Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-03-30

THE week of May 1T has been deslg-
mated as National Egg Week" by the
1 National Poultry council. according
to Miss II. e. Cushman. poultry special
ist for the Montana Extension service.
The week" is Intended as q time for
centering attention upon the Importance
of the poultry industry in the United
States, Miss Cushman explains.
The per acre costs of harvesting and
threshing grains with the combine aver
ages approximately $3.50 per acre as
compared with $422 where the binder
is used and 81 IS when grain is harvest
ed with q header, studies of the United
States department OF agriculture disclose
The combine is efficient only on the larg-
err acreages and where weather conditions
and topography are favorable.
The First Annual Livestock Feeders
day will be held at the Montana expert
ment station. Bozeman. April 81. Farm
ers and stockmen of southern Montana
Will be particularly interested In the re-
suits Of experiments in cattle feeding
carried on at the station during the past
winter. Experiments on the feeding Of
frosted wheat are giving some rather un-
expected results.
Drainage is necessary on irrigation
projects not only to remove excess water
to prevent land from water-logging but
because without adequate drainage IA
~cilities which will permit the soil to be
flushed out" occasionally the accumula-
ton Of salts in the soil often renders the
land unfit for cultivation, says II. E. Muir
dock, In charge Of agricultural engineer
ing at Montana State college.
mo. SGT" a grade Holstein COW owned
by S. j. Burgess of Helena again was
high individual producer for cows under
test in the state during the month of
February with 1871 pounds Of butterfat
and 1857 pounds of milk. The same cow
held high ono In January with 88.6
pounds Of butterfat and l941 pounds of
milk.
There are 81 town forests In New
Hampshire with an area of IL ,643 acres
and a value of 1896. 900. Some of the
towns purchased their forest land while
others received theirs by charter. The
forests are being cared for under town
management and now serve as recreation
centers. In time they Will become val
liable sources of timber.
Farmers OF Rosebud county are being
advised to stick to Marquis wheat until
further tests are a before switching
to Supreme" by r. d. Mercer, county
agent. Tests last year, Mr.. Mercer says
showed that Supreme outyielded Marqui.
by from one to three bushels per acre
but he believes hat 1t will be safer tt
continue with the old standby until tht
new variety has been thoroughly testec
in the county.
Receipts of hogs at the seven leading
markets OF the country during Januar,
and February were 38 per cent greateI
than for the same months in 1927. Las
months receipts were 5000. 900 as com
pared with 10000 in February a yea
ago.
Better tillage and the use of pure seec
are being stressed in the extension pro
gram OF Lewis n Clark county thi.
year. l.. G.. DeVore, county agent, be.
lieves that much of the loss resulting
annually from dockage can be eliminated
by a strict observance of these two phases
OF the crop improvement program. Last
year the wheat of the county had ar
average dockage of 4 per cent, he says.