The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-08-30
FEDERAL AID is
AVAILABLE AT ONCE
Two Million Dollars of Government
Money May Be Used By Farmers
In Northern Montana.

The following article of the great
est Importance to Valley County
farmers was sent out this week from
the County Agents office:
We have two million dollars of gov
eminent money available for the
people Of the drouth striken distric.
of northern Montana. 1t is only in
tended to care for fall seeding. Why
not make use Of this money? We
have ideal conditions for the fall
seeding of rye and wheat and the
government will loan us the money
to buy the Seed
Please remember that this unique
action on the part of the Federal au-
thorities, being the first action of
try. Remember again, that they did
not wait for congress, but realizing
our perilous condition and the neces-
sity of action, they took the necessary
steps at once for our relief. Now
the weather man has come forward
with ideal weather conditions, there
fore, it is up to US to take advantage
of fall of this, stay on our farms in
Valley county and put in good acre
age of fall rye or winter wheat.
There is no cred tape" connected
with getting the money, the process
is simple and the action will be quick.
If you don't understand the process
ask and Farm Bureau officer or any
banker, who will gladly make out
your application without charge.
Rye is good, reliable dual process
crop. If seeded early it will afford
good fall pasturage, and in extremely
dry seasons it Will make good hay
if not a ten or twelve bushel irop,
Rye is an excellent food for hogs
and when mixed with oats is a good
horse feed. 1t makes good flour and
the food administrator contemplates
making it substitute.
Rye fits into the farm work by
helping out in the spring when there
is always rush on and again at har-
vest time. Then when a few rainy
days occur in August the land is
ready for the plows, and speeds up
the fall work again, and thus evens
son.
Therefore, it is urged that a large
acreage be seeded to fall rye. Make
use of the government money we
have. There is no excuse for any
farmer not putting in a few acres.
Valley county should have 10000 acres
into fall rye and winter wheat by
September Is. Early seeding is ad-
visable. The earlier the better.
Fall rye and winter wheat will be
available as soon as it is threshed in
Sheridan county. 1t is advisable for
us to make use of what assistance we
have as congress may not see fit to
give US any further assistance.
M. E. STEBBINS,
County Agent.
The following conditions must be
met by farmers in the drought-strick-
en- districts of Montana in order to
obtain Federal aid for the sowing of
winter wheat and winter rye in the
fall 1918. These requirements have
been agreed upon by representatives
Of the United States Department of
Agriculture, the Montana Experiment
Station and the Montana Agricultural
Extension Service cooperating.
l: Plowing-The land on which the
grain is sown must have been we'll
plowed since August l, 1917. The
ploWing must have been sufficiently
we'll done so that there is no evidence
that the native sod is re-establishing
itself.
2. Conditions of seed bed-The
land should be free from weeds and
must be sufficiently free to allow the
uniform covering of the seed to the
proper depth. Land which was sown
to a crop in the fall of 1917 or the
spring of 1918 must be mellow enough
to allow seeding to depth of at least
two inches.
8. The seed-The seed sown must
be of good quality and practically free
from weed seeds. The seed must be of
the Hard Red Winter type of such
varieties as Turkey Red. Kharkov,
Crimean, or Alberta Red and must
have been treated for smut either
with formaldehyde or bluestone solu-
tion. The seed of both wheat and rye
must germinate at least 80 per cent.
4. Date and rate of seeding-The
wheat must be sown not later than