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Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-09-15
Soils and Crops
Weather Complexities Harvest;
Alfalfa Seed Crop Heavy
Soils and CROPS
By RALPH d. MERCER

IT WON'T BE LONG now until the
harvest of all crops will be completed,
but sometime ago it was apparent that
Montana producers, along with produc-
ers in neighboring states, were to share
some very substantial losses of crops
and feed. While diseases have caused
part of this loss, it was late and vicious
hailStorms that visited some areas of
the state and caused uneStimated dam
age. In some areas there were as many
as three bad storms through the same
section. Insurance policies offer partial
protection from such destruction.
While visiting with winter wheat grow
ers it has been rather gratifying to
learn that most of them were going to
furnish what protection there was avail
able from wheat streak mosaic by de-
laying seeding until after Sept. 1. This
OF course may not be the answer, but
in light of the outbreak in 1854, it does
present about the only safe thing to do.
Baled Hay
From field observations made during
the haying season and in examining
bales of hay shown at number of the
county fairs this fall, it is apparent that
some very poor quality hay is resulting
from baling when the loose hay in wind
rows is in no condition to be baled.
The number of bales that have been
examined that would bring the top price
as market hay is very small. There is
a rather high percentage of bales that
are moldy or burned. In many cases
the low quality is due in part to the
fact that the crop was cut late to make
the best quality hay.
1t would be well for producers to
check rather closely as the feeding
operations get under way this winter
and actually appraise the value of the
hay being fed.
Tillage
If we should have a limited amount of
moisture in 1855 as some reports indi-
cate, we may find that some of the
acres of 1854 summerfallow will not
maintain the crop as we'll as it would
normally. There were more weedy
strips of summerfallow in evidence
over the state this summer than usual.
Weeds take moisture and of course it
is stored moisture during one season
that helps to produce the crop of grain
the following year. Most of it was
worked early, but the follow-through
fell down.
Alfalfa Seed Harvest
While checking the alfalfa seed pros.
poets in southeastern Montana recently
I had the pleasure of visiting the fields
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-09-15

Actually, am, the job amt too wonderful . .
CANT drive my durn' the dude season. regulation
say gotta roll my makins, gotta these DANCED
boots. %
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29

HELENA
REPORT TO the Membership OF THE
BROWNING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Another election
has been held for Before looking ahead next
year be we'll look
and il improving!
from our mistakes and learning from experience
This year the Chamber Of promoted
been active in the following civic enterprises:
Drainage for the has been improved by deepening and
alteration of the boundary
thing in view of the floods have suffered tn"
Browning has chlorinatinn Of its Supply urged by
the State Board Health a step II
right direction few cities fail tax" this a
for their public The Chamber of Commerce" hrI?i " "rsi
the action that led to this improve
The Chamber Of Commerce sponsored the F";t July ''cp
the best business years
make the next job that much
The longSought road north of 'ro.rm: III.
Gap into Canada process Jag open,
territory for to draw business
offering alternate by
highway
While these things being done in this The
outside of Browning not being neglected. The Chamber
Commerce has donated financial aid organizations
to improve the business picture the whole
group helped the Montana Citizens Freight
which is trying to the prohjbvc
rate structure that now strangles much of the business
The secretary hundred injuries re-
sardng Glacier Park Bakfcc Indians Browning
were from people who intended visit this
addition to these direct leaflets territory
TO the State Highway Commission the Great Northern Railway
various Chambers Of Commerce l>A
seemed to use the most Of this type of thing.
In addition the above delegates at tho meet
ss OF the State Chambers OF Commerce. Citizens Freight
Group Central Montana Highway vonn,,cc arcr
Wha, lies ahead? There little doubt d~,irc the
efforts made by pas, year, renal :, to be
done than We have ab. BE-, li DOUBT
that this area and with ii Browning period v clop
Heht Inc bIackcct observation i! being
for field of activity
The next two to five will bring greatest changes to
us mere OF any period that VIC have How
WI" acct those OF us who have their LIKING here"
measure decided by how prepared group
IL the purpose OF organizations such cUrctr
form OF community will with the idea projection , ,yrb
and promotion of the good With potential wealth
OF s area no" being studied
our group remain vigorous alert and opportunity
our community here and YOUR part il docs
off
The officers members their best w.*!cx and
thc grateful thanks for the
year AGAIN let us urge you to on
come TO our meetings Where else find for small I'M
Hestment OF twelve dollars
mat WILL bear SO directly business ruturc?
JOE LEWIS. Pre-
ID j. SCHMIDT
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29
MISS SLOUGH RETURNS

