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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

a farm in Grand Forks County,
North Dakota, in 1882. When he
vas seventeen years old, in the ILL
ness of his father he had complete
charge of 1000 acres Of land. His IA
Their brought the first big team plOW-
ing outfit and the first steam thresh-
er to that seciOn Of the Red River
Valley, and Tom saw Immediately
the supreme Importance Of mechan-
zeal power in large-scale farming Op-
eratiOns.
Eat the age. Of seventeen he enter
ed the University Of North Dakota
at Grand Forks, three miles from
his home farm. He wanted to be-
come a mechanical engineer, but he
also wanted an academic education.
So he solved that problem by enter
ing for the two courses at once, and
completed the two fOur-year courses
in five years.
The War Call for Wheat
During the whole period at the
university he continued to manage
the home farm, walking the three
miles night and morning so that he
might be in constant contact with the
job. When he graduated in 1904
with an A. B. and an M. d. degree,
he entered Cornell University, al
Ithaca, New York, for postgraduate
engineering work. But after a few
months there the continued Illness
of his rather compelled him to return
home, where he resumed the manage
msnt Of the farm.
about this time young Campbell
married, and in 1912 he moved witt
his bride to California. There he en-
gagged IN several large agriculture
Development projects in which engin
eering skill was required. Then cans
the war and the world dam8nd lOi
wheat ana to Tom Campbell cana
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
Manufacturing Wheat # Harvesting ss8@ ns SaR's on H Rs f f5SS55oaess S 5a3

carrier or cOnveyOr in place Of the
binder head and attaches an extension
bundle carrier. -Four Of these bind
ers are operated in a string, offset
behind one another in the standing
grain. The first machine drops the
cut grain, unbound in a windrOW as
close to the binder frame as possible.
The succeeding binders, with con
veyOrs of increasing length, carry the
cut grain to the same windrOW.
Threshing Costs Reduced
when grain is matured the com
bine comes into play. Although a hay
loader can be used, Campbell has de-
vised a special loader which is at
tached to the combine. AS the ma
chine moves over the field, the grain
is picked up from the WindrOW.
threshed and deposited in a grain
wagon.
"By this method the cost of har-
vesting and threshing on the Camp
bell farm has been reduced to two
dollars per acre.
"He says that this method OF haT-
vesting is applicable to any grain
farm Of 100 acres or more. It will
take about half as many men to hGT-
vest the crop as it now takes to
shock the bundles, and the grain
will be threshed and put in the grain
box for just about the present cost
of Irvine and shocking.
zone might thing that a wheat
grower of Tom Campbell's calibre
would have no interest In such a sub
ject as cooperative marketing. But
his eyes glisten when he talks of
what the Western Canadian farmers
have done with their wheat pool.
eff American wheat growers ever
reach that stage of cooperative ac-
ton, it might be worth while to re-
member that there is one farmer in
America whose experience is wide
enough to take a leading part in the
conduct Of such an enterprise"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

with a favorable report. He was
urged by Secretary Lane to under
take the job himself, rather than en-
ter the service in France, and a con-
tract with the Government for the
leasing Of Indian lands was worked
out. In justice to Mr.. Campbell,
criticized, as all successful men are,
this little extract from war history
should be understood.
"In the fall Of 1913 he put 1000
acres into winter wheat, and the
drought Of 1919 took most Of his
crop. The second year he put 5000
acres into crop, and the market col
lapse Of 1920 brought financial loss.
The third year he had $4,000 acres
In crop, and in 1921 the grasshOppers
descended in myriads upon the Fort
Peck reservation and completely de-
strOyed $4,000 acres Of growing
wheat.
Each year since then he has
made money on his farming opera
ton. In 1928, reducing his opera
tiOns temporarily, he had $4,000 ae-
res in crop. In 1924 he had $4,000
acres, and $4,000 acres In 1925. This
year he has $4,000 acres in crop.
eff one we're to attempt to recount
all the lessons about dry farming in
Of semiarid country that may be learn
ed from Tom Campbell's methods
the story might continue inteFmin-
ably. But there are some Outstand.
ing industrial principles and farming
practices that cannot be omitted. Let
i ne =awn1n H. F~a nwA Afmnrnmr nnnrt
the principles, Of which there the es
sentially four.
First, Of course, Is Tom Camp
BELLS i~nsistence that wheat growing
ia the semiarid regions must be con.
Quoted In g large way to be conduct
ed economically.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

