Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-08-26
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eOrding TO estimates.
Reports reaching Lewrstown from
all parts Of central Montana point Il
.oRe Of the .heayiest average yields o.
: wheat In recent years.
The farmers OF the upper AFFeH
Greek community. Judith Basin coun
~, have completed the organization Of
a local community club.
The third annual All club camp
held:at Fort AssinnlbOlne near Havre
last smonth WAS attended by so boys
and girls club members.
Commissioners Of Lincoln county
have decided 10 dispense with the ser
vices of the comfy agent on and after
November IS OF this year.
Samples OF spring wheat collected
from fields in various parts Of Roose-
welt county are showing up a very
high percentage OF protein.
In the tuberculosis testing work in
the state during the month OF June,
4.s25 head of cattle were tested and
only seven reacted to the disease.
To serve the seasonal labor need Of
farmers in northeastern Montana a
labor office has been opened at Scobey
by the United States Department OF
Labor.
That Pondera county is fast getting
TO the front as dairying community
Is shown by the receipts OF $1,000
pounds Of butter fat at the Conrad
creamery the past month.
Wheat Of the No. quality is being
delivered to the three Froid elevators
rapidly. The yield is running around
10 to Is bushels, in some cases a
trifle less or considerable more
Montana's poultry growers marketed
more than two and a half million
pounds of dressed poultry last year.
according TO p Patton. statistician for
the Montana Extension Service.
Joe Barley of Barley Brothers Sheep |
company. with headquarters on Sand |
creek, Rosebud county. reports the I
sale OF 5000 ewes. The sheep were
sold to an eastern buyer for shipment
to Illinois
According to Rosebud county sheep
men, $4,000 sheep will be shipped from
Ingomar and. vicinity this fall Many
OF these are yearling ewes, as there is
a strong demand for young ewes raised
In the district.
The Teton county wool pool of al
most 10000 pounds was shipped to
market last month through the wool
division OF the county shipping assoc
riation. The pool was sold for 35
cents per pound.
During the fiscal year ending July /.
armers Of Montana saved at least
100000 worth of grain by the timely
application of gopher poison, according
o an estimate of o. e. Stephl, rodent
'Ontrol agent for Montana.
One of the largest deals In cattle
which has been made In northeastern
Montana for some time was closed re-
emily when the Frye Cattle company
fought a thousand head OF cattle from
he IA ranch south OF Poplar.
The leaf cutter bee which is doing
damage to fruit and
Dung ash trees in Pondera county is
he subject Of a special investigation
Y the department OF entomology at
fontana State College at Bozeman. r
Nearly 100 carloads of certified Bliss S
triumph seed potatoes are being 49,
rown in Montana this year under con-
-act to louisiana potato growers. ac-
ording to F. NJ Harrington. horticul-
Irlst for the Montana Experiment 8
tation.
Natalina's Easter Lily 137453. owned :
= Arthur r. Fetscher Of Stevensville.
reduced 1924 pounds Of milk and
10 pounds of butter fat in a years
st just completed and thereby be-
,mes Montana's champion Guernsey
class IF.
In 1925 December estimates for Val
Y county were: Winter wheat. IL
ishels an acre: spring wheat IL For
D26, II is estimated that this will be
versed tn IL bushels t. the acre fer
ring wheat and II bushels an acre
n winter wheat.
Two hundred and ten farmers at
nded dairy meeting held at Trout
-eek. Sanders county. last month to
scuSs- the improvement Of dairy cat -
2 in the community and ways and
cans of stimulating more interest in
e dairy business.
Almost 700 farm women attended
e eight Mothers Camps held in Mon
ma this summer. These camps were
Id at Billings, Bozeman, Helena, -
imp Tuffit. Brush Lake, Glasgow,
dney and FORSYTH The women who
tended. represented 1Os farm COM
nnitles in % counties OF the state.
With prospects OF a far greater vol.
ne OF business and with more ade-
ate facilities for making protein
SITS, the Montana Grain Inspection
boratory at Bozeman has reduced =
e fee for protein testing from one D
liar to T5 cents. according TO an an =
uzcement by W. O. whItcomb, sup
ntendent OF the laboratory. a