
Dent varieties. Samples of Pride of
the North, Minnesota Is, Northwest
ern Dent and Gehu Flint were sent
for. We asked for termination tests.
We wanted to know row long it took
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-10-06
NO WINTER EGGS
FROM LOUSY HILL

AS it is impossible to expect winC1
eggs from hens that are at all lousy,
it behooves every poultryman in the
state to get after his birds and rid
them of all parasites, so that they
may enter the winter without handi-
cap. AT this time of the year the lice
are often quite severe as they have
all summer in which to multiply and
increase. In Kidding a flock of lice
the first thing to do is thoroughly
clean the poultry house. Clean off
the dropping boards and take out all
waste, straw or anything that could
harbor vermin. This should either be
burned or placed on the garden or
fields where its fertilizing value will
be realized, the disposition depending
on the nature of the dirt. Next, the
whole house should be gone over with
some kerosene mixture in order to
destroy the living lice. This mixture
can be in the form of a spray of
kerosene or any of the ~creosote dips.
This should be sprayed in every cor
ner of the chicken coop, particularly
in the cracks and crevices. The roots
should be painted with a pure kero-
sene mixture. The nest boxes should
receive a good spraying.
For Kidding the birds of lice var
ious means are used. If there are
not too many of them they can be
busted by hand with a regular insect
powder. IF the weather is warm the
birds a be dipped in a weak solu-
ton of a creosote dip, care being TAX
en- to work the dip well into the
feathers. There are various prepara-
tons made for Kidding birds of lice
and many of these are entirely salts
factory.
After spraying the house the birds
car be put back, but another spray
ing should be given some ten days or
two weeks later to kill the lice that
have Matched from eggs laid previous
to the first spraying.
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year the crop will not average more
than five bushels per acre, and black
rust will make even that a very in
ferior grade. If farmers in the most
productive counties of Kansas have
learned that feed and stock have
brought certain profits each year in
stead of uncertain and often unpro-
fitable wheat crops, and the farmers
of North Dakota can lose money even
in the face of the present high mar
ket, don't you think we ought to give
u attention to other things than
raising wheat?
Buy a few heifers and a sow or
two; put in ten acres of corn next
year and see if the profits don't
measure up to wheat at $3.50 per
bushel. At any rate you'll have a
mighty nice nest egg if the black rust
comes around your way.
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By GUY W. BULMER,
Assistant General Manager Rogers
Templeton Lumber Co.

To get right down to pay-gravel, 1
would say that it was a long, lean,
no-type sow with a litter of four
stunted little bay pigs that brought
the Rogers Templeton Lumber COM
pany face to face with their propa-
ganda for introducing the oldest GER
cal in the world to northern Montana.
She stood dejectedly in a four acre
patch of what had once been winter
rye. Her four little ones stood mo-
tionless neal her, their heads whiting
in the hot August sun. The field was
like a worn out, threadbare carpet,
bare and dusty in many places, but
still showing traces of faded brown
verdure. If an alfalfa field or a corn
patch is a pigs paradise, this was
the other place.
My friend, Sam Johnson owned the
pigs, and as nice a laying homestead
as you would a to see, but it was
the year after the big drouth when
everything dried up and blew away.
The country was still thirsty for rain.
"They're not doing very well, SAM"
said l.. "No," said Sam, ''they ain t.,
and | am not in a position to help
'em much. They should a had milk
and oats and green feed, but the calf
needs what little milk there is, an it
keep me hustlin' to pay $1.25 per
hundred for oats for the bosses; an
it's been so cussed dry this year an
the pigs hev been so burned hungry
that the rye amt had no chance at
all. I figgered I'd have two or three
pigs to sell and a couple for the fam
lily, but I guess I'm out o. luck. If
I could only grow some feed l cud
raise some pigs. Talk about feed,
why, it costs me $500 per ton for
hay for the bosses. Pretty tough
sleddin', don't you Think" inquired
Sam. 81 wonder if we could raise
corn in Montana?" I ruminated
aloud, and the old SOW pricked up her
ears and the baby pigs emitted a
chorus of shrill grunts. "Season's
too short an the nights too cold,"
said Sam, and we both moved away
from the earnest pleadings of the
IuhiSIy pigs odIu Sduly anu d llItle
hopelessly-and [ with a vision of
that pig family happy and fat in a
field of whispering corr and the COW
beside them for company-for pigs
may be pigs, but it takes a cow to
start 'em on the road.
Will Corn Grow?
Well, that week 1 told the story of
Sam Johnson's pigs and we had a
conference IN the subject. Robert
Templeton is from Iowa, but way
back his people were Scotch-he's
conservative. eve must have feed
for stock if Montana is to grow pros
perous," said he. "And we can't 60
on growing wheat forever. We tried
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-10-06
BREEDING OR DAIRY HELPERS

