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Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-04-15
Mark Off Strips
With Gable
BY ARNOLD LINDBERG
TooIe County

WHEN WE CONVERTED some of
our fields to strips last spring we
found it was easy to mark them off
by using cable strung out between
a truck and a tractor.
The length of the cable, of course,
was the width of the strips we want
ed. One end was fastened to side
of the truck and the other to the
frame of the tractor just ahead of
the rear wheels so that we could
turn the front wheels and keep the
cable taut.
To make the mark, the tractor
pulled a single shovel on tool bar.
With the cable stretched between
them, the tractor and the truck
moved abreast down the field, the
truck returning each time along the
mark made by the tractor. This
meant that the cable had to be
changed each trip.
Actually it would be easier if two
tractors, each pulling marking tool,
were used. Then at the ends of the
strips the tractors could just reverse
positions, and no changing of the
cable would be necessary.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-04-15
Farm and Ranch Experiences
/ Grow Red Glover
Seed Crop Pays Cash, Builds Soil
By MATT BROWN, Carbon County

for seed and didn't get more than
half crop from it.
/ harvest with mower and wind
rover and follow right up shocking.
I prefer stacking before threshing.
This crop needs to be put through
the machine twice.
I might add that I have three
crop rotation with one-fifth of my
acreage seeded to red clover each
year. The remaining acreage is equal
ly divided between beans and clover
seed. pillow up the clover after the
second seed crop.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-04-15
Horn County, Wyoming

BY fall however, I noticed that
the DOGGY" condition had gone. The
Soil Conservation service personnel
again came in handy and pointed out
to me the necessity of teaching the
allzah salts through the soil and into
the drains. | began to pile" on the
water that fall and it seemed like the
more water put on the faster the
alkali disappeared
New Farm in Years
In the spring of 1948 had diff
ferent looking farm. Only a few
alkah spots remained and was able
to prepare the seed bed for my crops
as early as my neighbors. I planted
80 acres of beans on the same field
that I had tried the two previous
years and I received an average of
a little over 1900 pounds of clean
beans to the acre. The alfalfa seed
planted with my grain terminated
and is fine stand of hay. The al
falfa and the pasture mixture of
bronze grass, sweet clover and crested
wheat will provide the necessary
feed for the anticipated livestock
program in the near future. The
field planted to the pasture mixture
was so wet two years ago that it
would have been nearly impossible
to ride saddle horse over.
At this writing the Soil Conserva-
ton service technicians are in the
process of laying out a complete new
irrigation system on my farm, based
on the topographic surveys they
made last winter. This will aid me In
easier nrigating, and at the same
time will help me improve the sol
and crops.
I would like to add that it is TN
usual for a farm to drain out a
quickly as mine is doing. There ar
three reasons for this: First and mos
important is the correct location o
the drains; second, the drains ar
from 7 to feet deep and we hav'
an average gravel base of three feet
third, correct irrigation methods arr
very important.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-04-15
Homestead Units
Open in Wyoming

FIFTY-FOUR FARM units, con-
tanning about 6,940 acres of irrigable
land on the bureau of reclamation's
Riverton project in central Wyo-
ming, were opened for homestead
settlement by Secretary of the In
terror Oscar L. Chapman.
Veterans of World war 2 are given
preference of application for the
available farm units.
Each of the 81 farms will contain
approximately 100 acres of land that
can be irrigated from the bureau
constructed irrigation features on
the Riverton project, which is in the
general vicinity of Riverton, Wyo.
In addition, the farms will have
some nonirrigable land suitable for
pasture and other purposes.
Details concerning the opening
are being mailed to all persons who
have requested them and may be
secured by other interested per-
sons, by written or personal applica-
ton from director of region 6, Bill
lings; the manager of the Big Horn
district at Cody, Wyo., or the project
engineer at Riverton, Wyo. Applica-
tons for the farm units should be
returned to the project office at
Riverton-
April Is, 1861
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-04-15

More than a million cows in the
nation are now on test in dairy
herd improvement associations. Cal
ifornia, with 181, 343 head on test,
leads the nation. In Montana 1922
head are registered with Is asso-
Citations, and in Wyoming, SIT head
with associations.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-04-15
Drainage Redeemed Our Farm
We Washed the AIkaLi Out of the Soil
BY CHRIS SIMON, Big Horn Count, W yonsing
By CHRIS SIMON, BIZ

