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m MAN NEW
HEAD OF STOCKMEN
MILES CITY SELECTED AS MEET
ING PLACE FOR THE 1927
CONVENTION
,
GOVERNOR TALKS AT MEETING
More Than #00 Attend Forty-flrst An
nual Convention of Montana
Stock Growers
diaries M. powlln of Forsyth was
elected president of the Montana Stock
Growers' association, and^ Miles City
■ selected as the meeting place In
was
192T, at the concluding business , ses
sion of the forty-first annual 'conven
tion in Billing*.
Election of officers, selection of the
next meeting place, adoption of reso
lutions. and three addresses constitut
ed the program of the concluding ses
The convention listened to Oov
•Ion.
emof J. K Erli-kson : Dan D. Cawment
of Manhattan, Kan., special represent
afire of Secretary Jardine Investigate
Ing the Hatch ford grazing fee report,
and to Dr. Tage A. H. Elllnger of Chi
cago RL. director of the department
of livestock economics for the Inter
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national Livestock exposition.
The convention opened with up
wards of 500 cow men, sheepmen, rep
rcsentatlves of the great marketing
organization that 1* linked with the
industry and of those railroads which
for years have given outlets to marts
of the world for Montana's livestock
products.
Treasure State Tabloids
About $700 was obtained by two men
who held np the Great Northern res
taurant In Cut Bank after they had
forced the manager, H. Haye*, to open
the safe.
Article» of Incorporation of the
Monte Carlo Fox and For company
have been filed In the office of the
county dork of Flathead county. The
capital stock of the company Is given
as $200,000 and Kallspell Is the place
of business.
Eugene Standlngelk. prominent chief
* of the Cheyennes, died of pneumonia
at the Lame Deer hospital recently
opened to receive patients.
Standlngelk was active In tribal af
fairs and an elder In the Mennonlte
church. He .was one of the 44 head
chiefs of the Cheyennes of Montana
and Oklahoma.
Chief
Whent was the largest single con
trlbutor to the combined group of crop
and livestock Items which, In 1023. pro- j
duced a farm Income from sales
nmountlng to $122.333.000. Out of j
this amount, wheat yielded $30.000,000.
says an article prepared from records
of the state and federal bureau of |
crop and livestock-estimate*. -
Carl H. Peterson, dean of Montana's
county agents, who has directed the|
extension work In Fergus county for
the last 13 years, has resigned to ne- I
cept a position with the Adams Land I
company of Chicago. Mr. Peterson will
manage extensive farming operation*
to be conducted on the company's hold- |
Ings In the vicinity of Three Forks.
A range stallion refereed and landed
the knockout blows In a fight between |
two large eogle* on the Guptlll ranch
-near Molstone, according to B^H'Gjda- j
wold. The two eagles were fighting |
the ground, evidently In a death
struggle, when the stallion, observing j
the fight, left Us herd and stamped
both the birds to death with Its feet. |
'Northern Cheyenne Indians of the j
Tongue River reservation have en
gaged extensively In «logging during
the hist winter, according to word re- |
celved In Forsyth.
600,000 feet of timber has been cut I
down by the Indians to be used during
<l»e spring and Summer for building J
homes and making other Improve
on
Approximately I
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ments.
The eastern Montana music meet re
cently held In Billings concluded with
the giving of the prize awards at the
Babcock theater following a concert by
the Hardin school hand and a program
by prize winners. Billings won first at
the music tournament with 71 points;
Fromherg. second with 42, and Miles
City and Hardin, tied for third place,
with 33 points each. Other places pat^
ticlpatliig were Baker, Big Timber,
Worden, Uapelje and Reed Point.
The members of the Lewlstown Rod
& Gun club, whlcfi months ago set up
a large aquarium stocked with some
big eastern brook and rainbow trout,
are In mourning over a tragedy that
befell the fish. The custodian had
written C. A. Jakways for a formula to
rid the fish of a fungus growth nnd
was advised to use a solution of iodine
In the water, the proportion being glv
en. Through some misunderstanding
of the instructions, too much, iodine
was used and all the fish were killed
In a short time. It will be a very dlffl
cult task to restock the aqualrturo with
auch a collection of beautiful trout.
