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W-» STUTE IS MG. ms\ ,: INCREASING PROSPERITY IN THE STATE REFLECTED BY IN COME PAYMENTS Intamal Revsnua Collector States In coma Return« Show Increase TEE# Increasing prosperity In Montana la reflected by income tax payments of the present fiscal year, according to C. A. Rastntmsen, Internal revenue collée tor for the state, although It Is still a matter of doubt how the present year Will compare with last year. "In spite of the fact that the sur- 1 CORPORATION RETURNS URGE if ■■ ; ISxea were lowered, and the exemp tion* were broadened from #1,000 to I #1,000 In the case of single men and | from #2,500 to #8,500 for married men •aid Mr. Rasmussen, "we received ap-1 proxlmately #100,000 more money by I March 81 than we did a year ago. "And whereas lest year from 10 to IS per rent of the corporations in the) state filed taxable returns, this year between 30 and 40 per cent filed tax able returns, which indicates that the state 1# enjoying Increased prosperity. , Taxable returns are those showing In comes large enough to require pay ment of taxes." Budget for State Collages For their operation during the fiscal year ending June 80. 1927, there will be available for the various units and co-ordinating activities of the Unlver sity of Montana, the sum of #874,940. together with the Income from per manent funds, endowments and land grants, fees, earnings and contrlbu-1 tlonat • " The sum appropriated hy the 1925 legislature for the period Is dlvled as follows ; University, #856.100; college, #204,-1 000; s c h ool s o f mi ne s, #41,300 ; normal college, #76,090; agricultural expert ment station, #73,087; grain laboratory, #9.024; horticultural branch station, #4,801; Huntley experiment station, 11,920; Judith basin branch station, 118,517; Fort Keogh livestock station, 1768; garicultural extension, #84,379; refund of student fares, #10,000. Will Check up Potatoes H. Elwood Morris of the Montana experiment station, an expert on pota toes, has gone to Baton Rouge, Ln„ for the Louisiana potato tour to check up on the Montana potato seed stock under cultivation under field condi tions In Louisiana and Arkansas, and to check up on the trail tests at the Louisiana State college. Mr. Morris Is being sent on this trip by thé Montana Potato 'Improve ment association, the Montana Deve-. lopment association, the Helena Com I J I merclal club and the Billings Com • merclal club. He will stop at New Orleans and Baton Bouge Ln Louisi ana and in Little Rock aud Fort Smith In Arkansas. Co-ed Wins Medal Miss Edith Swingle of Montana State college Is the winner of the Anceney rifle medal, having the high score for ths rifle team with 96 points out of possible 100 for the year. The team a— «æ averages and Individual scores were much higher this year than In previous ire years. Sixteen girls entered the meet. Mies Sarah Kendall tied with Miss Swingle for first place honors, btrt was not eligible for the medal because she won It last year. Proportions are being made for re placing the present Montana Power company transmission line between Red Lodge and Fromberg with heavier wire. The wire is now here and It la expected that a crew of linemen will start soon on the work of string ing. Some difficulty will be experi enced In carrying on the work In a section of rough country Impossible to cover In motor truck and representa tives of the company covered the ter ritory in an effort to determine the beat menas of handling the wire. A track and field meet for the chil dren in the schools on the Tongue River reservation la to be held at Lame Deer, May 7. About 800 Indian chil to part The children are to be divided Into four groups, according to age and, there will be events for both boys and girls. District, government, and mission schools will be represented. The Forsyth Rod and Gun club has Just placed 80,000 Eastern Brook trout In four Rosebud county streams for breeding purposes. The fish were entered In the Rosebud Reservation, Armelle and Beaver creeks. Accord ing to offleals of the rod and gun dub an attempt will be made to secure some Loch Leven trout as soon as possible. Miss Ruth Robertson, superintendent of the Forsyth Deaconess hospital for almost five years, and Miss Donna Watt*,' assistant superintendent, left for Havre to take charge of the new Deaconess hospital there. _ Vic File, coach at the Terry high school was Injured by a Impound shot dropping on the big toe of his left foot while Supervising some field work. , h-rey eXMtdnatkm showed (roe but the accident greatly l»c«pacfe*e« Mm Ihr his work in no ' 1 ' 4 • - on ns ADVANCE IN MONTANA Treasury of State Oeta the Largest Single Payeront Yet Received The largest single payment yet re ceived hy the