The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-04-01
Seed and Grain Supply.


Seed and Grain Supply.
In 1928, the farmers of Gallatin county planted $4,000
acres Of winter wheat, $4,000 acres of spring wheat, 49,,
OOO. acres of oats, 10000 acres of peas, 5000 acres of
barley, 1000 acres of rye and 800 acres of potatoes, or
a total of $4,000 acres. All of these crops command
the highest premiums in the worlds market. For many
years Gallatin county has taken state, national and in
ternational prizes on its agricultural products. The flu
ture development of the selective seed industry is assured
and Gallatin county is now supplying seed to many states
because of the splendid high quality of such seed. There
are in Gallatin county 20 grain warehouses CT elevators,
with an aggregate capacity Of 1,46O,OOO bushels, located
on the Milwaukee and Northern Pacific railroads, and
in addition there are "a side tracks where loading plat
forms and other conveniences are maintained to handle
grain shipments.
BOzeman Cereal Mill
The cereal mill located at Bozeman and operated by
The Montana Flour Mills company, is practically the
only cereal mill between the Twin Cities and the Pa
cific coast. This mill gives employment to about 35
men and the payroll amounts to about $300000 per
month. Almost all kinds of cereals are manufactured
at this plant and the finished products are of the high
est quality.
Mineral Deposits.
At the present time work is being done. The Gallatin
Lead Mining company is working its mine and building a
concentration at its mine south of Pass creek. Two hun
dred thousand tons of lead ore is in sight. At Springhin,
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per lead in that vicinity. In the past, almost every
stream has been located and filed upon for placer and
there are thousands Of such locations in the county, al
though little work has been done to develop them.
Rich deposits Of gold have, in the past, also been found
in the West Gallatin canyon above Taylors fork; also on
Levenski creek and in the vicinity Of Madison river, and
also on Elk creek. A large deposit of cOrundum exists
at the lower end Of Gallatin canyon and near Manhattan
is located a large deposit of onyx. This is a better var
iety than is found at most any other place in the United
States. Splendid lime deposits exist in Bridger canyon
and in Rocky canyon.
The cement plant at Trident is enc Of the largest COM
mercial ventures of the valley and employs about 100 men
lin its operations.
Flour Mills.
There are four flour mills operating in Gallatin county;
that of the Montana Flour Mills company, located at
BOzeman; the Gallatin Valley Milling company, located
at Belgrade; the Cascade Milling company, located at
Manhattan, and the mill Of Martin Ryen, located at
~Springhill. These mills employ, when in operation, about
rs men.
The aggregate payroll is $~1O,725.OO per month. Water
furnishes the power for a part Of the mills and electricity
and steam for the others.
There is manufactured daily 1915 barrels of flour in
Gallatin county and it requires 2,772,50O bushels of wheat
to supply these mills. It would require 2,272 cars Of
10000 pounds capacity each to transport the manufactur
ed product produced annually by these mills. The flour
ing mill industry is one Of the ccuntys greatest assets.
Montana State College
Located at Bozeman the Montana State college has
400 acres, nine major buildings and numerous smaller
buildings including farm buildings. Over s1,5OO,OOO.O0
has been expended for buildings alone. The college dur
ing the school year, employs 200 people with a monthly
payroll in excess Of s~S0,OO0.0O. More than $250,OG0OO is
spent annually in Bozeman by the one thousand students
attending the institution. $4,000 farmers Of Montana in
1923 saw agricultural demonstrations conducted by tn
extension service Of the college. This institution is one
OF Bozeman's greatest assets, a pride Of the county and
a unit Of the Greater University Of Montana.
BOzeman Churches.
There arc .12 organized churches in Bozeman. The
value Of church property is $8OO0oO0O. The annual bud
get to carry on this work is $~50,00ooO. The total men,
lbership is about 5000. The seating capacity Of the
church buildings is 5000, and the 1923 Sunday school en-
rolmeut was 1000. Young peoples organizations in the
churches have q total membership Of over 700. $50 peo.
pie are engaged IN the church choirs. The total number
O. people attending church last Easter was IN excess og
She entire population 81 the city.
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