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POWER TO BUY ON REPORT FROM STATE HOUSE IS ÉNCOURAQING PROSPECT GOOD FOR RETURNS Value of Wheat, R/e, Data, Barley, Corn and Other Products Forgo Ahead—OH Output Greater PMmllfInns _ Rased on presen t crop The Stnte Depa rt me irt of AgÙruttore Issued a report whjph estimates an In creahe of $12,000,000 In the purchasing power of Montana fanners. Wheat, rye, oats, barley, corn, ap ples, beets and beans the department expects to show increases in fana val ue over 1925. while It anticipates de creases In flax, potatoes and r .h>y Livestock returns are expected to he | maintained though Jt I» considered too early to estimate the 1926 returns. Dairy products, honey .and wax show Indications of increases and the value of hogs promises to maintain at least a parity with the 1925 marketing fig ures. The department estimates an In crease of between $15,999,900 in the J ■value of all Montana products, expect ing the total to run between $240.000. 090 and with $ 3 2 5,000.900 I n 4925. Based on present prospects for duction and the current trend of It Is believed that the state's 11 pal crops will reach a total value $121,790.090, compared with $110,160, 000 last year and $126,390,000 In Oil production figures totaling 000 barrels for the first six months 1926, ns against 4.061,271 hnrrels the 12-raonth total last year, Indicate, It h» considered, that the 1926 production will exceed 8,000.090 reis and that the gasoline production will exceed last year's figures by 000,000 gallons or more. Othe rmanu factures are expected to increase. In the minin g Industry, «D Increas in production of lend anil zinc Is cast, together with a slight increase copper production* The output of coal mines Is expected to be about erage. Lumber production equal that of last year is Indicated. Births Drop for Half Year The stork lost ground In Montana during the first six months of though births outnumbered deaths most two to one, a statement of bureau of vital statistics of thé state board of health shows. There were 5.043 births and 2.816 deaths during the first half of this year while there were 5,282 births and 2.611 deaths ing the same period last year. The Increase In deaths Is attributed In large measure to Influenza. There were only 15 deaths from this cause up to June 80 lust year while tin* dis ease took a toll of 150 during the first Six months of this year. Extreme Penalty For Youth Ferdinand Schlaps, 18-year-old farm hand, will Bay with his life for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Geiste, his employers, Inst May, a Jury In dis trict court nt Wolf Point decided. Schlaps had confessed that he shot the Gelsles to death on their farm near Homestead to obtain from them a small sum of money nnd their auto mobile. He was arrested the follnw Ing day nt the home of relatives, where recovered. the car and money When the verdict was rend the prison er wept and officers had to help him to his feet as they returned him to Jail. were Oil Field Notes Within the next ninety days It Is ex pected that development In tin* east end of (he Kevln-Sunhurst field will reach an Intensive stage. To serve the new refinery nt Shelby, the state railroad commission has ap proved « rate of the Illinois Pipe Line company ef five cents a barrel from Kevln-Sunhurst to Shelby. All records for completions In Mon tana were believed to have heen brok three flowing wells. In the east gusher area, were drilled In. Their total init ial production is in excess of 6,800 bar rels dally. Indications of Increased Interest In Montana oil development on the part of large oil companies arc seen in the recent visits of high officials of a num ber of companies-which are operating or contemplating entering the Kevin Sunburst field or wildcat territory nearby. The test oil well of the Ohio OH company, located on the Malcolm Mac kay farm, 17 miles southwest of Absa rokee. near the boundary of Stillwater and Ua rhon co un ti e s , h a s come Tii with a flow of 50,(HX),000 cubic feet of gas dally, the biggest flow ever encount ered In the state. Governor Erickson, In an address nt the annual picnic held at the Moccasin experimental station, Intimated that he w!H not be a candidate to succeed himself at the expiration of his term In 1928. Citizens of Ophelm are holding a giant celebration this week to com emorate the coming of the Great Northern railway Into the nonh try, where 642 business men and far mers subscribed $850,000 to assist In the building of the Scobey-OphaUn tension. coiin ex IB — Voter* at Special Election Go On Record Decisively in Favor of Merger and Increased Levy At a an eclal election held In district No. 21. Teten county- just recently five schools In the district were con solidated into two ami a 10 mill School |ax levy. In addition to the mill levy j provided for by law, were approved by '{-popular vole._:: ■ ■■- '.T r __ I The vote on the cyisoildaflon and j the extra tax levy was over whelming - \ ly In fa vor of each proposal, t h e vote | against, and on consolidation. 