The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
Offices at St. Paul and Billings
to Act as Clearing Houses
for Montana Stock.
TO GRANT REDUCED RATES
Pasturage or Feed Must Be Supplied
for Three-quarters of Million
Head of Cattle.

st. Paul and Billings, Montana, un-
der charge Of federal officials from
the bureau of animal industry, will
serve as clearing houses to expedite
shipments of cattle and sheep from
the droth area of Montana to Mime
sofa and Wisconsin pastures. Details
of the bureaus were announced late
today by Commissioner of Agricul-
ture N. j. Holmberg.
A survey will be completed this
week of all the Montana stock-owners
with the kind and quantity of stock
for which they are seeking pastur-
age to save their starving cattle. When
the killers have been shipped to mar
ket, as is gradually being done, it is
said there will be three-quarters Of a
million head of cattle for which eth
err pasturage or feed must be sup
piled by Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa
and other states.
Within 10 days the organization has
perfected at Tuesdays conference
with federal officials is expected to
be moving immense herds of cattle
and sheep.
At this end of the organization, the
northern part of the state will be or
ganized by counties and districts.
Commercial clubs and civic bodies will
select Representatives at Duluth, Hink-
ley, Grand Rapids, Bemidji and Thief
River Falls. 1t is expected that other
civic organizations in smaller COM
munities will be active in securing
definite information relative to past
urage in their areas and aiding in Sc
curing labor and conveniences for dis
tributing stock.
The agricsal ssrsl department advis-
es farmers, Mr.. Holmberg said, to put
up all the hay available, as there will
be great demand for it all through
the drouth area in Montana, Wyom.
ing, Utah and western North Dakota
Although the hay crop promised ar
abundant yield, it was said that re-
cent reports indicate the wet weather
has curtailed the output in some To-
calities.
MinnesOta's Part.
Every effort to assist the Minnesota
settlers in obtaining parts of these
flocks of cattel and sheep will be made
by the Minnesota agricultural depart.
ment, it was said. The feeding of Mon.
tana's herds on Minnesota pastures
is expected to demonstrate the value
of building up the livestock industry
in the state.
Reports of danger from deer flies
were said by the department to be
exaggerated. Settlers say, according
to Mr.. Holmberg, that by July Is the
deer flies are about gone for the sea
son. Mosquitoes may prove trouble
some to the cattle, it was said, es
pecially in swampy country, but they
do not bother cattle in the daytime
when the sun is hot and never ammo,
sheep at all.
The office at South St. Paul will
be in the offices of the federal bureau
of markets, and all information fol
stockmen and pasturage owners will
be collected and disseminated there
and at the state department of agri
culture in the capitol. Mr.. Goddell
who in 1917 helped to save Texas cat
tie in similar way by shipping then
to southeastern states, will be il
charge of the South St. Paul office
In that case the Texas cattle tick com
PEELED dipping of cattle before ship
ment, but no such pests will be en-
countered in the Montana herds.