The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-23

Out IhAhlnS AppIlcdtlOn Tor state, COun.
ty or federal relief and who still have
credit at the bank. Their neighbors
adjoining. farming under the same cli-
matte and soil conditions have applied
for all three loans. and these same
men are now coming in and saying
that SO and so have made 1t on cows
and chickens, and in the future they
expect to raise some forage, some
grain and carry livestock along with
their farming operation. Ninety-five
per cent Of the calls fer bulletins this
year have been ON poultry. garden and
potatoes. Office callers have wanted
to know in regard to Sudan grass, sum
flowers. corn. bronze grass and the
like"
Il can say quite frankly that after
some eleven years Of observation of
conditions up here that the success of
farming in this country will be entire-
ly dependent on the amount Of diver
sification that the farmer Is going to
apply. 1t has been very thoroughly
demonstrated that for period Of ten
years wheat raising is more or less of
a gamble. that the crops are bounti-
full and vice-versa. 1t is very much
Il question Of how much rain we get
in the summertime. what time the
rains come and what time the hct dry
winds come. On the other hand it has
been very we'll demonstrated that we
can raise in most years, corn, sun
flowers, rye and generally speaking,
oats. These feed crops with silos and
cattle, suppl emented with hogs and
poultry, ! believe. are going to be the
staple lines ct farming enterprise for
the farmer living close enough to
markets so that they can get their
produce in. For the ones living long
distances from market it will prob
ably be more OF the type OF beef cat
tie farms. supplemented with hogs
and poultry. Right now the horse
market is dead. Of course. but we can
raise very good type OF hardy horse
in this country and raise him more
cheaply than they can in some sec
tions. aud possibly the horse industry
will be attractive later on. 1t has it's
appeal starting in tho business of rails
| ing mules also. For the newcomer to
| the country the best advice that can be
given him would be to go stow, keep
out of debt, be content with a gradual
growth and development of his place,
| and a gradual accumulation of stock
| as he acquires the shelter and facili-
! ties fer caring for them and the feed.
Some Of the problems. Of course. with
| which we are confronted in going over
to this type of farming are the general
financial conditions OF the farmers
! and business men. Oankers. etc, to-
gether with the general financial con-
ditions all over the United States. Four
years OF drought such as We have been
forced into, without preliminary prep
aration,. has made it q difficult matter
for US to change over into a type ct
farming that will mean smaller res
turns for the time beng, together with
the profits depending more or less on
a gradual accumulation Of property
Further than this we have the prob
lem CT summer pasture and water sup
ply which are more or less serious
Even pasture land is going to cost SIC
per acre or more and II is hardly prof.
table to raise stock on this kind OF
land when 1t takes from % to- 30 acres
to pasture one COW or steer. There IL
the possibility that by proper rota-
tion OF the pasture that the numbe,
Of acres per head can be reduced, es.
pecially II 1t is possible to supple.
ment this pasture with cultivated
pasture In crop re.ation and silage
We also are confronted with the prob.
lem Of available markets. Not so muct
the problem of available markets
however. as the problem OF availabl,
! facilities tor getting cur produce II
the markets. These. however. viii
necessarily have to be developed Will
| the country. believe that one o
the opportunities OF this country ha
. been overlooked by q good many farm
. ers and that is the fact that Montan,
} produces an exceptionally high qualit,
/ OF seed OF any kind Of crops. that
] we should farm smaller acreage
} give Il more care, and become special
, lists in the raising OF very higl
. grade Of seed. that 10. pure seed Of
/ 1 standard variety that we would go
I Hong ways toward solving the farm
ing problems In this section. Then
] through our organised efforts we coul
D get In touch With the seed buyers. thu
could demand . much better pric
!. Tor our crops and cc0A raise profit
4 ahle cfop under adverse conditional