The Glasgow courier., 1921-01-21

farm burau conference Wednesday.
The stock was sold in the stock pa
Wilton at the college barns and the
prices were good considering present
market conditions. The sale price of
the cattle averaged slightly above two
hundred dollars apiece. The COW bring
ing the highest price was A. R. Des-
champs Cumberland Belle, which sold
for $400. Many of the buyers were
from outside of the Gallatin valley c.
E. Axtell, of Salesville, and Ezera ALL
sop of Bozeman sold number of cat
| tie. Other consignees in the state were
! Will Rhodes of Sheridan, p. Fl. Griffith
of Drummond, A. r. Deschamps of
Missoula and E. j. johnson of Livings-
ton.
/ An interesting feature of the auc
tion was the sale Of two purebred
calves raised by calf club members in
Cascade county. These calves sold for
ess than was paid for them year ago.
A purse was made up by the members
0 fthe breeders association to make
up the loss to the young stock raisers.
Prof. R. L. Martin made an inter
eSting statement when he said that
Montana farmers are coming to the
| front by forming their own organiZa-
tions according to their own needs. The
latest organizations have been formed
by Montana dairymen in an effort to
protect the produced as to the market
ing price of his milk products. Such
associations expect to make it possible
for the farmer to quote his own mar
ket prices on all dairy products. Sim
liar organizations are found in many
! of the large eastern dairy regions but
are comparatively few in the north
west. Therefore the people of rural
| Montana are showing wise initiative
| by getting together with their pro-
| blems. Some of these live associations
in Montana are Hill County Milk as
sociation, Central Montana Milk Pro
ducers' association and Montana State
| Dairymans' organization.
Methods to increase egg production
by means of artificial light were dis
cussed by Prof. w. F. Shoppee. yes
terday. Professor Schoppee has GER
ried on experiments for some time and
has obtained very satisfactory results.
He has found that yearly production
is not increased, but that during the
winter months when the hens ordin-
arily lay few eggs, the production can
be increased if electric lighting is used
in the coops during the hours of early
evening. Thus there is given a high
Production during the months of high
est prices. The only fault that he has
found with the system is that it causes
another molt at the end of the egg lay
ing season.
The Marketing Forum
The program of the marketing for
um was opened by short talk by DR..
j. H. Underwood of the State Univer-
sity, who opened the subject from the
view point of economics and giving
briefly the present conditions of affairs
as result of world war and the size
and magnitude of the marketing pro-
blem. Mr.. Underwood gave one
thing to think over and that was the
wealth of the U. S. had increased sew
eral million dollars during the worlds
war but in face of this great increase
of wealth the U. S. is much poorer
than before the war. The value of
land has been doubled and now comes
the big drop in all raw products and
farmers are trying to pay out on this
high priced land, which is impossible.
They woke up in October or November
and found themselves broke, due
mainly to the watered stock they had
in land. High land values increased
rents which in turn has forced the
renter to towns and cities this winter
and caused movement in the wrong
direction.
DR.: B. H. Hibbard of the University
of Wisconsin was by far the most able
speaker on the three day program. DR..
Hibbard has been making very extern
sive study of economic conditions in
lconnection with the marketing prob
Hem. He states that the marketing
problem can neved be settled perman-
emily due to ever changing conditions.
If the price is set too high more people
will go into the business of producing
that product and crowd the market and
if too low production will be cut down
If the U. S. raises the price of wheat
too high foreign countries will buy
elsewhere and increase their own pro-
duction. Mr. Hibhard states that it was
out of the question to set price on
wheat.
For example: a farmer goes out on
a piece of poor land and in good faith
plows, cultivates the land and seeds
his crop and puts in his time on that
land and when the fall comes in pre-