The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-12-12
Every Section Of Montana Euery County, Offers Wonderful
Opportunities To Everyone In Almost Euey Line Of Endeauor

the state. Gas in large quantities
has been found in half dozen dis.
tricts, but the only commercial oil
field up to the present 1929 is
the Kevin-Sunburst in Toole county.
The elevation of the tillable areas
ranges from 1900 to 5000 feet The
highest attitudes are upward of TO-
600 feet in the Glacier National Park
The growing season is more than four
months in the eastern part and about
three months and half in the west
ern part.
Northeastern Section.
| Northwestern Montana is neare-
to exclusively agricultural in charac-
ter than any other district in the
state. Daniels, Sheridan and Roose-
welt counties, which occupy the east
ern part, aside from coal mining, are
devoted almost wholly to farming.
Most of the land south of the Milk
river, in Phillips and Valley counties
which occupy the western part. is de-
voted to stock raising.
Non-irrigated farming predomin-
ates, there being practically no irri-
gated lands outside of the Milk River
valley and the old Fort Peck Indian
reservation. Both of these are gov
eminent projects. Reclamation has
proceeded faster than settlement and
development in the Milk River val
ley, the lands of which have been
devoted chiefly to native hay and OPP
Grated in units so large as to preclude
diversified farming, though well
adapted to it. In the past year or
two a movement has developed to re-
duce the size of the units and bring
in farmers.
Production on non-irrigated land
in the three eastern counties makes
this the banner wheat producing dis
trict 1t is the first in oats. Scobey, |
in Daniels county, lays claim to being |
the largest primary wheat market in !,
the world. The one-crop system has |
prevailed since farming began, 15 |
years ago, but recently there has
Deen an increase in the corn acreage; |
dairying is developing, and other ev-
licences exist OF movement toward |
diversification.
The northwestern part of the dis
trict is handicapped by lack of rail
facilities
Elevations, 1900 to 2,4OO feet.
The growing season is three and
half to four months.
Section.
Lying on the Pacific slope side of
the Rock mountains, and enjoying
climate that is tempered by its To-
cation, the northwestern district is a
region Of possibilities in tourist at
fractions, diversified farming and ell
ectr1cal energy. In it are included
tlathead, Lincoln. Lake and Sanders
counties, and also the western half of
the Glacier National Park. Though
many broad and fertile
valleys are found, and in Lincoln
county is found the lowest elevation
above sea level in the state.
LAUNDERING is the principal indus
try, more than half of the annual
cut of the state being produced here.
considerable fruit is raised. Diversi-
lied farming is advancing with dairy
ng as one of the major activities.
Both non-irrigated and irrigated
'arming are followed The largest
body of irrigated land is in FIathead
Ind Lake counties. In every county, III
However, irrigated lands are await
ng development. In Flathead, Lin
'oln and Sanders counties there are III
Ilso large tracts of cut-over lands, III
which, when cleared, are adapted to III
agricultural purposes. HI
Some mining is done in the western iii
art, and large deposits of good coal II