The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-08
COLLEGE
WEEKLY LETTER

by the feuSf-
al Farm Board has brought many
requests to the Montana extension
service for details Of organization.
To fill this imperative need C. C.
Spencer of Plevna has been ap-
pointed marketing specialist for
the Montana extension service, ac-
! cording to a recent announcement
by j. C. Taylor, director of the
extension service.
Mr.. Conser majored in econom-
les at the University of Mime
sofa and received his degree from
that institution in 1903. Since that
time he has taught eight years
and was superintendent of schools
for five. He was q member of
the Montana senate 4,or eight
years and has become n of the
successful wheat farmers of Fal-
lon county.
He has been, and still is, presi-
dent of the Farmers Cooperative
Elevator at Plevna. This elevator
has become one of outstandingly
successful elevators of the state
under Mr.. Conser's administra-
ton. During the short courses
held at Montana state college last
winter he taught marketing.
Mr.. Conser's extension work
will be related to cooperative
marketing. He will meet with the
boards of directors of the associa-
tions over the state for the pur-
pose of answering their questions
and assisting them in handling
the 1880 crop.
The legal side of cooperative
organizations has caused many re-
quests for information to come to
the extension service. Mr.. Conser
is especially fitted for this phase
and will also explain the studies
made by the Montana experiment
station relative to the economics
of successful elevator operation.
1.-THE practical experience of the
new marketing specialist which
insures a thorough knowledge of
production, intimate contact with
various marketing practices and a
comprehensive knowledge of the
economic situation of the Montana
producer, makes it extremely graf
flying to add Mr.. Conser to the
extension staff" said Director
Taylor in announcing the appoint
ment.
Combine Attachments
Attachments for the use of sup
Elemental headers with the com
bine in light wheat are still in
the home made stage but they
have been very successfully used
in the past and specialists at the
Montana experiment station be-
lieve that they will be especially
valuable this year.
Combines we're designed to cut
a full swath in heavy wheat, and
light wheat causes the machine to
operate at about half its intended
capacity. With an ordinary head
cutting an extra swath for the
combine the wheat is cut in half
the time with only the addition
of one man and teams.
Experiments with this sort of
a combination were carried on at
the experimental farm at Brock
ton with very good results. The
header was run behind the com
bine with the wheat from the
header elevator running into a
convelor and into the combine.
None of the combine manufac-
turers have yet put on the market
and attachments for mounting and
operating the conveyor, nor has
the agricultural engineering de-
partment at the state college
drawn up specific designs for
such apparatus. However pictures
and descriptions of types used at
he experimental farm are avail
able and county agents over the
are supplied with them. /:
H. e. Murdoch, head of the ag- /:
'icultural engineering department,
believes that farmers with home :
ihops will be able to make such :
apparatus as is necessary. Nearly :
very wheat farm has a header :
listed among its equipment. :
See your county agent for pic :
and description of supple :
mental headers and attachments. :
Sugar Beet B~y-Products :
Three by%-products of the sugar :
eet industry have been found to :
valuable as stock feed. They :
re the tops, wet pulp and molas :
es with the tops drawing most :
f the attention this year because :
the shortage OF hay and other :
oughages. L
An average 12-ton yield of sugar :
will produce enough tops :
er acre to equal about one ton :
f alfalfa hay In feeding value, :
ccording to ID. q. Richards, ex- :
livestock specialist at :
Iortana State college. He bases :
is information upon feeding ex- :
eriments carried on by the ex- :
eriment stations in Nebraska, :
dorado and Montana as well as :
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