state upon Its oil royal ties was received a few days ago by L M. Bramljord, register of state lands. . in settlement of oil royalties on two 1 j MS4 ^ on t n,te land In the Kovin-Sdn burnt field Checks aggregating #28, i 884J7 ★ere received. . Of .this amount #16,717.02 came from [Vice Oil company, and |11,817.86 from the Homestalft ExploratMn com Pany, 1» payment of the state's share of tbe production on 80 acres of state land for the month of March. The money, with some other smnll royalty "chools permanent fund. This settlement brings out In a payments, is placed In the public startling manner tbs increase In pro dnctlon In that field upon state lands, "web sources during ths entire calen dar year of 1Ö25 was but #49,188.50. ~;_ runnru -" i .v". : l; ._ _ mi t » •• | r08Slf TO df8l9 TflulOluS as the entire receipts by the state from — The Meadow Creek ranch home of Senator Dan Tewey, on Race Track creek, eight miles east of Deer Lodge, was destroyed by fire, with a loss of # 12 , 000 . part the Indebtness of Petroleum I «wnty to Fergus county, has been re <*l*ed by the Fergus county treasurer, The balance Is to be paid In three annual Installments. Petroleum county having sold bonds to enable the set of education have been appointed by Governor Erickson. They ar e Walt er M. Bickford of Missoula to succeed J. H, T. Hyman of that city and James Sidney M. Fanner, of Butte. Both term« expire February 1, 1030._ Well« on stale land produced 183,000 barrels of oil during March, records of the state hoard of equalization »how. The state received a royalty of J2hi per cent on thle production, which, at present field prices, will mean approximately #26,300. tlement. The new members of the state board H. Rowe of Butte to succeed Judge The money goes to the permanent school fund. . .. _ . _ . „ _. ** * he flreat . F " U * club. Plans are to engage a speaker of national prominence. Gov, Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming and Theodore Legal restriction may prevent the proposed expenditure by Cascade coun ty of more than #10,000 for the pur chase of the Montana Livestock pavil ion and an adjacent tract of land for fairground purposes, according to an opinion given the commissioners by Deputy County Attorney W-. P. Cos tello. A three-day Fourth of July celebra tion, Inclu ding a wild west show, Is planned for Great Falls July. 8, 4 and Roosevelt were discussed as possible speakers. A large number of locomotives now used on the Butte division of the Great Northern railway will be converted from coal to oil burning, according to orders of the operating division at St. Paul. It Is understood that 85 of the aV frp, * ht and P"*« on Jr»' r engines now ns Ing coat on the division will be con . „ . rert#d ,nt0 0,1 burner * 1,1 the immediate future. I George Noffslnger Is the official «coût for wilderness camp sites In the recesses of the rocky mountains In Glacier national park. He already has discovered sites for a chain of tourist camps which will he In operation dur ing the season of 1926, making It pos sible for tho American tourists to visit a region of the Rocky mountains where only campers with pack horse equipment hitherto have been able to go. Engineers expect to finish the sup véy for the Montana. Dakota Power company's new pipe line within a short time, extending from the Cabin Creek field to Glendive. Several carloads of pipe have been unloaded at Carlyle and Olendlve, from where It will he distributed along the route that has been staked out by the engineers. Other materials and machinery are expected and a large crew of men will be put to work laying the main line and laterals In town. Once the position of marshall of the Montana supreme court was an arm chair Job. Not so now. The marshall is expected to act as law clerk for the court and It la probable that when the present vacancy is filled the court will seek a young lawyer with stenographic experience for the place. For the pre sent. however, the court will get along without a marshal to succeed Edward Ahern who has resigned to enter the practice of law at Havre. O. H. Crane, court attendant, will assume the work In addition to h!s own and after va cation this fall, the court will fill the position. Mrs. John White, a pioneer who crossed the plains with her husband in 1866, and who lived In Boseman or the Qalllntln valley nearly 60 years, died at her home. She was born In England and would have been 85 years old in September. Estimated expenditures for road con struction and maintenance by state and local authorities Ih Montana for the year 1926, are the lowest of any at the state« with the exception of Ne vada. figures compiled by the bureau of public roe da Iudicata emi^ FEED DAIRY COWS LIBERALLY PAYS Many dairymen