The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-03-05

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: At current Montana prices, the va
ues in yields an acre for timothy. al
falfa and sunfiowers are:
Timothy y
Alfalfa III
Sunf1ower 40
In face of these facts, Mr.. Mellow
ell says:
"If 1t can be demonstrated to tn.
satisfaction OF Montana farmers tina
crop of this proportion can be
, raised on average ground; IL the fees
values are such as successful expert
ments have shown to my satisfaction;
if the feed is as good for cattle ant
for mich cows in particular and II
the cattle like it as we'll as is claimed
then sunfiower silage is the most i'm
portant cattle-feed discovery of q
great many years.
at practically means that 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 grasses
or crops raised for cattle feed in Mon
tana."
Mr.. Mcdowell is practical. He Is a
farmer and not an agriculturist. Nor
is he seeking to force his sunfiower
views on others. His interest was at
tracted by the experiments at the
Montana State College and then he
held his own experiment. He is tell
ing what he knows, standing on his
own farm and figuring the tonnage,
values and costs from the facts before
him. His errors are thrown in for
good measure.
We stated that the sunfiower seed
was planted few weeks late. The
same remark applies to the harvest
ing Even lieutenant governor can
not get what he wants on the farm in
few hours in these days of recon
struction and postwar activities,
when the demand has dealt knock
out blow to the supply. Mr.. Mellow
ell is convinced that he can get better
results this year.
A sportsman's Paradise.
And while the year is coming let's
look at this ranch run by the second
executive In the Treasure State.
The Valley of the Moon, an Indian
title, was suggested by one of Jack |
London's books. 1t suits the ranch,
AS the red man looks at the moon on
her back with her neck raised and |
her toes cooked he might have caught |
the fancy for the mama. In the heart |
of the big Montana hills site this
2700-acre ranch. Round it rise the |
Rockies, rich in pine AID tanarack. |
it runs Rock Creek, tum-
bling hill stream, rich in trout-rain-
bow. native and brook.
Two miles away the Northern Paci-
1c and Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul parallel. Years ago triangular
cut was made in the mountains for a
rough road. Below runs the big trout
stream. Above tower the hills, chill
iren of the mountains. I
Big game is plentiful. Deer and
elk aer numerous. In the ranch home
If the lieutenant governor are skins
md hides of various wild animals
killed or captured on the ranch or
within a few hundred yards in the
lill on either side of the charming
1alley.
A big bear rug catches the glow of
he tamaracks on the hearth. A
coyote rug hangs on the plastered
walls. A lynx rug drayes chair. A
BEAVER rug snuggles in rocker. A
eagle screams the indepen-
lence of the hills. Deer heads nod
lcross the room to elk horns. lisa
Western home in a western setting.
Giant pines and tamarack, tall and
traight like the red man, fondle the |
moke that rises from the ranch
ouse. A few yards away rumble the
rifles of Rock Creek, lur-
ng the fisherman by day, soothing
erves when night draws the curtain.
Victorian collaret Of mist chockes
he hill tops. A coyote cries. One !
tire in his chair and the log crackles. :
he day sleeps in the arms of the
light.
We stayed over Sunday in this L
leasant ranch home of Montana's
eutenant governor. native of old
ennessee, resident of Montana for A
venty-four years, speaker of the 2
ontana house for two successive +
rms and, for the past seven years,
'cond executive of the Treasure
ate.
Mr.. Mcdowell is Familiarity known ia
nong his friends, everybody, as gov Il
nor, he has so often officiated in M
at capacity and represented this r
ate at national meetings. He has II