or any kind of range cattle for sale. Can
furnish the right kind at the right price,
so get our prices before you buy. Always
have some choice cattle on hand. Tuber-
culin tested free of charge. Also sell cat
furnish good, satisfactory statement, so
write or wire for any information, which
will be gladly furnished.
KING CATTLE CO., Union Stock Yards,
South st., st. Paul. MINI.
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HELP

cigar, POOL set drug res general store store trade Id
can do big business with our new live
pocket side line. All merchants towns
100000 and under want it. $500 commits
sion each sale. No collecting. No eX-
pense or risk to merchant. We take back
all unsold goods. Garfield Mfg. Co., 208
Sigel ST., Chicago, Ill.
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STACKING GRAIN

A practice which is now rather the exception, but which
should be the rule in every county in Montana is that of stack
N grain. There is nothing that will pay the farmer more in the
long run, it is in fact the best possible form of crop insurance.
10 stack grain may cost in the neighborhood of a cent or two
per bushel, but it insures the keeping of the grain and makes
threshing possible any time. AS the grain has to be hauled from
the shocks to a central threshing point when threshing is in pro-
gress, it can just as well be hauled to the stacks, from which, if
they are properly arranged, it can be threshed without further
moving. With the grain in shocks over the fields threshing can
take place only following and during favorable weather.
A rain that is heavy enough to soak through the shocks and
even the outside bundles is enough to delay threshing for a day
or SO. A wet, heavy fall snow has the same effect. If, on the
other hand, the grain is stacked, threshing can proceed at any
time the weather is fine, no matter what the previous day may
have been. Stacked grain can be threshed after the snow has
fallen just as easily as before and the grain is not injured in the
least.
Grain will cure better and more evenly in the stack than in
the shock. The fall rains and SHOWS all play their part in bleach
ing the grain and making it take a lower grade on the market
than grain that has been stacked. There is no question of the
grain keeping in the stack provided it is properly made. There
is an instance of wheat keeping in a stack in England a much
more moist climate than this, for thirty-seven years. In a coun-
try where the fall rains and SHOWS come as regularly as in Mon
tana, and where the harvest is delayed as is often here the case,
stacking of grain is a safe, and in the long run, an economical
practice.
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COMING OF KING CORN
TO NORTH MONTANA

For years it was conended that corn could not be grows in the nothemp part of the state A en-
cpl cps on very diversified farm. Corn will one day be one the important crop of the state.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-10-06
Flax Contracted.

The Northern Flax company has
established loading stations at Waller,
Williams and Mason. The company
has 1900 acres of flax contracted and
pulling is fairly under way. The flax
yield Of the northern country IS very
satisfactory.
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The fellow who takes a chance Of
ten looks foolish when he fails.
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%CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISING

"WHAT DYE LACK"
cried the Peddlers of a hun
dred years ago. They were
the best mediums of their day
to find buyers and locate SELL
ers. Today this service is rem
dered in a big way by the
classified advertising col
umns. Read them, for often
you will find an opportunity
that you were cropping for
without realizing it.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

GENERAL STORES for sale-$1O,O00 and
$4,000 clean stocks; good locations big
money makers; good reasons for selling.
Walter Kennedy, Belt, Montana.
W~ENATCHEE HOTEL - Clearing 5000
monthly. Will trade part; city or ranch
property. alberta Hotel, Wenatchee,
Wash.
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A R LANDS-FOR SALE
MONTANA LAND.

