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gave over 5000. Last year three
COWS gave over $4,000, one over H.
900, ten over 10000, Is over 5000
and II over 5000, or a total of 40
COWS that gave over 5000 pounds of
milk for the year.
"Our methods are simply the keep
ing of records and the breeding up
of the herd through the use of regis
tered bulls from high producing cows
we get the best Ayrshire bull
calves we can find. The only differ
ence between our methods and those
usually recommended by dairy au-
thorities is that our record keeping is
simpler. Each COW is numbered by
brand made in our blacksmith
shop. We weigh the milk morning
and evening one day in each month
and assume that is the daily average
production for the month. Multiply
ing this figure by the number of days
in the month we call that the total
for the month. Weighings are made
on the 18th of each month so that
they come just month apart. But
terfat tests are taken three times
year and we assume that this gives
10 IAN VI Iu6
amount of butter fat in each cows
milk.
1--WE do not content that this is a
scientific method of keeping records,
but we do claim that it answers the
purpose just as we'll as more elabor-
ate testing would, as results show.
We know that our figures so arrived
at are fairly correct by balancing
their total with the figures kept in
the milk house which show the exact
quantities of milk produced each day,
month and year. The method is so
simple that any dairyman can follow
1t with very little additional work
'At no time have we made any
effort to make particularly high rec
ords, and at no time was any special
feeding attempted. Except for the
culling out of the poor COWS and the
breeding up through better bulls, the
of care and feeding are
practically the same as they were
when we started keeping the records, |
except, of course, that COWS giving |
more milk have to have more feed"
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/ of Chouteau, Treasure, Rosebud, Ra-
valli, Prairie, Custer, Richland, Val
ley, Phillips and Blaine counties.
What is the prospect for the bean
crop this year? Another consider
able increase in acreage according to
present indications and probably a
further expansion into other counties.
AS for the market outlook for the
coming crop, that, like all other mar
ket questions, depends upon whether
present industrial conditions continue
to maintain present demands, and on
the size and condition of the national
and world crop.
Is bean growing successful in all
parts of the state? This question
must be answered in the negative.
Filled beans cannot withstand a frost
and for that reason they are only
adapted to the longer season sections
of the state where the beans may be
planted and harvested during the
frost free period. The Great North
ern bean natures in about los days
and this short season is one of the
reasons for it's popularity.
On Non-Ifrigated Land
Can they be grown only under ir-
rigation? Approximately two-thirds
of the 1923 acreage was grown on
irrigated land with an average yield
of 1860 pounds to the acre. The
third that was grown on non-irrigated
land yielded at the rate of $50 pounds
per acre. Apparently irrigated land
has decided advantage but beans
may be grown without extra water
when adapted varieties and suitable |
cultural methods are used.
What kind of soil does the field |
bean prefer? This may best be an
swered by enumerating the kind that |
it does not prefer. Compact soils, |
alkali soils and water logged soils |
may be scratched off the list as pos
sible bean ground. Loan soils are
best and clay soils if not too COM
pact and if provided with plenty of
plant food and good drainage may |
produce good crop.
How should the land be prepared? |
On fall plowed land early spring disk
ing is advisable followed, sometime
before planting, with thorough har-
rowing to kill all weeds. On very
weedy land several harrowings may
be necessary. Spring blowing should
be done as early as possible. Har-
rowing Immediately after blowing is
to prevent baking. In
my case firm, moist seed bed is
and weeds must be under
control before planting.
In the Billings area planting time
extends from May 20 to
Tune 10. A good plan to follow is
o look up the average date of the
asst killing frost and to make plant
ngs ten days later. When beans are
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OF
GREAT FALLS
OF MISSOURI
CONTINUED from Feature Page.)


and maintained there during the
several following weeks. The ex-
plorers now found themselves fac
ed with their first real difficulty,
the absolute blocking of naviga-
ton. To determine how they could
get around the falls Captain Clark
on June II set out with five men
to explore the country, leaving
Lewis to explore the river and
its fine series of cataracts and cas-
cades.
