Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-17
TREASURE STATE
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FARM SUCCESS

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Prosperity win crown the efforts Of
those who work hard and conscien-
tioualy toward that end on Montana
farms. Is the prediction OF Wallace W..
Blaine OF salesviIle, who speaks from
bis own fund Of experience
II have gone steadily ahead all the
time and have always had money" be
said. Here Is his tory:
Il came 20 Montana In q prairie
schooner from Webster City, Iowa, In
1876. There we're 10e wagons In the
train. Every night they formed a cir
Gle for protection against hostile In
dams Joe Brown OF Bozeman was
captain of the train until II reached
Dillon. There It split. Some Of the
immigrants headed for California,
some for Idaho. and the rest remained
and took mp homesteads In Montana
Ny father took up homestead In this
state.
an 1897 1 went to Alaska and be
came deputy United States marshal on
the Yukon and st. Mlchaels. Later
carried mail with a dog team for sew
eral years over a 212-mile route from
'KOserefsIzy to Kaltag and return.
left Alaska in 1909 and got back TO
Bozeman In 1912, with few hundred
dollars.
THE next year started farming. ]
bought 35 acres for $4.625 and paid
down $2.70d. My place wasn't quite
large enough so IN 1914 rented 24O
acres.
I progressed right along. My first
crop in the 35 acre place was peas,
which yielded % bushels to the acre
and sold for $3.50 per hundred weight.
The second year / put In barley and
had 60-bushel yield. ! finished drill.
ing June 2 and began threshing Sep
tember 4. My land had been infested
with wild oats but that barley crop
killed II out AS direct consequence
threshed 40 bushels Of peas per acre
the next year. Then grew Marquis
wheat that yielded 40 bushels to the
acre and topped the Minneapolis mar
ket.
I'm addition to my own place, was
doing very well on the rented farm,
growing field peas, MARQUIS wheat.
Smight barley and oats, and made
money on ell Of them. Gradually ]
acquired three four-horse teams and a
dozen dairy cows, and began selling
butter and eggs also raised few
hogs, running them on alfalfa pasture
during the summer. have always had
very good results with alfalfa except
that ! made the mistake OF narrowing
It in too deeply after seeding a time
or two.
Alfalfa wonderfully improved the
son. I cut two crops a year; getting
from two and half to three tons per
acre at a cutting, or about four to five
tons per acre for the season. usually
had some hay TO sell each year.
by 1919 had paid for my 85-acrs
farm, had invested $1,000 In improve
nents and had saved some money.
Then I sold It. The same fall bought
quarter-sectlon at SalesyIIle and
AVE operated dairylng and diversi-
led ranch since.
my quarter-seetIon cost me $4,000
md paid down half cash. Fifty acres
ire farm land and the balance Is pas
ure. / put most OF the farm land in
lay and have about q acres Of alfalfa
nd 25 acres OF timothy and alsIke.
Il keep from u to 10 dairy cows and
ave been buying purebreds slres for
he last five years, so that my herd is
onstantly being Improved. ] ship my
ream, and my income from the cows
anges from $40 to $3.50 per month
he year around.
fright now, my place is all paid for
Except about $500. When I moved
n It I had only eight head OF cattle.
Tow have five times as many. Part
my income Is from livestock. beef
nd veal Often buy steers In the
pring and pasture them through the
ummer at pretty fair profit when
sell In the fall.
Probably one OF the most helpfui
hings have done has been to keep
lose records OF everything. III a0-
III that did this mostly on account
the income tsx, but Il certainly has
eiped my profits. / pay cash for ev-
rything and have farmed on a cash
asis constantly. never waited until
text month to begin saving.
7 own a half interest In a threshinR
Htfit and have half interest In other
'aehinery. have a sawmllI and a
'ed grinder and much Of my spare
me is spent doing work OF this kind
" my neighbors. All my machinery
In good shape. Ny 1918 automobile
stin In service and YIN be for q
~ years more.
Use the Federal Land bank, would
my advice 70 any farmer In need
money. If q man has good security
offer he can get IS years time ana
e Interest is only 8 per cent The
sderal Land bank Of Spokane has
zen big help 20 me-
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