The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-30
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
About Farming

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X UGAR BEETS will have a real
~ try-Out in Pondera county this
- year. Farmers in the vicinity Of
Conrad have signed up to grow 200
acres Of beets and it is expected that
at least 100 more acres will be con-
tracted for before the planting seas
on closes. The beets grown will be
shipped to the sugar factory at Chi
nook.
The annual community auction
sale conducted by the Lewis and
Clark County Farm Bureau was
held last month at the Spokane ranch
in the Helena valley and was even &
greater success than the record
breaking sale of last year. More
than 500 people from four counties
attended the auction.
AS a part of the c~ity-cOunty Coon
erative movement intended to stimu-
late farm development in Yellowstone
county by encouraging local con-
sumption of home grown products,
the city council Of Billings has
amended its meat ordinance so that
meat may be slaughtered on the
farm and sold to the city markets.
The necessary inspections are made
at the markets and no fees are
charged.
Richland county farmers will COM
-lpete in a corn growing contest this
7 year to determine the champion corn
5 grower of the county. The contest
will be divided into two sections
one for dry land and the other for
/ irrigated land. Business men Of the
. county and the Richland. County Fair
association are cooperating by offer
T. ing more than $500 in prizes for
each section of the contest. Awards
will be made at fair time next fall.
s Montana shipped 1888 carloads of
10 fruits and vegetables to market dur
S ing the past year as. compared with
. 987 carloads in 1924. Potatoes
S showed a marked increase with 1908
carloads last year as compared to 617
carloads the year before.
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The annual meeting of the Stillwa-
ter County Wool Growers assOcia-
ltiOn was attended by more than 800
people. Speakers included A. J
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tana Supreme court, J.. r. Williams
president, and Murray Stebbins, sec
rotary of the Montana Wool Growers
association, and R. l.. Waddell, live
stock specialist for the Montana Elk
tension Service.
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The farmers and poultry growers
n of Lewis and Clark county SEM 81
- dozen eggs to the State Egg show a
y Butte last month and won first placi
% for the state by having the bes
county collective exhibit.
An egg marketing association hai
= been organized in the Pleasant Vale,
community, Rosebud county. The or
ganiZatiOn will strive to improve thu
quality Of eggs produced and to per
- feet an efficient egg marketing sys
tenn. G. G. Brewer, president Of tn
. association, M. A. BOslaugh, vic.
g president and E. E. Brewer, secre
y tary. w. G. Smith was appointe.
70 manage to take charge of marketin.
activities.
The crop improvement and tillag
meetings held in the communitie
~ of Inverness, Rudyard, bingham
Clifford, Box Elder and Laredo las
month were attended by SIS farmers
AS a result of the interest aroused 1
farmers will grow pure seed plot
u this year, improved tillage implt
81 ments are appearing on almost ever
farm and there is a widespread il
se terest in the work of standardizin
the crops Of Hill county.
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Three of the important farmin
ne communities of Lincoln county hav
,Ce petitiOned the county commissioner
~ for the creation of crop pest cOntr,
70 districts and ground squirrel can
Ie paigns have been organized in praI
10 tically all agricultural areas in I'll
county. The Columbian grOun
squirrel is the chief rodent pest
ne this part Of the state.