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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-02-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Stacey Lupton OF
Havelock arrived Friday night to
be at the bedside of her father,
Carlos Berry, who is critically i'll,
Hiatt Cahoon and Bobby Berry
were at home with their parents
during the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Grant re-
turned home Saturday. Mr.. Grant
had been patient at Tayloe Hos
pital in Washington since Tuesday.
Wahab Cahoon of Chapel Hill
spent the week end with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ca
hoon.
Mrs. Fred Latham and Mrs.
Sarah Latham of Belhaven were
dinner guests of Mrs. d. A. Rouse
Tuesday.
Mrs. Osborn Cox of Engelhard
and her brother, Taylor Burrus of
Cape May, N. j., were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Burrus Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Pruden
spent Saturday in Plymouth.
Mrs. w. G. Harris spent Sunday
with relatives in Greenville.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Spencer and
daughter, Mildred, Joined Miss
Jean Spencer at the home of Mrs.
Una Jones in Washington Sunday.
The occasion was the celebration of
Miss Jean Spencer's birthday.
DR.. ]. w. Hassell of Greenville
was the dinner guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. A. Williams Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Jones of
Belhaven spent the week end with
Mr.. Jones' mother, Mrs. Don Har-
ris, and Mr.. Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Simmons
and daughter of Fairfield spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett
Caravan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murel Jones spent
Sunday in Leechville with Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Sawyer.
Billy Williams of E. C. C. in
Greenville spent the week end with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A.
Williams.
Mrs. NJ. H. Swindell, Mrs. Lesley
O'Neal and Mrs. Mildred Askew
attended the White Shrine in
Greenville Wednesday night.
r. P. McKensie of Washington
was a visitor here Monday.
Mrs. Sibyl Bouchard and daugh.
ter, Georgene, and Mrs. Malcolm
Cox and children visited Mr.. anC
Mrs. Harry Davis in Elizabeth City
during the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Mckinney anC
children of Norfolk and Mrs. Bill
Jones and children of EngelharC
were guests of the C. R. Sadlers
during the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva O'Neal anC
son, David, visited relatives il
Pinetown Sunday.
Mrs. Sam McHorney and chill.
dren and Mrs. John O'Neal anC
daughter of Washington were
week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs
j. M. Jennette.
Mrs. Ray Roderfor is in New
Bern with her husband who has
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-02-22

ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Ambrose
Mr.. and Mrs. David Balance and
son, Van, were in PIONEER Saturday
and Sunday to visit Mrs. Balances
sister, Mrs. E. G. Morris.
Mrs. Reginal Bishop and chill
dren were in Elizabeth City Satur-
day to visit Mrs. Bishops mother,
Mrs. Ludie Jennette.
Mrs. D. L. Smithwick of Pan
tego and Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Cutler of Woolard's Pond visited
Mrs. H. E. Boyd.
Mrs. R. C. Bryan was in Wash
ington Wednesday of last week,
where she had a growth removed
from her hip. Her condition is said
to be fairly well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Worth C. Calfee
and children of Newport News,
Va, and Miss Emma Dean Calfee,
who is teaching in Roanoke Rapids,
were home for the weekend to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Calfee.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Creole at
tended a banquet given by the Dur
ham Life Insurance Company last
week in Elizabeth City. Their
guests Monday were Mr.. and Mrs.
E. N. Murray Of Fairfield.
w. D. Cuthrell, who is employed
in Washington, was home for the
weekend to visit his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. D. Cuthrell.
Sgt. William johnson, who is
stationed at Camp Gordon, Ca,
was home for the weekend to visit
his mother, Mrs. Raleigh Edwards.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Harrell and
children and Mrs. Russell Carter
Of Tarboro were weekend guests of
Mrs. Charlie Edwards.
Miss Marilyn jefferson spent
last Friday night with Miss
Marilyn Shavender in Ransomville.
E. S. Jefferson attended a Phil
CO school in Greenville last We'd
|nesday.
C. D. Hodges, Jr., who is sta
toned at Fort Benning, Ga, was
home for the weekend.
Ruben Williams of Fort Ben
ming, Ga, was home for the week
end.
Mrs. d. C. Dillon is visiting
friends and relatives at Bridgeton
and other points nearby.
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SWAN QUARTER NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Tunnel spent
last Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. r.
E. Tunnel in Greenville.
Mrs. Marietta Mann of Green's
boro, who has been the house guest
of Mrs. H. E. Griffin for two
weeks, left Wednesday fer g few
days in Yeatesville. From there she
will go to Florida.
Mrs. Claude Grant and Mrs. I.
C. Tunnel were in Washington
Tuesday.
Mrs. Lois Harris was the week
end guest of Mrs. Eleanor Creole.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bobby Respess and
Mrs. Rhonda Kicks of Pantego
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H.
Swindell last Sunday.
Maurice Berry, who has been at
home with Mr. and Mrs. John Ber-
ry, left Thursday for his new as
signment at Albany, Ga.
A. D. Swindell of Pantego was a
visitor in Swan Quarter Thursday.
Elders Moore and johnson of
Winston-Salem and P. E. Getsing-
er of Martin County held services
at the Primitive Baptist Church at
Rose Bay Sunday.
Harold Lupton of Belhaven was
in Swan Quarter Thursday.
Mrs. Matte Boomer and Mrs. M.
H. Swindell attended a dinner at
Lake Landing Tuesday.
Russell Swindell, Herbert Sad
Ter and L. D. Hunnings conferred
with DR.. Jordan, chairman of the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission in Raleigh Wednesday
in regard to the widening of Route
264.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Overton of
Camden, N. c., were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Dial Harris and Mrs. Ed
ma o. Cuthrell last week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Caravan of
Swan Quarter and Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Caravan of Washington
visited friends in Aulander Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Williams
were visitors in Plymouth Monday.
Among those attending the La
than Equipment Company's An
nual Barbecue in Belhaven We'd
nesday night were Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Cahoon, Mr.. and Mrs. Archie
Baum, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Cahoon
and family, ]. M. Worrell, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Lee, Mr.. and Mrs. Bon
ner Lee and daughters, Lila and
Betty, Edward Bonner, Harry
Swindell and Hal MCGEE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Mason were
shoppers in Plymouth Wednesday.
Mrs. H. E. Griffin and Mrs,
Marietta Mann were dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Williams
Tuesday.
Ralph Roper of Engelhard was a
visitor here Monday.
R. G. Baum, Milton Caravan
and Herbert Sadler were visitors
in Goldsboro Thursday.
Mrs. Leland Caravan spent
Thursday with her mother, Mrs.
Annie Benson, in Fairfield.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-02-22
BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1852

