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asked the Secretary.

"Nothing," Campbell replied. Il
am willing to enroll with the dollar
a-year men if the government finances
the project, and if | finance it my
self, all | want is a chance to break
even"
The Secretary saw that he was
dealing with a man and patriot as
we'll as an eXtra-size farmer, so he
asked him why he didn't make it two
hundred thousand acres instead of
twenty thousand.
Gould YOU handle that many
acres?" asked Mr. Lane.
"Certainly," replied Mr.. Campbell,
"only it will take more capital than
l had figured on"
Secretary Lane said he thought
that could be arranged and told Mr..
Campbell to go ahead and draw up a
contract. The contract was drawn
and in due time bore the signature
of Secretary Lane, all the bureau
chiefs and Mr.. Campbell. The In
dians, of course, were we'll taken care
of under the terms of the contract.
They will receive one-tenth of the
crop during the first five years, and
one-fifth of the crop during the Sec
ond five year period, at the end of
which the lease expires.
The next step was to finance the
project, so Mr.. Campbell hurried to
New York, presented himself at the
Offices of ]. P. Morgan and sent in
word that Secretary Lane had asked
him to call on a matter Of business.
Whether Mr.. Morgan had received
advance information of Mr.. Camp
bells coming or not is unimportant.
The fact remains that he was immed1-
ately invited in for conference.
Mr.. Morgan listened while Mr..
Campbell told his story. At the end OF
the story Mr.. Morgan asked how
much money would be required.
Five million dollars" replied Mr.,
Campbell calmly, as one might say
"I'll take another bag of peanuts"
every WE'LL" said Mr.. Morgan, "you
may have it. And if that isn't enough
Las much more will be available
And so the two-hundred-t thousand
acre wheat farm came into existence
with Mr.. Capbell as president of the
Montana Farming Corporation and
general manager of the whole project
But about the absence Of horses on
the farm.
All of the work is being done with
tractors. Last fall, when the first
ground was broken, there were fifty
monster machines at work tearing uI
the prairie sod. This spring Others
have been at work. They ploW on
an average of one acre a minute fol
the working time. A record was made
one day of eighteen hundred and
eighty acres turned and broken. AL
the seeding, harvesting, etc., will also
be done by tractors, and then, Of
course, there are the threshing-ma
chimes. Hence the absolute no-ac
countness of horses about this place
One of the first problems Mr.
Campbell had to solve was the mum
Der of the various kind of machines
that would be required to do th'
work on the entire farm. He solved
this by dividing the farm into unit:
of five thousand acres and then allow
ing certain period of each operation
on each unit.
Mr.. Campbell, as active as he is
couldn't reasonably be expected tt
personally oversee the work on two
hundred thousand acres of lant
throughout the season. So each uni
is put in charge of a foreman and
crew of men. Each unit also has it
group of permanent and moderated!
equipped buildings. 1t is glganti'
proposition any way you look at 1t
And. incidentally, the man who i
behind it is only thirty-six years old
Robert H. Moulton, in July Every
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