Then e Is ploWed six inches deep
for green manure, and the blowing
is continued as long as there 10
enough to pillow.
Better Crops From Less Seed
During the summer the ploWed
land is narrowed lightly 70 conserve
moisture and kill the weeds. &c Is
seeded about the fifteenth Of Sep
TENDER. He seeds only twenty pounds
to the acre, Russian KhafkOv winter
wheat and gets q better crop than
With the heavier seeding.
with less seed he maintains ev-
cry stalk has q chance at the avail
able moisture and plant fOd, and viii.
nature q full head Of grain. He Ga
convinced that So he had gOWn twenty
pounds OF seed instead of l0rty-liVe
pounds in 1919, the year OF the grea.
drOuBht, be would have had q CrOL
81 spite Of the lack 81 rainfall.
This twenty nounds % the acre
Be so marked, 81 for the first crOF
only. #DE the second crop he geeds
only ten pound
"Nt 81 this practice Of early and
light sSAedfng, combined with hfa tfll
age metbofe. that makes Tom Camp
BEN guprsmeiv confident that ~ WI
neVeE have 8 complete drought lell
ure again.
Ee har worked Gus 6 noEao.
whereby tre combine can - used b.
l1o eron &c nNI
CID t10ot. %
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

one day. Campbell has originated a
new system Of harvesting and thresh-
ing, by improving the use Of a COM
bine, the most revolutionary advance
in grain farming since the invention
Of the binder.
''There is a storage capacity on the
farm, in metal grain bins, for no.
600 bushels Of grain. At5Hardin, the
nearest town, there Is a private ele-
.vatOr with additional capacity for
10000 bushels.
Campbell is now planning to Rc-
quire large tracts Of wheat land IN
other states, to divide such weather
hazards as still remain in his scheme
of farming, and combine them all IN
a great Industrial farming corpora
ton. He has already been approach
ed to take over the operation OF one
of the famous bonanza farms Of
Western Canada that failed during
the trying times following the war.
Don't imagine, from all the fore
going, that Tom Campbell IS just an
other Of those Defficiency engineer
who Is trying ont his theories al q
new field, and knows nothing abou.
practical farming. he was raised on
a North Dakota farm, has been q
farmer all his life, and would BE-
a mighty good one m his success dc.
lDended only on his agricultural
knowledge, without the addition 81
BE indugtr'al engineering skin.
Looking At hlB operations gtructz
from an impartial viewpoint, thGr,
can be no question That he Naa pre-.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

be devoted, for war purposes, to
wheat.
president Wilson referred the
matter to the late Secretary Of the In
terror, Franklin K. Lane, who had
met Mr.. Campbell in California. Sc
cretary Lane replied Immediately
that he thought idle Indian lands
could be so used, and he begged Mr..
Campbell to undertake a survey Of
Indian lands for that purpose, in
company Of the official in charge of
farm lands on Indian reservations.
1.-THE survey Was made, and Camp
bell went to Washington in 1918
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
TRAINED
BABOON Is SHOT
JOE MARTIN BECOMES UECON-
TROLLABLE; OWNER EX.
ECUTES HIM
Circus Animal, Known All Over the
Country, Comes to End While APP
pearing I'm Carnival at BOzeman;
viii be Stuffed and Mounted

An exciting affair not a part
Of the program Of the recent
roundup witnessed by but a few
people, was the execution Of the
bad babOOn, Joe Martin, at MasOh's
Wonderland, a part Of the carnival.
Joe Martin was q great African
babOOn about ~ years old who
had been featured in animal shows
AL over the cOutry. He was taken
into captivity when a baby and up
until two years ago was part Of
the attraction Of the Barnes ami
NAL shows. He had been frequent
Nv seen in Montana and will be re-
membeEed for his great strength
and almost human intelligence.
For several days Mr.. Mason, the
animals owner, had noticed the ba-
bOOn's ugly temper and inclination to
do damage stOnger than ever. Re-
alizing that he might become nm
cOntrOllable, the owner decided To
shot him. Getting the consent OF
the police department of the city,
and accompanied by n Of the Of
ficers, Mason carried out his plans
but not without much danger to him
self and the other employees OF the
show despite the fact that Joe Mar.
tin was in a strongly barred cage
within another cage.
The first shot from the gun abpar
emily killed the beast and he lay
inert on the floor, with a bullet
through his head. Not being salts
fled with the supposed mortal wound
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

