Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-08-02
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
About Farmino
(From Montana State College)

n T. BOLINGBROKE or Rexbur9. Ida
led a party of Idaho farmers on a
80 tour to the Campbell farm at Hard
In at the tine OF the Montana farm tour
during the week Of July is, in which
more than 100 farmers of northern and
central Montana counties tool part. The
visitors from Idaho were particularly i'm
pressed with large scale farming opera
lions in this state.
The State Seed council, organized at
the time Of the State Seed show at Lewis
town last winter, will hold Its first meet
ing at Montana State college, Bozeman.
Aug. Sd. A program OF work dealing
with seed laws and other matters of in
terest to producers and dealers of seed
will be considered. Clyde Mckee, agron-
omist at Montana State college Is presi-
dent of the organization, A. z. Barke-
meyer OF Great Falls, vice president, and
l.. d. Kurtz. extension agronomist, sec
retary-treasurer.
Biennial white sweet clover has been
the highest yielding variety for hay at
the Moccasin experiment. station. The
yellow variety has produced at the rate
OF 500 pounds OF seed as compared with
$50 pounds for the white. The yellow
Kind also excells in palatability. reports
I. j. Jensen, superintendent Of the sta
ton.
"Pansy." a grade Jersey owned by Har-
old Norris of the Cascade Dairy Herd
Improvement association, was the high
producer among cows under test in the
state during the month of June, advises
j. 0. Tretsven, extension dairy specialist.
This COW produced 76.4 pounds of but
terfat and 1470 pounds of milk. At least
one COW in civ of tho MINI oceortafion-
in the state produced more than 10
pounds of butterfat during the month.
Old, discarded binders are being pressed
into service again this season to help
with the wheat harvest. They are being
used for cutting the wheat. leaving 1t in
windows to be threshed later with the
combine when the grain is thoroughly
dry.
The potato club members of the Clark
All club OF Richland county held their
annual tour July IA under the direction
OF the local club leader. Mrs. Hans Wal
stad. Fields of most of the members of
the club were visited, and H. F. DeJue,
county agent, pointed out diseases which
certified seed growers must look out for.
The Bronson club will hold a similar tour
this month.
Wyman Feltis. G.. M. Chapman. ]. ".
Bennett, Loren Fladager. Don Chapman
OF Peerless; Joe ~Lukowitz, Everett Rosen-
baum. j. B.. Bourassa and Nels Nordgren
of Flaxville; George Olson, D. C.. Knapp.
John B. Kemp and L. O. Pittinger of
Scobey: O. E. Sussag of Kahle and Art
Gordon of Madoc are Daniels county
farmers who are growing registered seed
this year.
In tests IN the farms of A.. N. Boomer,
Loren Naylor, E. j. Fordysth, Frank Smith
and Matt Reichmuth of Fergus county
the new Newturk beardless winter wheat
yielded equal to Karmont and a bushel
more than Turkey Red, and had protein
content and milling qualities equal to
Karmont.
OF the more than TO- 900 900 acres In
the min counties of southeastern Mon
tan only about $4,000 acres are now
irrigated. However, Of the total Of S72.-
511, Gel assessed valuation of all a in
the area, the irrigated LAND accounted
for more han one-fourth.