Plentywood herald., 1928-02-24
MONTANAFACES
PROSPEROUS ERA

MONTANA at the present time pre-.
sents the best land investments IL
A'A the country and holds for the great.
est opportunities in the world for the
development of the industry OF agricul.
| ture, according to Thomas D. Campbell
| Of Hardin, the biggest farmer IL
America" Declaring that the state hal
entered upon moisture cycle which hs
| believes will continue for several years
Mr.. Campbell predicted that every cen
Of Montana agricultural indebtedness
will be paid off before the end of an
other year. He bases this prediction OF
the crop reports of 1927.
| As the head of the Campbell Farming
| corporation, said to be the greatest in
dustrial venture of its kind in the ma.
ton, Mr.. Campbell had the direct super.
vision of a half million dollar crop o.
wheat and fax on his land holdings neal
Hardin in 1927. AS is the custom under
his system of modernized farming, hal
Of his 0000-acre holding will lie fal.
low during 1928. During the cominE
| year 40 900 acres of the Campbell prop.
| erty will be seeded divided into 10000
acres of winter wheat, 5000 acres o.
spring wheat. and 1000 acres of fax.
According to Mr.. Campbell, with The
sensible application OF modern farm
methods along with the period of mois.
or six years, Montana will produce al
least 70,000,000 bushels of wheat an
nually for the next 10 years. THE state
at this time Is attracting nationwide
attention. both from the remarkable
crops of 1927 and from the fact that II
presents the best land values in the
country" he said.
II believe" said MIR. Campbell. that
agriculture is developing into one Of the
foc a1 na
try. The farmer must come to the re-
alization that his farming ventures must
be industrialized,' he said. THE day OF
individual farming methods is becoming
a thing of the past
He said that while the decrease in farm
population is considered as serious In
some circles, no alarm need be taken If
the business Is handled as an industrial
venture. IT think we have satisfactorily
demonstrated this fact on our farm" he
said. I'm one single harvesting opera
ton we have been able to replace 26-
man crew and 40 horses with two men
and do our harvesting on a more eco
nomic and practical basis"
This one operation, he said, has re-
duced the harvesting cost several dollars
an acre. He predicted that the farm
population within few years of COM
mercialized farming would be only 20
now is about 26 per cent
Montana Large Buyer
The unusual farm conditions OF the
past year and the consequent increase
In the prosperity of the Montana farmer
have been reflected In the sales OF farm
implements, Mr.. Campbell declared.
Montana last year purchased more trac-
tors than any state In the union" he
said. "and the increase in purchase Of
other farm implements has been corre-
spending"
1.-The Montana farmer" he said, 'is
turning more and more to the sensible
methods Of planting, harvesting and
marketing. I believe that great change
will take place In general conditions
within the next few years and that the
state is definitely headed for great era
OF prosperity. The SHOWS Of the present
winter and the indications Of wet
spring are an almost certain guarantee
OF success next year, and 1t is my opin-
ion that the moisture cycle will last for
some years to come"
Manifesting great faith in the future
of Montana, the wheat king stated that
he considered his own enterprise rs the
best venture he could possibly be on.