Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-09-25
Cannon Tells
FarnlerSHoW
BeStToFarnl
Gives Many Suggestions to
Those at Get Together
Dinner.
PEAS PROVE A
VALUABLE CROP

That the dinner given Friday eve.
ming by the Libby Commercial clul
with the farmers of the district a
their guests was not only a pleasan
but profitable gathering was thu
verdict of everyone in attendance. Tht
meeting was sponsored by the agri-
cultural committee of the Libby Com
mercial club and was given primaril,
to provide an opportunity for G. J
Cannon of Spokane, agricultural devel-
opment agent of the Great Northern
Railway company, to address the farm
ers on agricultural problems.
Following the serving of dinner a
short program was presented by repre-
sentatives Of the Libby school. Miss
Fousek played with much ability an
excellent piano selection and four
young students of the Libby schools
presented in charming pantomime in
the always appealing story of Poiret
and Poirette. Miss Laughlin of the Lib
by faculty, who had trained the young
actors, told the story preceding the
pantomime.
T. M. Boyes, president of the Com
mercial club, who presided, called upon
Mayor Elmer Switzer for a few re-
marks Mayor Switzer responded brief
~, saying that he knew very little
about farming and ended by introduc-
ing the speaker of the evening, Mr..
Cannon.
MIR. Cannon launched into his subject
with vigor. He was careful to preface
his remark with the statement that all
though he had been an honest to good
ness dirt farmer for 20 odd years north
OF Spokane he did not presume to be
able to solve all the problems that con-
front the farmer. However, by taking
his years of experience and mixing ii
with what information he could accu-
mulate as he travelled over the district
he hoped to be able to suggest few
things that might be of value.
MIR. Cannon is a great friend of the
dairy COW. He thought dairying one
branch of farming peculiarly adapted
to Lincoln county. He said the man who
MIXED few cows generally is able
to make good living and have a little
cash surplus With the dairy COW he
said few pigs ought to be kept. Next
to the dairy COW he seemed to have
warm spot in his heart for the lowlv
porker, remarkihg that with a few
hogs to turn off in the fall nice lit
tie sum could be realized by the prov
ident farmer.
Several crops were coming into much
favor in the Northwest, he said. One Of
these was the raising of peas either for
seed, for canning, or for stock feed.
He gave figures showing what hand
some returns had been made in Mon
tana and adjoining states in raising
seed peas. He thought peas would do
unusually well here. Another crop that
is bringing big returns is lettuce, sew
eral hundred dollars being realized per
acre by growers in Washington He ur-
gently recommended that Libby farm
ers look into the possibilities in these
two crops. He also told how some dis
tricts are developing fine industry
growing seeds for the market. saving
that the best seeds are grown in high
attitudes and in northern climates such
as is found here.
1t wasn't long after Mr.. Cannon start
ed to speak that he began to advocate
the employing of county agent 1t was
well known that he is very friendly to
county agent work and his remarks
were not unexpected. He gave some
arguments supporting his stand on that
matter and said the Great Northern
favored employment of county agent.
He also referred to the time when he
and few others had appeared before
the county commissioners requesting
the continuing of county agent worn
when L. T. Winslow the then incum-
bent, rendered his resignation. At that
time the county commissioners, after
careful investigation, were convinced
that great majority of the people of
the county-including majority of the
farmer--did not care to continue coun-
ty agent work and did not think the
benefits accruing were sufficient to
warrant the expense
Upon motion of j. A. Krall stand