Swan Quarter-Sunday School
1000 A. M. NJ. L. Caravan, Supt.
Glasses for all ages. Morning
worship 11:O0 Am. Sermon topic
Radiant Witnesses" The Ordi-
nance of the Lords Supper. Bap-
fist Training Union $50 P. M.
Observation-Disclosures preach
ing 800 Pm.
Rose Bay-BTU. $50 p. M.
Mrs. Bryce Creole, Director. Eve
ming worship 7:30 pm.
Swan Quarter-Prayer Meet
ing Friday 7:30 PM.
Fairfield Prayer Meeting
Wednesday 7;30 Pm.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-02-22
odore Gibbs, Guy Sadler, Carmel
Gibbs, j. G. Gibbs, Akin Arm
strong and Arthur Bell Gibbs.
BENEFIT FOOD SALE
FOR PARSONAGE FUND
w. S. C. S. Of WatsOn's, GulrOck,
Amity and Engelhard MethO-
dist Churches Are
Sponsors.

The Women's Societies of Chris
tan Service of Watson's, Gulrock,
Amity and Engelhard Churches
will sell dinners and suppers at
Engelhard Community Building on
Saturday, March 1, from II a. m.
until 9 p. m. Plate meals, stewed
oysters, cakes, pies and candy will
be available anytime during the
day. Come ana bring your friends.
Enjoy good food and fellowship.
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been sick.
Mrs. Charley Harris is spending
some time with Mrs. Ella O'Neal.
c. D. Gibbs and Quentin Arm
strong of Newport News spent the
week end with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Best and
children of Stumpy Point visited
A. C. Creole Sunday.
c. ]. Cahoon, Ray Spencer of
Sladesville, Alva O'Neal and Joe
Swindell of Engelhard We're visi-
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BELHAvEN PERSONALS