Miss AIRY Slough. who Is a dcac.
Oness for the Methodist church.
cs with headquarters in Brown.
ing. returned Friday from u
months vacation. She left here
on December -. going to San
Jose. Calf. where she visited her
sisters family. Her parents from
Emporia. Kansas. met her there
and they had Christmas togcth.
or.
From San Jose she went To
DOwncr. Calf. where she visited
a National college classmatc and
together they visited the R0bir
Cross rest home nj Pasadena.
Church Of All Nations Al Los Ar.
gclcs. Homer Tobcrman settle.
mcnt nj San Pedro and Frances
de- Paw Home for Girls nj liol.
lywood.
AZ Salk Lake City she visited
another classmatc and together
they visited Highland Bay com.
nunity House At Bingham Can.
yOn. and Esther Hail at Salt Lake
City. In Montana she visited the
DcacOncss school at Helena.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29

exchanges Of otEer towns aud
cities throughout the state. low.
or readings were shown in al.
mos, every place where compar.
alive figures were available. \
few of the papers that regularly
reach the editors desk here from
other towns failed to show Off.
cial figures for the duration Of
thee storm - due. undoubtedly.
10 rush Of other business. To
mention only 4 few places where
il was colder than Browning. the
records as reported were check.
cd from Glasgow. Malta. Iiavrc.
Great Falls. Chester. Shelby and
Cut Bank. cas-, Of the mountains.
and Whi,riiSh and kalispcll on
the ives, side. and without cXccn.
ton the average Sub.7cro read
ings were lower than IN Brown.
ing
In Cut !iank. for example.
which is - miles farther from
the mountains than Browning.
on "Wednesday morning Of this
week the official temperature
reading was reported rs standing
nj q degrees below zero. while
NJ the Browning station Il was
several degrees above the zero
point.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29
BROWNING WEATHER NOT TOO BAD
IN COMPARISON WITH REST OF STATE

For the past two weeks the
entire state of Montana. as well
as most of the other states IN
the midwest and northwest. has
been gripped in the throcs Of
an arctic blast that has sent tenn.
pcraturc readings to record lows
in many places. and broken all
recent records for pcrsistency
Of endurance.
In the counties west Of the
continental divide. where the
climate has been one of the fav.
oritc topics of the boosters. the
storm struck frs. in all its arc.
tic fury. with tho Flathcad val.
Icy hit hardest. IN that valley.
where the wind is supposed to
blow only on rare occasions. the
first blast struck with low tom.
pcraturcs. n heavy snow fall and
a wind velocity that exceeded
by far anything recorded on the
east side Of the divide.
Browning and III" area i'm.
mcdiatcly east Of the mountains
has through the years been cred.
tied with having probably tho
worst climate during the winter
Of the entire east side area. but
statistics. bnth current and over
n period Of years. fails to bear
out that assumption.
Temperature recordings IN 9th.
or parts Of the state during the
current cold spell, have been con.
sistcntly lower than tho record.
ings nj the government obScrv.
atOry nj the Blarkfcct Agency
station IN Browning. Tibcr dam.
on the Marias river south Of
Chester. holds the distinction If
showing tho lowest officially re-.
corded reading Of any place on
tho entire North American con-.
tincnt. with a low Of 50 degrees
below zero. On tho same day.
| Browning had a low Of 80 minus
and many other places IN the
state had still lower readings.
And during the entire period,
there has been little or no wind
to drift tho snow IN this area
and no serious trouble has bcri,
encountered IN keeping maiu
roads and highways open. cxccp,
IN the mountainous regions.
IN comparing temp craturC
readings IN Browning with those
reported IN the large M,imi,cr ol
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29
Conservation District TO
Get New Board Members

