The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-12-24

and approved sources. In a lot OF
cases, however, it has increased the
earning power of land as high as rs
and 100 per cent due to the increased
yield and quality of the better type
of seed. In the fifteen communities
analysed it was found that there
had been very remarkable progress
as a whole in crop Standardization
and that it was being acknowledged
by practically all farmers in the oun
ty as the best system Of producing
the best quality Of crops that can be
raised. The farmers of the both
the Lanark and Divide communities
who are rated very high on crop
standardization have maintained that
this phase Of progressive work has
increased their acreage earning pow
err thousands of dollars; increased
acre yield was found to be n Of the
most important factors in increasing
net returns for the farmers which
is capital invested in labor as in a
survey taken in this section Of the
spring wheat area it was found that
on farms that produced twenty-one
bushels per acre the average cost of
production was rs cents per bushel.
On farms that produced fifteen bush
els per acre the average cost of pro-
duction was 90 cents per bushel
while on farms that produced only
7 bushels per acre the average cost
of production was $1.60 per bushel.
These prices are average among in
dividual farms but it points out very
clearly and definitely that the recog-
milton of principles which give far
mers a large acre yield for their
work and money they have invested
in the crop, are very important fac
tors in lower production costs. The
cost of production survey, in other
words, showed that t%wenty-one bush
els per acre crops will produce a
good profit while on the eve bush
els per acre crops under ordinary
prices were a different proposition
and that the margin Of profit is di-
proportional to the number
VI OlSLiClo plOuQCCu pei 0S1Cs
Checking Up
AS a result of the community an
and rating system the highest
was based on one-third of the 7
cash crop acreage being into summer
land of some kind and it was
found that some communities had
already attained the standard and
hat other communities were build
ng their program in that direction :
md communities who had not thought
materially of it started checking up
IN themselves as compared with the
progressive sections which will
undoubtedly start them building in :
hat direction. The recorded expert j.,
nee of successful practices and yield :
'ecords taken from these practices i,
we're important factors that impress :
ID the necessity of this method to- d,
with the fact that a weather :
hart giving Roosevelt county wealth
r records over a period of 60 years
,howed that in a number of these
years there was not sufficient rain !
all during the growing season to {
produce a crop; that there was no E
way to tell or forecast when these 1
.ry seasons were coming and that :
he only way to play the game in this L
of the country was to take
dvantage of the experience of the
lost successful methods of moisture
observation which is found to be
trough experience the proper sum-
Ter tillage method. With these facts
l mind practically every farm COM
in Roosevelt county is bas-
lg one-third of their cash crop
creage in summer titled ground of
ome kind and a number of them
ave attained that standard al
eady. Most of these communities
re also increasing their acre 1e-
lrn by using only seed Of standard
a~rieties that have proven to be the
est, both Of which are considered
lie of the most important and pro-
ressive changes that are being rap
ly adopted by Roosevelt county