The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-12-04

and vegetables are among the principal
diversified enterprises that are rapidly
placing the agriculture OF Fergus county
on a solid, substantial basis.
Soil typography and innate all help to
make Central Montana one of the greatest
diversified farming districts of the west.
The foot hills ana mountain valleys are
ideal for the production of feed crops,
with ample water and shelter, TO make It
one Of the greatest dairy regions of the
west. and as yet its farmers have only
It's great level benches have and are
still producing the greatest crops OF nigh
benchland farmers are not content with one
crop alone, but Practice a crop rotation
system which generally includes two crops
of wheat one crop of sweet clover ana one
year summerfallOW or corn.
The farmers of the lower attitudes OF
the county, due to soil and climatic con-
ditiOns, probably practice a more balanced
crop production system than those OF the
more level benches of the Judith Basin.
In the former districts nearly every farmer
PRODUCES som corn, has generally i've
or ten cows, a flock Of turkeys, q gOOu
pen of chickens, some hogs and while the
wheat crop averages lower in yield than
that of the upper BasOn districts, the
quality is always good. AS an example or
the diversified enterprises of one of these
communities, the following receipts from
the little town Of Roy in northwestern
Fergus gives one an idea that the farmers
are not defending on wheat alone. our
ing the ten-mOnth period, January i to
Nov. 1 Of the present year, they shipped
one hundred cars Of cattle, twelve cars
Of hogs, one hundred and fifty thousand
bushels of wheat, a couple carloads or
alfalfa and sweet clover seed, tWenty-tOur
hundred cases Of eggs, one car of turkeys
ana other poultry, and over $36,OOO IN
cream checks were cleared through one
bank alone during the sam period. Other
towns could show equally good or better
returns.
A new industry, seed peas, promises to
provide another. great additional enter
prise and one that viii eventually bring
over a million dollars gross income every
year.
During the next ten years, or as soon
as the farmers who were hit by the re-
action Of the great land boom of the corn
belt states can get away there will be a
big influx of settlers into Fergus county,
who Will then find an opportunity to
build up a profitable home for themselves
and children.
Potatoes, Beets, and Beans offer Great
Opportunities
There are several districts Of Fergus
county that offer exceptional opportunities
for specialized farm enterprises, such as
{ potatoes, sugar beets, beans and peas.
Probably no region of the state is better
adapted to the growing Of high grade
7 potatoes than the irrigated district ada
e cent to the old Deerfield post office, where
there are thousands of acres of level rich
2 soil under the ditch with the never-failine
d Warm Spring creek to supply all the
D. needed water. This districts alone could
e produce five hundred to a thousand car.
I loads of potatoes annually, forty or fifty
I cars of Leas and beans, and the possibility
D for sugar beet production are as good as
b any district in the state. These crops to-
q gether with alfalfa and livestock are ca
e pable Of supporting a big population il
e this one project alone.
e There are dozens of other districts IL
y the county that likewise offer great Op
j. pOrtunities along these lines. For instance
d the large n. Bar holdings on Willow creel
south Of Grass Range, where there ar
d thousands Of acres Of rich valley soil be
" low the ditch waiting development. TIL
fOOt-hiu regions south Of LeWistOWn
Moore, Forest Grove, and Grass Range pro