The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-09-05
STATE COLLEGE
WEEKLY LETTER

agent this week through the grant
ing of a six months leave of alb
| sence to Max Legge, former agent
who will act as manager of the
Montana branch of the Intermoun
tain Livestock association, advises
J. C. Taylor. The vacancy was
! filled by the appointment Of
Theodore Fosse who took over
Legge's county last Monday.
Mr.. Legge has been county
agent in Blaine county for foul
and one-half years during which
time he has built up a well-bal'
| anced farming system in which
| feed crops, beets, alfalfa hay and
| potatoes are included. His work
in feed crops looms up as one OF
his outstanding contributions this
year because livestockmen of the
county have sufficient winter feed
in reserve to carry them through
successfully.
When Mr.. Legge came to Blaine
county in 1926, about 25 per cent
of the dry land farmers practiced
the summer fallow system OF
farming. His continued emphasis
on correct tillage practices has
resulted in an increase of nearly
800 per cent. The rapid CONVEX
sion of new farmers every year
indicates that the alternate falloW
system will be countrywide very
shortly.
The former agent was very &C
tive in assisting in the formation
of cooperatives. Poultry, livestock,
wool and potato cooperatives were
formed with his assistance and
last year the combined marketing
activities of these organizations
amounted to nearly $121,0 0O
This summer Mr.. Fosse has
been assistant county agent in Te-
ton county during the leave OF
absence of Robert Clarkson. Pre-
vious to that he was Smith
Hughes instructor at Poison and
has the distinction of building up
one of the most outstanding
Smith-Hughes schools of the state.
All Training School
The International All Training
school has extended an invitation
to the Montana All club Office to
send delegates for the annual
training period which will be held
at Springfield, Mass, September
7-20, advises Charles Potter, state
club leader. Ruth Osborne of
Bozeman and Melvin McPheeters
of K%alispell have been selected
to represent Montana.
This is the first time Montana
has been invited to send delegates
to this school and the information
al scope of the training makes
the invitation a significant one
for All club work here, in the
opinion of Mr.. Potter. This year
SO states of the United States
and six provinces of Canada will
be represented.
The training school is an out
growth of Camp Vail, one of the
All club divisions Of the Eastern
States Exposition, Springfield,
where delegates from the
thirteen North and Middle Allan
tic states meet annually. 1t is
financed entirely by Horace A.
Springfield, who at one
time was a poor farm boy but now
is a prominent paper manufactur-
err and engaged in many other ed
vocational and business enter
The purposes of the school as
laid down by Mr.. Moses are: TO
perpetuate the ideals symbolized
in the Al insignia, to provide an
international meeting place where
the leaders of the club movement
may gather and exchange ideas
and develop standards, and to pro
vide training for older club mem
bers.
The activities at the school IN
clude lectures, discussion groups,
demonstrations, field trips and
general camp duties.
The two Montana delegates were
selected through a comparison II
the records sent in by county
agents for the outstanding mem
bers of their counties.
Turkeys And Tapeworms
Turkeys that eat raVenouslyr
whose feathers look as If they
needed a dry cleaning and who