An election has been scheduled
during February to ci.c, ;hirr
supervisors TO the grv"rnIng
board of the Glacier County Soll
Conservation district The terms
Of Ray Peterson. Gerald Ecrgrr.
and r. T.. Bud, Alombcrg have
expired. Peterson and Mumbrrg
have stated that they viii not be
candidates for reelection
Nominating petitions ar" NOW
being circulated To nam" caudl,
dates. Petitions for Dan Wclrh.
Phil MichaclS and John Qul.'
have now been filed with Bob
Roush. district secretary, anyone
wishing 10 place 4 CanGiiatr'S
name on the ballot may do ~ bv
securing and circulating a nom
mating petition and securing a,
least ten qualified sisnrrS priI.
tons are available AT the county
extension office in Cut Bank auI
the conservation office IN Brown
ing
Voting viii be done by mani
and ballots viii he sent out about
February ) vi numiunllus priI
tlons must We IN bN t'I~ dL'v "a
order for the name, To- be r.a,,d
on the ballot Ballots 'a",, be-
back IN the county "\'"u>i"u of.
/ flee not later than ) 10 pm Fen.
ruary 30 ~ order To- he counted
The n"w board OF .IprrII,u,,
will organic Starch l!"lhu,rr
members are DHaur S.u.uu,r~
and Gordon Hume
4 MI persons. ilrius AMI ,rrU,.
aiion> who hold itlr tn ul arc,
, IN possession %. any apru.Vl,ur.
lands lying WIthW the hur,d.r
los of the district. MhI. y unl.I
IS all of Glacier county. a." rl.
Giblr to vote IN tins rlr"'.un
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29
Grazing Leases Bring Extra
High Prices at Recent Sale

One Of the largest sales Of leas.
eS on the reservation in m. ny
years was held by the Blackfoot
Agency on Monday of last week,
January 18th. which was attend.
ed by large number of lease.
holders and prospective lease
buyers. Computation of the vari-
Gus bids and checking OF details
delayed final report Of the pro-
ceedings until this week.
The following summation of
the proceedings were given The
Reporter this week by Albert d.
Stephenson, of the land and leas.
ing department of the Agency:
The advertisement of grazing
privileges on the Blackfeet res.
crvation for which bids were re.
ceived and opened on January
ID covered l6O range units com.
prising 665. 489 acres of allotted
and tribal Indian lands. The car,
rying capacity of these ranges is
established at 246.l96 COW unit
months. In addition there are l02
range units allocatcd without
competition for Indian owned
livestock. These ranges comprise
POI ,305 acres and have a carry
ing capacity of 77.34O COW unit
months.
The grand total of all range
units allOcatcd and advertised is
$3.50. 794 acres with a carrying ca.
pacity of 1913 .536 COW unit months.
The range units are established
for various seasons from the
standpoint of time of year aud
length OF grazing season in
months.
The ranges are advertised and
allocatcd for either cattle or
sheep. The carrying capacity be.
tween these two classes of live.
stock is figured on a ratio of one
COW equals four sheep.
At this point il should be point.
ed out that there are three range
units comprised of Tribal Indian
lands which were not included
in the advertisement. These
ranges comprise 1885 acres with
a carrying capacity Of $3.50 COW
unit months. and minimum an.
nual fee of S3.974.41 have been
advertised by the Blackfec. Tri.
bal Council with bids to be open.
cd February I. 1854.
In dealing with statistics it is
always important to keep in mind
what the statistical information
tries 10 show. Statistics which
are presented without back.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29
CHAMBER OFFICERS
elected FOR 1854

