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Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-10-01

on my place; he says it always
gives him chills to see my rows
run down the hills; I don't rotate
or fertilize and that brings tears
into his eyes. Says he: 81 am
ashamed of you because you
farm the way you do; if you don't
want to boost your yields and
keep the topsoil in your fields, at
least, by gosh, you ought to be
concerned about posterity!"
Old neighbours aim is plain to
see, he figures when they bury
me Mirandy will sell off the place
and he'll buy it to get more space,
so he is interested in how his flu
ture farm is treated now. That's
fine, but all he does is yelp; he's
never offered yet to help with all
the extra work there is in shifting
from my way to his. I amt op-
posed to saving soil or raising
yields, but extra toll is something
l can do without; nor can I get
worked up about what neighbor
calls "posterity' when all that
means is him, by gee.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-10-01
He Moves Grass
To Cattle

SAM GREENWALD, Goshe en-
County, Wyoming, figures he is
really getting the most from his pas
ture. He takes it to his cattle rather
than turning cattle out to Craze.
In so doing, according to F. A.
Chisholm, Extension agronomist,
Greenwald is still able to maintain
soil fertility as well as utilize every
bit of forage with a minimum of
waste.
Greenwald farms an average ir-
rigated unit and raises about 100
head of Angus cattle. He has made
a portable feeder on trucks which
he can take to the field and attach
to forage cutter. When the feeder
is full, he takes it back to the feed
lot. There cattle can eat all they
want. Greenwald allows young stock
to eat first. Calves are gaining 2
pounds day with no grain. Then
he fills it again and places it where
his breeding stock can supplement
does not feed in the se1f-feeder is
put up as hay or silage for use when
needed.
The pasture, which Greenwald
cuts, is made up of 215 pounds of
alfalfa and pounds of intermediate
wheatgrass per acre. He seeded it
with two rows of grass 81 inches
apart with the alfalfa between the
grass rows, using the grass seeder
attachment on his drill for the al
falfa and the grain spouts for the
grass. This enabled alfalfa to drop in
the ground in the proper row and
to be narrowed in.
Greenwald says he can carry about
five animals per acre through the
grazing period with his self-feeder
method. He needs no more help than
if he turned cattle into the fields.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-10-01
Managing Ranch or Farm
Big Deal in Silage
Grass SiIage Used Successfully
For Wimferimg Of Beef CATTLE
By MONT H. SAUNDERSON

ton of the locality is under IL
inches. from my observation of the
native vegetation and soils of the
area, I think that he is probably
about right, in his estimate, though
the Dillon record shows near IL
inches.
Because of the dry climate of the
locality, no overseal of any kind is
used on the top surface of the
silage in the big pit. Mr.. Turner
says that the natural oxidizing and
molding of the top five inches or so
of the silage provides sufficient seal
against the weather, for that locality.
I've observed earth pit silage oper-
ations in other areas where it was
regarded essential to use an over
scala layer of tar paper covered
with two or three feet of earth.
Alfalfa. Bronze. Oats
For the silage, Mr.. Turner is now
QSnlS bllC olC11Oo VI c111G1lc c111o
smooth bronze, straight alfalfa and
oats cut in the dough stage. Because
of the use of treble superphosphate
and nitrogen fertilizer, with good
irrigation layout and preparation of
the fields, the grass stands are very
heavy. Turner showed me one field
of oats where the stand was too
heavy for the silage cutting and
chopping equipment. He estimated
the probable grain yield of this
field at something over 100 bushels
per acre.
eve avoid chopping the silage
too fine" says Turner, because if
one shops it too fine it goes mushy
in the pit and can't be packed well.
We don't put any starter, such as
sugar refinery molasses, with the
silage. I know that some regard
this as essential for good fermenta-
ton and sugar formation.
''Others think that they help the
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-10-01