are finding, that It is more profitable to feed good cows liberally than to feed a larger number 'of cowa poorly or only fairly weUL It le a common observation among dairy men that good cows will return profit on all the feed they will eat If '.be ration la well balanced. Cow-teat' association record» re peatedly show that the greatest re turns over feed costa are made by the -ows which consume the largest amount of feed. Tests made by the dairy department at the Ohio experiment station show that good cows fed more liberally than Is the general practice not only produce more milk and butterfat than the same cows on the ordinary ration, but produce a larger amount at a lower cost per pound. The average annual butterfat pro duction of these cows fed a ration ordinarily considered ample was g30 pounds. On the more generous ration the average production of the same ?ows was 568 pounds. As the amount of feed used tor maintaining the animals was practl cally the same In both cases, the greater part of the additional feed In the liberal ration was available for production. Not nil cows will use tbe extra feed for milk production ; some of limited productive capacity will not permit liberal feeding or will turn the extra feed Into bodily fat. these cases Is liberal feeding profitable and with such cows ordinary feeding will likely prove unprofitable. In neither of Dairy Cows Need Plenty of Water to Make Milk Water in the dairy cow's ration can not be overemphasized, because It rep resents seven-eighths of the contents which go in the milk pall. A short age of water will cut down the milk supply more quickly than will a short age of any particular feed. Tests at experiment stations show that a cow will consume from 3 to 4 pounds of water to each pound of dry matter. If the cow is producing 4 to 5 gallons of milk she will need more than that quantity of water. Tlie average animal In tbe herd will consume 12 gallons or 100 pounds of water each day. One cow on test at the Missouri station giving 110 pounds of milk dally consumed 650 peends or 65 gallons of water In a day. Water la more often the limiting factor In production during cold snaps. Tbe two things which affect the quan tity a cow can drink are the tempera ture of the water and the number of times she drinks. No digestive sys tem, even a cow's, can take 100 pounds of Ice water at one time and not be Age to Breed Heifer Is Important to Dairyman The age to breed the dairy heifer will depend somewhat upon the de velopment of the particular animal la question. If the Individual is well grown and has a tendency to lay on fat, she should be bred at an earlier age than one not so well grown and showing less pendency to condition readily. The well-developed Jersey should be bred to drop her first calf when not more than 26 months of age, better yet 24 months If possible. The heifer of slower growth and less vigor should be allowed about 4 months longer. The aim among dairymen Is to put the young heifer on the paying list early In life without permanently Injuring the individual. If bred too young the energies of the heifer are devoted to the foetus, later milk yield ing, with the result that the growth Is greatly hindered and often stunted. The breeding time for young heifers Is very Important and should be sidered If you expert the animal to do her best. COfe Dairy Facts A gallon of milk weighs about eight and a half pounds. • • • All grains or concentrates make bet ter feed If they are ground. • • « A cow ordinarily eats from SO to 46 pounds of silage per day and from 10 to 20 pounds of hay. • • • In most cases at present, it la poor economy to try to get along with farm grown feeds exclusively. • • • Feeds can be mixed In lota of aev eral hundred pounds by shoveling back and forth on a tight floor. Improperly ventilated barns are not only harmful to the cows, but often cause odors to get Into the milk dur *ng the mH&lng process. ~ • * * One of tbe biggest difficulties in bal ancing up the dairy ration ts that most of the feeds are high la carbohydrates and fiat but lacking in protein. • • • The dairyman who overlook» i* game« for hla dairy cattle U decreas ing hie efficiency and Increasing bis costa in the production of dairy 9r9 §. acte. Montana Ranch News By JOHN DEXTKB H. E. Morris, plant pathologist for the Montana Experiment Station, and W. M. Purdy, potato grower of Chi nook; are taking part In the southern potato ln*i>eetlon tour to look after tbe Interests of Montana seed potato gnqw era. Delegates from tbe Importtnt seed producing states take advantage e_.of this annual event to check up on } the results of seed teats conducted by the Louisiana Experiment Station and to visit some of the large commercial potato growers In tbe south. In