The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-17
About Farming

(From the Montana State CoIege.l }
FT FARMERS of the Eureka com
muaity, Lincoln County, are
pooling orders for another car
load of gypsum to be delivered this
fall. A local dealer is managing the
pool for the farmers and will deliver
the material for STATS per ton or
S14 if the farmers haul it from the
car themselves. Tests with gypsum
this year have convinced farmers of
the county of the value of this mat
erial for cut-over land.
Farm prices continued their down
ward trend during August, accord
ing 20 the latest report from the
bureau of agriculture economics of
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. The price index for all
farm products was 139 in June, 135
in July and 1872 in August. This fig
ure is 20 points lower than it was
in August 1925. Fruits and vege-
tables with an index figure of I66
are the highest on the list and grains
with an index figure of 128 are low
est of the important farm crops.
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The Plains Guernsey Breeders As
sociatiOn are exhibiting some Of their
best stock at the important fairs
of the state this month. Their show
schedule includes the State Fair at
Helena, the Midland Empire Fair at
Billings and the Western Montana
Fair at Missoula.
Studies of bread baking qualities
Of different wheats by the United
States Department Of Agriculture
support the conclusions arrived at nv
the Grain Inspection Laboratory at
Bozeman, that wheats with a high
per centage of dark hard vitreons
Kernels have highed baking value
than the yellOwer, more starchy an
pearing wheats.
More than a hundred of Saltwater
COunty's All members attended fhe
county wide picnic held at Columbus
last month. A visit was made to tine
home of one of the club members
who is raising a small band of ex-
ceptionally high quality pure bred
sheep.
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More than so certified Bliss Tri.
umph seed potato growers of Blaine
County took part in the potato tour
conducted in the northern part of the
state last month. Twenty-sever
growers of the county successfully
passed the inspections of the Mon
tana Potato Improvement Association
and the farms of these successful
growers were included in the timer
ary Of the potato tourists. The To-
cal potato growers association en-
tertained the visitors at a banque
at the close Of the tour in Blaine
county.
The United States Department o
Agriculture sees no material chang
in the outlook for the winter whea
J grower for the season of 1882
: 1t expects that the world situation
will remain about the same as at pre-
sent and there is little prospect 70
material increase in acreage outsid
of the United States. With prospect
> of a IA per cent increase in aereag
| in the United States, and providin
an. average yield is received, thi
t. country will have approximately tw
( hundred million bushels of wheat 70
export next year.
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Fred Bennion, county agent leade
for Montana, told Fergus Count
farmers last week that the dust
! treatment of wheat, using SO per cen
! copper carbonate, is the best mean
of checking losses from wheat smu
according to extensive experiment
Z conducted in the large wheat grow
ing regions of Oregon. For bes
results he advised a finely divide
n material that would pass through
I 100 mesh screen and thorough mil
! ing of the seed wheat with the du:
] in an air tight eontainer.