The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-26
About Farming

CFrOm the Montana State CoIleQe).
Chicago, Milwaukee G. St
Paul Railway company again Of
fers free trips to the Interna.
tiOnal Live Stock Exposition at Chi
cagO next fall to three outstanding
All club members in each county on
its lines in Montana. Last fall 27
of M~ontana's leading club boys and
girls were guests of the Milwaukee at
the Chicago exposition. Their rules
specify that a club member making
the trip last year will not be eligible
again this year. The contest is
limited to those counties served by
the railroad where organized extern
sion work is carried on.
Practically every farmer and his
family within easy travel radius is
planning to attend the Annual Farm
Rally at Edgar, Carbon county, Feb
ruary q. This annual meeting of
the Edgar Community farmers has
become one Of the best attended
farmers meetings of the state. Speak
ers for the meeting include Dean J.
M. Hamilton of the Montana State
college, G. E. Potter, state club leader
and Clyke Mckee, agrOnomist for the
Montana State Experiment Station.
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The winnings of Saltwater County
farmers at last falls International
Grain and Hay show were celebrated
at a community meeting at Columbus
last month. More than $50 farmers
and business men attended the meet
ing to give fitting recognition to the
exhibitors of the county who have
been such important factors in bring
ing Montana's quality products tC
the front. DR.. Alfred Atkinson, pre-.
sident of the Montana State college
and A. H. Bowman, commissioner o.
agriculture were the speakers.
The demand for pure seed whea.
for spring planting are far beyond
available supplies in Sheridan coun
ty. Requests have already beer
made for mOr than four carloads o.
pure seed. 1t is expected that pur,
seed production will be greatly in
creased during the coming year.
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Meetings have been held in tn,
important agricultural cOmmunitie
of ChOuteau county during the pas
two months for the purpose of con
sidering the agricultural improve
ment program for the coming year
At a recent county wide meeting o
community delegates the followin.
projects adopted: crop stan
) dardizatiOn, All club work, market
ing and the development of commun
ity organizations. Special lines o
work to be undertaken include woo
grading, poultry Improvement, es
Enlistment of egg testing circles, en-
r coUragment Of seed potato produC
2 ton, the growing of shelterbelts an
control of crop pests.
"Pansy, Jr.," the two-year-ol
grade Jersey COW owned by K. Jate.
of the Lake County Cow Testing as
ISOLATION completed a years test las
month with a record of 5OO.8 pound
of b%utterfat.
2 A. Q. Herbert and Byron Rouse {
Libby, w. r. Farley of Trace, Marti
= Zeller of Fortine and J. w. Millega
of Eureka are the members of tn
Lincoln County Agricultural commit
= tee which will meet this month t
decide upon a program of agricu.
turaI development for the count!
: Each member of the committee re
presents his local community club.
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Rosebud cOunty's winnings at III
State Corn show at Miles City las
month included the ten-ear Crane
\ championship, the bUsheI grandchan
piOnship, three class sWeepstake
} five variety sweepstakes, 10 first
IA seconds, nine thirds, seven fourth
and even fifths.
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Community meetings in the Gilj
g ford South, Mountain View and Nil
d neOta communities of Hill count
i were held last month with more tina
d $50 farmers attending. The meetinl
were held for the purpose of checl
l. ing up the progress made in agT
d cultural development and imprOv
ment work last year and to work OF
n q OTOpPam for fba pOmipu Samoan