The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-02-09
Many Attend
Farm MeetinQ
In Eureka
Largest Gathering of Its Kind
Ever Held i'm That Part
of County.
EXPERTS TALK ON
DIVERSE PROBLEMS

DIVERSE PROBLEMS
EUREKA, Feb 6.-The annual
Farmers Institute held at the grade
school on Saturday was by far the
best attended course of its kind to
be held in Eureka. Two speakers
from the State College extension
service were present as we'll as the
county agent and home demonstra-
ton agent from Flathead county.
ALI OF the talks were received with
enthusiasm. A banquet, such as
only the farm women are capable
OF preparing, was served to a large
crowd at noon
The Family Budget
The first speaker of the day was
Miss Eleanor Harrer, county home
demonstration agent, from Flathead
county. Miss Harrer emphasized
the need of including the whole fam
lily IN making budget plans SO that
the children would have a SYM
pathetic attitude toward matters
when the fulfillment of their wishes
were curtailed. In making bud
get, the amount allowed for items
should be based on the past year al
lowing for any extra items which
may come up such as new col
lege student expense, a new baby.
new car, etc. Family account books
may be purchased from the State
College for Is cents. In buying
foods do we buy to satisfy appetite
or for nourishment and health? In
making farm budget it has been
found that food takes first place.
automobile second, household opera
ton third and clothing fourth. Each
farmer should have a copy of The
Outlook, a publication put out each
year and obtainable from the Col
lege, which gives review and pre-
dlctlon of prices for foods and
clothing and other matters of in
terest to the farmer. In the 1899
Outlook 1t il found that meats and
cereals will be lower in price for
the coming year and vegetables will
be higher, hence the need of gar
dens this summer. Ready-to wear
garments will be higher but ward
goods will be lower. Shoes will also
be higher.
The Farm Problem
Willard Lamphere, economist ex.
pert of Bozeman, next spoke. Mr..
Lamphere gave out Just enough in
formation to provoke thought
among those present His talk in
the nature of chalk discussion
showed the problem facing the
farmer of today in the approx
mately n million acres now being
titled but whose products are not
needed here nor can they be ex-
ported. Some statistics used were.
acres of crop land in u. S., 365 mil
mons, amount needed to feed us,
293 .nillions, amount under cult
Walton of non-food crops such as
tobacco and cotton, 20 millions:
amount needed to care for export
trade, Is millions. The ~ millions
not needed is the agricultural prob
lem of the day. BY setting down
the specific problems resulting from
this and by stimulating thought
along remedies for these, Mr.. Lam
phere provided much good solid food
tor thought. The problem was not
settled and further discussion fol-
lowed lin the afternoon along the
same line.
Livestock
H. G. Lewis, livestock specialist
If Bozeman, spoke next. Mr.. Lewis
Urged the farmers to think seriously
along the lines outlined by Mr..
-amphere for he felt that this prob
EN- must be solved by the farmers
who have the background necessary
or its solution. His hint was that
change in mode. of is5inggt saight
lelp. Mr.. Lewis spoke OF the wom-
m OF our country as knowing little
'r nothing about meats and are
therefore, very poor shoppers. They
ire inclined to want meat with lit.
le or no fat whereas good meat
must be fat, for it is the fat which
makes the meat tender. He spoke
# the COW giving 125 lbs. of but
erfat, the average in Montana, eat
ne the same as one giving 300 lbs
nd urged more efficiency in raising
I stock and the need of weighing
he milk and testing the cream to
heck on the cows. He advised the
sc of less land used intensively to
ct satisfactory results. Livestock
ondltions in Montana are not too
ptimistic due to the expense of
rass, the lack of rainfall and sparse
rass growth. He predicts that. in
rder to continue, some means of
citing grass for less money must
G found. Better management must
c devised to insure a higher calf
rop which in Montana averages
0 per cent. To do this he advised
etter females and sires.
Poultry
Following dinner, Stanley Halver-
on, county agent of Flathead, spoke
n poultry A timely suggestion
vas to keep on feeding the flocks
ow, even though the price of eggs
) down, 10 insure the flock not 60
ne into a mott Proteins in the