The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-04-05
NOBLE DESCIBES
TRAIN TRIP in co.
(By D. B. Noble, Co. Agent)

n ness men visited the Farm Success
Y Demonstration Train which made fv,
S stops in the county last week. A larg,
S per cent took in the entire program
n connected with the train.
Welcomed by Wolf Point
Upon entering the county, Mavol
Bob Moore of Wolf Point. together
with a delegation of Wolf Point bust.
ness men, got on the train, welcomed
VI. l.. Wilson and the other members
of the train and gave them tickets to
q banquet Of farmers and business
men which was held in the community
that evening. The train was ushered
into town by the Wolf Point high
school band of thirty pieces which
furnished music for the farmers who
inspected the cars and took in the
program.
At Poplar, Culbertson and Balm
vile practically all farmers in these
communities visited the train and the
business men of these places also
manifested a lot of interest in the
exhibit cars and the program.
Froid Enthusiastic
The city of Froid received the
train also most enthusiastically, there
the Froid High School band was at
the depot and welcomed the guests.
This band also furnished music for
the farmer visitors during the day.
One of the features of the Froid
program was a free lunch that was
served by the business men of that
place. The most hearty cooperation
of both farmers and business men
in all of the respective towns in the
county made the program in each case
go according to schedule and in a
smooth and businesslike way.
Teaches Underlying Principles
Although the number of the things
that were demonstrated by the train
are not practical to every farmer or
never will be practical to every farm
er, it is trus that a great many things
of a practical nature were received
by every farmer. 1t is undoubtedly
true that this train has done more to
put the fundamental principles of
summer tillage before the eyes of the
farmer in such a practical way that
the summer fallow farmer cannot help
but make only the best use of it.
The home made tillage implements,
of which were very expensive
and none of which a farmer of aver
age ability cannot make, were care
fully examined by farmers interest
ed in the most improved and up to
cessful by our neighboring farmers.
Another thing that was practical
to a big farmer who made the best !
use of man labor was the large horse
hitch together with the convenient
cut that makes his large team
practical to the natural horse farmer.
This was demonstrated by Mr.. Peek,
farmer with experience with them.
Trees and Hedges
Mr.. Austin's home making plan
~ the shelter belt method made a hit
With the people in this country who +
ry to make a home in addition to
heir farming and it was quite evil
that farmers who are interested
n shelter belts and tree planting and
,eautifying the home received a great !
leal from Mr.. Austin's IL years ex- i
)erience with trees and shrubbery :
n the dryest portions of Montana. :
One other part of the program that
made a hit with a large number of
tillage farmers was Mr.. Sit
er's part, giving his experience in
he Havre country. In place of plow-
ng he used the springtooth, duckfoot
.~ultivator and gets it down to the
he would have if he were plow-
ordinarily. He says that three
UGH civilizations with implement, go
ng deeper with each cultivation, will
10 the work. Mr.. Sitters is also an
.dvocate, through successful exper-
ence, of what is called delayed seed
ng method. By that we mean culti-
alton in the spring enough to ger
innate the weed grower, then cult
ate by a bar weeder or some such
Implement to kill this weed growth 4
nd then seed the ground. He claims
hat in the foul seed bed this will
i've much better results than the
arly seeding.
On the whole it is believed not only
rom a practical farm standpoint but
an educational and social stand
oint, that a great deal was demon
by the train and Roosevelt
ounty was fortunate that this train
yas in easy reach of every farmer
yithin its boundary.
New Smut Treatment
A large number of the Froid farm
RS who saw the demonstration on the
opper carbonate dust treatment for
NUT conducted by the county agent
t the demonstration train, were very
luch pleased with the new method
nd indicated that it would only be
short time until it was universally
1opted by the farmers of this county.
The fact that seed can be treated
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