The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-08-20

The Campbell Farming corpora
ton OF Hardin, Montana, the
worlds most successfully managed
power farming project, has fully
90 per cent of its harvesting of
$4,000 acres of wheat completed
and Is well into the work OF thresh-
ing a record crop.
After several days OF preliminary
work the machines threshed g.
goo bushels the first day. More
machines are being added, and the
daily output of threshing will be
about 10000 bushels. Former re-
cords of yields and tests have all
been outdistanced with early esti-
mates showing entirely too low. The
worlds record for both yield and test
will no doubt be surpassed.
Observations OF these large fields
have been made by many who have
been attracted by the scientific me-
thods and successful management.
Thirty-two thousand acres are in crop
this year with plans for 10000 acres
for seeding next years crop.
Fifty-Two Binders.
Fifty-two binders and six large
combines are used In cutting the
$4,000 acres OF wheat. Large trac-
tors each pulling four binders and
operating In groups OF IL to 20 bind
ers 10 the field, together with the
combines which complete cutting and
threshing In a single operation, COW
er around a thousand acres daily.
AS fast as the harvesting Is complet-
ed, the threshing machines are moved
IN with ten machines in use. An av-
erage speed of 10 thousand bushels
per day is maintained.
During the summer months the
fields for next years crop have been
summer fallowed, and as soon as the
harvest and threshing are sufficient
ly advanced the seeding of new crop
will be commenced. Motor power IL
used for all these operations, since
the corporation does not own a sin
gle horse or mule.
The best results, according TO
Thomas d. Campbell, president and
manager of the corporation, are OBJ
tanned by planting a special variety.
the Russian Karkoff winter wheat.
This variety seems much better
adapted to Montana conditions. The
wheat now being threshed tests 1344
per cent protein, weighing 81 to Ga
pounds per bushel, commanding
substantial premium above the mar
ket price and finding growing de-
mand among the wheat buyers.
Worlds Largest Flax Field.
In addition to the wheat, 5000
acres of flax was seeded last spring.
This flax field. which is the worlds
record size field, six miles long, pro
misses heavy yield. Mr. Campbell
places an estimate OF 10 bushels per
acre or better
To harvest the flax, the company
has shipped In, eight cars OF flax har-
vesting machinery which Is now being
assembled ready for the cutting.
Mr.. Campbell believes that much
valuable information is derived from
careful records. A moving picture
record has just been completed re-
cording operations from seeding to
harvesting, which, IT is expected, will
be shown throughout the country.
Few records could show more con-
clusively, actual Montana conditions.
These operations, which began dur
ing the World War, have made rapid
advancement, due no doubt to the
better understanding OF local condi-
lions made possible through careful
study and observations made from
former records. MIR. Campbell clear
ly demonstrated his confidence in
Montana. and especially in Big Horn
county where Ia located this great
farm. as q wheat district, when his.
other projects we're abandoned, and
hts holdings on the Crow Indian re-
servation increased This district has
experienced very little damage from
winter killing. Climatic and soil con-
ditions are exceptionally favorable,
which condition applies In general
to eastern Montana taken as whole.
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