The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-01-23

Poplar, Jan. 21.-Roosevelt county
is not only z leader in wheat raised
from registered and approved source
of which 100000 bushels were pro-
duced this year but is among the
highest in registered livestock i'm
pr0vement as a result of four years
of extension work in this line with
the active support of the pioneer
registered livestock breeders who
have put Roosevelt county foremost
in the state in the number and quail
ty of high class registered animals
within its boundaries. Four years
ago when the livestock improvement
program commenced there We're very
few herds that were headed by a reg
istered sire. In fact in the western
twO-thirds of the county it was al
most impossible to find such thing
as registered sire heading a farm
herd. Through constant work in
community meetings, moving pictures,
posters, news stories and talks by
! livestock project leaders Of the farm
bureau, the situation is very much
changed and the exact reverse has
been realized. For at the present
tim there are very few herds of cat
tie in the cOUnty that ar not headed
by or has aces to a registered sire.
The few who have none are getting
them as fast as possible. In addition,
good number of farmers have a
start in registered females as we'll.
Roosevelt county is particularly
fortunate in making such rapid
strides along this line by having
within it's boundaries as a foundation
large herds of registered stock that
are among the best in the northwest
and owners of these herds have been
very active in working in a better live
stock program.
Henry Lowe of the Lowe and Pow
er, ShOrthorn breeder of Culbetscn,
has been livestock project leader for
the farm bureau for a number of
years. These breeders have held a
public sale each year for the last
/ three years at the Mar Car farm
which has been the chief source of
registered Shorthorn supply within
the county. This year the sale was
not held because the private demand
for their stock was so great that
there was nothing left to sell when
the time came for said sale.
MAR CAR
HERD
The Mar Car herd consists of 14O
head of registered cattle headed by
the famous herd bull, Mar Supreme
a straight Scotch animal secured from
the Below herd of Marysville, Mo.
and having won first at the Pacific
international Livestock show. Theil
annual sale distribution is 40 heaC
most of which go to the breeders il
the northeastern part of Montana
; They practice the method of select
ing and keepin gtheir best heifer
with the idea of adding further quail
ty to the herd A new herd bull Wi
1 be purchased by them next year.
Tom Nelson of the Dane Vale
may also be termed a pioneer regis
tered Shorthorn breeder, having 81
cued his foundation both bulls an
heifers, from the Mar Car herd, br
having raised enough to be a bi
factor in distributing breeding stocl
George L. Percy of Bainville h.
been IN the registered Shorthol
business two years now and is b,
coming one of the prominent liv,
stock breeders in the east end of Il
county.
H. c. Bjorge Of Culbertson. one {
the largest and most successful dail
men in that territory is the otht
pioneer Shorthorn breeder, but he
emphasizing and developing the mill
ing stain. He is annually providin
paying results from his dairy COW
and besides is furnishing good regii
tered foundation breeding stock {
the milking strain.
McCANN IS
III VETERAN
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