Jack Tasker of Greensboro,
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Tasker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Blanchard
of Currituck and six children,
spent the weekend with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Grover c.
Caravan ON West Main Street.
Also Mr.. and Mrs. James Cara
wan and boy of Norfolk were
visitors of their parents.
Mrs. ]. N. Edwards is seriously
i'll at her home on Main St.
w. H. Dodd had as their guests
for the weekend his brother and
his sisters Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Matthews, and Clifford Dodd of
Portsmouth, Va, and Mrs. o. D.
Howerin, of Norfolk. Mr.. Dodd
with Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Edwards
motored to Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. S. H. Mullen was in Scran-
ton last week to visit her son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
E. Noble, Jr.
Miss Bo Moore of Portsmouth,
Va, was the week end guest of
Miss Dot McHarney.
Mr., and Mrs. D. v. Strepey of
Norfolk, Va, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Gibbs last weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hodges had
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Askew of Ply
mouth for Friday guests. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hodges and children were in
Swan Quarter Saturday and Sun
day to visit his mother, Mrs. ]. B.
Hodges, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce
Hodges.
Mrs. A. L. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs.
Otis Jackson and Miss Carolyn
Jones and Miss Norma Jones visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ivey last
Sunday.
Mrs. C. B. Bowden, Mrs. Floyd
Gibbs, Miss Edith Bowden and
Rudolph Rice were in Washington
Saturday.
Mrs. Node Chauncey is in Cor
tez, Fla, to visit her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Taylor. Mrs. Sallie Brooks, who
has been in Florida for several
months, will return with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Caravan of
Norfolk, Va, were weekend guests
of her father, Mode Chauncey, and
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cleve
Caravan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mariner
and son, Bobby, of Norfolk, Va,
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. w. Latham, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. 81. Smell of
Hampton, Va, were home for the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Brinson of
Buffalo, N. Y, are here to visit his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Crimson.
Mr.. and Mrs. STATE Cullifer of
Scranton and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Marshall of Portsmouth, Va,
were weekend guests Of Mrs. How
ell Midgette.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stacy Lupton and
children of Cherry Point visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Lupton Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Hopkins of
Nashville were weekend guests of
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. B. G. Abeyounis.
Mrs. John Hackett and children,
Dru and Jan, of Wilson, were week
end guests of Mrs. Hackett's par
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-02-22
By IRA MILLER
Farm ElectrijfcGtion Bureau

Farming operations look pretty
complicated these days. Many farms
have more motors and electrical
equipment scattered around than can
be found in the average small town
machine shop. Actually, however,
such equipment has sirnplifed, rather
than complicated. the farmers way
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-02-22

Of life. It has taken over numerous
chores formerly performed by man
ual labor.
Nearly every electrified farm has
two or more portable motors on hand
to operate various "choring machin-
cry" Motors Of from V to V horse
power operate such equipment as
cream separators, tanning mills, drill
presses, emery wheels and small corn
shelters, circular saws and feed mix.
erS. Those Of from ! to 3 horsepower
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-02-22
BUS SCHEDULES
BETWEEN HATTERAS
AND MANTEO

Oregon Inlet ferry crossing time
20 minutes
HATTERAS-MANTEO
BUS LINE. INC.
Phene 104 HATTERAS, N. C.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Federal Rent CeiIinqs
Go IN Effect Today al
Laurel, Fori Meade

Federal rent ceilings and the
complete Federal rent stabilization
program 60 into effect in the area
OF Laurel and Fort Meade. Md.
today. the Once OF Rent Stabilize
tion announced.
The move was made because OF
the influx Of military personnel
into Fort Meade, causing a hols-
ing shortage and sharply rising
rentals, the oRS announcement
said.
The area-iistricts and S OF
Anne Arundel County and dis
tricts 10 and IA Of Prince Georges
County already had been under
non-critical rent stabilization,
which does not include hotels,
motels, new construction, trailer
camps and other types Of inter-
mediate housing.
All such units. however, viii be
controlled under the critical pro-
gram begun today. Rents will be
rolled back to the January /, 1851,
level. the announcement said.
The Baltimore rent Office will
conduct the new program in the
Anne Arundel part Of the area.
The Silver Spring Office viii han
die it for the Prince Georges part.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
1888, 900 Births SET Years Record in U. s.

A total Of 3.8S3.0Oo live births
last year ia the United States set a
new record, the United States
Public Health Service reported
today.
The previous record year, the
agency reported, was 1947 when
|3,818, 900 children were born. sta
tistics include both registered
births and estimated unregistered
births.
/ The agency attributed q fall in
the infant mortality rate. which
dropped for the 18th straight year,
Jas an important factor IN the 1851
figures. Infant deaths last year
were set at 28.8 per thousand live
births. as coEtrasted with q rate
of 47.4 In 1910 and 64.8 In 1880.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Gu Professor to Speuk

