The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-06-04
TREASURE STATE FARM and LIVESTOCK
Farming
Montana State COIIege)


A CERTIFIED seed potato All
~ club has been organized in
- Saltwater County. Fourteen
hundred pounds OF seed for founda-
ton stock was distributed to the
members last month. The seed will
be grown under the regulations of
the Montana Potato Improvement As
ISOLATION, and the first seasons r
will be kept in the county to be used
as foundation stock for commercial
seed growers.
H G. Ward, J. E. Hodgekiss, A. A.
Wells, Earl G. Woods and James Eek
ford were elected as members of the
sales committee of the Teton County
Wool Growers Association to handle
t:he wool pool this year. The pool
will contain about $500 pounds Of
wool, most of it coming from farmers
with small flOcks.
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Farming communities in the Ruby
Valley, Madison County, are making
a concerted effort to get rid of mag
pies this spring. The Sheridan and
Twin Bridges commercial clubs are
furnishing prizes to be awarded boys
and girls in the maybe killing con
test.
The p~racticalbility Of raising baby
beef in central Montana will be de-
termined this year. A All baby beei
club Of six members has been organ.
lied in the Upper HighWOOd com
munity, ChOteau County and suitable
calves have been secured to get the
young stOckmen started in their work
A movement is underway for the
= establishment Of a union stOckyarC
at Helena through the cooperation o
the Northern Pacific and Grea
Northern Railroads. Representative
of the Lewis and Clark County Farm
Bureau met with railroad official
last month to consider the plan.
F. E. Chaplin of Moon Creek, Gus
ter County, started a demOnstratiOl
with crested wheat grass last yea
and very favorable results are beinI
obtained this spring. The gras
makes rapid growth and is mucl
earlier than either sweet clover o
alfalfa. A number of farmers pla-
to sow some of the grass for earl
spring pasture.
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A cattle dipping vat has been cor
structed on the Henry Miller ranc
near Mona, Richland County, to serv
the farmers and stOckmen of tn
BrOckton, Elmdale and other neigh
boring communities. After a cor
ference with representatives stock
men at which various plans for cor
structing the vat were considered,
was decided to have MI. Miller cor
strUct the vat and a charge of 5
cents per head was fixed for all cal
tie dipped.
A barley variety test will be col
Quoted in the Lower Valley, Flathea
= County this season.. The varietie
PLANTED in the farm test plots il
clude COlsess, HOrsfOrd, Treb
Fausts, Blue HBlless, White Smyrn
and White Hulless. Each test plC
D will consist of several acres and wi
- be grown under actual farm cond
lions.
Approximately 800 pounds of re-
istered Grimm alfalfa seed has bee
is secured from the Northern MOntaI
Alfalfa Growers Association f,
y planting test plots in Lincoln COun.
n this year.
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IS. Roosevelt County is holding
sl- number of tillage demOnstratiOl
1g this month to give farmers a chan
az to note results from different typ
ly of implements and different methOr
AtOf cultivation. The demonstrate.
IL will include plOWless summerfallO'
les ing with an o. K. Champion sprin
e. tooth duckfoOt, methods Of preveI
ing soil blowing and the use of d
he ferent types Of grain drills.