The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-11-07

tana Leads in Dairy Increase.
In an address bristIing with re-
vealing facts and figures of the
dairy business in the northwest,
Charles f. Collision, agricultural
editor of the Minneapolis Tribune,
told Great Falls business men, at
a recent luncheon meeting, that
gloom is being chased from the
northwest and that in its place an
era of contentment is coming be-
cause the farmers are entering the
"cow-sow-hen' system of farming.
Mr.. Collision delivered his famou.
golden butter and golden dollars
address and fully traced for the rea
estate and land dealers the progress.
of diversified farming in Wisconsin
Minnesota and North Dakota. The
address is one which Mr.. COLLISION is
delivering throughout the northwest
as part of the Minneapolis papers
program of boosting diversified farm.
ing and bringing about a close rela-
ton between the business men of the
city and the farmers. :
Cites Activities.
Each week Mr.. Collision writes
two pages of farm news for his paper
and is particularly interested in
featuring community efforts which
boost farming so that those commun-
tiles in the northwest which have not
yet seen the possibilities of the "cow-
sow-hen" farming will start to
work for it. Mr.. Collision is in Mon
tana at the present time gathering
material for one of his articles.
NEARLY every speaker on agricul-
ture, whom the newspapers have re
ported lately, has felt it necessary to
tell us how many millions of our
farmers are deserving their farms,
and how many of them are going to
die of want and starvation unless
well, usually unless the speaker or
his candidate is elected something or
other" Mr.. Collision declared.
Now all this gloom is getting
very tiresome. There are many who
believe it is not getting us anywhere,
to dwell upon our difficulties. Some
of us are old enough to have had
many troubles-but the most of them
never happened. Some of us have
lived long enough to have seen the
American farmer rise from some
tighter situation than the present
one."
Many Bright Spots.
In the midst of all the gloom
spreading about the northwest, trav-
cling through the territory and in
vestigating will reveal many bright
spots, says Mr.. COLLISION. Included
in these he cited figures to show that
farmers in North Dakota in sections
where dairying has gained a foot
hold are now in position to take
care of their obligations. In all the
northwest states, dairying has TAX
en- tremendous strides, but of these
Montana's per centage of gain is the
per cent. Wisconsin is
first, Minnesota second, and North
Dakota third.
"Here is another bright spot
continued the speaker. "Do you
know that you are living near the
heart and center of the fastest grow
ing dairy land in America. Look up
the figures and you will find that |
has gained more dairy |
COWS in the Is years following the |
1919 census than any other state.
This put her ahead of New York as
first in gain, first in dairy cows, and
first in total production.
Montana Gain The Highest.
Minnesota is second in gain, or
598,612 COWS. This put her ahead
Of Iowa. Now in 1924 she has more
Hairy cows than New York 1t may
surprise you to know that the third
state in gain is Minnesota and the
fourth Michigan.
''The highest per cetage of gain
n the whole United States is in Mon
ana where it has been $50 per cent.
She has more than doubled her dairy
lows.
$50 we have here stretching from
saulte st. Marie to the Rockies, the
greatest dairy realm of North Am
erica, and believe of the world
he cream pitcher of America
Doesn't it look now, in the midst Il
f all this gloom we hear from Cal
unity James as if we in the north
vest we're all dressed up and knew
where we were going, and were al
eady on our Way?"