The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-10

Knibbs, Frank B. Linderman an
5 one or two others being the mos
outstanding examples.
In southern Montana there live
} a young rider, Bruce Brockett, VIII
} is unusually talented in this way
will know a fame and a prosperit
that is perhaps beyond the vision an,
the imagination of the men who ar
striving with the scheme today.
Genius Behind the Plan.
Vision and imagination, Away
qualities of leadership, were required
ever to make a start in a plan S,
~far-reaching and so epochal. Fur
thermore, a zeal that knows no dis
couragement, that surmounts all OBJ,
stacles, that overcome all opposition
and that sees only success was neces.
sary. This vision, this Imagination
this zeal and determination were fur
nished by Sidney M. Ward of Hamil-
ton, who is known up and down the
valley a S Sid Ward, father of the
preceding idea and indefatigable
worker for the highest standards of
packing and grading of all fruits and
vegetables.
Not only has Sid Ward worked for
years among his own people of the
Bitter Root, but he has visited every
famous fruit valley of the West. He
has studied the far-famed methods
of the fruit growers of California, of
Oregon and Washington. He has Wis
tied every successful preceding plant
in the country and has been in
.strumental in selecting the two most
successful men to take charge of the
preceding plant at Hamilton. SUI
pe%rintendent Snodgrass, in charge of
the packing plant, has seen years of
service in Oregon, and o. N. Kaldor,
who supervises the cooling of the
fruit and it's treatment, is also we'll
known in the industry.
His Enthusiasm.
No one can listen to Mr.. Ward talk
of the possibilities of the Bitter Root
without growing enthusiastic.
1--WE have the soil and we have
the climate. We are raising fruit
that is superior to anything Of its
kind in the world. What we must
learn is how to market it to best adj
vantage and in perfect condition. The
markets are ready and waiting for
us. That is no ridiculous statement.
We are one valley for which the
world is actually waiting" To prove
the point Mr.. Ward showed a report
strawberries from the United
States department of agriculture. 1t
the country's shipment of
strawberries-heavy in April, May
and June, tapering off in July and a
complete break in August, September,
October and November.
Demand Never Satisfied.
"Our crop is at it's best when the
market is bare. We reach the top of
our production in the months of
July, August, September and on until
The snow is on the ground. We pick
strawberries through the early snow.
No other valley in America produces
strawberries during these months.
Yes, the market is waiting for us.
If our plans for preceding, grading
and packing are successful, we can
plant $500 acres to Strawberries.
What this e becomes apparent
when I tell you that SO acres will
produce all the strawberries that the
Montana market can absorb in a
The demand for s~trawber-
lies has never yet been satisfied in
America.
"And with preceding and proper
and packing strawberries will
not be our principal production. In
TACT it will be but n of many. We
nave 20 great intensive crops, all of
which will be big money makers for
our people if we get them properly
IN the market. We shall develop a
industry as we'll as a green
goods business and there is every
reason to believe that the Bitter Root
abel will be blazoned across the
icious fruits and delectable Injuries
Tor the table.
Prolific Yields.
"Morella cherries, lettuce, spinach,
roasting ear corn, green tomatoes and
)nions are some of the products that
can raise better than any other
district and at a time when the mar
xets are either low or bare. Onions
lave already outstripped strawberries
is a money-making crop. One of our
farmers has raised 100000 pounds of
onions on n and one-eighth acres of
ground. Another realized 1926 from
)nions grown OF ~three-fourths af an
acre. One of our strawberry raisers
marketed 462 crates of berries from
.wo acres and it was the first year
he plants had been set out. In
localities the plants do not
year fruit until the third year.
"The preceding system is not new.
have visited every plant in the