Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-08-23
MONTANA WOOL
CLIP INCREASES
CROP THIS YEAR 25.OO0,0 900 POUNDS,
LARGEST SINCE 1915. FIGURES
GATHERED INDICATE
lBy Our Helena Correspondentl

(By Our Helena Correspondent
Montana this year has shown the
largest wool clip since 1915 and with
25.37O,000 pounds retains third place
in wool production. Texas holding first
place with 1851. 900 pounds and wy
oming second place with 26.550,000
pounds, according to the annual pre-
iiminary wool report issued by the
st~ate-federal crop reporting stan.
Since 1920 Montana's wool production
has steadily increased and the 1923 CLIP
represents a gain of 58.5 per cent com
pared with that year. II this rate Of
increase is maintained, the next few
years will n Montana in second place
If not q close contender with Texas fol
first place. according to the crop report
ing officials. Montana once held this
position in 1904 and 1905 by a good mar
gin when she led Wyoming Tin 1924 by
more than 100000 pounds and produced
nearly four times as much as Texas.
The average fleece weight in Montana
for 1923 was $50 pounds or practically the
same as for 1927. The average for the
far western states was 81 pounds and
for the United States 7.8 pounds. Among
the western states, Montana led Texas
Colorado. Nevada. Arizona, New Mexico
and California but was exceeded by
Idaho. Wyoming. Utah, Washington and
Oregon.
Montana may be accorded the distinc-
ton of having the largest tubercular free
accredited herd of cattle in the world.
The A. B. Cook herd of purebred Here
ford cattle. near Townsend. is tubercular
free and is composed OF 2.600 head. In
order to discover II this was the largest
herd of accredited cattle. DR.. w. j. But
Ter, state veterinarian. recently communi-
Gated with the United States bureau OF
animal industry at Washington, d. C,
That bureau not having the figures wrote
the head of the various state veterinarian
departments n asked them to send DR.
Butler the number of their largest ac-
credited herd.
At present the state of North Dakota
with a herd of 321 tubercular free ac-
credited Angus cattle Is second to Mon
tana. No other state has a herd even
approaching the size OF the Cook bunch
Reports from various states received by
DR.. Butler follow: Colorado, 213; Nebras-
ka, 213; and Michigan, 267.
Five lakes in Lincoln county are to be
closed to fishing during three months OF
the year. according to a decision reached
by the state fish n game commission
These are Telrault. Morand, OBrien
llmDer ana FRANK lakes. FISHING
through the ice will be permitted.
Half Breed creek, which rises in Liberty
county was closed to fishing indefinitely
That portion Of Flathead county from
the mouth of the Flathead river to the
Canadian boundary was closed to elk
hunting indefinitely. All of Flatheac
county was closed to the hunting Of
sharp tailed grouse until further orders
OF the commission.
E~ighty-fve companies operating 18t
vehicles are operating on 3,081 miles OF
Montana highway, a report of the boarc
of railroad commissioners reveals.
The passenger capacity of the truck.
is 1,271, it being possible for 403 passen-
gers to ride on the passenger and freight
service and 867 persons to ride OIL the
motor trucks for passengers only.
Thirty-ive companies operate freight
lines only. They have Sc vehicles anc
operate on 995 miles of highway. Twenty.
five companies have passenger and freight
service, having Al vehicles and operating
on 1,743 miles of highway. Twenty-Five
companies operate on 345 miles of high
way, transporting passengers with 81
vehicles.
While there were 228 fewer deaths IL
AAA6 tAS AAAot "a ~
this rear, as compared to the same perioc
O year ago, births likewise showed a de-
crease. dropping from 4,728 in the frs
six months of 1927 to 4,674 in the frs
six months of the present year. This
figures compiled by Lucien Benepe, di'
rector of the bureau of vital statistics o.
the state board Of health, show. is a de-
crease from 10 per 1000 population IL
1927 to II per 1000 in 1923.
Silver Bow county shows the greatest
decrease with AL births in the first ST,
months of 1927, as compared to 400 this
year. Flathead and Gallatin ~countie.
each show a decrease Of 27, while Carbon
has % less and Hill 20.
Lewis and Clark county was first III
the list Of Sc counties to show an in.
crease of births during the period. There
were 173 births in that county during
the first six months of this year a:
against 1872 during the same period {
year ago. Other counties to show in
creases were Fallon, with 81, Roosevelt
with 30, and Richland. with 25.
AS a result of the efforts of Murra.
Stebbins, secretary Of the Montana Woo
Growers association, there will be a WOO
exhibit at the Chicago international ex
position this year for the first time, tn
shows secretary, B.. H. Heide, has advised
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