The Rt. Rev. Maurice s. Shee-
hey, professor Of religion at
Catholic University. will address a
luncheon Of the Layn1en's Re-
treat League Of Washington at
1880 pm. tomorrow In the, Bur-
iington Hotel.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Lost Sheep Priced

| TRURO. MS. R-The town
council set price Of $25 for one
sheep when that amount was
voted to pay the claim Of Miss
Florence Dickie, who reported one
of her sheep was killed within
the town limits by three dogs.
Evening star., 1952-03-06

From New York. the Metropoi-
titan Life Insurance Co. reported
shat the number Of child en- in the
United States increased by 8 mil
lion during the l940s. marking the
largest gain in a single decade in
the country's history.
BY contrast. the company
lpointed out, the child population
in the 193Os declined, although the
overall population increased.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Tokyo Gets Iron Lung

TOKYO R The first iron lung
to be owned by q japanese hos
|pital has been presented to the
National Daiichi Hospital here. II
is q gift Of the American Free
Mason Associations In Japan.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
et-Noanese TO Studyin U. S,

SAIGON. Indo-C China. B.An
American legation source said a.
young Wet -Namese are awaiting
exit permits to go to the United
States under scholarships grants
or for professional activities.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
TrcnsIctors to Meet

A lecture by H. a. Stanton on
Winston Churchill as q Linguist'
viii highlight the meeting Of the
Society Of Federal TranslatorS at
8 o'clock tonight in the Commerce
Department auditorium.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-08-15

energy is found before next sum-
mer rolls around. And so, when
this years work is done, I think
I'll take time off for fun, and
chase off someplace on a trip to
find a new supply Of zip. Well
sell the cows and hens and hogs,
we'll give away the cats and dogs,
then nail up doors and windows
too, and stay away the winter
through.
But where to go? can't decide
which way to head or how to ride.
For weeks I've had maps spread
all Ger the table and upon the
floor, but ev'ry place my eye has
Lit ha: one or two things wrong
with it. In Florida the costs are
high, a west coast winters seldom
dry; I'm scared to fly across the
sea, a boat would be the death of
me. The more / look and read and
frown, the more my eye hits our
home town; on second thought,
therefore, perhaps long nights of
sleep and daily maps right here at
home might be the best idea of all
for getting rest.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-08-15

headgates. With the spoil on the
lower side, we need never fear the
canal running over. Doing off the
canal spoil is a practice that ! would
like to recommend to all ditch COM
panies, because of the advantages
lust mentioned. This roadway also
serves as farm road and allows
us to drive to the top of all our
fields while irrigating.
Around 1900 cubic yards of dirt
were moved in relocating this canal.
We obtained a bid of l47k cents per
cubic yard on the project. The users
under the canal formed pooling
agreement with the p M. A. and re-
ceived substantial payment from
them for relocation of bitches and
permanent structures.
AS to the pipe headgates, the
S. G. S. engineer figured the size
of headgate each was to have ac-
cording to the shares of water he
held. We bought metal slide-type
gates with pipe enough to go under
the spoil and roadway. We were un-
able to get our full amount of water
until we put in permanent concrete
checks. In order to obtain the right
amount of water, the head has to be
maintained at the proper height
above the gate.
The checks we built were made so
that when the planks were removed
the checks did not have a tendency
to retard the flow of water, thus
helping to keep the canal clean.
Our biggest problems have been
removed now with the siphon and
this relocation job. Since these
have been completed we have elinl-
mated a few other curves and are
doing in the old abandoned canal
SO that the brush and weeds can
be controlled.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-08-15
Improved Canal
Saves w ater
By JOHN I. GREEN
Carbon County

THE GROVE Creek Ditch Co. is
located south of Belfry, Mont, near
the Wyoming border, and it obtains
its water from the Clarlzs Fork of
the Yellowstone river in Carbon
county. Approximately 1900 acres
are under this canal
During 1947 we started a canal
improvement program. The first
thing we did was to replace a de-
lapidated 400-foot wood flume across
the river with a 48-inch diameter
steel siphon placed under the river.
The cost was approximately $ll, ,00O-
Since that time we have been
Strengthening and relocating sections
of the canal as we can.
The spring of 1850 we relocated
nearly mile of canal. This was all
new construction and was engineered
by the Soil Conservation service. The
old canal was very crooked, covered
with brush and Canadian thistles.
We had a large loss of water due
to the brush and seepage from the
ditch. We couldn't keep the ditch
clean, so consequently couldn't get
enough water down to the users be-
low. The brush was so thick we
couldn't take care of the weed prob
lem.
Upon Strengthening. the new ditch
was shortened about 500 feet in de-
livering the water to the same point.
From this you can see we can save
lot of cleaning and deliver the
water there faster. Our new canal
has am 8-foot bottom with to /
slope to make it easier to clean and
eliminate sloughing of banks, also
the grade of fall IN the ditch was en-
gineered to prevent cutting and
washing.
When the canal was dug we in
sisted that all of the spoil be put
on the lower side of the ditch
Afterwards we had the spoil dozed
down and a road made on top of it
This allows us to drive the length
of the ditch for inspection, contro
of weeds. brush and also to get to oul
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-08-15
Reseeded Range
Produces Well
By FRANK d. COOMBS
Lincoln COunty

