The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-22
TREASURE STATE FARM and LIVESTOCK
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~ ORN variety tests conducted in
Lincoln county during the past
season showed the Coleman
strain of Minnesota % to be the ear
lest Of the varieties under test, with
Northwestern Dent and Pioneer
White Dent coming next in the order
named. The season proved rather
unfavorable for corn growing due to
smoke coming from forest fires which
retarded development and early
frosts which caught much Of the
corn before it was ripe.
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Saltwater County's educational ex-
hibit of agricultural products proved
to be one of the features of the Mid
land Empire Fair at Billings last
month. The exhibit consisted of pure
and approved seed grown by cooper
ating farmers in the county and corn
potatoes, sugar beets, garden trucks,
poultry and livestock grown and
raised by members of All clubs. The
exhibit placed second in the county
collective class at the fair.
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The community fair held at Lone
pine in the Little Bitter Root Valley
last month was n of the best at
tended and finest exhibits of agri-
cultural products ever held in the
famous little valley. A. H. Post of
Montana State College judged the
crop classes, Arold Kruger of Plains,
judged the dairy cattle, Mrs. John
Martin of Roman judged the home
economics classes and George Heller
: line of Plains judged the flowers.
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Winter wneaC growers of Blaine
County will have an opportunity this
winter of judging the efficiency of
? the furrow drill in preventing winter
killing and soil blowing. A demon
stration field of winter wheat has
been planted with the furrow drill
2 for the purpose Of comparison with
adjoining fields planted by the ordin-
f airy method.
4 The seed corn situation in Rose.
: bud county is considered rather crit.
: ical due to lack Of rain during much
: of the growing season last summer
: Some growers are fortunate enough
to have a reserve seed supply held
over from last year, but many others
! will have to use imported seed il
|, they plant their usual acreage mex
l spring. Rosebud county normally
has about 10000 acres of corn.
The three banks of Custer Count!
: have Joined hands to boost boys anC
I girls club work in the county by aid
e ing club members in securing higl
grade sheep or gifts to carry on thei,
: club projects. According to the clul
rules the animals need not be pure
} breds but must be bred to pure bret
sires. Any boy or girl in the count,
u between the ages of IL and 20 ma,
y take up either of the livestock pro
s jects.
'e Approximately $4,000 people al
s. tended the Richland County fair a
n Sidney last month which was almos
a 100 per cent greater than the al
IS tendance in 1925. Seven hundre
d farmers Of the county made NOR
lie than four thousand entries at tn
N fair. Ten farming districts of tn
IN county had community exhibits. TIL
communities of Savage, LANDER
K Sioux Pass, Elmdale and Andes hel
preliminary exhibits with the winniI
IL products used for displays in con
munity booths at the county fai
o. The five other districts Representa-
st in the community collective exhibit
p were: Sidney, Fairview, BrOrso
Brockton and Crane.
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b. Sheridan County is making plal
he for completing the testing of i
nd cattle for tuberculosis this fall al
ID winter. AS a result Of the wol
last year approximately one-third
an the county is now a modified accre
re tied area with all cattle within Il
,rs areas tested at least once for tube
nd ~culosis. With the completion of {
ed work now planned the entire coun
an will be eligible for designation
nd an accredited rea Approximate
lat 1000 head, Of cattle on 688 farI
ed remain to be tested.
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%a Approximately zoo, 100000 bus
els of wheat grown in western Ca
ar ada will be sold through the Cana
emit AN Mneat poVA LIS go =
the wheat acreage in Manitoba, 81
kachewan and Alberta. In thee yet
he the Canadian cooperative organi
as ton has built up a membership
m 1850 0 farmers.
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'et- The index figure representing
price of all farm products dropI
,itv from 144 in September 1925 to ]
in September this year.
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