Captain Lewis named two of the
series of falls, Great Falls and
Crooked falls. Black Eagle falls,
beside which the Anaconda Cop
per Mining company's smelter is
now located, was just below the
falls and mentioned by him in his
diary. The island still remained as
late as 1872 and still harbored
eagles, for Captain Roberts, who
saw one there in that year, gave
the falls their name.
On June % Lewis discovered
Giant Springs which he called a
fountain. In his journal he de-
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-06-06
WHAT is PASTURE WORTH
I'M FAT1TIIEEERaHHHER4aG PORK

| weight by the sows these pigs were
grown to practically SO pounds in
weight with less feed than the aver
age requirement for putting on equal
amounts of gain in growing them
from so to 200 pounds. The sows
weighed in at 425 pounds before far
rowing and were weighed out, when
the pigs were weaned, at 361 pounds.
BY using pasture the amount of
other feed required for the SOW and
litter during the sucking period to
produce a pound of pig at weaving
time was considerably reduced. Six
teen sows and filters that were on
pasture 48 of the rs days from far
rowing to weaving time required for
each pound of pig at weaving time
"a pounds of barley and mill run
feed. O.3 pound of low grade tankage,
LIS pound of skim milk, OIL pound of
alfalfa hay, and negligible amount
of sunflower silage. These pigs weigh
ed practically AZ pounds at weaving
time. The pasture consisted of mixed
grasses, alfalfa and white clover, the
grasses making up about two-thirds
of the cover. The average number
of pigs raised per litter was TO.
while the savings of concentrates was
not determined exactly, comparisons
with other results indicates that it
to at least 0.5 pound per
pound of pig at weaving time. On
this basis the five acres saved little
over $500 pounds of concentrates.
At s1.25 per 100 pounds of concen-
trates the pasture yielded $6.25 per
acre on the grain and other concen-
trates saved during the period of
only 48 days.
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BREEDING UP COWS.
FOR PRODUCTION
From Montana State College


ITO BRING up the dairy herd from
mediocrity to high production
IL does not necessarily mean radi
cal departure from the ordinary me-
thod of conducting the business mol
does it mean a lot of additional ex-
pense, says ]. o. Tretsven, dairy spe-
cialist of the Montana State College
Extension Service. Too often the
dairy farmer or the farmer with dairy
COWS feels that herd Improvement is
desirable but that it entails too much
expense for him to attempt. Actually
the maintenance of herd OF poor
producers entails too much expense
for the owner not to carry on sys-
tematic work of improvement.
A recent report of the United
States department of agriculture
points to the fact that last year, dairy
production and the consumption OF
dairy products had just about reached
a balance. This means, said Mr..
Tretsven, that the point of high COM
petition in the dairy business has
been reached and that from now on
the efficient producer will stay in
business and the poor one will be
eliminated. The increase in compe-
tition means that the cows and herds
that are keeping the average produc-
tion per COW in this country at its
present low level will have to drop
out of the race and their owners will
have to develop higher producers or
drop out also.
Interesting and vital are the fig
ures recently disclosed as the result
of an investigation carried on in Ore
gon. 1t was found that it costs at
least one dollar more to produce 100
pounds of milk in herd where the
average production is less than 5000
pounds of milk per year than where
annual production is 1000 pounds or
better. There are a great many herds
in Montana that are losing that extra
dollar per hundred pounds of milk
and this in itself speaks eloquently
for the need of improvement.
Dairy herd improvement is not ne
cessarily expensive and simple sys-
tenn can be worked out without dis |
rupting the present methods or cost
ing lot of extra money. To illus
trate simple and economical method |
of herd improvement, Mr.. Tretsven
cites the case of H. B. Mitchell, mayor
of Great Falls, and owner of the
Ayrshire Dairy of that city. Mr..