\ special meeting OF the
Browning Chamber of Commerce
was held last Thursday evening
at the Ycgcn hotel for the pur.
pose of clccting officers for the
ensuing year. II had been nee.
cssary TO postpone the election
on account Of bad weather. Tn.
der normal circumstances clcc.
ton of officers is held at the
first regular meeting in January.
After calling the meeting to
order. Chairman Joe Lewis open.
ed the nominations for president
TO serve in the year 1854.
Alton Lee. first vice prcsi.
dent. was nominated by Mr.. John
I.owcn and seconded by Jim
Lcadbcttcr. There being no fur.
Their nomination Mr.. Bert Fi;z.
gerald. seconded by Mr.. Burke
Handy. moved to elect Mr.. Lee
by reclamation. The motion car.
ricd unanimously and was so or.
dcrcd
The following officers to serve
under Mr.. Lee this year were
then elected: Mr.. John Lowcn
first vice president: Mr. Burke
Handy. second vice president.
In addition to the regular staff
of Officers the following men
were elected to the board of dir,
cctors for two year terms: Mr..
Leslie Smell. Mr.. q. X. Davis.
Mr.. James l.cadbct,cr. Mr.. Bob
Schubert. Mr. Geo. Mahoncy. Mr.
Don Schmidt. Retiring prcsidcn,
Mr.. Joe Lewis goes on the board
for a one year term automatic
ally. The only appointivc office
Of the chamber is that Of sccrc
iary who Is nominated by the
president and appointed by the
board Of directors nj their frs,
regular meeting.
After giving the outgoing pres
idcnt Lewis u hearty vote ol
thanks for n job we'll done tho
members installed Mr.. Lee a.
chairman and after many wei
wishes for the coming year stoOt
adjourned by the new president
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29
FIRST MEETING WEST OF
MISSISSIPPI TO BE HERE

HELENA - The Association
Of Maternal and Child Health
and Crippled Children Directors
will conduct their national meet
ing IN East Glacier and Brown
ing. June so July 3. DR.. Paul
II. Ensign, president announced
this week.
DR.. Ensign is director of the
Montana State Beard Of IIealth's
division Ct Child Health Servic-
In addition to the approximate
10 members of the association.
private physicians with special
interests in maternal and child
health and crippled ch dr. G II
work are to be invited to the
meeting. Speakers of national
and international rcpute are on
the program. The meeting is usu.
ally held in Washington. D. c.,
and in announcing that it is to
be in Montana, DR.. Ensign OK.
planned that the directors would
be able to give special attention
TO some of the maternal and child
health and crippled children
problems among the nations In.
dians.
The program has not yet been
completed. but will be announced
soon
This will be the first time the
association has conducted its ma
tiOnal meeting in a state west OF
the Mississippi and only the sec.
ond time the group has met out.
side WnShinrtnn d c
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29

