Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-28
CROP COURSE
To TEACH FARMERS
ADVANCED METHODS
Agronomy Department to Dis
cuss Important State Crops
at Annual Farm Week.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Bozeman, Dec. 27.-The agronomy
department at Montana State college
has announced a special agronomy pro-
gram for the annual Farmers week,
January 8 to -, that will include spe-
cial lectures and courses of instruction
for all the important types Of crops
that are grown in the state. The pro-
gram Of this department viii De ar
ranged according to the days, each day
of the week being devoted 70 one m
portant branch of agriculture that
| comes within the scope Of the agron-
omy department. Potatoes viii be con-
sidered separately from other crops, on
Wednesday and Thursday, under the
Horticultural department.
Monday will be devoted to talks by
Clyde Mckee, head of the department,
on Varieties of Small Grains Recon-
mended for Montana: and by /. J.
Jensen on Special Soil Problems
Tuesday will be Feed Crops Day,
| Mr.. Mckee will discuss Growing and
Using Sweet Clover" and G.. F. War
rem, head of the department of farm
management of Cornell University,
Prices Of Farm Products and Prob
able Future Prices during the morn
ing session. In the afternoon. "lrrl-
gated Pastures" by Mr.. Mckee and
THE Production of S~unflowers,' by
Mr.. Jensen, will constitute the pro-
gram.
Will Discuss Weeds
Montana weeds will come in for their
| share of discussion on the third day Of
the week. Lectures will be given by
A. ]. Ogaard on Weed Laws and
Weed Campaign: Clyde Mckee on
Canada Thistle and Its Control" and
Mr.. Ogaard on 'Tillage Implements in
Mckee will conduct a demonstration of
seed cleaning machines.
Thursday will be Seed Growers
day and a convention of the Montana
Seed Growers association will be the
first thing on the program. A lecture
and demonstration by Mr.. Mckee, in
the afternoon will precede the annual
farmers wheat judging contest, for
which awards have been offered.
Montana's chief crop, wheat, will
come into the limelight Friday. The
morning session will be devoted EN-
tirely to lectures and demonstrations in
wheat growing, conducted by the joint
efforts of w. Q. Whitcomb. Mr.. Nc
Kee and Mr.. Ogaard. r. e. Kellogg
will tell the farmers of the different
qualities of the local wheat in a lee
ture. Milling and Baking Value of
Montana's Leading Wheat Varieties
A demonstration of a new way Of
treating wheat for smut will be con-
Quoted by Mr.. Ogaard.
Corn is One Topic
Saturday, the last day Of the Farm
ers' week, will be utilized by the ag-
economists to discuss king Corn" as it
is grown in Montana. The principal
talk of Saturday morning will be that
by Mr.. Mckee on Corn in Montana.
Adaptibility, Varieties and Cultural
Methods
The horticultural department has ar
ranged a program which will deal al
most entirely with the potato, IT'S
growth and marketing. On Wednes-
day the potato improvement program
will be discussed. The lectures this
day will take up the growing of i'm
proved seed and the matters taken into
consideration in this field, the diseases
that attack and affect the potatoes in
the state, the summer cultural methods
and their effect on the resulting crop
and finally potato seed certification.
IOIatO handling. grazing. shipping,
marketing and inspection will be con-
sidered on Thursday. The storage of
the potato crop in field pits. ware
houses, etc, will also be discussed. !
Many Speakers Listed.
The horticultural department has
announced that speakers from all over
the state will speak on the program.
Among these men are: w. L. Shovel
of Missoula, I. T. Black of Whitehall,
Pat Carney of Waterloo, II. N. Kauf-
man of Twin Bridges, W. A. Allison
of Billings. T. b. Haynes of Creston
and G. II. Powers of Bozeman. These
men have all had practical experience
in the potato field, many of them as
growers.
Aside from these special lectures
and courses those attending the special
sessions will be able to take in all the
lectures on the general program. as
none of the special courses conflict
with the general program for the whole
conference in which many nationally I
prominent agriculturists will appear
and speak on important agricultural
subjects.