The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1916-01-21
MONTANA GIVEN
A BIG BOOST
State to Produce Half Billion
Crop Says California Paper
PRIZES AT WORLDS FAIR
Treasure State Received More Awards
Than Any Other-Develop-
ment Only Begun.

ment Only Begun.
That Montana's greatest need is
more progressive farmers to bring
her annual crop production up to the
half billion dollar mark, and that this
state with only 10 per cent of its land
under cultivation, is the statement
made in a splendid editorial published
in the Implement and Vehicle Record
of San Francisco, which has circu-
lation of many thousands. (
In the course of the editorial th&
fact is brought out that Montana won
a greater number of awards on her
cereals, grains and apples than any
other state in the union. 1t further
advertises the fact that Montana won
numerous prizes on her agricultural
produce at number of other shows
where she competed with every state.
The editorial follows:
"What is the future of state that
will market a $67,000,000 crop this
year with less than 10 per cent Of
it's agricultural area under cultiva-
ton at the present time? That is
the question Montana propounds for
the worlds thoughtful consideration.
Montana knows the answer. In the
not too far distant future she conf
IDENTIFY expects to produce a half
billion-dollar crop annually. This
probably sounds extravagant. Yet
it is really conservative as Mon
tana's great reservoir of agricultural
wealth is just beginning to be prop
erly tapped-and appreciated.
"From the latest available infor-
nation, the 1915 Montana crop in
dications are as follows:
wheat, $3O,00o,O00; oats, $780,
900; flax, $4,o00,OO0; barley, $1,000
900; rye, $165,ooo; hay, $4,000, 200;
potatoes, $3.50, 900; sugar beets, $1,-
ooo,ooo; apples, $5oo,0oo; other fruits
$3.50, 1000; vegetables, $1,oo0,00o.
"The above represents about 10 per
cent of the total tillable agricultural
acreage of the state. The other 80
per cent are still waiting for the
plow. The plow is coming and the
half -billion-dollar crop will follow.
"In addition to the foregoing slight
contributions to the nations wealth
and prosperity, Montana's livestock
crop for 1915 also makes tidy sum:
"Beef cattle, $15,0OO,OO0; wool, ST.
100000; swine, $2,800,0O0; horses,
81 100000.
"But it is the agricultural develop
ment of the state that has the big
future before it, although livestock
farming will more than hold it's own
as Montana has some 30,000,000 acres
Of excellent grazing land in addition
to its extensive agricultural acreage.
During the fiscal year of 1914 final
proof was made by homesteaders on
2,667,632 acres of Montana land, ac-
cording to the report of the general
land office. The year 1915 is also wit
Messing great influx of homestead
ers who are rapidly taking up the
available free agricultural land. At
the present time there is something
like 2O.OOO,000 acres of public land
still open in Montana, half of which
is adapted to farming.
ut is interesting to note that the
! highest competitive award in the
agricultural division at the Panama
Pacific international exposition, was
given to Montana. This state was
awarded nine medals of honor on
wheat, oats, barley, flax, grains and
general agricultural products. She
received 73 gold medals, 236 silver
medals, 1875 bronze medals and 100
honorable mentions. This achieve
ment is merely duplication of her
usual showing at national and inter
national .expositions of competitive
nature, as is evidenced by the prizes
won at the national corn exposition
at Dallas, Texas, in 1914, and four out
of twelve sweepstakes won at the dry
farming congress, Tulsa, Oklahoma
in 1913.
"All Montana needs now is more
progressive farmers with sufficient
capital to develop the land and har-
vest the bumper crops that are the
heritage Of the Treasure state"
GLASGOW BOY WINS CUP.