Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-07-26
About Farming
From Montana State College)

4 S A RESULT of a number of COM
II ity meetings and a county wide meet
"A ing held at Livingston June 30, the
first step has been taken toward the or
ganization OF the Park County Poultry
Growers association. Miss II. E. Cush-
man. poultry specialist. represented the
Montana Extension service at the meet
ings. An organization meeting for the
election of officers and adoption of by
laws will be held in July. The organi-
cation Will serve as the marketing agency
for the 1928 turkey crop of. the county
which will be about a carload, accord
ing TO the estimate of Ralph Jorgenson,
Smith-Hughes instructor at Livingston.
Eduardo Romecin. agronomist at the
La Paz experiment station, Bolivia, was
a recent visitor to the Montana expert
ment station, BoZeman, to study crop
Standardization work in the state. Mr..
Romecin is a graduate Of the University
Of Buenos Aires and was a graduate t
dent at the University Of California dur
ing the past year. He advises that topo-
graphically and dramatically. Bolivia is
very similar to Montana. except that the
elevation is around IL, 900 feet. He was
especially interested in the crop varieties
used in the state Inc will conduct tests
with Montana seed during the coming
year.
In many irrigated areas water is more
valuable than the land according to
specialists Of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture. Observations in
Montana and other states indicate that
too often land owners place too high an
estimate on the value of their land so
that when charges incidental to irriga-
ton are added, valuations become ex-
~cessive. In some irrigated sections raw,
unimproved land under the ditch is being
valued at the same figure as similar and
not subject to irrigation in the effort to
avoid generalization.
Ten farmers OF Idaho Joined the farm
ers Of northern and central Montana on
their tour of Montana experiment sta
ions and wheat and beet growing areas
in central and southern Montana this
week. The Idaho visitors were particu-
larly interested in the furrow drill meth
cd OF planting winter wheat I the cen
trail Montana experiment station at Moe
casin n In the operations at the Camp
bell farm at Hardin.
The annual boys and girls club camps
are being held this week at the North
Montana experiment station near Havre
Farmers Of north central Montana will
hold their annual picnic at the expert
ment station July IL and on the follow
ing day the annual two-days' women's
camp will start. The program for this
big vacation week" is being directed by
the Montana Extension service.
Sheep production has shown q ire
mendous gain on the Flathead irrigation
project in recent years. In 1919 the CROP
census OF the reclamation service showed
less than 100 sheep while in 1926 there
were more than $1,000. Most Of the in
crease has come since 1923 when there
were only about 1000 head. The mum.
Der more than doubled between 1925 anc
1926.
During the 1926-27 season more thar
5,570, 900 hunting licenses were issued In
the United States and Alaska bringing 6
revenue of nearly SO, 0 1000. In Mon.
tana there were 67,078 resident and 3,57t
nonresident licenses issued during tina
year, bringing q return Of S145, l04.30. II
this state hunting and fishing licenses
are combined.
The timothy hay acreage is too large
for present requirements in the United
States. according to Edward c. Parker o
the United States department OF agricul
ture. Decreases in certain classes OF live
stock and changes in feeding practice
have brought about a change in demant
and thrown production u of balance
he declares. There is no indication tina
timothy will find an increasing market IL
the future even though livestock mum
bers should start upward in the next fey
years because alfalfa, clover, soybean
and other legumes will fill the gap, say
this authority.