The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-05-05
ADVISES FARMERS TO
RAISE LIVING FIRST
Experienced Student of Farm Prob
lens Discusses The Montana
Situation

At a meeting of farmers at Great
Falls, j. G. Haney, a practical farm
expert from North Dakota who is
the author of many practical articles
and lectures, gave Montanans his
idea of the road to successful farm
ing in this state. The following
points from his talk are taken from
the Great Falls Tribune:
Urging the farmers of Montana to
take up diversified farming and prac-
tice crop rotation more than in pre-
vious years, Mr.. Haney addressed a
meeting of more than 100 farmers
at the Y. M. C. A. Friday afternoon
under the auspices of the Interna-
tional Harvester Co.
Mr.. Haney said:
'Much of the soil in the Great
Plains area is very rich in plant food,
and where it is possible to irrigate
there is no question as to the pos
sibilties. Where rainfall must be de-
pended upon, crop production will al
ways be more or less uncertain. The
system of farming must be adapted
to the climate, for climate does not
change. Too much dependence must
not be put On any one crop.
Urges Diversified Crops
"a. diversified cropping system, a
rotation or changing of crops, and
the keeping Of some live stock on
every farm, will mean keeping the
soil in better condition, so that bet
ter crops and more profit will be Sc
cured. Part Of the land can be kept
in pasture, alfalfa or sweet clover,
so that it will produce better when
put back into grain crops. Soils
treated in this wary, pastured and
MANFRED, do not blow or dry out like
land that is grain cropped continu-
ously. Grow the feed needed for the
live stock and feed it on the farm,
and ave the fertility by putting ma
nure back on the land. Don't sell
feed crops; feed them and sell the
product.
Live stock and diversified farm
ing means living on the farm and
making a home, instead of just hav-
ing a piece of land and a place to
having good schools, churches,
roads and helping to make our neigh
borhood a better place to live. Diver
farming is the road out of the
wilderness, so hit the TRAIL
Grow Living First
"The present low prices for farm
products and the high prices for the
commodities which one has to buy
make it imperative that the farmer
raise as many as possible of the ar
,icles of food he needs on his own
This is done on many farms
and does not interfere with a large
acreage of small grain and other
lash crops. But the farmer should
grow his living first"
Mr.. Haney stressed the necessity
# raising live stock on the farm so
hat crops may be rotated and a part
ed to the stock and some of the fer
ility returned to the soil. Farmers
hould aim to raise plenty of feed
rops like clover and alfalfa, he said
o insure having sufficient feed for
took through the winter. 1t is not
lecessary, he declared, to erect the
expensive type of silo in which to
feed at first, as the trench or
ut silo can be used to advantage I'M
il the rancher has made sufficient
money from his stock to justify the
of the more expensive silos.
Montana" declared the speaker,
is a stock raising state and the
of the state should raise
eed and stock together. A small
own with four grocery stores sells
light thousand dollars worth of con-
milk-some farmers buy this
y the case. Butter made in North
dakota is shipped into Montana. A
estaurant advertises Kansas City
'eef. These steers were possibly
aised in Montana, shipped to Oma-
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