recent years certain strains of Montsna cer tified Bliss Triumph seed potatoes have outylelded potatoes from other states and as a result certain Montana growers have established a high repu tation for quality production. Seed potato stocks deteriorate rapidly if every precaution Is not taken to keep out disease. For this reason the an nual tests In the south are repeated each year. Seed growers thus are able to keep an accurate check on the condition of their stock and commer cial planters of the south have a means of comparing different strains of potatoes. The seed potato produc tion Industry of the state la being gradually expanded and growers are faced with the need of extending their market In the south to dispose of the Increasing supply. The growers are accomplishing this purpose by means of tbe Experiment Station testa and by the distribution of seed samples to commercial growers In the south. The delegates from Montana represent the Montana Potato Improvement Associa tion, the Northern Montana Potato Association. Montana Development As aociation, Montana Experiment Sta tlon, the Helena Commercial club and the Billings Chamber of Commerce, organizations which are taking an ac tive part In the development of the seed potato Industry In the state. ' 1 Mont a na' s lamb crop 1« proving to be unusually large this year, according to Murray Btehblns of Helena, secre tary of the Woolgrowers' association. Losses have been very light and unless May should happen to be an uncom monly stormy month, the high percent age of Iambs Is expected to continue. The secretary told of having been at the ranch of Dr. H. O. Gardner near Anaconda recently, where the lamb crop has been 139 per cent this year These sheep are all registered stock, but results comparatively as good are being obtained generally. More and more Montana wool Is being consigned for marketing to the National Wool ex change, Mr. Stebhlns Indicated. That concern, which this year Is handling wool for Wyoming, Utah and Idaho In addition to Montana, the place of Its original operations, expects to have 20,1X10,000 pounds of wool listed with It this year. Although It appears that. _.1___. the price of Montana wool, now about 38 cents a pound, will be from five to fix cents below last year's average, the Indications of heavier clips will far toward offsetting the difference price, the woolgrowers' secretary serted. D. B. Noble, county agent of Roose velt county, has made arrangements for carrying on cooperative grain va riety tests In practically every Import ant agricultural community In his county. Wheat tests will he conducted hy .7. C. Jacobson of Froid, Charles Smith of Balnville. John Simpson Culbertson, Karl Maltby and A. F. Toavs of Wolf Point, Percy Martin and E. A. LePouce of Balnville and Charles Hawkins of Lanark. Earl Coin of Poplar will coridmrt an oat variety test, and Oscar Iverson of Poplar and W. C. Adams of Froid will grow differ ent strains and varieties of flax. The work Is a part of the farm and com munity Improvement program and the tests will give farmers In all parts of the county a chance to compare results of different varieties under Roosevelt county conditions. Musselsbell county hogs received an other recognition of quality when^ a shipment was selected at Seattle re cently for shipment to Alaska. A. B. Hicks, the veteran shipper from Mus selshell, took a load to the western metropolis recently and had the pleas ure of seeing them chosen for shipment •a stock hogs to Alaska, to be put out in that country under governmental supervision. He also had the satisfac tion of bringing hack #8,664.(12, repre senting the amount the load brought, and which finds its way Into the poc kets of local hog raisers. It was but a few years ago that thta section was shipping in its pork, but now its out going shipments total an average of about #5,000 per month. The Indications are that cutworms will show up In Injurious numbers In certain north central farming sections pf the state and farmers are prepar ing vigorous poisoning campaigns More than 800 people attended the annual Lewis and Clark County Farm Bureau auction aale at the Spokane ranch ln Ute Helena Valley last month. As a result of the successful out come of sugar beet teats last year. formet» In the vicinity of Conrad, Pondera county, have already con tracted to grow 200 acres of sugar bee«« this year and the prospect* are that st least 100 additional acres will he signed up ««fore the planting to foe sugar foefo** at Chinook. =55 Development of State Seed Pea Lest year approximately 20.000 acre* of If on tana land were devoted to grow lug field pea* The crop, estimated by aeed bayera, waa approximately 400,000 baabele. with a value of more than 1600,000. Thle