The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-04-05
TRAIN & PROGRAM
INTERESTS MANY
DRY LAND SYSTEMS BORN OF
ACTUAL EXPERIENCE
DEMONSTRATED

The visit of the Farm Demonstra-
tion train to Wolf Point last Thurs
day was very pleasant and success
full day all around. On its arrival
in the morning the train was met by
big delegation of farmers and town
folks and Mayor Moore and other
business men greeted Mr. Wilson and
his party and the school band liven-
ed things up by playing several Sc
lections.
The train was visited by large
number of farmers as well as many
others during the middle part of the
day, and offered many features to
hold their attention and interest.
Two gondola cars were loaded with
implements especially designed for
summer tillage and dry farming meth
DDS. Most of these were homemade
and can be made at comparatively
light expense. The 12-horse hitch
arrangement was laid on the ground
attached to a couple of large stone
boats. Six teams were hitched and the
boats loaded with men. j. j. McPeek
a farmer from the Big Bend, Wash
ington, country, drove the teams and
explained the principles and essen
tiau points of the rig.
A passenger coach, that had been I
divided into booths, was filled with
and illustrations all taken
from actual experience in farming in
central Montana. There were far
too many of them to attempt to
describe. Many had a valuable ap-
plicaion to farming in this country
but others were born of experiences
in a section where conditions are
different and more extreme than here
were given for farm
ers to register their names for bull
etins describing methods and imple-
nents.
Program at Theatre
In the afternoon M. L. Wilson gave
4 general talk at the Liberty theare
covering he general subject of dry #
arm management and the purpose I
If the demonstration train The '
peaker gave evidence of being equip :
,ed with actual first hand informa-
ion and of having given a vast deal +
+ time and labor to preparing him f
elf to be of practical service to the :
of the state y
Mr. Austin, a successful dry land r
armer of Hill county, gave an ex- s
client practical talk on shelter belts, +,
rees and gardens. He related his !,
wn experieDce and, among other a
1ings, recommended the Caragana,
r Siberian pea tree, as by far the .,
lost hardy and successful hedge o,
ant for Montana conditions. This T
the same shrub that is used in un- oi
erous hedges in Wolf Point. =
Mr.. Sitters, another on-the-land 10
Lrmer, told of the soil management 70
Id methods he had found most sue
,ssful. U
All the talks were illustrated by
ides thrown on the screen. -Four w
five hundred people heard and en- de
yed the program at the theatre ev
At $3.50 in the evening a banquet
as given at Young's Cafe by the
club, with NIL. Wilson, 90
10 is direcor of farm manag- to
ent at the State College. The mem II,
rs of his train party and County lei
rent Dan B. Noble as special guests. an
fly plates were laid. ca
After the excellent meun that had
en- prepared by the cafe had been ~,
ne full justicei, H. A. Schoening, III
toastmaster, called on Mayor Moore
:. Wilson, Mr.. Noble and a number
Wolf Point business men. The
'ponses were in an unusually happy
n and appropriate to the occasion. vi
Mr.. Wilson's talk was particularly
liable and touched on the funda- the
ntals of the agricultural problems mi
the state and set forth the pur- pre-
'es of the work being done by his Una
oartment, an example of which
5 the train being taken from town OF
town. Oh
Mr.. Wilson also voiced the hearty DRY
of himself and party for ION
welcome extended them and for I
at he termed the Wolf Point spirit. ges
said they had been favored with ian
h marked attention as band con- elCf
is and banquets in only very few
the towns thew had visited ity