WHEN l PURCHASED this 16O-
acre unit on Emblem Bench west of
Greybull, Wyo., in the fall of 1945,
I knew it was in run down condi-
ton. Just how bad it was, I didn't
realize until after the crops I had
planted the following spring started
to come up. That fall I hadn't raised
enough to pay for the seed and trac-
tor fuel, let alone the labor and other
expenses.
The entire 100 acres turned out to
be SO alkaline that my yield average
on so acres of beans was only 200
pounds to the acre, and the alfalfa
seed l planted with the grain was
unable to survive the heavy alkali
salts that were present.
was then faced with two alterna-
tives: Either borrow money and try
to salvage my investment or give up
and lose the farm and try to begin
anew in some other locality. Be
cause of my wife's able assistance
and our stubborn determination to
make the farm pay our way, we de-
cided to borrow the money and stay
in the community.
SCS Engineers Drainage
was faced with the problem Of
finding an outlet for the drainage
system that was needed for my place.
I talked with group of my imme-
date neighbors whose farms were
beginning to need draining too, al
though most of them were still pro-
dueing average crops, and encour-
aged the formation of a group to in
stall drainage system for the entire
area. This was necessary in order
that / might have an outlet.
AS a group we requested assist
ance from the Greybull Valley Sol
Conservation district, located a
Greybull. After some negotiations
their personnel Investigated the are;
in question and helped us determine
the proper location for the drainag,
system. They also did the engineer
ing necessary.
Every day the drain came closer t.
my farm, and finally reached here
late that spring. AS late as it was
discovered that the drain had no
had chance to improve the 'wet'
condition in time to affect my yield.
to the point where would be salts
fled. I again planted alfalfa seet
with my grain, only to have the same
thing happen, and the 80 acres o
beans planted only averaged 70t
pounds to the acre.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-04-15

IN THE FIRST PLACE, red clover
is a soil builder. My experience is
that / can take a field that is run
down to the point that productivity
is very low, seed it to red clover, and
the first seed crop will bring in as
much cash as any other crop planted
in well fortified soil
am referring to crops raised
around here. For instance, in 1945
planted 20 acres that were low in
productivity in red clover with a
nurse crop. In 1916 sold better than
$4,000 worth of red clover seed. A
little better than $3.50 per acre. That
same year it would have taken 80
100-pound bags of beans, which is
a bumper crop, or an awfully good
crop of sugar beets to equal the
clover.
Sweet Clover Problem
One problem which have had is
in controlling the sweet clover
which always shows up, especially
the first seed year. Now the usual
and recommended way is to clip or
cut for hay the first crop in early
June and let the second go to seed.
If there is much sweet clover, wait
until the sweet clover is pretty well
blossomed out before cutting, and in
that way gel. rid of most of the sweet
clover.
also find it necessary to rogue
my fields two or three times each
year, but feel am well paid for the
work might add that grow certi-
fled seed, therefore it is very i'm
portant to get rid of sweet clover and
other foreign seed.
I am becoming convinced that the
later clipping produces the most seed.
know it happened that way two
years ago. VIII have more on this in
another year or two.
I prefer to grow certified seed be-
cause it commands from 10 to 20 cents
more per pound than the common.
At fair yield of 800 pounds per
acre a 1O-cent per pound increase in
price would mean $50 more per acre.
Red clover, as other small seed,
is usually seeded with grain for a
nurse crop. / never figure to get
more than about half crop of grain
when used as a nurse crop, for one
doesn't seed as heavily.
Getting a Stand
M rx,,oo4,o4 4~o,,11o hoe L1oox, 4r
get a good stand of clover. simply
lost % acres of seed on account Of
that this past year. think l have
solved this problem now, for las
fall I sowed red clover in field o.
grain stubble, followed up with ar
irrigation and got perfect stand
If the clover comes out all right II
the spring it will be fall seeding o
red clover for me.
I also planted some fall wheat
figuring that next fall could ge
my clover into that stubble some
what earlier, thereby getting bet
ter fall growth on the clover. / be
1ieve, though, that any spring gran
would be all right if one got it i
early enough. didn't seed my Glove
this last fall until two weeks afte
threshing the grain, but we did hav
good fall for growing.
One great advantage / see to thi
system is that one can plan to tax
off big yield of grain, get the Glove
well started and take off a seed Gro
the next year.
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on Tuesday night, by the lopsided
score of IA to 2.
Charley Higham, who pitched
beautiful game, chalked up his ninth
win, he has lost three. Up to the
ninth inning he shutout the Cards on
two hits and retired the side in order
in six frames. He eased up a bit,
however, in the ninth, when Allen
town scored both their runs. Bob
Pottenger was his catcher.
Bob Gregory, a Highlander and
the losing pitcher, started for Allen
town, but was taken out in the four
tn, after giving up 10 hits, including
three home runs, a triple and three
doubles, good for seven runs, in the
three and one-third innings he pitch
ed. He was relieved by Bob Vogel,
also a highlander, who went the
rest of the way. Bill Wilhelm was
behind the plate.
The Braves really had a might
out" Pete Perrin had four for FIVE,
including four-bagger, triple and
a double; Levan and Tedesco both
had three for five; Beard, the new
first baseman, had two for five, both
of them doubles; Tufano had one for
three, a home run; and Pottenger
: had two for four( he should have
had three, one of his blows being a
round-tripper
PERMITS home run in the second,
scored the first run, and they made
it SO in the third. With one away,
Beard doubled but was forced at
third by Levan. Tedesco also doubled
and both he and Levan scored on
PERMITS three-bagger to center. Lou
Tufano then clouted one over the
centerfield wall, scoring behind Pc
rini Milicevich flied out to end the
inning.
It was 10 in the fourth. Potteng-
er, the first man up, sent one sailing
high over the rightfeld fence and
Higham followed with a single to
center. Simmons sacrificed him to
second, from where he scored on
Boards double to right. That was
all for Gregory, and Vogel went to
the mound and retired the side with
Continued on Page 81
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AT LANCASTER
Sunday, July 81

