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

Valley county sugar beets are re-
ported in excellent condition and are
much improved by recent moisture.
Wheat on many Of the nonirrlgated
farms Of the Bull mountain country
near Billings is running as high as 20
bushels to the acre.
Montana,s spring wheat is averag-
Ing a little higher In protein content
this year than last. according TO tests
made Of this seasons crop by the Mon
tana grain inspection laboratory at
BOzeman.
Most of the wheat fields on summer
fallow land around Hinsdale have
turned out from II to 40 bushels,
while occasionally a freak piece OF
land yielded n much larger number OF
bushels TO the acre,
Posters advertising the fourth an
nual North Central Montana Corn and
Livestock show In Great Falls. Sep.
tember go to October 2, have been dis
tributed In the communities Of the
five counties represented in the fair.
One OF the best crops Of barley ever
grown in eastern Montana has been
found on the F. B. Jordan farm three
miles north OF Lambert, Richland /
county. This IS registered stock, be-
ing grown from a hardy strain. and
the heads average six inches in length
the field.
That more Montana wheat farmers
may take advantage OF the facilities
offered at the state grain laboratory
1t Great Falls for the testing Of pro-
.ein content Of their wheat, reduc-
ion of % per cent In charges is an
The new rate for single
protein test Is IS cents.
Harvesting OF wheat In the Denton
district is well under way One Den
on elevator alone reports an average
# between $4,000 and 10000 bushels
eing received daily. Farmers are
veil satisfied with the yields of wheat
hreshed so far which has been run
ing between 80 and 40 bushels to the
ere. The Denton elevators expect to
andle approximately one million bu-
ACAo VI NhNAA AAtAE cCAHOhf 4
Purchase of 10000 head OF sheep +
rom Montana growers at a cost Of c
100000 for distribution In North Da- S
ota and western Minnesota farms c
AS announced at Minneapolis the
asst week by northwest railroad Of
cials. The purchase represented the
Irgest number OF sheep ever to be 90
dipped out OF Montana for distribu- :
on to northwestern farms, livestock q
-perts declared Mt Minneapolis. The
leep purchased are all breeding ewes, a
liefly yearlings, and are to be used
part Of the agricultural diversified d
on program In the spring wheat q,
owing areas.
Intentions of Montana farmers to +"
w winter wheat and rye. compared al
It'll seedlings last fall, show an In
ease Of per cent In case of winter -
heat acreage and 40 per cent In u
ease in winter rye acreage, accord &c
z to a survey OF the Montana state =
partment of agriculture. If such In q
eases are carried out, the acreage
wn to winter wheat would be 512,-
D and to winter rye $4,000 acres. -
st year $4,000 acres of winter
leat were sown and in the proceed
: year 650.000.
stands Of winter wheat
the spring for five years gives the
ROW drill a decided advantage
or the ordinary drill as a preventa-
e against winter killing of fall
eat, according to extensive Judith
sin experiment station data, sub
inflated In part. by farmers who are
ng this method OF seeding. The
,ort shows that over a period Of five
hrs. the furtow drill has the edge
the ordinary drilI 30 per cent on
nd and 80 bushel an acre on yield.
n most Of the Increase produced in
4. 1922 and 1925. when the In
ased yield to the acre was 8, "a ~
| ~ respectively. In 1923 and 1924
n almost equal stands. the furrow -
\ produced So and "a bushels more
n the ordinary method. with other Pos
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