| ground information arc Otter
valueless, or tend to become mis-,
leading. For this reason it is
highly important to treat the fol
lowing figures in conjunction
with the information furnished.
The range units vary in size
from q few hundred to several
Thousand acres. The carrying
capacity of each unit is dctc!..
mined by providing a certain
number of acres for each COW
unit to be grazed. The quantity
and quality Of grass produced is
the determining factor in setting
these capacity figures. These fig.
ures vary within the limits Of "a.
90. 80. and 36 acres per COW
unit per month.
The livestock operator. in the
final analysis. determines how
much he can pay for a given
range by the cost to him on an
animal unit basis For this rca
son the minimum annual fee for
each unit is figured at - cents
per COW month. Thus the range
with the highest productivity
and therefore the highes, carry.
ing capacity. has a minimum rate
established al approximately 80
cents while the ranrc with the
lowest capacity has a minimum
rate of approximately 20 .nts
per acre. Between these two OK
trcmes arc the othcr two rates
of 22.7 and 285 cents per acre.
Applying simple ari,hmcti" To
these figures We find tina, 3Or
"a acres. este X % acres. 225c
X 80 acres. and 2Oc SO acres
all equal 72c. the minimum rate
per COW month.
The total annual minimum fees
of the units advertised was SIT.
26l 40 while that of the allocat.
ed ranges Is SIS .635. lG. or a grand
total of S232. 9l6 Sc for all units.
The average rate per acre at the
minimum Is 28.8 cents. A rate At
which no one particular unit is
figured.
OF the 100 range units advcr.
tiscd 81 received competitive
bids. The cor-:,e,ition on these
81 units ":ried in intensity. bu,
the net result was an incrc: 81
Of S46.6ll so over the advertised
minimum.
The benefit of this increase Of
course goes to those Indians HAY.
ing all0tmcn,s within the par.
ticular units which drew compe.
titi0n.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29
CREDIT ASSN. HAS
BIRTHDAY SOON

The Conrad Production Credit
association will observe its Goth
birthday with a special annivcrs.
airy meeting at the St. Michael's
Church basement in Conrad. Sat.
urday. February 6. Approximate.
~ 300 stockholders from Pom.
dcra. Glacier. Toolc and Liberty
counties served by the assOci.
alton are expected to attend. The
meeting is dedicated to the char.
Ter and 20 year members of the
ssOciatiOn.
The Conrad Pea was organic
twenty years ago and receiv'
- It's charter on February 9,
- Originally the territory now
.rryrd by the Conrad association
vas intended to be under the
Jurisdiction OF the Great Falls
ICA and il was n nip and tuck
meeting in Great Falls in 1894
that resulted in the chartcring
of the Conrad association. Char.
ter members present at this meet.
ing and listed as original incor.
porat0rS are: T. l.. Anderson.
George Thcrricn. Sr.. Everett La.
Grand. Of Gu, Bank: l.. S. Ed.
wards. \. l. Abbott. B. f. Snort.
land. and j. {. Price of Conrad:
+. G.. Nelson. j. p. Sicfcrt of vii.
!iams: John T.. Weber. 4. r. Ia.
than. c. l.. Oicn of Brady: Job
Robinson. Great Falls: c. A..
Youngman. John Buckley and p.
J. Nichols Of Swcctgrass: l.. l..
Pocock. pcndroy: and Daisy ".
Burd. Browning From this group
the first officers elected were p.
J Nichols president: 4. F.. Kath.
an. first vice president: f. l. An.
dcrsnn. second vice president.
and directors 4. l.. Abbott. John
Buckley. Everett l.aGrand and
{. A. Toungman.
The present officers consist Of
Lloyd Campbell Of Williams. as.
sociaiion president: Percy Dc.
Wolfe of Babb. vice president.
and directors Gordon Christian
Of Shelby. David + James of .Jop.
lin and y. \. Peterson Of Conrad.
Two directors will be elected At
this meeting. The terms of Lloyd
Campbell and David r James
expire. \ nominating committee
will present nominees for these
two offices
Progress Of the Conrad aS>oci
alton since /, was chartered ~
years ago. and progress Of tho
Pea system. diSiriC,widc and ma
tionally will be reviewed. The an
nual association report will bC
made by Eugene l.. Robinson
secretary treasurer. Also. rep
rrscntaiircs from the Federal In
! icrmcdiatr Credit Bank and tho
/ Production Credit Corporation
Of Spokane will be present.
\ noon dinner for member,
and guests will prcccdc the bust
ness session with registration
commencing 1T II am
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29
DEMONSTRATION cLue TO
MEET FEBRUARY lST