years-without much deterioration,
it makes good feed reserves.
Meadow Mixtures
an our plans for the future, we
expect to make considerable
change in our meadow mixtures.
We've been doing some observation
work on some of our own expert
mental plots, trying to figure out
what kind of mixture of grasses
and legumes would give us the best
meadow production for either silage
or hay, and, too, the best meadow
regrowth for pasture after the cut
ting, We've pretty well decided,
now, that the right mixture for us,
in this aim, is intermediate wheat
grass, Manchar bronze, orchard
grass, alta fescue, alfalfa, mammoth
red clover and birdsfoot trefoil.
ave know that the most of our
feed production must come from
our irrigated lands. Because of the
y
of the benchlands, they have gone
mostly to the needle and thread
grass. We plan to use these lands
in the spring, mostly, when the
needlegrass is green and most use
able. Then, the meadow regrowth
in the summer and fall and the
sileage and hay in the winter will
make most of the feed.
Through good fertilization and
good use of water, we expect to
take off the meadows in one cutting
as much as two ordinary cuttings,
then get high grazing capacities
from meadow regrowth after the
one cutting.
The people of this ranch are doing
some thoughtful planning, and their
plans look good. Use of the big
earth pit silos, such as the one that
they showed me, is key factor in
their plans.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-10-01

fermentation and sugar formation
by a brief period of willing, in the
windows. We don't do that, either.
All of our equipment chops direct
from the cutter bars. We find that
if the silage goes into the pit with
a moisture content of IS per cent
to 70 per cent, we don't need any
fermentation starter or aid"
He dug down into the silage
foot or two and handed me a fistful.
The stuff was warm, sticky and
sweetish.
We've had our troubles with
the equipment" Turner said. "For
that reason our silage making costs
are higher than they should be.
Well get that Strengthened out in
time. 1 wish that the silage making
equipment were better and more
standardized in design. We used
to run the trucks into the pit for
dumping, but we quit that after
getting a couple of sprung frames.
We dump from the sides, now, with
logs staked down along the edge
of the pit as buffers for the trucks.
We spread and pack the silage in
the pit with dozer-equipped trac-
tor. Lately we have used ensilage
wagons instead of trucks.
Feed on Ground
eve feed the silage on the ground.
We do not as a rule get enough of
winter snow cover here to inter
fere with that Our silage feeding
rate is something like 20 to 25
pounds per head, daily, for the
cattle. We find, though, that the
cattle do better, considerably bet
ter, if they can get some dry feed
along with the silage. They don't
need much-three to five pounds of
dry grass or hay each day. We
like to feed them the silage where
they can rustic some dry grass. !
know that some who winter beef
cattle on silage say that they get
good results just with the silage
but that isn't our experience.
$50 far, we are Staging only the
smaller part of our hay crop. We
expect to expand our silage opera
tions and to have some stable re-
serves of it. Since it will keep If
the pits for years-perhaps 10 to q
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-10-01

WHENEV YER NEIGHBOURS
time is free, he dearly loves to
lecture me bout how / should
begin today to farm the conserva-
ton way. He gets sad look on
his face cause there's no terrace
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-10-01

successful use of grass and legume
silage, stored in an earth pit, for
the wintering of beef cattle on a
western Montana ranch. Before /
proceed, 1 wish to get in a hedge:
l do not advocate this operation as
a sure-fire good thing for everyone.
1t could be a costly experiment if
one jumped into it without the
needed know-how.
My past observations of several
large earth-pit storages of grass
silage lead me to conclude that,
while the principles of such an
operation are well proven, there
often are needed local adaptations
in the practices. Most operators
will need to gain the know-how
through study and local observa-
tons and through certain amount
of their own trial and error exper-
fence. And, to repeat, good know
how is needed before going in for
any large-scale operations.
However, these operations can be
very good, and give some real adj
vantages over stacked hay. The
silage will keep longer without loss
of the nutritive values, it can be
harvested rapidly and efficiently
with the new equipment now being
developed and the harvest can pro-
coed without weather stoppages.
Principles. Plan of Cooperation
1 hope, therefore, that I haven't
made my hedge" too strong. My
purpose in describing this Montana
ranch's silage operation is both to
show the main principles, and plan
of such an operation, and to show
some of the necessary local adapta-
tons in the practices.
This ranch is located some nine
miles south of Dillon in the Black
tail Valley. The ranch, once known
as the Poindexter and Orr ranch,
now is owned by Mr. Fred c. Koch
of Wichita, Kan. He operates the
ranch through a resident manager,
Mr.. Lloyd Thomas. Assisting Mr..
Thomas as the crops and land de-
velopment man is MIR. Homer Tur-
ner.
On this ranch, the silage opera
tions which I'll describe are a part
of an ambitious program of develp-
ment and modernization. The over
all development program has in il
several new things of possible in
terest and value to the owners ano
operators of western mountain val.
ley cattle ranches. But that:
another story. I may have an op.
portunity to present it later in the
pages of Montana Farmer-Stockman
Silo Well Drained
In the big earth pit used in the
operation is storage capacity TO
$500 tons of silage, green weight
The dry hay equivalent probably
is something like 1900 to 1,70O tons
This pit is 420 feet long, 80 fee
wide at the bottom, 35 feet wide a
the top and Is feet deep. 1t is Gu
into the side of the bench tina
borders the valley, and it is located
in well-drained site on the bench
land, above the valley irrigation.
Blacktail Valley is quite an arit
area. MIR. Turner thinks that tn
average annual long time precipita
Evening star., 1953-12-16
|4O Acres Near River
May Be Made Into
Recreation Area