Buy it the EQUITY matchmaking
excessive commissions and profits. The
Equity saves its members money in other
lines and can do it in the selling and buy
ing of land.
800 acres near Conrad, all smooth pillow
land, 200 acres under cultivation, $12.50 per
acre.
800 acres, all pillow land, 200 acres in
grain, reservoir and we'll, good improve
ments, price $50.
5000 acre sheep ranch, joins Forest Re-
serve, will carry 10000 sheep, good i'm
provements, close to town, price $11.00.
800 acre stock ranch, close open range,
SO cattle, 40 horses, machinery, cuts 200
tons hay. price $4,000.
525 acres irrigated, 4 miles railroad town,
good improvements, S25 an acre.
5000 cattle ranch, Big Hole country, joins
Forest Reserve, good improvements, raises
$500 tons hay, price $3.50 an acre.
Large and small tracts, improved and
raw lands, grain, stock and mixed farming
propositions. EQUITY COOPERATIVE
ASSOCIATION, Great Falls, Montana.
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MONEY TO LOAN-REAL ESTATE
IF INTERESTED in loans, farms, stock
ranches or city property write Huntsberg-
er-Givens Co, Great Falls, Mont.
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80 ACRES good, level land near Flathead
lake. Address No. SO West Park Street,
Butte.
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1900 ACRES, seven miles from Great Falls,
suitable for subdivision. 1,400 acres till
able, strong soil. $4,000 an acre. Reason
able terms. B. p. McNair, Great Falls.
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WE ARE colonizing 5000 acres good di-
versified farms or stock ranches. Price
$500 to $500 per acre, nine year terms.
Interest 6 per cent. Write or call for full
information. Pagan & McCutcheon, IL
Dunn Block. Great Falls, Mont.
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2300 ACRE stock ranch, well improved, well
watered and good grass. Price $1,000 per
acre, long terms, low interest. Pagan &
McCutcheon, IL Dunn Block, Great Falls,
Mont.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-04
Basketball.

On Friday night of this week the Ed-
gerton Junior High School team will
meet the Madison Junior High School
team, and the High School regulars
will meet the Madison High regulars in
two games of basketball.
Madison High School is leading for
state honors. She defeated GAINESVILLE
at GAINESVILLE and Lacrosse at Lacrosse.
GAINESVILLE and Lacrosse have won the
state championship for the past two
years. The local high five has an equal
chance on it's home floor and should
hold Madison to close score, sufficient
ly supported the boys may win. A
large attendance is anticipated. A
dance will be given in Academy hall
after the game.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-04
Obituary.
MRS. MARY WATSON.

MRS. MARY WAIOON.
Mrs. Mary Watson, an old resident
of this community, died at the home Of
Susan Maltpress where she had been
cared for for some months, on Satur-
day evening after brief illness.
Mary Stillman, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ephriam Stillman, was born in
New York state 80 years ago and came
to Wisconsin with her parents who
were among the early settlers in the
town of Albion Her marriage to VIM.
H. Watson took place forty years ago
and until few years ago lived upon a
farm two miles west of town. She was
the only remaining member of her fam
lily, a brother, killed in the war of
the rebellion, and two sisters, Mrs.
Thos. Hartzell and Mrs. Nathan Bur-
dick, deceased.
Funeral services were held from the
home of Walter Parks Monday after
noon, conducted by Rev. VIM. Hooton
of the M. E. church. Interment took
place in Fassett cemetery.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-04
Tobacco Notes

Charles Barnard of Evansville called
upon Edgerton dealers Monday.
N. E. Nelson received several crops
here Monday for M. H. Bekkedal, which
were shipped to Boscobel for handling.
Geo. E. Gary of Madison, F. G..
Borden of Milton and Will Smith of
Evansville were visitors in this market
Wednesday.
Fred Greene accompanied by Vim.
Chalmers, with the Liggett & Myers
Tobacco Co., Toledo, Ohio, were visit
ors in this market Thursday.
The P Lorillard Co. received about
1000 acres from growers here on Tues
day and Wednesday. The firm are TAX
ing in their purchases at the rate of
close to million pounds week for
the next two months.
Otto Eisenlohr & Bros, manufacture
ers of Cinco cigars, have Incorporated
with capital stock of $4,000, 900, of
which $4,000, 900 is preferred and
Sc, 600, 900 common. Louis H. and Chas.
J. Eisenlohr will continue to manage
the business, exactly as heretofore.
The Eisenlohr firm has heretofore been
operating as partnership. 1t was es-
tablished in 1850, and now keeps twenty
factories in full operation, the princi-
pal ones being located at Lancaster,
Philadelphia, Reading and other points
in eastern Pennsylvania.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-04
Methodist Church Notes.
REV. w. HooToN, PASTOR.

Public worship next Sunday at 1870
a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
The Brotherhood Bible class assem-
bles Immediately at close of morning
service.
Sunday school, II m.
At the morning hour the pastor will
discourse upon Remember the Sab
bath Day and Keep 1t Holy" in the
series upon the Ten Commandments.
At the evening service the sermon
will be upon Preparedness, both as to
the Nation and the Individual"
''Go to Church Band'' will be on duty
next Sunday. Be present to see how
it operates.
Every day will be Sunday by and by.
Let US go to church and get ready.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-04
Twenty-Five Y ears Ago.

