The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-10-13
LIVESTOCK SPECIAL
In CARBON COUNTY
SATURDAY, OCT.22

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The "Better Fed and Better Bred"
livestock special train started on its
journey Wednesday, October II, and
will be in Carbon county, Saturday,
October %, making its first stop at
Bridger at 1000 a. m. There will be
general community gathering of
the farmers adjacent to Bridger and
a lunch will be served to the farmers
at HAS a. m. Immediately after the
arrival of the train the stock demon
stration will take place. The farmers
will hold general meeting in the
old opera house at 100 p. m. Fred
Bennion, county agent leader of the
state college at Bozeman, will be the
principal speaker at the one o'clock
meeting. The train will leave Bird
ger for Roberts at II noon and is
expected to arrive at Roberts at
2:15 p. m. Prior to the arrival of the
train there will be free lunch serv-
a. m. A general meeting will be held
at the Farmers Union hall at one
o'clock at which time A. J. Ogard, ex-
tension manager at the Bozeman COL
lege, will be the principal speaker.
The Livestock Special will visit 23
counties in eastern, southern and
western Montana and will be of direct
interest to farmers and stock mer
of seven others, making total of 30
counties which will be reached by the
special train. These 80 counties re-
ceived total gross return of be-
tween $30,000,000 and $35,000,000
from livestock and livestock products
in 1926, making livestock the greatest
source of income for this area. 1t is
this fact, says w. P. Stapleton, agri-
cultural development agent of the
Northern Pacific railroad, who will
have charge of the special train
which is responsible for the wide
spread interest in the train.
The message of the livestock train
is simple-to make the best possible
use of the range, hay, pasture and
feeds available. The exhibits, demon
strations and discussions are thor
oughly practical and deal with the
everyday affairs of the farmer and
stockman-what kind of stock will
make the most profitable gains. how
the range, hay and feeds available
may be used for best results; manage
ment of the breeding animals; the
most profitable way to handle breed
ing stock; feeding Young stock;
range grasses and their value; finish
ing stock for market, and other mat
ters of like nature.
The desirable and undesirable
characteristics of sheep will also be
shown by exhibits of contrasting
types. Accompanying this will be an
exhibit of wool to show the differ
ent grades and how the wool grower
may profit by using little extra
care at shearing and shipping time.
The points brought out will be OF
economic Importance to both the
large sheep owner and the farmer
with a small farm flock
Situated favorably from market
standpoint because growers have a
choice of eastern or western markets,
farmers in southern Montana are CIV
ing increased attention to hog pro-
duction. At present hogs contribute
but small part of the total live
stock income but farmers and Others
who have studied the situation agree
that hog production offers real pos
sibilities under the proper conditions.
The hog exhibit on the train will be
of particular interest because hogs
have place on most farms.
The dairy cattle exhibits will ena-
.phasize milk production with good
and poor producers illustrated. In con-
nection with the dairy cattle exhibit
will be considered the value of cow
testing associations, production rec
ords and some of the essentials Of
feeding and breeding for milk and
butter fat production. Since the dairy
COW also has a place on so many
farms and is particularly adapted to
many of the irrigated valleys here,
this part of the exhibit also is at
tracing wide attention.
The livestock train is a direct fol-
low-up of the recommendations made
at the agricultural economic confer
ence held in this part of the state last
winter. At these conferences special
livestock committees of leading farm
ers and stockmen drew up programs
for the development of the livestock
industry. One of the recognized needs
at all conferences was that of bring
ing about the more efficient use of
grass and feeds. 1t was brought out
that 81 per cent of the land of the
state is not being titled and much Of
this will always be in the non-tillable
class. The efficient use Of this land
by converting the grasses produced
on it into marketable livestock stands
out as one of the most important mat
ters in the state.
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