MitchelTs own words at a recent |
meeting of the Montana State Dairy
mems Association. best tell the story
81 first started keeping records of
my cows in 1918. The average for
that year was 5,723 pounds per COW,
and the next it was 5,842. In 1920
the herd had increased to IS COWS I
and the average production increased |
to 6,674. In 1921 the average pro-
duction for the same number of cows |
was 6,875; in 1922 the average was
1928 and last year, 1928, the aver
age production had increased to 8,43S
pounds. To further illustrate the i'm
in 1920 we had one COW
that gave over 1000 pounds, six
that gave over 5000 and ten that
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scribed it. "The water boils up
from among the rocks and with
such force near the center, that the
surface seems higher there than the
earth on the side of fountain,
which is handsome turf line of
fine green grass. The water is
extremely pure, cold and pleasant
to the taste, not being impregnated
with lime or any foreign sub
stance"
Meanwhile Clark and his group
of men probably after crossing
and recrossing the spot where
Great Falls now stands, had with
much pains worked out a line of
portage II 3-4ths miles in length
from Belt Creek to White Bear
island. The island had received
its name on the first night of the
camp when one of the ever present
white BEARS" or grizzlies, for
whom the island seemed to be a
home, chased Willard into camp.
Before it could be pursued it dis
covered Coulter and drove the flu
ture discoverer of Yellowstone
park and the hero of an adventure
with the Blackfeet into ignominous
flight into the river. There Coul-
ter remained until Clark and three
other men drove off the animal.
A marker on the east bank of
the river opposite what is still
known as White Bear island will
mark the site of the camp and also
serve as a reminder of the incident
for which it was named.
After considerable hunting for
elk and trees, both of which were
so-called wagons were
of skins drawn over a
framework of wood. These were
by the men across the un-
even country, where prickly pear
Was llllCh dllu DulldIO lldQ u dlIlpleQ
wet earth which had dried into
hard sharp points. The feet of
the men were protected from the
of the trail by only the
thin skin of moccasins. The port
age occupied most of the time
from June Fl until July 2.
Five markers will be placed on
the portage trail; at the spot
where Belt creek joins the Mis-
souri,, at the place where the trail
the present Highwood |
road, at the juncture of the Belt
and Highwood roads, at the juno
ture of the Red road and the
Valeria highway and at the end of
the trail opposite White Bear
s1and.
Lives Often Endangered
All the time taken in making the
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PASTURES have been generally
r considered as playing an import
Il ant part in the production OF
pork but heretofore there have been
no figures available telling how much
pastures were worth in dollars and
cents when so used. Now DR.. w. E.
Joseph of the Montana Experiment
Station has completed an experiment
which tells definitely whether or not
the use of pasture is wise economy,
how much grain the pasture will re-
place and whether or not the use of
pasture results in efficient produc-
ton. In this experiment it was found
that the pasture was worth 1925 per
acre, based on the amount of grain
it replaced in the hog ration during
a period of 48 days.
DR.. Joseph's report on the hog pas
ture experiment is as follows:
Without pasture the amount of
feed required for eight sows and their
spring filters from narrowing to
weaving time for each pound of
weaned pig was as follows:
of pigs and filters 8
NunDST VI PIGS Idlocu---- . =
Age when weaned. SO days
Average weight of pigs
when weaned .-.....-...-. 1872 lbs.
Feed eaten by sows and filters per
pound of weaned pig:
Barley ..................... 81 lbs.
Skim milk .........,...----.... OF lbs.
Alfalfa hay .... 0.5 lbs.
The total feed per pound of pig at
veaning time was slightly less than
he equivalent of four pounds of con-
entrates. Aside from the loss in
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portage was not wearisome for the
band included Cruzatte, violinist
Frequently impromptu dances were
held when bearded and probably
dirty men, with feet aching and
SCARED from the days work in
transporting the supplies, bowed
and flirted as they took the girls
parts in a quadril1e.
From July 2 to IS was spent in
building canoes, repacking the sup
plies and caching some of them in
Guiding the iron frame of a boat
SO feet long which was brought
from Harper's Ferry, Va. No rec
ord of the frame ever having been
removed has been found. During
the stay at the island the lives of
nearly all of them were endangered
at different times by bears, hail,
cloudbursts, extreme heat, and
other adventures. On July Is the
explorers continued the journey UP
the Missouri.
Lewis passed this way again in
1906 on the return from the Pacific
coast; Clark returning to the Mis-
souri, by the Yellowstone river
On July II of that year the old
camp at White Bear island was
reached; part of the men travelling
in a bull boat and a canoe made
from the skins of buffalo killed
when herd of cat least 10000"
were met in the Sun river valley.