Lancaster took their second
straight game from the Braves on
Sunday afternoon by the lopsided
score of II to 8.
Al Bennett, trying for his eleventh
win Che had a record of 10 and 2 GO
ing into the game) had nothing on
the ball but the cover and was
knocked out in the second inning.
During the one and one-third in
nings he pitched he gave up seven
hits (three of them doubles) and
was charged with five runs. He was
relieved by Bill Allen, but the Red
Roses treated him like long lost
cousin and belted him all over the
lot. Pottenger did the catching.
Don Hall, a Highlander, went
the route for Lancaster to chalk up
his fifth win Che has lost FOUR and
he shut the Braves out in all but the
first and last innings. Jack Elkins
was his catcher.
| Hagerstown gave Bennett a two
run lead in the top half of the first
i Simmons walked and scored on Asst
bury's double to left. Levan follow
ed with a single to short right, with
Astbury stopping at third, from
where he scored while Tedesco was
hitting into a double play. Perrin
beat out a hit to short and Tufano
walked, but the inning ended when
J Milicevich lined to Louis.
But the lead didn't last long as
1.-THE Red Roses batted around in the
bottom half to go ahead 4 to 2
4 Pfiasterer walked and scored or
Walkers double to center. Wade al
so doubled to center, scoring Walk
er, and Wallis came right behind
him with single to right, with Wade
/ stopping at third. Elkins got the
third double of the inning, also tt
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center, scoring Wade and sending
Wallis to third. Mack walked, filling
the bases, and Glica then flied out
to left with Wallis scoring after the
catch. Louis got the third walk of
the inning, again filling the bases,
but the rally ended when Hall hit
into a double play.
1t was So Lancaster in the second.
Pfasterer singled and went to sec
ond while Walker was grounding out.
Wade followed with another single,
scoring Pfasterer and at this point
Allen relieved Bennett and retired
the side without any further scoring.
The Red Roses kept pouring it on,
however, scoring three more runs in
the third on Glica's home run with
one on and Halls four-bagger with
the bases empty.
They got their ninth run in the
fifth when Glica got his second
straight four-bagger, also over the
leftfeld wall They added three
more in the sixth to make it 1872,
on two singles, a double and an err
ror. And then in the eighth they
repeated their performance of the
first inning, when they batted around
to score five more TALES on triple.
double and three singles, coupled
with two errors.
The Braves had mild rally in the
ninth when Reardon, batting for Al
len, doubled to center and scored or
Simmons double to left. Astbury
got base on balls to put two mer
on base with nobody out, but Hal
frightened up again and got Levan on
foul back of third, Tedesco on {
force-out at second, and ended the
game by striking out Perrin.
Summary: Hagerstown, 3R, OH
sc, II Left; Lancaster, 17R, 1911, lie
7 Left.
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AT LANCASTER
Saturday, July 81