A project to turn 40 acres Of
Anacostia River fats into a rec
reation area by dumping refuse
was announced yesterday by the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission.
The commission now charges
81 a ton for disposal of Prince
Georges and Montgomery County
refuse at its Bladensburg incin-
orator. The landfill project prob
ably will result in putting the
incinerator in standby" status,
the commission said. with q re-
duction in the cost o. trash
disposal.
The $4 a ton incinerator
charge has been a controversial
issue in the counties ever since
the commission raised the rate
100 per cent from So d ton last
spring.
The landfill project, which will
get under way as soon as person.
mel and equipment are available
and new cost figures are de-
termined. lies west of the 1900
block Of Kenilworth avenue. The
area is south of the town of
Bladensburg and just north of
the District line. Access to the
area will be over roads presently
serving the commission's Blad-
ensburg sewage disposal plant.
The landfill project has been
indorsed by, citizens groups in
Prince Georges County. the
commission said. A permit issued
to the Sanitary Commission by
the planning group is revokable
II sanitary, rodent. smoke and
pollution control standards are
not met.
The commission also cleared
the project with the Army Corps
of Engineers to intergrate it
with a proposed flood control
and navigation project in the
Anacostia River Basin.
Evening star., 1953-12-16

Azalea Plants, gorgeous large-howered
plants full of buds and blooms. Grow
ing in gaily decorated foil-wrapped
pots ------ Each, 1893
Jerusalem Cherries, large bushy plants
full of glowing orange berries. Each,
2.49
=
Genuine Scotch Heather Plants, hun
dreds of white blooms that last and last,
2.29
Lily of the Valley in Plastic window
Box, will bloom in just 81 days. Red
or green window box LAG
African Violets: Blue, white. pink and
purple 1.19
Christmas Begonia, flush pink with
hundreds of blooms ---------- 3.49
Evening star., 1953-12-16
FAVORITE GROWING GIFTS

Cyclamon Plants Poor Mans Orchid),
red, white, purple blooms 3.40
Primrose Plants, red and pink 2.40
Paperwhite Narcissus Bowls: 8 paper.
white narcissus planted in q colorful
dish. Just water. them and watch them
grow 79c
Imported Dutch Shoes, planted with
beautiful white narcissus. Green, red
or yellow bowl Pair, I. 40
Giant Hybrid Amaryllis: Red, white or
striped Each. CSC
Hyacinth Bulb Combination: giant
hyacinth bulbs with plastic bulb
holders that convert any glass or jar
into an attractive bulb vase Set, 81
Evening star., 1953-12-16
Silver Spring Contest

The North Four Corners Citi-
zens' Association, of Silver
Spring, Md, is sponsoring an
outdoor Christmas decoration
contest. Three winners will be
awarded gift certificates to COM
munity stores. Judging will be
December %.
Evening star., 1953-12-16

The Christmas scene just
wouldn't be complete without the
flaming red beauty Of a poin-
settia plant! And at Arcadiar.
Gardens we have great big, bushy
plants with brilliant red flowers
and magnificent green foliage
for just 1893. Growing in gift
decorated pots, too. Straight from
our greenhouse to you-for your
home, for gifts!
Evening star., 1953-12-16
| 4 4-.88 s: :
plus tax
Q Glamour Rhinestone Styles!
. Leather Banded Watches!
Gold Filled Watches!
. Dressy Watches!

