The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-02
About Farming
(FrOm the Montana State Conege)

(FrOm the montana OGaUS OOAoBoy /
THE Northern Montana Alfalfa
Seed Growers, association has
\ marketed approximately half Of
the 600, 900 bushel crop of alfalfa
seed harvested last fall, and the re-
mainder of the seed is moving out
rapidly. The cleaning plant is Oper-
ating Is hours a day to take care of
the orders. Growers harvested a
good crop Of seed last fall and while
prices are slightly lower than in 9TH
er years, the association is we'll
pleased with the seasons business.
The Farmers Educational and Co
Operative Union of Saltwater county
is planning to establish a cheese fac
tory at AbsarOkee. Committees have
been appointed to arouse interest and
to secure support for the plan and
Farmers Union officials are hopeful
of getting started on the plant in the
near future.
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"Seed Exchange Days. were held
in the communities of Andes, Sioux
Pass, Bronson and BrOckton, in Rich
land county last month and samples
of Montana's winning International
Hay and Grain show exhibits we're
displayed. At the crop improvement
meetings held in each of the cOmmun-
tiles more than 800 farmers of the
400 in attendance, voted to grow
seed plots of pure Marquis wheat this
spring and to use only pure seed in
planting the wheat crop Of1927.
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Under the new regulations estab-
lished at a meeting of the Cascade
County Cow Testing association last
month, each member will pay a fee
Of three dollars a month for each
herd under test, and an additional
fee of. 10 cents per COW per month
for each COW tested.
The Rosebud Clothing Club con
l busted a we'll attended public demon.
stratiOn last month. Josephine Reid
l Mayme Mcintosh, Nina Sharp anC
? Segrid Benson carried on the demon.
2 stratiOn.
4 More than 100 people attended The
meeting of the Sun River POultr!
2 association last month, held for thu
f purpose of considering co-operativ,
marketing plans for handling tn
poultry products of the members o
the. association. J. r. Scott, presi
8 dent OF the Montana State Poultr,
: association was one of the speaker
at the meeting.
A careful check on the seed corr
i supply in FallOn county shows tina
farmers have little more than enOugl
q seed on hand than will be needed 70
v ~.-s-~ -T--As-~ MI. ---1 -sA---Ls-
. in the county and in surrOundin
: territory is causing some cOnceT
and farmers are making every effOI
to secure their seed corn as early q
. possible.
# Standing Elk, aged Ga years, of tn
y Tongue River reservation, MOntan;
-e was carefully tUtOred last spring i
the handling of alfalfa seed. By 70
b. lowing instructions he has realize
lie about 55 bushels of alfalfa seed va
ued at from $500 to $500, from fiV
acres.-Industrial Record, U. S. Il
dian Service.
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Many of the former All club men
bers who helped make Blaine count
one of MOntana's leading pure bre
ID hog centeTs, have graduated from IL
club class into the commercial file.
I'd and are doing we'll in their work. TT
tn Montana Extension Service points
in this as one of the typical exampl
a of agricultural development as Il
to result of club work.
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A poultry culling demonstration
bt Chouteau county last month show,
in that in a flock of SO hens the own
it. had been carrying S5 through Il
it winter "nlch were % laying enoui
o. eggs 10 pay IOr the Iee0 consume