Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-03-27

Bids for farming and grazing
leases OH Blackfeet Indian land
it is announced by Supt. Roy
Nash will be received at the
Agency office until 2 o'clock p.
m. April 8. A minimum price
per acre of one dollar for farm
land and Is cents for grazing
land have been fixed and bids
below that price will not be con.
sidered.
The leases for grazing will be
for the period ending April 80,
1913. but the farming leases may
be for a period of five seasons
and will expire December 81,
1916. Where there is grazing
land also in an allotment with
far ming land. it is expected that
the grazing land will be leased
with the farm land and for the
same period of five seasons. But
under no condition is drv land
sod to be broken on anv land in
cIuded in this advertisement un-
less and until previous authority
has been obtained from this
office.
Rentals for the farm land will
be payable upon approval of the
lease for the first season and the
remaining rentals, yearly, in
advance. on December l. Rentals
foe strictly grazing land will b.
payable in advance. as those
leases are for a period of only
one year.
On the farm leases a bond will
be required. The bond may be
with two responsible freeholders.
. surety company or cash may be
deposited with t h e Blackfeet
Agency.
Indians who are equipped and
financially able to use land upon
which they bid will be given
preference. Otherwise, present
lessees who are by their rect I'd
considered satisfactory, may
have the privilege of meeting the
high bid on land where their
leases have recently expired or
are about to expire.
Draft, certified or cashiers
check, payable to the Treasurer
of the United States, for at least
ten per cent of the amount bid
for the first year should be sent
with the bid. The remainder of
the rental for the season plus the
lease fee will be called for at the
time the lease is signed. Where
the entire rental of a lease does
not exceed five hundred dollars.
a lease fee of not to exceed five
dollars is required. Where the
rental for the entire term is in
excess of five hundred dollars
an additional fee of one dollar is
required for each five hundred
dollars or fraction thereof. Cash
rentals are preferred TO crop rent
al and crop shares may be con-
sidered only in meritorious cases.
1t is expected that the land in
the irrigation districts be farmed
by the crop rotation method and
bidders are requested to submit
crop rotation plans with their
bid. At least one crop season
must be used with a lepume,
such as alfalfa or sweet clover in
soil building.
In those cases. if any there be.
where thistles and other weeds
make it strictly Impractical to
crop, one season may be utilized
in the practice of weed eradi-
cation. But under no circum-
stances is irrigsble lard to lie
fallow during the winter months.
Where weed eradication IS prac-
ticed during the one year in five.
some cover crop must be sown
in ample time the sufficient
growth may occur for winter
cover. If some such crop as rye
is sown and the lessee does not
care to have it mature for har-
vest. there is no objection TO
turning it under at the proper
time in the spring for planting
the regular crop. 1t is to be
strictly understood that the rails
ing of crops by the dry farm