The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-02-11
Weekly News Letter
From State College
J. c. TAYLOR,

FARMERS, Ialm women and boys and
girls of the farms of Montana, took a
direct part in the cooperative efforts
OF the Montana State College Exten-
sion Service in 1924 on a greater
scale than yer before, according to j..
{. Taylor, assistant extension direc-
tor. During the year 08,O38 farm
people attended meetings, took part in
tests and demonstrations, called at
the office Of extension. workers and
took part in various efforts for the
Improvement of Mcntana's. agricul-
tufe. Mere than a half million per-
sCnal letters, circulars Of information,
bulletins and so on were sent out.
Extension workers made more than
10000 personal calls on farmers and
farm women and they in turn re-
ceived more than $4,000 calls for in
formation and assistance.
Speaking of the trend toward more
diversified and stable farming sys-
TENS, as indicated by the increase in,
and the improvement of live stock,
Nh. Taylor says:
"The work of the Extension service
with livestock is varied and import
ant. In general that work deals with
the improvement of livestock and as
sisting stockmen, through the intro
duction of pure bred stock; through
breeding, feeding, management and
cUlling work; By work for the control
and prevention of disease, particu-
8 larry such diseases as black leg, tu-
b~erculosis, goitre, Nhairlessness, hog
cholera, nutritional diseases, and 50
on; by fostering the development and
organization of livestock shipping as.
~sOciations; by the construction of Dip
ping watts, and by assistance in cr-
eanizing various kinds of coopera
tive associations"
He points out that there are nov
Tour COW testing associations and sew.
eral COW testing clubs operating il
the state, organized for the purpose
Of helping the mar with dairy COW;
to improve his stock through the
elimination of Improbable producers
by correcting improper feeding ant
management practices, and so on
These organizations he adds are con
tributing materially toward the i'm
provement Of the dairy industry il
the regions Of the state where the!
operate.
In many of they counties wher,
county extension agents are employ
ed, Mr.. Taylor says, livestock ship
ping associations or other FERNS o
cooperative ventures to assist tn
stockmen have been formed. In on
county he shows that four years ag
there were no hog shipments. Befor
the present season is over the coopera
tive shipping association organize
there will handle at least IA carload
Of hogs for its members. In anOthe
county where hog production was DE-
cidedly limited until the last fe'
years, the, shipments for the prese1
season will approximate $50 ca,
loads. The hog shipments for II
entire state four years ago wei
about the same as for this one coul
ty for the present season and Il
shipments fer the whole state will
approximately ten times greater tn;
in 1921.
In another county where a speci
effort was made to increase the nur
Der of farm flOcks of sheep, not mer
" because sheep were good mon
makers at the time but because tn
firm an important unit for diver
f%icaticn in the county, the sheep pc
Ulaticn has been practically doubl
since 1920. To assist those with SIN
farm flocks, a yearly ram sale
held, enabling the farmers to get pI
bred breeding stock at reasona'
cost. In still another county, acco
ing to Mr.. Taylor, a wool assOciat
has been organized, and the 1925 w
clip of approximately half a mill
pounds has been contracted for
SO cents per pound. The a~ssociat
now has 19C members and represe
approximately 10000 head of shee
= = >
CAN PLANT MORE FLAX
Farmers Ct Montana can SAT
increase their flax planting over
year by approximately eight per c
and TINS bring tho total acreage