Work on the Logan Pass rokd In
Glacier National park will soon be re
sumed, a month earlier than such op
erations are usually possible.
The Wibaux Woman's club banquet
was'held at the home of Mrs. Howard
Young. A flue program. Including a
one-act play, was presented to about
50 guests. The Woman's club. In con
junction with the school board, will
make the public schools a present of
$150 worth of playground apparatus
thla spring. They have already com
bined te give about $250 worth.
CUTWORII WARNING
ISSUED 10 HUNK
Qraln Growers Urged to Maintain
Sharp Lookout for Peat
In State
Grain -growers ot Montana and es
pecially In that general region between
Helena and Three Forks, are urged to
maintain a sharp lookout for army cut
worms. UK W. C. Cook of the State
college, eutomolegy department hai
found young cutworms In abundance
In the vicinity of Three Forks, bearing
j out his prediction made last full that
these pests were more than . usually
abundant. ■" 1
Farmers should seek for the cut
worms In stubble fields, both fresh and
abandoned, and especially on »«nth
slopes exposed to the sun. They also
mpy be fptnd In weed fields and In
waste land bordering on grain fields.
Particular attention should be given to
the light sandy soils that are coveted
with W€*eds, It Is the habit of the
army cutworms to migrate into grain
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field«, eating everything as they go
j Prompt action on the part of farm
era will serve to cut down loss In their
I grain fields this year, says the state
I entomologist. Where specimens
Identified aa army cutworma. control
I directions will be sent ont to the farm
are
er.
school children of Montana began to
of a
Locate Missing Fund
Sometime ago, probably about 1914.
I school exhibit building ut the state
j fairground. There was accumulated
for this purpose, the sum of $3,023.87.
Last year when W. F. Casey became
bookkeeper for the state department
of agriculture and took over the state
fair accounts, the hooks did not show
the account and he sought to learn
where the money bad been banked. In
asmuch os, during the Interim, a num
ber of hanks had closed. It was feared
that the fund might have passed out of
existence.
However, after some search, Casey
fou nd that the state acconn ta nt hod
run across the fund and hatTtfepöslted
It with the state treasurer. Recently
the hoard of examiners made an order
directing the treasurer to set up a
special trust fund for the amount and
Invest It In Interest bearing state war
rants where It will at least continue to
Increase until the time arrives when It
may be put to the use for which It was
intended
Hungarian Pheasants Arrive
The Montana fish and game depart
ment have received a shipment of 407
Hungarian pheasants direct from Oer
ImlQV where they were trapped for
planting in America nnd the birds have
j, t , en Philipe«) to 14 different points In
department recently paid $4,300 for
the state. The state fish nnd game
the shipment.
They were divided into groups of 25
Bma n e ' r crates for distribution. Each
] Awa;
crate contained 14 to 18 birds.
The birds were distributed ns fol
Helena valley. 2 crates Butte, 3;
Anaconda, 3; Deer Lodge. 2; Arlee, 1;
Havre, 3; Roy. 1; Dillon. 2; Lewis
town, 1; Hobson, 1; Billings. 2; Sherl
( j ani 2 ; Superior, 1; Glasgow, 1.
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contest for high schools will be held at
Scholarship Meeting
The third annuol state scholarship
the state college at Bozeman, April 30
and May j, »fsgrdlnx to an announ ce
ment from Prof. J. H. Holst.
ship contest la to ai*on»e Interest In
scholarship and to draw attention to
that thing for which schools primarily
exist," says Professor Holst.
Any accredited high school In Mort
tana Is Invited to participate In the
contest,
the last 30 days in the school which he
represents. Students will be divided
Into grades, the grades being based
upon the high school work that the stu
dent has had.
"The purpose df this annual scholar
Any student participating
must hove been a regular student for
Predatory animals killed more monn
tain sheep and goats and deer In the
As successors to Hugh R. Stevens
and W. B. Russell, recently ousted
from office by court action, ft, R. Ink
ster. Camas ranches, and Tony Seblsh,
retired business man of Plains, have
been appointed members of the Sand
era county board of commissioners to
serve until the next regular election.
forests of Montana than did man, n re
cent survey of gome conditions by for
est official* show. Hunters, however,
were responsible for 1,195 casualties
among the elk while predatory animals
took but 91. Hunters killed 3,994 deer
as against 4,518 by animals. Hunters
killed 416 black bear and 11 grizzlies.