The Braves moved over to Lam
caster on Saturday night for three
game series and lost the first game,
2 to l. 1t was a heartbreaker for
HOWE Anderson to lose, as he only
allowed four hits, all of them singles,
and struck out seven while only
walking two. But three of the four
hits were given up in the sixth when
the Red Roses scored both their
runs. Bob Pottenger was his catch
er.
Bob Forst, Highlander, won his
second game Che has also lost two)
shutting out the Braves in all but the
second inning, when they got three
of their five hits and scored their
only run. Jack Elkins was behind
the plate.
Hagerstown took one-run lead
in the second. With one away Tu-
fano singled to left, but was thrown
out trying to stretch it to a double.
Ed Milicevich, who took over short
stop, with Simmons moving to Sec
ond, doubled to right and scored on
Pottenger's single to center But
the rally ended when Anderson
struck out
The Red Roses won the game in
the sixth. With one away Walker
singled to left, went to third on
Wade's single to right and scored on
the third straight hit of the inning
Wallis single to center. Elkins then
grounded to Milicevich, who FUN
bled the ball just long enough te
spoil the double play, but lobbe6
the ball to Simmons in time to force
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AT YORK
(FridaV. JulV ri

NJ AbNAoJt ONAJ -
The Red Roses took the final game
of their three game-series with the
Braves on Friday night by score
of to 4.
Joe Casey, the losing pitcher,
started for Hagerstown but was TAX
en- out for pinch hitter in the sixth
and Ray Bradford pitched the last
three innings. Soscia and Potten-
ger divided the catching chores.
Jake Thies, highlander, went
the route for York and coasted to
an easy victory. Bill Biddle was
his catcher.
1t was loosely played game with
four errors being charged to York
and two to Hagerstown
Thies pitched shutout ball in all
but the first and ninth innings and
struck out eleven Hagerstown bat
tiers while walking seven. The
Braves had all kinds of chances to
score but it just wasn't their night
and as result they left eighteen
men stranded on the base paths
Hagerstown took a one-run lead
in the top half of the first. With one
away, Astbury got three-bagger to
left and after Levan had struck out
Tedesco got base on balls. Then
with Perrin at bat, Astbury~and Ted
esco pulled double steal with Asst
bury scoring. Perrin walked but
Tufano grounded out to end the in
ming
Although the Braves had men on
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base in the fourth, fifth, sixth, sew
enth and eighth innings, Thies held
them in check until the top half of
the ninth when they scored their
three final runs. Perrin, who had
had two singles and two walks for
his previous appearances at the
plate, was the first man up in the
ninth but he was called out on
strikes. Lou Tufano then doubled
to right and Reardon followed with
single to short left with Tufano
being held at third. Pottenger, who
had replaced Soscia in the seventh,
grounded to Weygant who fumbled
the ball, with Tufano scoring, Rear
don going to second and Pottenger
being safe at first. Millicevich, the
new infielder sent in by the Boston
Braves, was sent in as pinch hit
ter for Bradford but he went down
swinging for the second out. Thies
then walked Simmons, filling the
bases, and followed that with an
other walk to Astbury, scoring Rear
don and still leaving the sacks load
ed. Levan then sent a high fly to
DeBenedetti at third and everyone
thought the game was over, but the
umpire called interference on Bid
die, the York catcher, with the re-
suit that Pottenger crossed the plate
with the third run and Levan was
awarded first base, still leaving three
men on, but the game finally ended
when Tedesco flied out to left.
York's nine runs came in clusters
of three.
In the third inning Burns walked
and after Hudascek and Van Alstyne
had been retired, DeBenedetti sin
gled to left with Burns going to
third. DeBenedetti then stole sec
ond Git was the first of four stolen
bases for York; and Overland came
through with double to left scor-
ing Burns and DeBenedetti. Bid
die came right behind him with an
other double to left, scoring Over
land with the third run, but Thies
| flied out to left to retire the side.
In the sixth inning Van Alstyne
walked and went to second on a
passed ball, from where he scored
on DeBenedetti's double. Overland
forced DeBenedetti at third for the
first out, but Biddle got a single to
left with Overland stopping at sec
ond Thies flied to left for out mum
Der two, but Weygant came through
with another single to left, scoring
Overland, and when Perrin let the
ball get away from him Biddle al.
so scored on the error Passineau
struck out to retire the side.
Their final three TALES came il
the seventh, with Bradford on the
mound Biddle walked and Thies
sacrificed him to second. Weygan-
singled to center scoring Biddle anc
taking second on the throw-in
Beran, who had replaced Passinear
in rightield in the seventh, forced
Weygant at third for the second out
but Burns singled to left sending
Beran to third and both runner,
scored on Hudascek's double to cen
ter. Van Alstyne flied to left fol
the third out.
Summary: Hagerstown, Ar, 11H
2E, 18 Left; York, OR, 11H, 4E, L
Left
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INTERSTATE
LEAGUE STANDINGS
Postponed Games
(Through Tuesday,

