Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-24
HUT BELIEVES
DRY LANDERS
HERE TO STAY
Manager Of Mutual Oil Com
pany Says Proper Soil
Methods Will Save Day.

J. E. Hult, manager Of the Mutual
Oil company, of Montana. in signed
statement in END Points" house organ
, OF the Oil company in this state. puts
his organization unequivocally on record
ais believing dry land farmers have
come to Montana to stay" Mr.. HUT S
statement in full follows:
"a few weeks ago one of the larger
daily NEWSPAPERS published a statement
alleged to have been made by a state
official connected with the livestock
industry, to the effect that dry land
farming has been dismal failure and
has given Montana black eye.
THE five year period through which
we have just passed has been an un-
usual one owing to the very small
amount Of rainfall. Even the old time
stockman will admit this. No doubt
there are great many dry land farm
ers who came to Montana with their
their savings gone. They can hardly be
blamed if they feel their efforts have
been far from successful. But is this
more true with the dry land farmer
than the stock man?
eff the reports coming to us are
true, many livestock men have also
met with reverses during the last few
years. The failure that has come to the
dry land farmer and the livestock man
has not been entirely absent from the
business man.
Business Suffers
Business has not prospered simply
because the farmer and the stockman
have not prospered. This is no time
for any branch Of industry to say that
some other branch has been a failure
and has given the state a black eye.
We are all pretty much alike. The
prosperity of the farmer depends as
much on the prosperity Of the business
man as success Of the business man
depends upon the farmer We are all
in the same boat. Our success lies in
the same direction. The thing for us
to do is to pull our oars together, re-
solved to help each other in every
way we can.
"The Mutual Oil company believes
that dry land farmers in Montana have
come to stay. The time will come when
it will be recognized by all that he has
contributed his full share toward the
progress of our great state.
IF dry land farming has not been
successful the past few years, the fail
ure is due not so much to weather con-
ditions as to the lack Of proper dry
land farming methods. In almost every
in the state, no matter how
bad the general conditions have been.
there can be found indisputable evil
dence that scientific farming methods
will bring success"
Case Of A. c. Hull
"There is the case of A. c. Hull,
near Collins. He started farming in
that locality in 1916 and with the ex-
,eption of 1919 has not harvested less
than 16 bushels per acre any year
This year he harvested . bushels
more than some Of the irrigated lands |
Welded Since 1916 his crops have
paid for one-half of his land and in
July of this year he made the state
nent that he did not owe dollar and |
lad money in the bank. Mr.. Hull did |
1ot perform a miracle. What he has |
can be duplicated by any
me who will be willing to follow scien-
.ific methods.
'.The Mutual Oil company believes
hat with the amount Of rainfall we |
rave had in the last 30 years dry farm
ng, if practiced scientifically, will be !
uccessful We believe the big problem
s to get farmers interested to the ex-
ent that they will improve upon their
1t is our purpose to do all
We can to bring this about.
We are going to devote space III
End Points each month to this i'm