Dressy Watches!
Hurry in for these prizes Not just ordinary watches
but watches with precision 17-jewel movements!
Not mere one or two styles either but a huge
array to choose from! For women, rhinestone
trimmed watches, go1d-filled and rolled gold plate
watches for men, gold-filled or rolled gold plate
Watches leather-banded sports watches What's
more, every watch bears The Hecht Co.'s one-year
guarantee against mechanical defects! Buy for
gifts for yourself at this exceptionally low pricel
Smyrna times., 1953-07-23

More than 600 Americans die of
cancer each day, American Cancer
Society statistics show.
Smyrna times., 1953-07-23
Improved Breeding Service to
Kent Farmers

Improved breeding service to
dairy farmers in Kent County is
announced by George Robbins,
President of the Kent County Arti-
fetal Breeders Cooperative Asso-
citation. The county has been di-
vided into two sections so that
farmers may more readily contact
the breeding technicians
The southern half of the county
will be served by two technicians,
Joseph Taylor and Van Keator,
who also operate dairy farms just
to the south of Harrington. Tele-
phone calls will be received as US
ual at Taylor's Hardware Store in
Harrington, at Mr.. Keator's home
Harrington 8450), or at the
County Agents office in Dover
(Dover 262D. Those two men,
and a third, have undergone a per-
iod of intensive training at the
University of Delaware and with
the Sussex County technician to
become qualified for the work. The
purpose of the whole program of
course is to improve the quality
of our dairy animals through the
use of proved sires.
The northern half of the county
is being served by Jim Reynolds
(Tel. Smyrna 3454). Calls for Jim
will also be received at the County
Agents Office in Dover. Questions
concerning service may be directed
to any of the seven directors of the
cooperative, or any of the people
mentioned in this article. Besides
George Robbins, the other direct
ors in the county are Elwood Cru
well of FELTON,, Edgar Dill of Viola,
Henry Kozicki of Clayton, Robert
Nelson of Harrington, Francis
Thomas of Marydel. and Calvin
Everett of Dover.
Smyrna times., 1953-07-23
PLAN NEW FEED
MIXING PLANT
Southern States Announce
Plans For Erection of
$1,OOO,OOO Mill
ON SITE AT SEAFORD

Plans for the construction of a
new automatic batch mix" feed
mill at Seaford, Delaware, by
Southern States Cooperative, were
announced Monday evening by w.
T. Steele, Jr., of Richmond, Va, di-
rector of the cooperative's whole
sale operations, following a meet
ing at Salisbury, Md, of Southern
States mills and cooperative SER
vice agency personnel. The plans
for the mill, which is expected to
cost about 100000, are now be-
ing drawn, and ground breaking
will take place in about two
months. Construction is scheduled
for completion by the fall of 1854
The mill, to. be built along the
Nanticoke river at Seaford, will
have capacity of about $4,000
tons Of mixed feeds annually on a
one-shift basis ond $4,000 tons on
two shifts. 1t will be complete
plant and will have outside stor-
age facilities for up to 100000
bushels of grain. 1t will be so To-
Gated as to be able to receive
grains and ingredients, and to ship
feed by either water, truck, or rail.
The new plant which will service
primarily the cooperative's patrons
in the Eastern Shore area will be
highly mechanized, and Southern
States state they expect it to be
able to manufacture feed at as low
cost per tons as any feed mill in
the country. An example of the
detailed mechanization is the fact
that ingredients and medicinals,
measured in parts per million" in
sead of pounds per tom, will be
added to the ''batches" of feed dur
ing mixing, completely automatic
ally. In addition to the manufac
ture and distribution of feeds, the
Seaford mill win provide market
for a substantial amount of high
quality grains grown by Eastern
Shore farmers. The plan will be
equipped to receive and handle in
bulk rather than in bags all in
gradients which can be sufficiently
purchased in bulk carload quanti-
ties and will have provisions for
servicing bulk manufactured feed
from the plant, also, should South
ern States initiate this service. at
some future date. Commenting on
the Seaford plant, Southern States
General Manager o. e. zacharias,
Jr., declared: 'This new mill, when
completed, will mark another for
ward step in rendering higher
quality and lower cost service for
our thousands of farmer-patrons
on the Shore. We are providing
all possible automatic and mechan-
ical facilities to make sure that
the farmer will get top quality
feed at fair price, a foctor which
will help make the business of
farming pay better for him. Be
Sides" said MIR. Zacharias, 1--WE
hope to provide a good market for
a substantial amount of the high
quality grains grown in this area,
and thus render an additional
greater service to our patros."
Smyrna times., 1953-07-23
wins SIOO.O 900 Added Stake