Twenty-three sheep and goats fell be
fore the rifle*. One hundred ninety
one sheep and 72 goats before the ani
mals. Game laws mean nothing to the
predatory animals for eight antelope
and five moose, both protected against
hunters, went down before them. One
moose was killed by a hunter.
Spotted fever has claimed Its first
victim this year, Mrs. George Robert
son dying in the hospital at Hamilton.
The fever followed Influenza.
The Balr-Colllns company, operating
a coal mine, has purchased 1,280 acres
of timber lands and expects to start
logging it off In the near future. The
timber will be used to supply the
Keene mine operations and as a source
of railway and mine camp lumber and
for new operations which the company
contemplates in the Carpenter Creek
coal district.
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By BRAINARO FOOTE
in Radio World.
Llstcners who prefer moderate vol
nme. combined with almost perfect re
production, will be Interested In the
simple entertainment receiver to be
described. The faithfulness of Its tone
output I» dependent upon the system
of audio frequency amplification,
whlch. In this set, is a combination of
a stage of impedance-coupled ampllfl
cation and a stage of resistance
coupled amplification.
In addition, the use of the half
ampere power tube la* considered in
the last stage. Since thla tube re
quires about 135 volts of "B" battery,
the use of resistance coupling calls for
no additional plate voltage. Imped
a nee coupling Is adopted for the first
stage since this provides superior de
lector action and greater detector out
put. Moreover, with a good Imped
ance coll for the first stage, the quality
Is good. A honeycomb system of tun
Ing Is shown, with a primary col) made
onnecessary by the expedient of em
ploying a small flxe<t condenser as the
coupllng medium. Thus the assembly
of the ouflt la not difficult. The out
put of volume Is not so great as can
be obtained by the use of more tube«
and more audio amplification, but on
this very account Its tone qualities are
better and Its operation more pleasing,
Will Operate Loud Speaker.
A receiver of this character will op
erate a good loud speaker, either of
the horn or cone type, to advantage.
in the symbolic diagram C 8 Is the
coupling condenser whereby the en
ergy picked up by the antenna Is de
tlvered to the set. LI and Cl form
the tuned circuit of the set. LI being
a 60-turn honeycomb coll and Cl h
.0005 mfd. variable condenser. Kegen
eratlon Is handled by the "shunt" plate
circuit L2 and C2, L2 being another
60-turn coll and C2 another .0005 mfd.,
variable condenser. The two colls are
mounted by means of two honeycomb
coll mounts. They should be as far
apart as possible, so long as sufficient
regeneratlon la to be had on the long
est waves.
Q forms the combination grid and
leak and condenser, a .00025 mfd. con
denser and 2-megohm leak. T1 and
T2 are two 01A type tubes, whereas
T3 Is a power tube of the 112 type,
taking H ampere at 8 volts, L3 Is
the coupling Impedance for the first
stage. It may be a special impedance
FOREFATHERS
OF RADIO
By GEORGE LEWIS
•I Tk* creator Reste CerrereUen.
The beginnings of radio may be
traced back to the scientific work of
James Clerk Maxwell, the celebrated
British physicist Maxwell was born
at Edinburgh, Scotland, and conduct-^
ed hla brilliant researches at a com
paratively young age, dying at Cam
bridge, England, when but forty-eight
years old.
He believed that light was due to
waves In an invisible medium which
scientists call "ether.". He believed,
further, that light was some kind of an
electromagnetic phenomenon. It was
these Ideas of Maxwell's that led
Herts later to the discoveries that
made radio possible.
MR
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Jamas Cleric Maxwell.
If'Maxwell were right in hla aa
motion end electromagnetic in nature,
the sctentlata could expect any vibrat
ing ahectric currant te send out waves
of asm« kind, just as a fibre tin g violin
string souda out stand waves. Max
wetTs work «was first published In 1873,
hut it remained for Herts to establish
experimental proof of hla theories
mum fifteen year* later.
Ms*well is honend among pbyst
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coll made for the purpose, or. with as
good résulta, the secondary winding
of a large-aixed andlo transformer,
This stipulation la made to insure the I
ose of an Impedance coll having J
enough turns of wire and core iron t« J
pass all the audio frequencies.