White Bear Island was again
the scene of their camp while they
waited for one of the party, Drew
yer to return with some horses that
had been stolen from them by
Indians near the Dearborn river.
Upon his return they embarked
upon their northern and eastern
Journey on July 10. 1t was on this
nomeward trip that Lewis with
four men explored the Maria's
river, a trip during which they
nearly lost their lives in struggle
With the Minnetaree Indians.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-06-06
URGES FARMERS
TO COPY INDIANS
HIDATSA TRIBE RAISED FIELD
CORN ON MISSOURI LONG
BEFORE WHITES CAME
Great Northern Bean is Descendant
of Bean Grown by Red Farmers in
Montana 200 Years Ago; Bean is
Coming Back.

Long before the white man came
to this country the Indians were
growing corn and only recently has
the white man taken an interest in
this crop. The same thing is true
regarding the field bean. The
Indians grew beans 200 years ago
in North Dakota and Montana and
only within the last year or two
has the bean come back to its own
among the white farmersof Mon
tana.
Back two centuries ago, long be-
fore the coming of the explorers, the
Hidatsa Indians were growing a field
bean along the banks of the Missouri
river Forty years ago Oscar Will
of Bismark, North Dakota, secured
some of these beans from Son of a
Star, a member of the Hidatsa tribe,
and today the descendants of that
bean, known as the Great Northern
bean, furnish the mainstay for the
bean growing revival apparent in
Montana. 1t is the Great Northern
bean that is most popular among the
bean growers of the Yellowstone val
ley.
If there is nothing new under the
sun, it must follow that great many
Of the worth while old things are be-
ing re-discovered, and the Great Nor
thern bean is one of them.
Official crop reports for 1922
show that there were $500 acres de-
voted to the field bean crop in Mon
tana during that year. In 1923 the
acreage had increased to $4,000 In
the fall of 1922 the market discover
ed the superiority of the Montana
product over that from other states.
Montana beans drew a premium. Re-
5ult-the field bean acreage increas-
ed six fold the next year.
Four Counties Lead
Yellowstone, Carbon, Big Horn and
saltwater counties apparently have
/ grip on the field bean production,
over 80 per cent of the
crop in 1928 and yet decided interest
s being aroused among the farmers
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The Appealing Charm
of Health and Beauty

Sioux Falls, S. Dak.-"About two
years ago was in rundown, nervous
condition, my back ached terribly and
I had bearing pains. l suffered from
functional disturbances, and felt sick
and mean all over. A friend told me
about DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription and she was so enthusiastic
about it that I bought a bottle.
never took a medicine in my life
that did me SO much good; it strength
ened me and rid me of all my aches
and pains. My system was regulated
and my nervousness left me. I am
still just as well and strong as can be
never know sick or wearisome day
and I give all the credit to DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Mrs.
Christina Van Hess, 1925 N. Dakota
Street.
Sold at drug stores in tablets or;
liquid. Write DR.. Pierce, President
Inva1ids' Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y, for
free medical advice. Send 1Qc for
trial pkg. tablets.
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CHILDREN CRY FOR "CASTORIA"
Harmless Substitute for Castor OIL Paregoric Drops
and Soothing STups = No Narcotics!

MotherI F1etcher's Castoria has
been In uEs for over 80 years to re-
lieve babies and children of Constipa-
ton, Flatulency, Wind Collie and
Diarrhea; allaying Feverishness aris-
ing therefrom, and. by regulating the
Stomach and Bowels, aids the assim-
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NEW OFFICIALS FAVOR KHAN

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candidates elected here who it has
been understood, are favorable to the
Knights of the Ku Klux Khan. The
men elected were not on the same po-
litical ticket, the voters scratching in
order to get men from each ticket
who were strong in their opinion Of
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INrED BY coURTEs
32d Mason. IT,
II. John M. Robson (R), Christian,
Mason.
LOUISIANA
Senators
Joseph E. Ransdell (D), X. Of c.,
Catholic.