When popular Ted Atkinson
rode Grecian Queen to victory in
the 1858 renewal of the rich New
Castle Handicap at Delaware Park
the Toronto veteran was account
ing for his second 100000 added
stake of the year. Terrific Ted
guided the Greentree Stables three
year-old star, Straight Face, first
past the wire in Hialeah's Fla
mingo Stakes in late February.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
Lowe Asked 10 Study
Insurance for D. {. Cars

Schuyler Lowe, general admin
istration director for the Dis
trict government, today was
asked to make a study Of in
surance rates to cover District
operated vehicles.
Corporation Counsel VernonGE.
West said the District puts out
thousands Of dollars each year
in accident claims against op-
orators Of District vehicles. He
said the rates should be studied
to determine II insurance cover
age would be economical.
Mr.. West pointed out that it
Is expensive and time -consum-
ing for the corporation counsel's
Office to take each case to court
and pay claims out of District
funds.
Commissioner r. Joseph Dono-
hue instructed Mr.. Lowe to re-
port back to the board after
he has completed the study.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
Automobile Thefts
Shown Rising Here

There has been a steady In
crease in automobile thefts since
December, it was learned today.
Car theft records at the Police
Department reveal that January
showed an increase Of IS more
stolen cars than in. January Of
1852. Other figures show that
in February Of last year. 100
automobiles were stolen, while
in the first is days of this
month 96 auto thefts have been
reported.
A total Of 220 cars were stolen
in January, 1858. as compared
with 155 the previous year.
But Inspector Edgar E. Scott,
deputy chief Of police and head
Of the Detective Bureau, said
the figures are not alarming.
Inspector Scott said most Of the
thefts have been due to "joy rid
ing" youngsters and that police
have been making quick recov-
cries.
The inspector said he knew Of
no auto theft ring operating in
the city. In the past. rings
have moved the loot out Of town
and disposed Of it.
Present head Of the Auto
Squad is 1t. George Robson.
who took over the post last Oc.
tober.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
District Man Charged
In Hit-Run Accident

A 22-year-old man has been
charged by police with being the
driver of the hit-run car which
struck and injured Paul A.
Brown, so. last Wednesday night.
Hyattsville (Md.) Town Police
man H. j. Feist today charged
Lester Lee Baker Of the 1900
block Of Third street NE. with
reckless driving and leaving the
scene Of an accident.
Oficer Feist refused to give
details leading the Bakers ar
rest. A group Of anonymous
friends Of the victim last week
offered q $500 reward for the
arrest and conviction Of the
driver.
Mr.. Brown. who lives at $500
Hamilton street. Hyattsville. suf-
fered q fractured right leg as he
crossed Hamilton street at
Thirty-eighth avenue about mid
night.
Officer Feist said. Baker ad-
mitted he was driving the car
that hit Mr.. Brown. The youth
said the man suddenly appeared
in front Of his headlights. was
carried about S5 feet on the hood
Of theicar and then fell on. The
policeman said Baker told him
he did not stop because he was
afraid.
Baker, q recently discharged
Serviceman. was released on
81 900 bond for . hearing March
so in Hyattsville Police Court.
Evening star., 1953-02-17
Minor Changes Discussed
In Drug Addict Proposal

Minor changes in the proposed
bill for compulsory hoSpitaliza-
ton of drug addicts will be pre-
sented to the House. District
Committee.
The amendments were dis
cusSed yesterday at q closed
meeting of District officials and
officers of the committee. fAs-
siStant United States Attorney
Arthur Schaeffer offered several
changes designed to safeguard
more effectively the Constitu-
tional guarantees Of persons who
might be taken into custody
under the law. The exact nature
of the changes were not made
public, but they are reported to
be minor.
Other proposals considered al
the meeting are intended to plug
loopholes in the bill and
strengthen it against court tests
on Constitutional grounds.
At the meeting in addition tc
Mr.. Schaeffer were Corporation
Counsel Vernon E. West, Com
mittee Counsel Rufus King
Committee Clerk Wendell Gable
and Kemon KabotSas, admins
trative assistant to Representa-
tive Miller, Republican, Of Ne
braska. sponsor Of the measure