.sEt5S4 W&n. ~ 80 > equipped with
GsFbaie N@s -tnd0ws.
Mason tested the eunniBF D. al.
NAL By pretending to set e3ses ts
him, VrhereupOn Martin caEte sudden
~ to life and proved the caution Of
the owner was the only thine that
saved his life. Three shots were sent
into the head Of the beast before
1t WaJ considered safe TO try other
methods.
Mem we're ordered TO fix a block
and tackle and secure q hook which
reached under the from collar on
the beasts and with this arrangement
he WIS raised from the floor until
ItherS were no signs Of life. After
death was certain the double cages
had to be practically taken apart be-
fore the body could be removed. In
the afternoon the body Was shipped
70 Livingston where &C win be STUFF
fed and mounted.
Mr. Mason said Martin weighed
about 1913 pounds and was one of the
Most famous balloons ever brought
20 this country.
When young. OF uD 90 elk yeaEs Of
age, he was tctable end eeeIly hand
led After that be gradually became
Ynean and uucont oiIsbIe and had q
be keRt heblnd heaVv iron barr. For
Che last EeW months Che oWDer has
cNE t1e tsn9e An GEO
mai ona Eince com 90
found t11t He vac
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

tiles of cooperative marketing, there
have been no great fundamental
changes in our farming methods, as
there have been in American indus
trial methods, since our fOFefathers
welded the sickle and the fail.
"After studying Tom Campbell's
methods and his success, one well
may ask: Does the real remedy for
agriculture, that so many earnest ad-
vOcates are now seeking, lie just
around the corner, on Our blind side,
where the industrial secrets Of Am
erica are openly revealed?
Thomas D.. Campbell was born on
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

been accompanied by hard work anti
anxiety on the part Of the farmers
and has been particularly hard on the
farmers wife, who has had to pro-
vide and care for these extra reWs.
In many instances the extra labor has
been supplied by the floating type,
which is not very responsible, and
they often leave the farmer WheT
he needs them most. With this new
method fewer men will be required
in harvest and threshing time than
were formerly needed to shock the
grain or to care for the hay. We
find that the grain a be cut a day
or so earlier, that 1t natures better
than in the shock, that it can be
threshed in less time after cutting
and under normal conditions thresh-
ing will be completed within two or
three weeks for the. custom machine
to come around and thresh the grain
risking meanwhile all Of the hazards
which may come from unfaVOrable
weather. 1t increases the output per
man and consequently makes the
possible increase in his pay. / feel
that with modern machine methods.
scientific farming and industrial
MANAGEMENT the American farmer can
still compete with foreign cOmpsti-
tors the same as the American manu-
~facturers = doing ia other lines Of
industry.
AecomPlish@ Big Saving
- afo.- min.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

method, although the United States
each year farms a hundred million,
the saving on the fifty million would
be one hundred million dollars. We
are using It on a twenty-five thOus-
and acres this year.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

purely as a patriotic enterprise, the
chance to put his acknowledgement
tural theories to the test.
HE had made preparations to go
to France, in 1917, as an officer Of
an engineering unit. True to his
lifelong training, however, he could
not fOrbear sending a wire to PFesi-
dent Wilson suggesting that vast
acres of idle government land could
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

scented a challenge to the agricultur-
al standpatters and pessimists that
they will find hard to answer. Grant
ed that most OF the bonanza farms
of the past have failed, was the fault
with the bonanza farm or with the
BONANZA farmer?
"Certian it is, with the exception
of the invention of lab~Or-saving farm
machinery, and the newer pOsslbIl-
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
what Has Been Accomplished