C4 is the coupling condenser for the
first stage. A condenser as small as
.002 mfd. will answer fairly well here. |
but better results are obtained both
as to volume and range of musical |
tones If the condenser It made at .01 j
mfd. or even up to 0J5 mfd. Â grid
rl megohm or %
megohm Is required to properly bias
the grid of tube T2 and to prevent It
from becoming choked with negative
Impulses. Instead of the Impedance
Just described, a coupling resistance
Is adopted for the second stage, since
thla is even better than an Impedance
when It comes to passing all the mu
slcal frequencies.
Power Stag«.
Resistance r2 should be approxl
mately 100,000 ohms ( 0.1 megohm),
Such resistances can be purchased in
the form of an ordinary grid leak and
all the essential resistances may be
snapped Into regular resistance clip
holders. These holders, which come
with the resistances r 2 , .should be well
made in order that the heating effect
of the "B" battery current that must
pass through It may not alter Its re
slstance and cause noises or dlstor
tlon. Condenser C 6 Is Just like C4.
The grid leak r3 should have a resist
ance of about 14 megohm (250,000
ohms) to properly bias the lalt tube
and prevent overloading or choking.
Tube T 8 is a % ampere power tube,
used because its greater power will
/eanlt In somewhat greater vqjame of
output and a very marked gain In tone
quality, since overloading Is ellml
nated. A Jack la provided for the loud
speaker connection, the loud speaker
8 being indicated at this point
Now for a few remarks about the
battery and filament circuits. Rheo
stat Rl takes care of lighting the de
lector and first-stage tubes T1 and T2,
while rheostat R 2 handles the power
tube. A snap switch 8 . located at the
left end of the panel, serves to turn
the set on and off. Thus the rheo
otats may hé maintained at the proper
points permanently. —
A 4% volt "C" battery la employed.
Indicated. Three 45-volt "B" units J
are required J
data as the mathematical wizard of
hla times. His theoretical work is
the basis upon which much of modern
physical science rest«. Especially la
this true In the realm of electrical
theory, where hla work la constantly
-ssasr-y » .f'f&'Sîâ
Maxwell's Theory of Electromagnetic
Wave.
referred to as the great authority
which haa Inspired modern ideas ot
electricity. Radio scientists hare Max
well te thank for first having opened
the door to the developments that have
led to the modern science and art of
radio. -
Hint* on How to Adjust
Your Regenerativ« Set
If the set accidentally breaks into
«•dilation, turn back the regenera
tion control at once.
Dee both hands, one hand for the
regeneration control and the other
hand for the toning control.
Practice 00 toning powerful sta
tions first and do not try to pick np
weak, distant stations until becom
ing expert
Do not force regeneration In an at
volume
the pur
tempt te obtain loud
from a set not
Never fore« regenera
tempi to hear stations beyond the
range of the set; be content «with
those that can really he heard.
to an at
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ways last below the point of oatcU
_ ,_î the set l* then la the most
mqoHSv« condition. This la the raw
so o tot using two banda for tuning.
D© BOÎ try I® find « station by the
whlstiNk If th« a*t i* tuned Jest be
low U» whistling point the signais
vfttl couse 1 « clear and the regeoera
lion control can then be tuned a dt
tie farther to lucre* se the vel
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Montana
Ranch Nows
By JOHN DBXTKR
TThlle Holsteins wore most proml»
j «nt In the winning cohuana of Mon
tana's monthly cow testing reports for
I Janaary, Jerseys, Guernseys and even
a crossbred Goemasp and Milking
Shorthorn appeared with high produc
Ing records. "No. T®,";a Holstein
owned by Lymyn ft Haight of the Cas
catle Cow Testing Association. wa*
rflrSt with a record of 1822 pound* of
rallft and 74.9 poaads of hotter fat; a
grade, Holstein. "Spot," owned by L.
