Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-09-11
TREASURE STATE
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FARM SUCCESS

came from Clarksdale. Dekalb county,
Missouri, where land was selling az
from S150tO $3.50 an acre and bought
40 acres Of irrigated land two miles
erom Red Lodge. In Carbon county, for
so an acre. Today he would not take
5000 an acre for his place, because, no
says, he can raise peas on II and pay 70
per cent on the money invested at that
valuation.
This year We are putting IN 20 acres
~ peas contracted with the Great
Western Seed company OF Kan Claire,
wis. Last year we also had In some
peas. We had lots of rainfall last year
hut got four acres OF peas stacked he
fore the rain, which averaged 80 bush
els to the acre. These were the garden
peas Of Perfection variety and we got
2h cents per pound for them. After
sufferlng from the heavy ralufall, ~
acres Of peas yielded a bushels per
acre. This year the company Il paying
8 cents per pound for them. The seed
companies state that this is the best
pea seed district they have ever been
In and they are putting In 1000 acres
10 this locality.
eve raise all kinds of garden truck.
| I had In about an acre and q half OF
potatoes which yielded at least LOCO
bushels. All garden truck does fine In
this country and cucumbers, cabbage
head lettuce, string beans. sweet corn,
pop corn. etc, do exceptionally well.
A farmer short distance from my
place, last year raised head lettuce on
2H acre tract which netted him
profit Of $1,000 and sold his product all
over Montana.
My brother and I handle my entire
place alone except for hired help dur
Ing harvesting and haying, One hun
eired and twenty-five acres Is being
farmed and the balance Is used for pas
,ture. have 100 inches Of water which
belongs to the ranch and no rents to
pay on it. There Is plenty Of water In
this country and most years we don't
need lrrigating as we have plenty of
rainfall to raise all crops. In fact
some years we get too much rain.
"Although we do not raise any fruit
on our place there is lots of It raised in
this county. Apples raised IN Carbon
county are a great deal better than |
they raise IN Missouri.
'sWe also have aii kinds Of berries,
strawberries, huckieberries, Wild cher
ries, thimbleberries gooseberries,
-. - - s-oay>t, nserine f44lsgea MIS-
blue berries and most Of them grow
Wild and many OF them between my /
pTace and the mountains my house be- |
Ina about six miles from the mounts
atna
1--WE are located ID a wonderful !
scenic country and are only 45 miles
from the Yellowstone park. We have
some very fine summer resorts that are
located up In the mountains and. ae-
cesslble BY good automobile roads
Have fine trout streams and hunting is
rood for big and small game. A person
san 90 out In the morning and come
back with q deer or elk before evening
Out mountain streams are well stocked
With trout The highest mountains In
Montana are close to Red Lodge which
ire 10000 feet high. The altitude at
ny ranxn IL $500 feet. and ! raise
very kind Of crop that grows IN q
moderate climate. The attitude varies
n this county from 300 to $500 feet
n the farming districts and as high ms
5000 feet In the mountains. We
ever have any sickness as the air 10
'ure and dry.
Il came here in 1919 and paid el0,.
90 FOR my place. / paid $4,000 down
lorteaged the balance and from last
ears crop paid the balance Of my
Indebtedness in full. Ny home Ia now
lear and also my stock and machinery.
~Our soil Is OF two kinds: q black
,am and chocolate sandy loan
-hich plows easy and sheds good. The
oil Is full OF lime and phosphate and
ever needs any fertilizer. though the
cas- do furnish nitrogen 10 the soil
cas- are Just as good fertilizer for
Ne soil as clover
u have been over Carbon county at :
Ifferent times Of the year and from
y own observation find better crops
Used here than they raise In north
est Missouri and Of many different
arieties. One farmer. few miles O
ON Us. raises Concord grapes In his =
ople orchard. This county is beeom-
g one Of the leading counties In Mon
ma beeamse Il produces better crops 2
an. amy other county according 10 D
'vernment reports
II am perfectly satisfied and con-
nted here and believe anyone else
N do ~ well as / have II they just
III try. Anyone could easily come
rough this country on their way to
e Yellowstone and Glacier parks and
sure would be worth v-aile. Ny place
only two miles from Red Lodge and
better than hundreds Of other
aces here end would like to see more
this good land bought and home
aided BY good farmers as that IL ali
J need here. IN going over the