Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-15
About Farming
(From Montana State Collexe)

"HE annual state ram sale will be
held at Helena, September rs.
= during State Fair Week, accord
ing to a decision of a joint commit
tee of the Montana Wool Growers
association at a meeting held al
Helena recently. The members of the
committee attending the meeting
were G. N. Arnett, r. l.. Waddell and
Earl Sine of Bohemian, DR.. H. c.
Gardner of Anaconda, c. r. Tintingel
of Cascade, M. e. Stebbins of Helena
and Lester Schulz of Sheridan.
The All club season mas opened in Roose
welt county with prospects of a materia
increase In membership and interest, re
ports A. w. Warden, county agent. Clubs
viii be organized for corn growing, cloth
ing making, food preparation, gardening
potato production. chick raising and capor
production. All boys and girls Of the
county between the ages of 10 and IS ar,
eligible to join a club, says Mr.. Warden
Farmers of the Grass Range communit,
OF Fergus county held a meeting April 2 t
hear reports of the Fergus County Agricul
tural Economic conference held at Lewir
town early In March and to incorporat.
the conference recommendations into tn,
local farm program for the coming season
Ed Mack and William Mather presented
the conference reports to the Grass Rang,
farmers.
At the recent meeting of honey pro
ducers of Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
Colorado, Nevada and Washington, at Lara
ME, Wyo., 1t was recommended that a co
operative marketing organization be estab
lished to handle the honey produced II
the western states. The region produce,
about 100000 900 pounds of honey annually
and the product ia said to be Of particularly
high quality.
Three thousand pounds of high quality
certified Bliss Triumph seed potatoes have
been secured as a foundation stock 70,
starting the production of seed potatoe.
In Cascade county this spring. Tests con
Quoted In the county last season demon
strated that many parts OF the county ars
adapted to seed potato production.
Small farm flock owners of Judith Basir
county are planning to organize a coop
%erative wool pool for handling the 1922
wool clip. A preliminary meeting to con
slider the matter was held at Stanford las
month In connection with the annual meet
ing of the Judith Basin County Woo
Growers association.
The Plains Guernsey Breeders associa
tion will hold Its annual sale of purebreC
~ adihT hAC u dtiplo
ing to a decision arrived at, Mt a recen'
meeting of the association at Plains.
At a meeting of a number of farmers
and business men at Harrison last montl
1t was decided to purchase two carloads o
dairy cattle for the district as soon a
desirable stock can be located. The pur
chase will be made through the Agricul
tural Credit corporation.
Twenty Indian girls of the Crow Indiai
reservation are enrolled In the home fur
nishing project of the Big Horn count,
All club program for the coming year.
The fifth annual Louisiana potato tou
starts April 1S and continues throughou
the week, according to notices receive,
from the Louisiana experiment station. Thi
annual tour is taken part in by representa-
tives OF seed potato growers OF Montani
and other northern states to view the re
suits OF tests conducted by the Louisianl
experiment station and to make contac
with commercial potato growers Of tn
south.
Approximately 200 bushels of seed corr
will be shipped In to Falfon county thi
spring to meet local planting needs.