W. .McCarthy of t^e Lake County As
sociation, was second, prodnclng 1615
pounds of milk and «7.8 pounds of bnt
ter' fat, and a crossbred Oaerosey
Milking Shorthorn owned by Walter
Brofkey of the Teller Club placed
sixth. producing Il»4 pounds of milk
and 47.8 pounds of batter. The Tel
)ow stone county association had the
hl|rtlBBt averag< , production among as
socia lions for the month with 757.1
p^,,^ of mJ | k an(1 27.67 pounds of
butter fat per cow. The Flathead
county club was highest among the
smaller organizations with an average
of 795 pounds of milk and 28.9 pounds
ot butter fat. Jan Jansroa of the Tel
] OW *tone Association had the highest
producing large herd during the month
h i 8 grade Holsteins averaging 1058.98
pounds of milk and 87.27 pounds of
'hotter fat O. B. Selfor's grade Hol
steins of the Lake County Association
waB amonK the herds of less than
[ 15 eowg w ) t j, an average production of
jj 49 pounds of milk and 48.9 pounds
I 0 f buttdr fat.
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1 tina organized community associations
| laat m onth, following the lead of the
j other important farming centers of
I Fergus county. Farm leaders report a
widespread Interest In community org
aurions and * general activity
througfcmt the county In farm 1m
pr0 vement and rural development,
>pbe community *1ubs at Buffalo and
J Winifred are planning to hold two
j <j a y extension schools during the
1 spring to consider crops and live stock
j problems. A. J. Ogaard, crop special
1 | Bt> an< j Waddell, live stock
j specialist for the Montana Extension
1 service will take part In the meetings,
The Valentine community club mem
j ^ers sre now sawing lumber and pre
J paring to erect a community hall next
| f a jj
1 Chinook factory of the Utah
Idaho Sllgrnr compaDy will he operated
th)B f a || definitely an
I nounced ' by W. Y. Cannon, Montana
district manager for the company,
acreaR p n0 w signed up In the
^juj. R| ver valley and In other sections
1 within the Chinook factory's district
lB disappointing, Mr. Cannon says, hut
the Ctah-Idabo company will continue
j tB Chinook operations to show Mon
j tana that It has unbounded
j n nn effort to secure a better mar
for eggs and to place this product
0 n the market In better condition, reel
rtentB 0 f the pleasant Valley romronn
j ty |„ Rosebud county have appointed
a committee to prepare a constitution
and by-laws for a poultry marketing
the association
The farmers of Hooaac and Chris
faith In
the development of the state's Irrigat
ed areas.
association.
were discussed recently at a meeting
st the E. E. Brewer horde.
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laat moBth bv tlw ^eaBlon Service
In Daniels county, calling attention to
the Importance pf this crop In dry land
farming, will greatly Increase sweet
clover acreage in this county. Farmers
In a' number of communities have
pooled orders for seed and from eight
to 10 tons of high quality seed will be
shipped In for spring planting.
A sweet clover campaign conducted
The recently established extension
service In Judith Basin county Is rapid
ly getting Its crop and live stock Im
provement program under way. Meet
ings held last month at Hobson, Moc
casin. Windham, Stanford* Arrow
Creek and Geyser were attended by
more than 400 farmers and In each
community a plan of work was adopt
ed for the coming season.
Farmers In Stillwater county are
seeding considerable spring whest now
due to the early spring. Work la three
weeks In advance over most years
Winter wheat canie through the winter
in fine shape. It la expected that more
spring wheat than usual will be seed
ed, owing to the extra time for work
permitted by the spring season.
Special attention will be given to
determining the best adapted strains
and Varieties of wheat for local con
ditions under the crop Improvement
program for the year in Fallon county.
The work will tnclnde special variety
wheat tests In which Marquis, Uni
versity 222, Renfrew, Ceres and Kota
will be tried out.
'When you burn the brush from the
spring pruning, spread the ashes on
the garden- great potash fertiliser and
tt also adds lime.
