The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
IRE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
About Farming
CFrOm the Montana State COIIege)

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"HE annual meeting Of the Phil
lips County Farm Bureau was
held at the Court House at NAL
ia December Is, with an attendance
that represented every agricultural
section of the county. Plans were
made for sending a delegation to the
annual state Farm Bureau conven-
ton at BOzeman, January Sd, and
arrangements made for participation
in the economic conference to be
held later in the winter for deveIop-
ing an agricultural program for
Northern Montana.
POndera county turkey growers mar
keted five and One-half carloads of turkeys
through their cooperative marketing Asso-
citation during the Christmas marketing
season, this year. Five carloads went to
the New England States and One-half
carload went to Montana cities. The quality
of birds was the highest on record in the
county, less than eight per cent grading
No. 2. Prices ranged from SO to 4 cents
for the different grades.
Valley county alfalfa seed grown by
August Lund of TampicO won seventh
place at the international Grain and Hay
Show at Chicago last month.
W. &U-lOOI IOWS VI eNefDedrln2 straw
berries has provided J. c. BiddisOn of the
Alton Community, Fergus county, with a
supply of berries during the CROWN
season with enough left over for canning
purposes to keep him and his family sup
piled throughout the winter. Mr.. BiddisOn
considers his strawberry patch one of the
most priced spots on his farm.
The certified seed potatoes grown in
Blaine county during the past season re.
ceived their final inspection for certified.
ton before shipment to louisiana, Deem
Der IA. E. E.. Isaacs, extension hOrticul
%turist, made the inspection.
Fairview n Divide communities, Roose
welt county, held their annual meetings
early in December to check up on tn,
progress made during the past season anC
to lay plans for the coming years work
These communities started a systematic
improvement program last year and thu
first years effort has marked encOuragin,
progress.
The banks of Plavna and Baker viii
help boys and girls of FallOn county Il
organize sheep clubs next year. 1t is ex
pected that at least four clubs will b.
started.
Bruce Clearinghouse Of Simms, Dori
Hancock of Sun River and Harold Clark O
Fort Shaw were selected as the three out
standing Al club members of Cascad
county during the past season. These thre
members represented their county at tn
National Club Congress at Chicago las
month.
The highest mean temperature in Mon
tana is found in the southeastern part o
the state in a comparatively narrow are
extending from Forsyth to Terry. TIL
mean temperature of this area is 66 de
grees. The lowest mean temperature, 5
degrees, is fOund in the extreme sOuther
part of the state along the lower horde
of Beaverhead county. The mean averag
temperature along the high line range
from 81 to Ga degrees.
The Pleasant Valley community of Blain
county will conduct a tuberculosis Grad
cation campaign during the winter an
spring with the view of eliminating a
diseased cattle from the herds of the con
munity. When the work is completed tn
district will be set aside as a mOdifie
accredited tuberculOsis-free area.
f. B. Duncan, county agent of Hi