The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-02-26
May Mean Much to Farmers

chopper 34U
Engine 1000
At current Montana prices. the
values in yields an acre for timothy,
alfalfa and sunfower are:
Timothy S 70
Alfalfa 120
~Sunfower 400
In face of these facts, Mr.. Nc
Dowell says:
IF it can be demonstrated to the
satisfaction of Montana farmers that
a crop of this proportion can be rails
ed on average ground; if the feed
values are such as successful exper-
iments have shown to my satisfac-
ton; if the feed is as good for cat
tie and for mich COWS in particular,
and if the cattle like it as well as
is claimed, then sunfiower silage is
the most important cattIe-feed dis
covery of a great many years.
ut practically means that a man
can winter twice as many cattle by
raising sunfiowers as he could by
raising alfalfa, clover, rye, barley,
redtop or any of the ordinary grass
es or crops raised for cattle feed in
Montana"
Mr.. Mcdowell is practical. He is
a farmer and not an agricUlturist.
Nor is he seeking to force his sum
flower views on others. His Interest
was attracted by the experiments at
the Montana State College and then
he held his W experiment. He is
what he knows, standing on
his own farm and figuring the ton
mage, values and costs from the facts
before him. His errors are thrown
for good measure.
We stated that the sunf1ower seeds
were planted a few weeks late. The
same remark applies to the harvest
ing. Even a lieutenant governor
cannot get what he wants on the
in a few hours in these days of
construction and postwar activities
when the demand has dealt a knock +:
blow to the supply. Mr.. Nc /:
lowell is convinced that he can get (:
better results this year.
An Ideal Ranch :
The Valley of the Moon, an Indian :
tile, was suggested by one of Jack
.ondon's books. 1t suits the ranch. :
Is the red man looked at the noon :
her back with her neck raised and :
er toes cooked he might have caught :
he fancy for the name. In the heart :
f the big Montana hills sits this :
.700-acre ranch. Round it rise the :
.ockies, rich in pine and tamarack. :
through it runs Rock Greek, a tum- Z
ling hill stream, rich in trout-=
ainbow, native and brook. :
Two miles away the Northern Pa z
ific and Chicago, Milwaukee and st. :
,aul parallel. Below runs the big :
,out stream. Above tower the hills, :
I4AoACh VI IiC IlOQilbd1liSs -
Big game is plentiful. Deer and :
TX are numerous. In the ranch :
ONE of the lieutenant governor are :
1ins and hides of various wild ami :
lals killed or captured on the ranch :
within a few hundred yards in the :
ills on either side Of the charming :
alley. Z
A big bear rug catches the glow of e
he tamaracks on the hearth. A :
.yote rug hangs on the plastered :
alls. A lynx rug Grapes a chair. &
beaver rug snuggles in a rock =
:. A mountain eagle screams =
lie independence of the hills. Deer s
eads nod across the room to elk e
orns. It's a western home in a :
estern setting. z
Giant pines and ~tamaracks, tall z
nd straight like the red man, fon- :
lie the smoke that rises from the z
anch house. A few yards away z
the murmuring rifles of :
ock Creek, Turing the fisherman by Z
ay, soothing erves when night e
avs the curtain. A Victorian col :
ret of mist chokes the hill tops. A Z
.yote cries. One stirs in his chair z
nd the log crackles. The day sleeps e
the arms of the night. e
We staysd over Sunday in this g
leasant ranch home of Montana's e
eutenant governor, native of old Z
ennessee, resident of Montana for e
yantv-four wears cneaker of tha =