Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-08-28
TREASURE STATE
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FARM SUCCESS

1. 81 AunNATA o4uA~AuEs u 00tt&NEtUE. EHul
from Missouri He is proud o. il. but
even prouder Of his new home in Mon
taDa. He has shown his Missouri
friends what a satisfactory measure
OF success can be obtained farming IN
the Yellowstone valley.
He stood beside heap OF yellow
corn which he had been husklne to
greet writer for the Northern Pacific
railway who visited him the other day.
'Great corn. remarked the visitor.
Il don't believe have ever seen finer
hard yellow corn anywhere.
YOU'D probably have to hunt around
quite a while to find better corn than
this Mr.. Sindelar agreed. Il never
raise very much corn. just enough to
feed the chickens and hogs and save
some for seed. had SIX .acrb7 Of II
lastyear and the yield IL averaging 60
bushels to the acre. II Is Minnesota
No. 13 and does very well here
Corn Is not the only crop which has
contributed to Mr. SindeIar's success.
At times he has had sabn0Fnai har.
years. but never had crop failure.
Mr.. Sindelar left Missouri farm in
1907 and migrated to Montana. Irri-
CATION projects In, the Yellowstone
basin were being opened TO settlement
and he secured farm OF 80 acres.
He brought with him 5000 Ia cash,
some household goods farm nipple.
ments, two horses and COW.
At the end Of the first summer, he
was convinced that farming N that 10
rality was n profitable enterprise. 80
he gradually acquired more land. In
al, he has bought 14S acres at differ.
INT times and this. with his original
homestead, makes farm OF nearly 200
Icres. All Of his Land Is In the Hunt
ey Irrigation project. His first pur-
.hase was 4s acres, which cost him
'fO.250. A little later he bought 20
Icres for $1,000 and so acres for $1,000.
The COW brought from Missouri pro.
ided. the family with plenty OF milk
rhich was a big help during the days
phen a temporary shack was being
uilt to house the family and while
he buffalo grass was being turned nm
er to provide an arabic surface. She
lso was the start off the dairy herd,
'hich after 1910, consisted OF from
ght 10 dozen good HoEsteIn COWS.
nd helped TO pay current expenses.
he best milk was sold to a cheese fac
Try and part Of the time the cream
as shipped.
Love for fine horses was one OF the
ings which Mr.. SindeIar brought with
m from Missouri. He now has Is
sed Of purebred Percherons. OF frbm
800 to 1000 weight. Up to the last
ur years he had horses to sell and the
west price received for a horse was
90.
These sales helped him to pay for the =
nd he bought and at the same time
was supplying himself with a
pc OF draft animals which could do
maximum OF heavy field work.
His crop In 1923 consisted Of 40 IN
res Of sugar beefs which yielded IL GO
ne 10 the acre. % acres OF wheat Sc
Gliding 30 bushels to the acre, six tn
res OF corn yielding 90 bushels to the az
re-. "a acres of alfalfa which PRO be
ced total OF 1875 tons Of hay and a.
re acres Of oats, which yielded 4O7 an
shells. He says he has harvested as ~.
n as 112 bushels Of Swedish select =,
u per acre. Wheat planted In rota- ~,
n with sugar beets has yielded him ~
bushels to the acre.
There are no periods o. idleness on N,
Sindelar farm. Everything Is or,
Inned In such a way that there Is me-
Eays work TO be done and every lob al
mes IN Its proper turn. During the va
nter when income ceases on many pa
ms, Mr.. Sindelar keeps money conn bal
In by fattenlng cattle. He is fat OF
ing 100 head OF range stock this wa
lter. FEC
n the future. Mr., sindelar plans TO ha,
ten sheep also. Alfalfa, sugar beets are
livestock-thls Is his future pro. en-,
m. He will feed alfalfa and beet cor
. TO his sheep and sell the beets the
the sugar factory. He win have era
ee sources Of income. sugar beets, ans
lbs and WOOL ans
n beets bring - and $40 per ton, age
ep $40 per hundred weight and
81. IS and 40 cents q pound. can son
II $4,000 q year" he declares.
ne present Sindelar farm home ffa
. not In the least resemble the ~
ck Which housed the family In 1891. ls9p
vas built in 1922 at net cost az tl's'
90 and Il lighted by q private xan ~
1T. k.a
through the years In which Mr.. ana 3 -. !.
. sindelar have been making sucl -
J on their farm. they have al.ol 80.
I'D and educatsd seven children. 49, ~
youngest, II years old, is a sophie - ~.
. at the Billings high school. ssss'
r. Sindelnr saga. II have enjoyed sscs
ming life here better than anywhere nay.
and have always done well viii
another good farm II so t,.e. $50