The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-12
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
About Farming
From the Montana State COrere)

TYRVIN COX of the Knobs Com
munity, Fallon county, has con-
structed a d~ehorning chute &C
cording to plans given in farmers
bulletin No. 949 of the United States
Department of Agriculture and re-
ports excellent results from this adj
dition to his equipment.
Fifty-three farm ome Of Pondera
county have enrolled in the kitchen con-
test being conducted there under the al.
rection Of Miss E. Miriam Hawkins, home
management specialist for the Montana Ex-
tension Service. Five preliminary meetings
have been held in the different c0mmuni-
ties where the contest is under way and ali
kitchens entered In the contest have been
scored. The kitchens will be scored again
at the close of the contest to determine the
improvements made.
The final inspection Of Duroc-Jersey hog
breeding stock offered for sale in Hill coun-
ty has been made by the inspection COM
ISOLATION. By means of these inspections
the association hopes to standardize breed
ing stock, establish uniform prices and
safeguard the interest Of purchasers. Louis
Vinke 70 the Montana Experiment Station
assisted with the inspections.
Approximately no acres of beets we're
harvested from trial plots started in Lewis
unA NAuAh COuALf AAok 6DLAnEs uAIG EEON-
ers report some losses due to failure to ir-
rigate at the proper time and other reas-
Ons which are due mainly to inexperience
in growing the crop, results have been quite
satisfactory this year, and it is expected
that a greater acreage will be planted next
year. The beets are being shipped to the
Utah-IdahO factory at Chinook.
Approximately 500 head of sheep were
placed on farms in Phillips county last
month through the aid of the Agricultural
Credit corporation. Most of these sheen
are being used to establish small farm
flocks.
Such good results are obtained from the
operation Of the Sanders County Cow Test
ing association which operates mainly In
the vicinity Of Plains, that farmers in the
western part of the county are making
plans to start a similar organization. A
cow testing club is now bein gOrganized.
A check up on the effectiveness Of copper
carbonate in preventing smut made in
Saltwater county at threshings time this
fall, shows that where seed grain was prop.
erly treated with the dust before planting
eligible. Grain from farms where the dus
treatment was not used shows a high per
lcentage of smut.
Farmers Of Lincoln county again hav,
pooled orders for the government war ex
plOsive, pyrotOl, and a carload of this ma
terial is now on the way for fall land clear
ing purposes.
AS a part of their endeavOr to arrive a
the actual value of land for farming, stool
raising purposes as a means o farriving a
a fair assessment basis, county authOritie
Of Phillips county have just complete
their annual check of axable land in tn
county. Under the system used all land j
classified as farming or grazing land an
there are three classes under each grOuf
All land of the same group and class i
given a uniform valuation.
I The Blaine County Poultry Marektin
association has ordered it's boxes and coz
tanners for shipping this seasons crop c
turkeys and capOns and is ready to han
shipments Of birds for it's members for tn
Thanksgiving market. The turkey crop G
the county is reported as about the sam
as last year.