This notice i drrr,trd , lhr
members ni the lInrur ~, mon
stration club of EruWuIng and To-
any women Who ar" Iu'rIr'>'"d
IN home demonstration wurk
\ meeting IS To- be- hrld Mon.
day. February ! at > % pm ~
the home Of Mrs NrlSuIa I.lr,"u
This meeting Is called tor l"rv
important reasons i",uhUrS viii
talk on the .ubtC'' 81 new tab.
rics aud report Viii be given
as To- spring gardening and the
sewing project Everyone Is urg.
I'D to he present
rs Pres Mae Williamson.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29
The Local Record:

Snow - VI the beginning Of
this forecast period there were
10 inches al snow on tho ground.
Snowfall during the week total.
cd II inches. making 4 total Of
- inches rm tho ground on the
eth. There was very little wind.
The first real break IN tho cold
spell came Wednesday. the eth.
and THURSDAY afternoon. nj press
time, there was n warm wind
blowing. with 4 thermometer
reading above the freezing point.
The forecast Is for continued
mild weather. will, possible
winds.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29
INDIANS PULL WIN
OVER ARCH RIVAL.
BY Phil. WARD. .JR.

feat at ChOtcau on January %
the Browning Indians scored the
upset of the season the net
night when they pinned a 67.G4
loss on the high flying Shelby
Coyotes in the Browning gym.
The Coyotes. having ckcd out
a $3.50 win over the league lead.
ing Chinook Sugarbectcrs the
night before. got the surprise of
their lives when the Indians re.
fused to roll over and play dead
for them. The Indians. spurrcd
by the ancient rivalry, showed
the crowd scoring and ball.
handling power which resemblcd
the best efforts of the power.
packed clubs that have come
from Browning in years past.
Paced by smooth operating
Floyd Crossguns. who scored 81
points in three quarters. the
fighting Rcdmen took the lead
and. after exchanging it with the
visitors once or twice in the first
quarter. were never headed. In
fact. during the third quarter.
which in the past has been
Browning's fold up quarter. the
Indians at one point extended
their lead TO l6 points over the
Coyotes. The Indians held GLIB.
1887. and 1884 quarter leads.
Onc unusual feature of the
game occurred in the fourth
quarter after Crnssguns had left
the game on fouls. The Indians
played q c0ntrol.stall type ball
game for six minutes and IS sec.
onds. The stall. under the gen.
eralShip of veteran Ron Gliddcn.
was aided greatly by the stellar
defensive work turned in by Kel.
~ I.aPlant. who thrwarted scv.
cral Shelby drives Oh intercept.
cd passes by tying up the ball
with a Shelby player.
The story of the game was told
from the free throw line. In the
matter Of field goals the Shelby
team hit % to Browning's q.
However the Indians hit IS free
throws out Of 30 tries while Shell.
by could only sink ID out of
81 tries.
In addition to CrOssgun's 81
points. Gliddcn scored 10. and
Hilbert Cut Finger and Curtis
Bull Child each hit 8 for the In.
dians. Monk l.ittlcj0hn led Shcl.
by scorers with 10 points and
Durham hit II for the Coyotes.
The Indians new lineup SUI.
fcred frs, night troubles al Cho.
tcau. where the Bulldogs led all
the way by quarter scores of
cola. 1926. and 1910.
The Indians 0utScOrcd the Bull.
dogs from the field with 20 has.
kcts to Ch0tcau's II. The Bull.
dogs hit well from the free throw
line. scoring % free throws out
Of II attempts. The Indians had
only II attempts and made 6 of
them.
JaumOttc was the leading scor.
or Of the ball game as he hit II
points for the Bulldogs. lIinman
contributed IL and Blixrud - to
the Chotcau cause. Floyd Cross.
guns made IS for the Indians and
Hilbert Cut Finger made II.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-01-29
GIG FOUR CONFERENCE

The Big Four Conference of
Foreign Ministers. which was
scheduled to begin IN Berlin on
January ?5th. viii meet the first
and third week IN the Western
sector and the second week In
the Soviet sector This arrange.
mcnt ended the stalcmatc which
had threatened to delay the
scheduled talks