year considerable Interest le evident In seed pea grow ing 1* varions parta of the state where the crop has not been grown to any extent before. Pondera county re ports 680 scree of seed pea* under con tract for the coming season, Lewie and Ciark county, 600 scree and Stillwater county, 200 acres. Heretofore, Galla tin. Ravalli and Carbon cd unties have produced most of Montana's seed pees, the first mentioned county leading last year with from 12.000 to 14.000 acres. The prospects for tbs coming year are that the seed pea growing area win see a considerable expansion and that there will be ( an encouraging increase In production. The Indications are that the established pea growing reg ions will plant about the same acreage as last year. Most of the peas grown In the state are for seed purposes. The mountain valleys of the northern Rocky mountain states produce a su perior quality aeed and the large com mercial pea growing regions of the east which supply the pea canneries depend upon the northwestern states to supply their needs. Some of the seed grown In Montana also supplies the garden aeed trade and a smaller acreage Is used to supply peas for the two canneries of the state—one In the Gallatin valley and the other In the a third cannery In the near future which Indicates a possible expansion of this branch of foe Industry. Most of the seed grown In Montana Is grown under contract with seed houses. I I I I Prices range from #2.25 per hundred pounds for canning varieties and from #2.50 to 15.00 for garden varieties, the smaller, less productive kinds bringing the higher prices. Following the successful results ob tained with irrigated pasture at the Huntley Experiment Station, the Mon tana Extension Service is conducting t state wide campaign to encourage pasture planting. It Is being pointed out that a good Irrigated pasture will furnish succulent, nutritious green feed for cows throughout the season whereas the dryland pasture of native grasses frequently dries up in the mid dle of the summer, tbe time when It is most needed. Experiments have shown that the Irrigated pasture will support a cow through the growing season on a little ovçr a half acre, while the ordi nary dryland pasture often requires several acres to support a cow. A mixture of various grasses Is recom mended for best results from the Ir rigated pasture. Mixtures may vary somewhat, according to climatic and soil conditions but In all cases It Is best to Include brome grass, meadow fescue, orchard grass and English rye grass. Mixtures which have given good results include from two to four . . . pounds of brome grass, two to five . . .. .. - , pounds of orchard grass, three to six meadow four pounds of English rye per acre. Other grasses which may be Included are two to four pounds of Kentucky blue grass, one-half to one pound of white clover, onehalf to three pounds of alslke clover, two to three pounds of sweet clover or two pounds of tim othy. To give best results the Irrigat ed pasture should be permanent, nu tritious and palatable. The land to be sown to pasture should be well pre pared, seed should he carefully mixed and sowed evenly. Irrigations should be frequent and light, and over-grazing should be avoided. Pondera county farmers will grow seed peas this year as an experiment, I two carloads of seed having arrived t here sad b ee n plac ed In th e hand s of farmers who have contracts with the D. M. Ferry Seed company. The seed arrived there In Individual sacks, each sack tabled for the grower Intended and was quickly distributed by l. M. Darroch of Livingston, the Montana field representative of the company, who accompanied the shipment, and County Agent Blaine Ferguson. Far mers who had signed up for the crop last fall had already been notified and came in promptly to get their al lotment Business men of Richland county and the Richland County Fair Asso ciation have offered ciation have offered more than #1000 In prizes to be awarded to the champ ion corn growers of the county. The contest will be divided Into two sec tions. one for dry land and tbe other for Irrigated land. Winnings will be based on tbe total amount of shelled corn grown per acre. Montana shipped 1388 carloads of fruits and vegetables to market In 1925 as compared to 987 carloads In 1924. Kaltspell was the leading pe tato shipping point. DeSmet shipped the moat apples. Billings.led In bean shipments and Woodslde was the pre mler onion and cabbage shipping point. Lewis and Clark county, winner of the county collectldé exhibit at the State Egg Show at Butte last month, had 60 dosen egg« entered in the shew. To Judge from all reports It will be even more than commonly risky for a man to grab up this year's seed com out of (he crib and plant H