The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
2E STATE FARM AND LIVEST0GK
About Farming

(FrOm the Montana Stats COllege)
."HE annual Farm Bureau picnic
held at Malta last month was.
- attended by $500 people.
Practically every agricultural com
munity in the county was repre-.
scented.
Walter Stanley, representing the
office Of the state entOmOlOgist, is
conducting spray experiments in
POndera county for the purpose Of
finding a means Of controlling the
leaf cutter bee which has been in
juring young ash and fruit trees. A
number Of different kinds of r
are being used in the experiment.
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The people Of the Wolf Creek
community, Sheridan county, held a
picnic last month to dedicate their
new community hall. The building
is SO x 40 and one Of the finest
community halls in the county. The
money was raised by popular sub
scriptiOn and through entertain
ments.
A free labor office to serve farm
ers Of northeastern Montana was
opened at SeObey last month. J.. @.
TimmOns, Of the United States De-
partment Of Labor is in charge OF
the office.
The certified seed potato fields
of ChOuteau county were inspected
by e. E. Isaacs, extension hOrticul.
turist of Montana State college, last
month, and the condition Of tbs
crop is reported as being generally
good.
The Teton County Wool pool wa!
shipped last month through tn,
wool department Of the county
shipping association. The WOO
contained almost 10000 pounds ant
brought 35 cents a pound.
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Fifty All club members. boil
boys and girls, from Hill, ChOutear
and Blaine county, attended tn,
third annual club camp at For
As~sinnibOine, near Havre las
month. The encampment this yea
was said to be the most successful
of any yet held. A feature Of tn
fOur-day camp was a pageant he'll
on the closing day at which tim
many Of the parents OF attendin
club members were present. Tn
2 pageant was directed by Miss Loi
! Mccoy Of BOzeman.
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, ALI fields Of registered and ar
proved seed in Richland county wer
inspected last month. The regis
tered fields were inspected by A. E
Post Of the agrOnOmy departmen
q at Montana State college and the ar
proved fields by II. +. DePue, cOuE
s ty agent. No cheek-up has bee
made on the probable yield tai
g year but It is expected It will b
greater than last season.
A meeting for the purpose {
pointing out the advantages Of q
trench silO on eastern MOntan
. farms was held at Ollie, FallO
county last month. One Of the in
pOrtant points brought out was tn,
a silO is one Of the best assuranc,
aaginst feed shortage in times
o poor crops, since a reserve Of fee
y can be held over from n year
sA0 AN4~ AAAA AAOA 6@A Va sn0 al
q mount Creamery Co., was one
the speakers.
The people OF Upper Arrow cree
le community, Judith Basin count
le organized a community club Ia
month by electing officers al
n adopting bylaws and constitutiO
Regular meetings will be held
K the first Saturday Of each month.
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le A dairy meeting attended by g.
farmers was held at Trout Cree
IN Sanders county recently, for Il
purpose of stimulating interest
" dairying and improving the quail
Or Of stock. Mr.. Astroth, field repH
ID sentative of the American Jers
ut Cattle club talked on Breeding I
h a Herd
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