John Hurd sold three clips of wool
that brought him about S17OO.
Severe zero weather has prevailed
for the past week, the first real cold of
the winter.
Louisa. wife of Samuel Clark Jr.,
died at her home in Albion on the 31st,
aged "a years.
Brown Bros. have purchased Harry
Toynton's interest in the Toynton &
Barnes meat market.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Page celebrated
their silver wedding at their home near
Stebbinsville on the 18th.
Three-uuarters of the 1890 tobacco
crop is already marketed and all the
packing points are operating full forces.
Friday, Feb. 6, 1891.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-04
Club Notes.

The Orange Club meets every after
noon until further notice. The atten-
dance thus far has been satisfactory
and social time enjoyed by all pres
ent
The Educational Club met in regular
meeting with Mrs. Smith on Monday
evening, Jan. 81. The secretary, Mrs.
Spike, read the minutes of the last
meeting. Proctor and Mrs. Schoenfeld
rendered duet. Miss Shumway gave
a paper on the nutritive value of vege-
tables and Miss Buclin read an article
on the way to prepare them. Follow
ing was an enthusiastic discussion on
movies, temperance and preparedness.
Adjourned to meet at the home of Miss
Blanche Shumway, Monday, Feb. 7th,
at 3 p. m.
The Culture Club met Monday after
noon, Jan. 81, at the home of Mrs. L.
A. Clarke. The first two chapters of
the drama, 1.-THE Lie" by Henry Ar
thur Jones were read and discussed.
Mrs. L. J. Dickinson was appointed to
act on committee, consisting of one
member from each of the six federated
clubs, to find ways and means by which
money may be raised. The next meet
ing will be held Monday evening, Feb.
7th, at the home of Mrs. James Con-
way, when further study will be made
of "The Lie" Mrs. T. A. Clarke,
leader
The program of the New Century
Club at its meeting Monday afternoon,
held at the home Of Mrs. F. A. Young,
consisted of the narration of the story
embodied in the libretto of Bizet's
opera, Carmen, given by Miss Wilma
Hurd, into which were introduced ten
selections from the opera on the Vic
trola. In addition to the Orchestral
Overture and Intermezzi, the follow
ing vocal numbers, arias and duets as
produced by Geraldine Farrer in the
title role and Martinelli as Don Jose,
were heard: ''Near the Walls of Sc
VILE, /" 'Toreador Song" Halt There!
Who Goes There?" Glover Song"
"Let Me Know My Fate "You
Here?" and LET Me Implore You. !"
The meeting of the club on Monday
afternoon, Feb. 7th, will be held in
Library hall.
The Monday Club meeting was held
in Library club room this week. The
question of assisting in the Red Cross
hospital work was brought before the
club. It was laid over one week. Mrs.
McInnes was the leader for the after
noon, and the study of Chile taken up
as follows: Natural Characteristics,
Spanish Conquest, War of Indepen-
dence. Monday Club will meet next
week with Mrs. l.. N. Pomeroy.
The Marquette Club met at the home
of Mrs. Geo. Nichols. The program
was as follows:
Roll call Quotations from Burns.
A sketch of his life.
His place in English poetry.
A Burns pilgrimage.
Reading -Cotters Saturday Night.
Reading Tam O'Shanter.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-04
Married.
SHARKEY-BLIVEN.

At Stevens Point, Wis, on January
31st, at / o'clock, occurred the marri-
age of Miss Marjorie Bliven to Mr..
Lawrence Sharkey. The wedding was
a very quiet affair and took place at
the home of Rev. A. L. johnson of the
First Baptist church.
The bride is very charming young
lady who has been attending the nor
NAL school of that city, her home being
in Albion. The groom is very pros
porous young man, being employed on
the Lake Shore and Michigan Central
railroad They will make their future
home at Toledo, Ohio.
Their many friends and relatives wish
them long and happy journey through
life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-02-04
"A time freight train due here last

Thursday morning derailed car as it
was approaching this station, which
broke the train in two, and after bump
ing along the ties for a while the car
jumped clear of the rails and landed in
the ditch. The train crew coupled up
the balance of the train and proceeded
on it's way. Sunday a wrecker was
sent oft to pick up the hayward car
and put it back onto the rails again 1t
was one Of those peculiar accidents that
happen but generally more destructive
to rolling stock.