and acres this year.
8 o o
What Has Been Accomplished
The accomplishments that have
been typical of the Campbell farm
are very ably set forth in an article
by Malcolm Cutting, appearing in a
recent issue Of the Country Gentle
man. Mr.. Cutting says, in part:
1.-THE Campbell Farming Corpora
ton consists of $4,000 acres Of leas-
ed land, all fenced, on the Grow In
dian reservation in Southern Mon
tana. At one time, when the war call
was for wheat, it consisted of 1907
600 acres Of land, Of which 100000
acres vas plOWed.
"Started eight years ago, for sew
en- years-192O to 1925 inclusive
it has averaged 10000 acres a year
in crop, mostly winter wheat, with
nearly as much more land plOWed
and summer-fallOWed.
''This year there T $4,000 acres
in crop. Next year it is planned to
have $4,000 acres in crop, which Will
be the maximum crop production
when the whole SIS, 1000 acres is under
cultivation.
"For three years, 1919 to 1921 in
elusive, Campbell lost money on his
operations. In each of the past four
years, 1922 to 1925 inclusive, with
the most rigid of factory accounting
systems, he made money on his opera
ltions. How many wheat farmers can
say as mtuch?
zone year he raised a 0 0,0OO-bu-
shell crop. Twice he has raised 4OO,'
600 bushels. Next year, If conditions
are favorable, he hopes to attain his
ambition of 100000 bushels. II
will require only a trifle w 10 bu-
shells per acre on $4,000 acres to pro
duce that crop.
"To operate this enormous acre
age he uses about fifty tractors, most
; of them Of the largest size, using OV-
} er 4,5OO gallons of gasoline. a dag
when operating at full capacity. 9th
er machinery is Of equal proportions
: There isn't a horse or horse-drawI
implement on the place, nor ever hal
been, except a few teams previously
hired to haul bundles at threshinl
) time.
: Two Worlds Records Broken
"The labor force consists of abOu
twenty permanent men, an average o
fifty-eight during eight months o
the year, and $50 at the busiest har
vest season. On the basis Of thi
s years crop, that means one man Il
1900 acres Of plowed land, crop AM
summer fallow, during most Of tn
q eight working months of the year
and one man to 800 acres at the bus
? lest season.
GIN 1924 two worlds records Wer
s broken on this farm. With fifteee
! tractors hauling gang plOWs an
|, disks, followed by three five-dri
seeder outfits with packers, $40 acre
were pIOWed, disked seeded and pacE
: ed In one day Of sixteen hours, witt
out a single stop for mechanics
trouble of any kind. Even the gasC
line was fed to the engines frOI
moving tanks while they % opel
ating. That was a record for th
number of engines employed.
"In the same year, with n ST.
tionary t%hreshing outfit, 1921 b.
shells Of wheat were threshed an
cleaned in one day Of fourteen hour
This is still a record, and was mad
/ possible by a yield of twenty-eigl
bushels per acre on one piece
"a 1000 acres.
a Witt the equipment now in US
Id it is possible to pillow 1000 acres, see
1000 acres o. harvest 1000 acres
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

by eliminating the second blowing.
On a small farm the saving would be
nearer three dollars.
when the second crop is removed
for summer fallOW he disks the land
Immediately to COnserves fall rains.
1t is disked again early in the spring
and then left fallOW until about the
middle Of May, when there is a heavy
growth Of volunteer wheat and weeds
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
AeoomPlish0 BE Saving

Assuming that fifty million acres.
Of grain we're harvested with this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-29
Unusually Severe Magnetic Storm
Shown by Ceodetic Survey Instruments

