The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
RANCH NEWS

A restraining order, preventing ].
c. Hodge from running sheep on pro-
perties included in a homestead entry
of Antwine Thrasher, will stand, says
the Montana supreme court in affirm
ing the district court for Powell
county.
Montana department of agriculture
says: Reports of stockmen to the
state-federal crop reporting service as
of December l, show only seasonal
decline in condition of feed and live
stock and indicate a satisfactory feed
situation as result of open winter
weather up to that date"
Mobiles Fairy Echo, a purebred Jer-
sey heifer in the herd of Fred NJ.
Griffith of Lewistown, brok the Mon
tana state Jersey butterfat production
record for junior 2-year-old cows,
tested 305 days, with her recently
completed test record. Started on test
when just years and 3 months of
age, she yielded 308.01 pounds of but
terfat and 5,767 pounds Of milk in
the ensuing 305 days, MIXED only
twice daily. This yield is the equiva-
lent Of 385 pounds of butter and 2,682
quarts of milk.
A number of farmers from the
Malta irrigation district attended a
meeting at the courthouse to discuss
with the county commissioners the
possibility of reducing the assessed
valuation of irrigated land in the val
ley along with Redistribution. APP
proximately $4,000 acres of irrigated
land and about 300 land owners would
be affected near Malta. Irrigated land
now is valued from $50 down to SIS
for first class land. Valley county
irrigated land has maximum valua-
ton of about $25, while Blaine county
is somewhat lower than Phillips
county.
A delegation, consisting of Fred
Tebay, Frank Carey, Phil Gillick, Will
liam Gillespie, Ted Knowles, Ben
Wahle, representing the stockmen of
Jefferson county, and Sheriff John Fl.
Williams went to Helena to meet with
the state livestock commission, in an
effort to encourage enforcement f
the law requiring the inspection of
beef before acceptance at meat
market. The sale Of three calves stolen
from the Fred Tebay ranch, and &C.
copied by two meat markets in Butte,
without the required beef inspection
and tags and stamps, brought the
matter to the immediate attention of
the jefferson county cattlemen.
Thomas D. Campbell, president of
the Campbell Farming corporation,
which operates at Hardin the largest
wheat farm in the world, has returned
from several months visit in Wash
ington, New York, Chicago and other
eastern cities. He is very optimistic
over the outlook for agriculture and
expressed the opinion that better
times for the farmer are just around
the corner. Mr.. Campbell spoke over
, the radio from New York. He il so
,, strongly convinced the turning point
!, in the farmers fortune is at hand that
, last fall he seeded the largest winter
i, wheat acreage he has had in since he
began farming at Hardin, nearly a
dozen years ago.
Fourteen thousand acres of Indian
land in Phillips county arc being Of
: tered for sale by the Turtle Mountain
: Indian agency at minimum price OF
from SO to 81 an acre.
Approximately a quarter of a mil
> hon trees were planted on farms ir
Montana in the spring of 1929, accord
= ing to report on the distribution Of
> trees under the Clark McNeary for
estry act by E. E. Isaacs, extension
hortlculturist at Montana State col
;, -ege. Orders received fer trees TO
u 1880 delivery indicate that the numbc,
to be planted during the coming YEA
will be. well over 100000.