The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-04
CLOSE CONTRACTS With
WORLDS LARGEST FARMERS
Local Banker Joins Morgan In Gigantic Farm
ing Enterprise. Thousands OF Acres
Will be Farmed Scientifically

ing insight into farming operations
as projected by Wall Street and local
capital.
Mr.. Thomas D. Campbell, president
OF the Corporation and Mr.. F. w.
stevens, vice president of the co,1pa-
n.y. were in Poplar three days Of last
week and before they left the final
chncher was put on the Ft. Peck pro-
position, making in certain beyond
doubt that the Campbell Morgan
company, the largest farming cor
poratlon in the world by the way,
Will operate on this reservation. The
leases, equipment and machinery of
the Bleseker-Martin outfit, who I'D to
the present have blazed the trail in
big farming projects for the Fl. Peck
nave been taken over by the Mon
tana Company and besides the $500
acres the Beiseker-Martin people
nave prepared for crop the Montana
Company expects to whip some 49,
900 or 10000 additional acres in the
line for crop within the next two
growing seasons. Next spring thew
Will put at least 10000 acres into ac-
tual crop and break up some 10000
acres besides. This company oper-
ates in units of 10000 acres. This
means that they will put 10000
acres in crop in a certain year and
summer fallow 10000 acres. The
next year the 10000 acres in crop
Will be turned over and the first unit
sown to crop and vica versa. In
brief the policy of this Company who
1arm strictly according to scientific
principles is to have a unit yield 4
crop every second year. They have a
crop each year of course but it is a
separate unit each year.
The Fl. Peck project will be di-
rected solely by C. J. Beiseker, the
Plentywood banker, according to Mr..
Campbell.
"You may say for us positively
tnat Mr.. Belsker will direct the oper-
ations here, said Mr.. Campbell. His
will be the last word on the Ft. Peck
project"
Mr.. Beiseker expects to establish
Dfhces in Poplar Immediately and de-
ciared that the work will be handled
from this point. Mr.. w. J. Breeke,
Of Grand Forks, who has been with
the Montana Company for IL years
will be in personal charge of the of
1ces. Mr.. Harry Martin, who was
spoken of in the highest terms by
Mr.. Campbell, will, it is understood
direct the full operations for the new
company. The company have pur~
'hased three new Aultman-Taylor
'ractors and by the end of the week
expect to be tearing up the earth ON
he Beiseker-Martin place and ad-
accent to it with the aid of 8 trac-
ors pulling 10 plow bottoms on old
ground and bottoms on new ground,
some of the land the company ex-
'ect to farm is on another part of
ne reservation but respecting tho
wishes of Mr.. Campbell and Mr.. Beis-
ker that part of the program will
ot be dealt with at this time.
Mr.. Thomas D. Campbell, the pre-.
ldlng genius in all this vast under
aklng is an interesting character.
ike all truly big men he is not CIV
n to talk about himself. When pres
ed ne will admit certain facts but
lie interviewer must draw him out:
Is not there to give you a first
arson singular interview by any
amer or means. To the Standard
was inclined. to talk about most
lything else than himself. This
'wspaper was able however to learn
few things about this young man
years Of age who is at the head
the largest Organization of its
nd in the world. For instance he
dertook the work on the Ft. Peck
servatlon at the personal request
secretary Franklin K. Lane, OF
Interior, and Herbert Hoover OF
National Food Administration.
:. Campbell who is AN engineer as
III as farmer wanted to 20 to
r. He was willing to do his share
er here in the farming line as he
ways has but just now he wanted
get into the thick of things. Lane
! Hoover know that the worlds
eat supply is down. Our supply
gone. If men are to fight they
st eat. To grow wheat is part of
country's task. Lane and Hoov-
(COntiuund on poua Lyr.n4.