The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-28
About Farn1inq-
(FrOm the Montana State College,

A SOIL survey of irrigated land
N will be conducted in POndePa
4 county during the coming sum-
mer. The Montana Experiment Sta
ton and the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture are cooperating
in the work. L. F. Gieseker, in
charge of soil Investigations in the
state, will direct the survey.
Forage crop and pasture tests
will be continued in Valley county
this year. Five new c~O-OperatOrs
have agreed to take part in the
work. Spring rye, Victory oats,
spring wheat and hulless barley will
be included in the tests.
A county fair board has been Sc
lected for Prairie county and plans
are being made for holding all fairs
on a strictly educational basis next
fall. Practically every important agri-
cultural community in the county is
arranging to hold a local fair this
yaer.
The pure bred DurOc Jersey swine
industry has grown to such an ex-
tent in Hill county that growers have
organized a county association. Two
years ago there were NJ pure bred
| swine breeders in the county. The
association has been organized to
help the industry in the county. A
committee has been appointed to
pass on all hogs offered for sale for
breeding purposes and those not
meeting the requirements will be
slaughtered.
Certified seed potato production
has made its start in Sheridan cOun-
ty. Five growers have secured GER
titled foundation stock this spring
and plan to follow the lead of grow
ers in other northern Montana cOun-
ties by producing seed for southern
markets.
The demand for seed corr has been
so great in Rosebud county that but
a small supply of Brown County Dent
corn was available on the first of
May. Rosebud farmers harvested a
good crop of seed corn last year but
| heavy demands from other counties,
: and particularly from Canada, early
t this year brought about the present
shortage.
5 o q q
: Land plaster demonstrations
, which have resulted f%avorably in
l Sanders, Lincoln, Flathead and other
t western counties, will be tried out il
Lake county this season. Sever
farmers have agreed to cooperate
with the extension service in this
work. Two tons Of gypsum will bC
S usnd in the tests
FallOn county has started the fin
al stage in it's prairie dog extermina
s ton campaign. Last year Sc farm
ers ~cO-Operated in putting out pOisOI
on 2,4OO acres of infested land anC
i the few dogs that escaped the poison
e will be cleaned up this year.
O O O
Barney Brannin, government hunt
er, killed one bobcat, three coyote
n and seven wolves during the month o
q March this year. The nine hunter
operating in the state killed a tOta
q of 575 predatory animals during tn.
month, including % bobcats, As
2 coyotes, one lion, one lynx and min
4 wolves.
At a recent meeting at Plains
l sheepmen of Sanders county vote
- to organize the Sanders County Voc
z Growers association and to pool tn
8 wool clip this year. The new organ
izatiOn will be affiliated with tn
= Montana Wool Growers %.assOciatio
Il and will use the same pooling pla
as is in successful operation in OIL
er counties of the state. It is est
81 mated that there will be at leas
= 5000 fleeces in the county this yea