The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-01
STATIONS
BIG WHEAT CROP
KINTYRE. WHERE TRAIN ONLY
WHISTLES, WILL MARKET
10000 BUSHELS.
Summer Fallowed Ground Yielding
40 to so Bushels Wheat, While
Non : Summer Fallowed Land
Alongside VIII Produce 20 to 80
Bushels to the Acre.

Kintyre, in the eastern part of Val
ley county, will in all probably make
a record for grain shipped from a
non-irrigated territory in Montana,
and the Kintyre flat a record for pro-
duction per acre. The story of Kin
tyres rise to fame was related by
Charles D. Greenfield, development
agricultural agent in Montana of the
Great Northern. Mr.. Greenfield spent
several days at Kintyre going over
the farms in that section.
"Kintyre is not a station" said
Mr.. Greenfield, Gin the common ac-
c%eptation of that term. All there is in
the way of a station is a sign board
with the name on it, and no pas
senger trains stop there except the
local from Havre to Williston, and
only when tagged. There were re-
ports of a big wheat crop near Kin
tyre, and Mr.. E. G. Leedy, general
agricultural development agent of the
Great Northern, suggested that I see
if the reports were justified. I can
say they were. There will be ship
ped from this flag station this eason
not less than 10000 bushels of
wheat, and may exceed that figure.
"Kintyre flat borders the main line
of the Great Northern and there is in
wheat on the flat this year in round
numbers 1000 acres, that being the
only crop produced, except a few oats
for feed on the farms.
"The largest holding is by E. l..
Welch company, grain commission
merchants of Minneapolis, in associa-
ton with J. Y. Miller. This holding
comprises 1000 acres and is operated
by Mr.. Miller, to whom goes the
credit for the successful growing of
crops. Ted WEIGH is the active man
in connection with the enterprise on
behalf of his company. The other
farmers on the flat operate from 100
acres to half a section.
"On the Welch-Miller farm there
are about 1000 acres in black stem
amber durum. The seed, 80 bushels,
was obtained from Canada by Mr..
Welch three or four years ago, and
from that start this present crop was
grown. This seed was planted this
year in 500 acres of summer-fal-
lowed ground. The results show the
benefits of summer-fallOwing, be-
cause that 500 acres will produce
from 40 to so bushels an acre. About
1900 acres of the same seed was
on land not summer-fallowed
and it will produce from 80 to 35
bushels an acre. Marquis was plant
ed on the remainder and it will pro-
Guce rs bushels an acre. Threshing
had started when 1 was there. An
idea of what this non-irrigated land
is producing can be had when it is
said that from six acres of oats, the
threshing of which was completed
when l was there, was produced 355
bushels.
Tractor power only is used on
the place, five men only being en-
at seeding time. Neighbors say
hat Welch and Miller are surely
Gods chosen because they had no
from hail and did not carry !;
my hail insurance; they suffered /
,nly a loss of less than 10 acres from
,rasshoppers or other pests, and !.
rom the day they started cutting
Until they finished there was not a
lrop of rain to interfere. +
"On the other farms the produc- /.
ion of Marquis is running from rs :
o 80 bushels an acre. 1t will take !
bout SO days to thresh this 1000
ores. The Great Northern has built
spur and sidetrack and with a haul :
f from a quarter to four miles the
rain will be loaded as fast as thresh- {
d and shipped" v