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Cattle Astlers. coyote«, wolvoa
magpies are all put In the rame dam
by stockmen of the Bear Paw
talon, and from now 00 these undesir
able citizen* are destined to have Mb
hard sledding. Laat month the
Northern Montana Lire Stock A*ewt
^
at*<* organised fWr tike perpo «* «$
waging «P«* warfare against the#*}
How to Prevent
Storage Dry Rot
portant causes of toss of potatoes in
storage. according to EL E. Morris,
plant pathologist for the Montana Ex
periment Station. He explains that
the spores of the fang» causing thin
disease are present in most spile anti
that potatoes hecotpe Infected through
cots and breaks fa the akin. The fan
ander favorable
oos and quickly af
gas grows
temperature
feft* the «
shriveled ares bn the surface la often
(hg first indication of the disease, the
interior Of the potato become« black
ened and decompose* a* the disease
progreases. The beet control m césure,
according to Mr. Morris, is to handle
potatoes carefully at harvest time and
when placing them in storage, care
fully separating all those that have
cuts or bruises. Damaged pots toe*
should not be stored. The temperature
in the storage place should be held
down to between 85 and 40 degree«, as
the fungus remains dormant under
these conditions. Aa soon as potatoes
are removed from a bln it should be
carefully cleaned and disinfected or
fumigated. The disinfecting can be
done by spraying the Interior of the
bin with a strong solution of copper
sulphate or formalin. Formaldehyde
gas may be used for fumigation."
potato, A. awaken
Western markets took almost 86,000
more Montana hogs last year than the_
year before according to marketing*
studies being made by the Office of
agricultural economics of the Montana
Extension Service. Eastern markets
also showed a slight Increase In re
ceipts of Montana porkers but the gen
eral movement was westward. Of the
total of 231,521 head of hogs shipped
to market out of the state, more than
180.000 went to the markets of Spo
kane, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Salt
Lake, Los Angeles and Denver, and ap
proximately 51,000 went to (Älcag«.
8 t. Paul. Sfonx City and Omaha last
year. The year before the western
markets received a little more than
144,000 head of Montana hogs, while
eastern shipments totaled approxi
mately about 3000 bead 1 res than last
year.
The Bitter Hoot villey Is being
looked to as a source of supply for
head lettuce in commercial quantities.
As a result of a visit to the valley a
few days ago by an Idaho shipper,
about 50 farmers have signed up for
an aggregate of 60 acres of lettuce. In
the planting he' recommended the sow
ing of double rows 12 to 15 inches
apart and a spare of about two feet
between the double rows. Spinach was
recommended as a followup crop for
lettuce. Conservative ranchers In the
valley see In the possibility of head
lettuce another crop commodity In
which to specialize on In connection
with the diversified farming. The
strawberry acreages have proven a
good source of revenue In the upper
valley.
Montana's beef cattle and sheep
continue to find their best markets in
the east. In 1925, out of the total
shipments of approximately 369,000
head, less than 70.000 went to western
markets and almost 300,000 head went
to the four Important eastern markets.
Chicago remains the leading market
for Montana beef but St. Paul Is crowd
ing the Windy &ty rather closely.
Last year Chicago received more than
137,000 head of. Montana's cattle and
St. Paul received môle than 126,000
head. "The year before the latter city
received but 71,000 head of Montana
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Farmers In the southeastern part of
Hill county are making plans now to
conduct grasshopper poisoning cam
paigns as soon as the pests make their
appearance this spring. Surveys In
this area by entomologists Indicate
that a large number of eggs were laid
laat summer and If favorable condi
tions prevail for batching and develop
ing grasshoppers will be numerous.
For the state as a whole, grasshoppers
are not expected to prove very trouble
some this season.
«Chicago Is thé leading market for
Montana sheep. Western markets still s
are rather unimportant factors In Mon
tana sheep movement, taking less than
40,000 head to 1924 and dropping to
less than 30,000 head In 19». Eastern
markets, on the other hand, recalved
approximately 353,000 bepd of Mon
tana sheep last year and about 820,000
head the year before. Total shipment*
fron Montana were approximately
300.000 head to 1924 and 388,000 head -
in 1925.
extermination contest
A rodent
among boys and girls of Cascade coun
ty will be conducted this spring. Busl
ness men at Orest Falla will offer
prises to the contestants killing the
greatest number of ground squirrels.
The contest will he Stellar to the one
conducted In Flathead county last year
in which 80,000 ground squirrels were
killed.
Pul boxes over the rhubarb and
bank It np with manure to thaw the
ground and atari the rhubarb for very
early tender smiles.
The owners tof
sheep In tike vicinity of Big Timber
hanche« of
have been fortunate la lambing earlier
than oau« I this gear. One abaepenao
has reported that hla bend of 97 ewes
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which win begin »ore generally I» the
early sert of April
had returned a crop of 150 sturdy
besähe. Owner» at larger hand« am