The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-01-24

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morning. Wednesday afternoon
will be given over to Federal
Farm board matters. Thursday
morning recent experiments in
the feeding of steers and swine
Will be considered. Thursday af-
ternoon the Montana Shorthorn
Breeders association will hold u
purebred consignment sale. Fri
day morning the program will
deal with the selection of feed
ing dairy cattle, and Friday af-
,ernoon has been set aside for a
tour of the livestock section of
the experiment station.
Members OF the experiment sta
ton staff who will assist with
the livestock meetings are w. H.
Vaughan, head of the livestock
department; w. E. Joseph in
charge of sheep experiments;
Louis Vinke who is directing cat
tie and hog feeding trials, and J..
O. Tretsven, extension dairy spec
ialist.
Montana's 40 county, district
and project extension agents will
meet at Bozeman for their annual
four day conference starting jan
uary 80, to consider recent agri-
cultural developments, new exper-
iment station findings and the
outlook for 1880 and to plan their
work for the coming season. Mon
tana now has "a agricultural
agents and nine home demonstra-
ton agents.
Competition In Wheat
Bozeman, Mont. Jan. 14.-Mon-
tana farmers who are good bust
ness men and efficient in their
methods and who are located on
good land where conditions are
favorable for large scale, low
cost production will be able to
compete with farmers in any part
of the world in growing wheat;
others had better start now to
work into those enterprises or
combination of enterprises to
which their locality is best adapt
ed.
NJ. L. Wilson, head of the de-
partment of agricultural econom-
les at Montana State college, and
one of the nations leading agri-
cultural authorities, expresses this
opinion. The subject of world
competition in agriculture will be
discussed by him in a talk on
Russia and the worlds wheat sup
ply on the opening night Of Farm
and Home week which starts
February 3, at Montana State col
lege, Bozeman.
Mr.. Wilson is not an alarmist
when it comes to wheat produc-
ton in Montana. He believes that
certain areas, where the most
efficient large scale methods can
be applied, will be able to meet
any competition the world may
offer. On the other hand, he be-
lieveS that farmers who insist on
specializing in wheat production
small units, under conditions
lnadapted to the most efficient
methods and machinery, will be
forced out of the race. Their one
hope of remaining as farmers, as
he sees it, is to start now to
gradually work into livestock or
other adapted enterprises where
is a better chance of COM
Wilson's Address
His conclusions are based on
lis observations in Russia and
)ther European and Asiatic coun-
.ries last year. He points out
hat in Russia, with its untold
Millions of acres and its cheap
abor, the Soviet government has
aunched a movement to industri-
llize agriculture which undoubted-
V will have a profound effect
Upon the world wheat market. De
relopments in the Argentine and
Canada add to the intensity of
he impending struggle, according
the Montana economist.
Mr.. Wilson's address, the dis
:ussions on the Federal Farm
taxation, and economic
in the United States,
many conventions of agricultural
organizations and special group
Programs for wheat growers, po-
alto growers, stockmen and farm
gomen are expected to draw an
Exceptionally large number of
len and women to Montana State
ollege, February 3-8. Detailed
Irograms of the weeks meetings
nay be obtained from county ex-
ension agents or by writing to
he Extension Service, Bozeman.
The Old Swine Game
Cross a Poland China boar with
Duroc7Jersey SOW and get a
hampshire pig. Farmers of Mon
ana will agree that this is i'm
ossible, and yet it is the miracle
erformed on paper by a new
registry association, accord
1g to word received by d. e.
.ichards, extension livestock spec
at Montana State college,
the national association nj