CRESTED WHEATGRASS, slen-
der wheatgrass and bronze grass
have all done well in our program
of seeding old, abandoned fields.
We've been getting good stands of
these grasses and we find they are
very palatable to livestock. We have
put some sweet clover into the mix
lures recently, but the results are
not yet apparent.
In all our reseeding work, rates
of seeding, varieties used, ground
preparation, ETC., have been done on
the basis of work carried out under
the Tobacco Valley Soil Conserva-
ton district program
Since our seeding was done on
dryland, we've found that the best
and quickest stands have been Sc
cured on ground which was summer
fallowed. Better yet, though, is
seeding the grass in stubble after
a field has been farmed for year.
Late fall seeding has proven to
be good under our conditions, but
early spring seeding, as soon as the
frost goes out, has also been salts
factory. We use deep-furrow drill
rented from the conservation dis
trict and find it satisfactory.
Another thing we have found is
that livestock should be kept off
the field until the grass is estab-
lished.
The main thing, of course, is to
get the grass seed in the ground
in the first place. Much land in this
area could be reseeded and, as a
result, the stocking rate could be
increased substantially.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-08-15
Reclaimed Acres
Irrigation Development Expensive
Bm Warranted BY Possible Returns
Br EUGENE HEIKES, Pbilips c0anty Assoe. Agent

were applied to this field and p1owed
under. 1t was seeded to registered
Titan barley in the spring of 1851.
For the first year the border ditch
system of irrigation was used, how
ever Bill plans to use border dikes
from now on.
For the first year total of 47,5O2
pounds of barley was harvested
from the 16-acre field, or an average
yield of 81 bushels per acre. The
total gross crop income, at $1.50 per
bushel, was 81, ,488. He plans to sell
some Of this barley at or near reg
istered seed price. A total of $515
was collected in conservation pay
ments through the Production Mar
keting association for land leveling
and reorganization of the irrigation
system. The total gross income for
the first year was $2,003.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-08-15

IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT.
though expensive, is believed to be
a good investment for Bill Sudbrack,
an irrigation farmer on the Milk
River project near Malta.
Bill moved to his present location
in 1898. His was one of the farm
units laid out and later sold by
the Farm Home administration in
the south Wagner area. He has a
total of 90 acres which are irrigable,
according to bureau of reclamation
records.
Prior to 1850, 16 acres of this ir-
rigable area were covered with brush
and cottonwood trees and were of
little value to him, either as pasture
or crop land. This area was also
extremely rough and impossible to
irrigate. Because his farm is rela-
lively small, he was interested in
bringing as much of his irrigable
land into production as possible.
To develop this 16-acre field, his
first job was to remove the rose
bushes and buck brush. This was
done by chemical spraying, moving
and burning. He then hired a dirt
contractor with tractor and dozer
to remove the cottonwood trees.
Many Of these trees were IA and
l6 inches in diameter. The trees were
pushed to the river bank and piled
The total cost was $500.
Because of the extreme roughness
of the ground, the cost of leveling
and irrigation development was quite
high. According to the detailed lev
cling survey made prior to the dir
work, the dirt moved was 889 cubi,
yards per acre or a total of 14,22.
yards The dirt work was done fo
$14 per hour for tractor and IL t
IA yard scraper. The total cost 70
the land leveling was $2,100 o
$0.147 per cubic yard. The total 70
the land leveling and clearing wa
$2,400 or $3.50 per acre.
This work was completed the latte
part of June, 1850. Because it wa
then too late for spring seeding, thi
field was summer fallowed durin
the 1850 season and fall irrigated. /.
few of the deeper fills settled enoug
that it was necessary for small d,
gree of additional leveling followin
the irrigation.
Prior to the fail p1owing, approx
mately $50 tons Of barnyard manu-
august 5. 1852
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-08-15

1 S'PoSE I'M getting old, by
gee, but this year it has seemed to
me that heats been worse than
e'er before and work has tired me
more and more. I've never seen
time move so slow and next year
will be worse, I know, unless new