gree or more, and even a swing Of half
degree would indicate severe
storm
BY the afternoon. however. the dis
turbance had subsidized. go that the
international radio tests that evening
were not greatly affected. The effect
of magnetic storms on radio is uncer-
tain, as it has been found that dur
ing storms of even moderate inten-
sty there may he little interference.
While the magnetic conditions of
the earth are tied up with solar acti-
witty in a general way. il is impoS
sihle TO say whether magnetic storm
is related to particular sun spots. This
was the reply of DR.. Louis A. Bauer.
director of the department Of terres-
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An unusually severe magnetic storm.
which greatly affected telegraph lines.
occurred Tuesday morning, according
to Comdr. y. n. Heck. chief of the di-
United States Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey. For MANY years this department
has been regularly observing the
earth's magnetic condition AT it's OBJ
ser,atories at Cheltenham. Md; tue
son. Ariz., and elsewhere. hut Tues.
day no measurement could he made
The needle of the instrument at
cheltenham was swinging SO violently
that readings were impossible" said
Comdr. Heck. Nh. George HartnelI,
in charge of the observatory, stated
that it was swinging through de-
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Amore palatable cod>liver
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idly when it is exposed to the air. To retain them
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WARDEN UNANSWERED
IN PLEA FOR DEATH PROBE
Atlanta Prison Head Suspects Foul
Play in Case of Paroled Man
in Troy, N. Y.
By The Associated Press

ATLANTA. Ga, January 29.-Ward-
en- John w. Shook of the Federal peni-
Tertiary here. who asked Federal and
New York State authorities TO inquire
into the circumstances surrounding
the death at Troy. y. Y. of John r.
Beckwith. former inmate of The
prison. has received no communication
regarding his request.
Warden Shook believes Beckwith,
whose body was found hanging from
a rope in Troy a few dars aco. came
to his death at the hands Of robbers.
Becl<with, sentenced to prison from
Auburn. n Y. was paroled here Octo-
Der 90 last.
An optimistic letter which he re
ceived from ReckWIth n short tim"
before his death has further strenc1
ened the belief of the warden that IT.
paroled prisoner met death through
foul play, and not through suicide.
A. former lieut. enant in the Danish
army, Beckwith had a classical educa
ton and had written a number Of
poems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-29
PLAN MILITARY BALL.
Military Order of World War to
Conduct Function.

The District of Columbia Chapte of
the Military Order of the World War
will hold its first annual military ball
on Lincoln's birthday, February y, at
the MayflOwer Hotel. A reception at
o'clock will precede the ball, at
which official. diplomatic and social
circles of the National Capital will he
prominently represented. a supper
will he served At midnight
Included among the score of Army
and Navy officers serving on the ball
committee. of which Col. George r.
tnmacht is chairman. are Mai. Cen
Amos A. Fries. Rear Admiral Luther
f.. Gregory. Brig. Gen. John A. John.
ston. and Rear Admiral T. J. Cowie.
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DIGGING |SSTARTED
IN MYSTERY TOMB
Dr.. Reisner Entering 5000
Year-0Id Shaft, in Which
sking OF Egypt May Lie.
b. Cable TO The star and the North American
~ Newspaper Alliance.

r. Newspaper Alliance.
CAIRO. January 2a.-The Harvard
Boston expedition, under DR.. George
Reisner. has at last commenced the
work of uncoverins the mystery
tomb under the shadow of the Great
Pyramid.
A month ago came the first an
nouncement TO the world of the i'm
portance of this impending event.
which seems likely to result in dis
coSeries far more important than
those of Prof. Carter at the tomb Of
Tut a nkh-Amen. This mystery tomb.
6,0n0 years old, may prove to he the
last resting place of the great monarch
Senefru. No mummy will he found,
because the tomb dates back before
the days when the art of emhalminC
was understood
Under the light Of 4.000-candlepower
electric lamps. 100 tons of earth and
stone have been removed from the $50
foot shaft. and DR.. Reisner Yesterday
had his first glimpse into the hole
through which his two assistants last
year looked into the tomb. before it
was sealed ur to await the arrival Of
their absent chief.
Todav's official bulletin from the
Egyptian government states merely
that the tomb dates back 10 the
fourth dynasty. hut the name Of the
inmate is unknown. Until Reisner
enters the burial chamber next month
and solves the mystery. this caution
viii be maintained, although many
EGsptclo-:sts believe the occupant is
Senefru.
Probably A fortnight will eIarse be
fore Reisner can open the door. sealed
with the seal of Cheops. Work is
rrncreSGirc rantjc,1Sl,.
ahlest eXCavators in Egypt. Extreme
care is necessary because Of the
cramped space in the deep shaft. the
fejd atmosphere and the danger Of
dislodGinS the Crumhlinc rock wall
of the tomb.
Copyright. 1928. ny The Star and the North
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