Postponed Games
April 20 = Sunbury at Sunbury.
April 80 - Sunbury at Sunbury.
The above two games will be
played as double-header on Mon
day, August 7, previously scheduled
as an open date.
May 9 - Allentown at Allentown.
This will be played as part of a
double-header on August 10.
May 10 - Wilmington here. This
game will be played as part of a
double-header on Monday, July "a.
July Lancaster here. This game,
called at the end of innings, will
be re-played on either August II or
10.
July 6-York at York. This game
will be replayed when the team
visits York again on August and 6.
July 10-Lancaster at Lancaster.
This game will be played on either
August % or %, when the Braves
make their next trip to Lancaster.
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Keeping Up With The Braves
By Doug Stewart

ing chores and retired the side in
order in the last two innings.
Summary: Hagerstown, OR, 12H,
1E, Left; York, CIR, 8H, 2E, Left
Second Game
Bill Allen went all the way in the
nine-inning second game to chalk up
his sixth win against five losses. He
was only in trouble in one inning,
the sixth, but settled right down
after that and shut the White Roses
out in the last three frames. Bob
Pottenger was his catcher.
Trosin, a highlander, who was
the losing pitcher, started for York
but was knocked out in the seventh
and Segzda, also a Highlander, re-
lieved him. Bill Biddle again was
behind the plate
Hagerstown took a one-run lead
in the top half of the first when with
two away, Jesse Levan hit one over
the rightfeld wall, 1886 feet from
the plate.
But York tied it up in the bottom
half. With one away, Passineau
walked and went to second on Burns
single to left. DeBenedetti then pop
ped up to Tedesco, but Van Alstyne
came through with a single to CEN
ter scoring Passineau and sending
Burns to third. Overland then
grounded to Levan to end the in
ming.
Hagerstown went ahead 81 in the
third Simmons, the first man up,
singled to center and Astbury sac
rificed him to second. Jesse Levan
then got his sixth straight hit Che
had four for four in the first game),
single to center, scoring Simmons
Tedesco flied out but Perrin got his
second hit of the game, a double to
left, with Levan stopping at third
Lou Tufano then stepped to the
! plate and banged one over the left
field wall, 355 feet away, scoring Lee
van and Perrin ahead of him Rear
don ended the inning when he
grounded out.
That was all the scoring until the
sixth inning when York came with
in one run of tying the score. Pas
sineau, the first man up, beat out {
hit to deep short and went to thirc
on Burns double to right DeBen.
edetti then flied to Astbury in shor+
right with both runners holding up
Van Alstyne singled to center, scor.
ing Passineau, with Burns stopping
at third. Overland was up next anc
he singled to left, scoring Burn,
with Van Alstyne stopping at sec
ond. Beran forced Overland at sec
ond, but when Reardon overthrev
to first Van Alstyne scored on thu
error. Allen then struck out Biddlt
to retire the side.
It was ga Hagerstown in the sew
enth Simmons was hit by pitch
ed ball and Astbury sacrificed hin
TO second. Levan walked and Ted
esco followed with a double to cen
ter, scoring Simmons and sending
Levan to third. That was all TO
Trosin and Segzda came in. Perrin
was given an intentional walk, fill
ing the bases, but Segzda then go
Tufano on strikeout and Reardol
hit a grounder to Weygant at short
forcing Perrin and ending the in
ming.
York threatened in the eight
when Van Alstyne, the first man ur
singled to left and Overland got
base on balls, but Allen really too
charge from then on, striking on
both Beran and Biddle and gettin
Segzda on forceout. Then he pu
the game on ice by retiring the sid
in order in the ninth.
Summary: Hagerstown, 6R, OH, Ii
{ Left; York, Ar, OH, lie, Left.