The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-02-01
SOIL TRAIN TO
MAKE STOP HERE
ON FEBRUARY n
Will Hold Educational
Program In Connection
With Exhibits

The special soil fertility train,
which will be operated in south
central Montana during mid
February, is completed, and will
make a stop here on Wednes-
day, February IA, according to
j. c. Taylor, director of the
Montana Extension service and
George w. GuStafSOn, county
extension agent.
The train is now making daily
scheduled stops in the irrigated
sections of Colorado, Nebraska,
and Wyoming. It was on eXhib-
ition in Denver during the Ma
tional Western Stock Show the
week of January 10 to 20.
Sponsors of the rolling eX-
hibit include the Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy railroad, the
Great Western Sugar company,
the Holly Sugar corporation,
and the Anaconda Sales COM
pany. All displays are based
upon facts supplied and ap-
proved by the Montana, NebraS-
ka, Colorado and wyoming ex-
pertinent stations.
The train consists of three
cars. The first tells the story
of crop rotations, oarnyard
manure, and green manureS.
The second deals with CONNER
cial fertilizer on irrigated farms,
and the third contains farm
machinery used, to apply fertil-
ger to principal crops.
The crop rotation car exhib-
its were prepared by the two
sugar companies, and based up
on facts supplied by the Mon
tana and Nebraska experiment
stations. It will have two main
sections. In the first will be
shown an Introductory natural
color sound film to dramatic
the story of the soil fertility
problem on irrigated farms.
After the film, the funda-
mental principles of irrigated
crop rotations will be presented
as a lecture illustrated by pho
to slides in color. Two typical
rotations will be used as exam
Piles. One will be the seven
year rotation of three years OF
alfalfa; one year of potatoes,
corn or beans: two years of SUI
gar beets, and finally one year
of grain as a nurse crop for
alfalfa. The second rotation is
grain and sweet clover, sweet
clover pasture and two years OF
sugar beetS.
The second main section OF
the car will cover two, three
and six-year rotations and show
results obtained by Montana
and Nebraska experiment. sta
lions. These will be illustrated
with color transparencies, each
accompanied by a table of yield
and net value statistics.
The two-year rotation is oats
and beets. The three-year ro-
tation is potatoes, oats and SUI
gar beets, and the SiX-year ro-
tation is three years of alfalfa,
followed by potatoes, beets and
oats. AS each rotation was tried
experimentally, with and with
out manure, the significance of
the addition of manure can be
determined.
The educational program to
be held in connection with the
special soil fertility train will
consist of the following, to be
held in the community room of
the court house at 1870 pm:
c. H. Bingham, irrigation
specialist at Montana state COL
lege will speak on the import
ance of soil fertility in irrigated
sections of the state. Jess Green,
who has conducted a large
number of tests using CONNER
cial and chemical fertilizers,
will discuss results obtaind with
the use of such fertilizers as
phosphorus deficient soils. Jack
Maynard of Billings, who is one
of the best informed authorities
on livestock feeding and the
value of barnyard manure as
a farm fertilizer, will discuss
these subjects in connection