Edwin S. Broussard (D), Catholic.
Representatives
l. James O'Connor (D), Catholic.
Il. H. Garland Dupre (D), Catholic.
8. Whitmell P. Martin 3D., Mason.
4. John N. Sandin (D), Methodist, 32d
Mason.
s. Riley ]. Wilson 3D., Methodist,
r. A. Mason.
6. George K. Favrot (D), Protestant.
II. Ladislas Lazaro (D), Catholic.
8. James B. Aswell (D), Baptist, Ma
Senators
Bert M. Fernald (R), R. A. Mason.
Frederick Hale (R), Congregational.
Representatives
1. Carroll L. Beedy (R), Mason.
II. Wallace H. White, Jr., (R), Con-
gregational, 32d Mason.
3. John E. Nelson (R), 32d Mason.
4. Ira G. Hersey (R), Methodist, X. T.
MARYLAND
Senators
Ovington E. Weller (R), 32d Mason.
William Cabell Bruce (D), Episcopal.
Representatives
I. T. Alan Goldsborough (D), Mason.
II. Milard E. Tydings (D), Episcopal,
Mason.
Is. John Philip Hill (R), Protestant.
4. J. Charles Linthicum (D), Epis-
copal, 32d Mason.
IS. Sydney E. Mudd (R), Catholic.
6. Frederick N. Zihlman (R), Metho-
dist, 32d Mason.
MASSACHUSETTS
Senators
Henry Cabot Lodge (R), Protestant.
David I. Walsh (D), X. of c., Catholic.
Representatives
1. Allen T. Treadway (R), 33d Ma
son.
2. Frederick H. Gillett (R), Protest
ant.
8. Calvin D. Paige, (R), Baptist.
4. Samuel E. Winslow (R), Unit.
5. John Jacob Rogers (R), Protest
ant.
6. A. Plat Andrew (R), Presby-
terrain, Mason.
Z. William P. Connery, Jr., (D),
Catholic.
8. Frederick w. Dallinger (R), Epis-
copal, K. T. Mason.
9. Charles L. Underhill (R), Con-
gregational, Mason.
10. Peter F. league (D), Catholic.
II. George Holden Tinkham (R), Ma
son.
~. James A. Gallivan (D), K. of c.,
Catholic.
10. Robert Luce (R), Unitarian, Ma
son.
ID. Louis A. rockingham (R), Mason.
Is. William S. Greene (R). Methodist.
K. T. Mason.
16. Charles L. Clifford (R), Methodist,
Senators
Woodbridge N. Ferris (D), Mason.
James Couzens (R), Protestant.
Representatives
1. Robert H. Clancy (D), Catholic.
2. Earl c. Kitchener (R), Presby-
terrain, Mason.
8. Arthur B. Williams (R), Congre-
gational, X. T. Mason.
4. John C. Ketcham (R), Methodist,
32d Mason.
5. Carl E. Mapes (R), Mason.
6. Grant M. Hudson (R), Baptist, X.
T. Mason.
Z. Louis c. Cramton (R), Presby-
terrain, R. A. Mason.
8. Bird ]. Vincent (R), Congrega-
tional X. T. Mason.
9. James C. Mclaughlin (R)
10. Roy o. Woodruff (R), Presby-
terrain, Mason.
II. Frank D. Scott (R), Mason.
IL. w. Frank James (R), Mason.
10. Clarence J. Mcleod (R), Catholic.
MINNESOTA
Senators
Henrik Shipstead (Farmer-Labor),
Mason.
Magnus Johnson GARNER Labor,
Protestant.
Representatives
1. Sydney Anderson (R), Pres,
Mason.
2. Frank Clague (R), Mason.
8. Chas. R Davis (R), Mason.
4. Oscar E. Keller (R), Pres, Mason.
5. Walter H. Newton (R), Baptist,
32d Mason.
6. Harold Knutson (R), Mason.
z. o. j. Kvale (R), Lutheran.
8. Oscar j. Larson(R), Cong, Mason
9. Klud Wefald (Farmer-Labor),
Protestant.
10. Thos. D. Schall (R), Epis., Mason.
MISSISSIPPI
Senators