Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-09-02
Montana
Ranch NeDS


AAe gOf0dn country are running 1EOH
Is to II bushels to the acre..
Farmers IN the Power neighborhoo'
have organized q shipping association
and purchased a lotion scale and 1
truck loader
The upper Blue creek unirrigateS
district. south Of Billings. is returning
some wheat yields in excess Of Is bu
shells to The acre
There will be 10000 bushels Of
wheat shipped from Power this fall
according 10 an estimate OF Robert
Clarkson. Teton county agent.
The highest wheat yields so far re
ported in the Glasgow district was
from a field Of wheat near Frazer
which produced 4S bushels to the acre.
Chris p. sorrenson. II miles west Of
Sidney, threshed 300 acres Of wheat.
mostly summer fallowed with an ay-
erage Of II bushels for the entire acre
age.
Prospective exhibitors 10 the North
Central Montana Corn and livestock
show to be held at Great Falls Sept.
20 to Oct. .. have been supplied with
premium lists.
Aaron Hadwln. u miles north Of
Fort Benton, has the proud distinction
OF having the best 45 acres Of corn in
the state, according TO a statement by
A.. ogaard, state agrOnomist.
The annual state poultry show in
1927 will be held at BozemaH January
1922. It has been announced by Mrs
Margaret Kahn, secretary Of the Mon
tana State Poultry Breeders associa-
tion.
Planting and seeding of fall wheat
HAS begun in several parts of the Gal
latin valley. some Of the farmers
around Willow Creek and Three Forks
having already put IN a considerable
acreage.
Utah-Idaho Sugar company officials
say that the Chinook factory's produc-
ton this season would equal that OF
last year. although the 1926 sugar beet
acreage in the Milk river valley Is low
or than in 1925.
Success with sugar beet growers in
the Great Falls area are having this
year indicates there will be Increased I
acreage in 1927. Many Of the yields
In the area are estimated at more
than 10 tons to the acre.
Sheep men Of the state have re
celved notice Of the ninth annual Mon
tana state ram sale to be held Septem-
Der 6 and o at the state fairgrounds In |
Helena. The sale will be conducted |
under the management of the Montana
Woc3 Growers association.
Figures compiled by the state rail-
wav commission show that shipments
IF Montana flour have increased near
" 200OO0.OOO pounds In 10 years and
last wear. which was the peak for
flour shipments thus far, e13,44O'0OO
pounds was shipped from this state.
Heavy rains have retarded thresh-
ng in the north Judith Basin country.
the only wheat harvested
n the district SO far, has been the
winter variety. Because the spring
wheat was not ripe enough TO cut be-
ore the rains most OF It is still stand
ny in the fields.
Shipments az cattle are being made
,arlier than usual from Dawson cOun-
v on account Of unfavorable range
conditions. Cattlemen are selling
arge portion OF their stock and hold
ne what they have ample feed to
AIRY through the winter, in prefer
nee to buying hay.
Peter NJ. Peterson. Richland county
armer took crop Of GO pound wheat
If his place that has run 4S bushels
o the acre. The land was last year
n sugar beets and was fall irrigated
after the beets were har-
ested, but there was no water placed :
n the crop this season.
Several hundred head OF cattle, be-
,ngIng to women ranchers Of the east
nd of Garfield county were driven go
lilies to the railroad for shipping the
asst week, the herd being chaperoned
ntirely by women, with the exception
Z one lone man who was taken along
D do the cooking. Those IN the party
ere MFR. and Mrs. Guy Bump, Mrs.
Warner, Miss Katherine Adams, Mrs.
'uff and Miss Niles.
The annual winter short course in
grIculture win be offered at the State
Dllege. Bozeman, from January 3 to
[arch %. 1927. Courses are offered
agromony (crops and soils), animal
usbandry, dairy husbandry, dairy
horticulture and farm
Students also may take
,me special work In agricultural ed
cation, veterinary science, agricul-
lraI economics, farm management
engineering or physical
iucation Gymnasium work.. Any
ontana young man who is II years
age or over. and who has a reading
i'd writing knowledge Of the English
n,noOa is ,alfpihle for these courses.