Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-10-25
Big SUPPLY OF FEED
ARRIVING FOR LIVE
STOCK Still HERE
Meat Shipments Reach Big
Figure; New Projects
Scheduled

Activities are at a high point In
the local FERA office as repara
lions are being made for a winter in
Sheridan county that will ~undoubted
ly see heavier burdens placed ON the
administration than at any time dur
ing the depression.
New projects are getting under
way. Heavy shipments of fresh
meat continue to arrive In the coun.
ty regularly at bi-weekly intervals.
Hundreds of tons of feed for the re-
naming livestock on the county's
farms make impressing scenes at
distribution points, with much more
on the way. lThe number of case
workers to make regular visitations
to homes OF the needy are to be
doubled. An office force that has
grown under the capable direction of
local administrator r. E. Burleigh to
the largest single unit of business
the county has ever had, Is taxed to
its utmost capacity. And the relief
rolls continues to grow.
Administrator Burleigh Informed
the Herald that 10 carloads of hay
has already been delivered in the
county, having been stored at var.
ious points between Homestead and
Redstone. The hay is placed In
charge OF a local caretaker or dist
ributor selected by the board of
county commissioners.
More Hay Arrives on 500
There are "a additional cars OF
feed now on the way which Is ex-
pected to arrive sometime within the
next week. These are made up OF
hay, Purina, c~ottonseed cake, and
molasses cake, and Will hrlng a sup
ply to every town in the county for
distribution. On theEneat Northern
two additional cars OF hay are to
come to Reserve and Plentywood,
and one each to the other towns.
Shipments on the 500 line arrived
Wednesday morning. These include
two cars for Outlook and Dooley,
three to Wesuby, and one each to
Raymond and Comertown. Fifty tons
of cottonseed cake are on the way
to Plentywood for distribution. Pur.
ina makes up the largest shipment
of concentrated feed. Medicine Lake.
Reserve, Antelope, Redstone, Out.
look, Comertown. Westby, and Doc
ley will all receive 20 tons, and 40
tons will ONE to Plentywood.
or the molasses cake rs tons are
to arrive at Plentywood, Medicine
Lake and Westby.
Meat Shipments Continue
Fresh meat continues to arrive In
the county at the rate of IL to Is
thousand pounds every two weeks.
This ONE in a refrigerator car to
Plentywood, and from there is dist
ributed by 2 trucks to all the differ
ent towns in the county, where. UNI
der the special supervision of a 10
cal agent 1t Is redistributed to those
on relief rolls.
During the last 80 days a total of
more than 10000 pounds have sup
piled needy people of Sheridan coun-
ty with fresh meat. 1t is of the high
est quality, all hind quarters OF sell
ect beef shipped out only after rig
Id government inspection in the
plant of the Hanson Packing Co. at
Butte, which has been turned over
for this special government relief
program.
Five new case workers are expect
ed to report to administrator Bur
leigh for work In the county within
the next week. This will bring the
total now assigned to work here to
II. With this number it is believed
1t will be possible for some case
worker to visit every family on relief
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