without testing ft for vitality. The sevare f rae n es at last October, when corn fteldk were soaked hy rain, wem te hava killed the germs In a lot of corn. H may leek like it ought ta grow right off. bat It won't end that's the FARM POULTRY ARTIFICIAL CHICK MUST BE CODDLED Overcoming lack of vitality In the artificially reared chicken la one of the chief problems of the modern poqjjtry producer In the opinion of Prat L. V. Payne, bead of the de partment of poultry husbandry at the K anaaa State Agricultural col "The artificial chicken," said Pro fessor Payne. "Is hatched artificially, brooded artificially, supplied an ar tificial ration, and latest scientific de velopments have made It profitable to supply this typé of chicken with arti ficial sunlight—light from quartz mer cury vapor lamps. 'The artificial chicken has little In •otnrnon with its ancestors who were batched In small numbers under bens. They fed on grain around the stack, grasshoppers from field, and minerals from the aolL strong, robust chickens, able to roost In the top of a tree or In the wagon shed all winter and be none the worse for exposure In the spring. They pro duced a meager surplus for the mar set basket and the dinner table, but they did survive. Health and vigor were their chief assets. "The important thing In They grew lo bo this new chicken Is to make Its arti ficial life as natural as possible, •ecognlze Its shortcomings, and keep the poultry bouse free from drafts snd dry." The advantages of the artificial chicken ore that it has a more rapid rate of growth, loses the maternal In stinct, and Is a heavier producer of îggs, Professor Payne stated. » Natural Incubation Is Most Satisfactory Plan Natural incubation has proved to be the moat satisfactory method of batch ing goose eggs. Tbe first eggs that are laid should be placed under do mestic hens for Incubation. Large Brahma and Cochin hens can Incubate seven goose eggs at one time, while hens of tbe American breeds will not be able to cover more than four or five, depending on the size of the hen and the size of the eggs. Geese will cover nine or more eggs. It Is always advisable to have a smaller number under domestic bens and geese than they can cover. The period of Incu bation for goose eggs is from 28 to 36 days. Geese are remarkably good sit ters and are very successful In hatch ing their eggs. In order to successful ly incubate goose eggs, a certain amount of moisture Is required. In come localities it is the custom dur ing dry weather, or when the nest 1» located. In a place that la unusually dry, to dampen the eggs every four days by sprinkling them with water grees Fahrenheit. It la generally con sidered, however, that It is better to moisten tbe earth around the nest, or If geese are used, to permit the goose the privilege of a swimming pool. If she has the opportunity of swimming, she will carry some moisture to the eggs In her feathers each time she comes from the water. Insure Development of Goslings by Right Care Bens are often given four to six goose eggs to Incubate, but as the eggs are large, tbe hen may not give them enough turning. Turning them by hand once or twice a day helps to Insure the proper* development of the goslings. If the goose has her nest on the damp ground, It la not necessary to add moisture to the eggs. When goose eggs are hatched in an Incubator, or In a nest that la dry, moisture should be added. On tlie seventh day sprinkle the eggs with water at about 100 degrees. During the second week sprinkle- the eggs twice. At the start of the third week they can be soaked in warm water for a minute about every three days. Dur ing tbe last three days, soak the eggs for a half-minute to a minute every day. Goose eggs usually take about thirty days to batch, but tbe time may vary from twenty-eight to thirty-three days. White Diarrhea Cause White diarrhea Is transmitted from the hen, which Is a carrier of the disease, through the egg to tbe chick. Scientific investigators tell ns that three testings of tbe flock may be nec essary to eliminate, or nearly elimi nate, tbe trouble. The fact that tbe disease may have seemed to Me dor mant one year and then appeared again may be due to two causes. New birds may have becom e carriers All of the carriers may no« have been atlmlnated by the test Hens for Breeding Hens that have gone through their second laying season are nsualty used for breeding purpose«, and they are considered the beet. The reason* that pullets are not used la that the per rentage of eggs that hatch la small and that the chicks are small and sometimes tack vitality. The size of foe chicks ts largely determined by the aim of the egg. The chances are foal yea would not be satisfied with the pullets tor foe résolu If you