48 for and 6 against. The extra levy Is ex pected to bring from $15,000 to $20,000 The tax levy is made effective this year and It is un derstood that the consolidation, to gether with the required transportn on the extra levy was 39 for and 7 | into the school fund, tlon facilities, will become operative with the opening of the full term of school. Boy* School Big Producer Fnnn and garden produce raised by the students of the Montana Slate In dustrihl school at Miles City for 1925 11926 show a value In excess of $21,000, including the raising of corn, field and a Haifa, oafs, whdat, ensilage, hay beets and mangels, and comprising 50 pro priées of 1924. j were fed to the livestock and poultry o{ amounts to $14,742.97, according to the as j report. ( - total har- J headquarters at Miles City, topped the | || 8t of all forests In district No. 1 In 15, e | service offices at Missoula, In the av to according to excerpts taken "from the eighteenth annual report of the ex ecutive hoard of the school to the state boards of education and examin ers for the fiscal year ending on June 30 .last. The net value of all products raised, after deducting the Items that The Custer National forest, with grazing, yielding a little more than $25,000 In fees from this source, ac cording to reports from the forest In eight days of a selling campaign the Montana Power company disposed of common stock of a par value of $3. 000,090 to residents of Montana. "This 1» probably the most remarkable ex pression of public confidence that the people of Montana have ever given said I one of their public utilities, ( Frank M. Kerr, vice president of the «1 company. the I Rute barbers have raised the price of hair cuts from 50 to 05 rents. The cheese factory established at St. Ignatius has begun operation. _. , . , The annual tournament of the Mon fana State Tennis association will he held ak Billings Angus, 19 22. Twenty counties have already de cilled to exhibit at the Midland Km pire falrjit Billings September 14, 15, 16 and 17. ■ Impressive ceremony marked the Treasure Stale Tabloids layltig of the cornerstone for a now Congregational church at Broadu«. The annual Montana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church which was to he held at Billings August 25, has been postponed to September 8. Becnnsc of the shortage of water II. C. Hurd. Big Sandy water Inspector, has Issued an order that there is to be no more Irrigation with city water. Initiative measure No. 31. the good roads measure to be passed upon at tlic November election, lias been In domed by the Butte chamber of com mcrce The forest fire-fighting organization of die first district Is costing npproxl rantely $20.000 a day. Associate For ester Edward A. Sherman declared at \iuu„„i„ , During the first six months of 1026, Montana new «u,o...»blle purchases w-cre represented hv 9.,at .ears, records of the Montana Motor List company of Helena s tons. Montnna s state fair premium list, representing an Increase In prizes of 10 per cent over last year Is being mailed to county agents, exhibitors, hanks and superintendents of schools, Taxpayers of Glasgow will vote nt a special election August IS on a prop ositlon of the Montana Power company to extend Its transmission line from .Malta ,o give light and power to that city. In anticipation of .a heavy demand for cars at the beginning of the wheat shipping season, box cars are being stored nt virtually all wheat points of the Great Northern and Mil wnukee railroads In Montana. A booklet which Is larger than most of the state fair lists of the ce ntral_ west states and surpasses any Mon taim fair booklet, has been completed by the Midland Empire fair board at Billings and la being distributed. ' Many counties are laying plans to select a prlncéss who will represent the respective counties at the Montana state fair to be held In Helena, Sep tember « 40 11. Under Montana statutes, an Incor porated church, organized for non profit. has not the right to levy an as sessment on its members, according to a ruling by Judge William Gallagher at Billings In the case of the 8t. Paulus Evangelical Lutheran church versus Jacob Strecker, 8r„ a member and trustee of the church. ^Sefican jjé&L. f (Copy for Thl* Department Supplied be tba Amerln.n 7.ee|on Xéwa Bervic«.) BOOSTS COMMUNITY BETTERMENT WORK •» Community betterment w.ork ln all öf the 10,250 posts of thé American L eg i on thr oughout tTTe nation la dicing prohyded and Increased by a campaign recently launched by the National Americanism commission of the Legion, which operates a community betterment bureau for advice and guidance to posts In community «err Ice work. At least one act of unselfish service to the community each year, Is the motto which National Com. John R. McQuigg has laid down for every post In the entire organization. A survey recently made by the Americanism commission Indicated, according to Frank C. Cross, director, that some 4,000 Legion posts are now carrying on work distinctly and ex* cluslvely of a community betterment character. An additional 2,000 posts. he said, are engaged In projects partly for the benefit of the post itself and partly for the benefit of the com munlty, according to the results of the survey. Where posts arc already carrying on community betterment work. Com mander MeQuIgg urges that they un dertake an expansion of their pro grams. Every post Is called upon to Join in the work In a spirited deter mination to do some service worth while for its local community. A feature of the Americanism com mission's campaign to Increase this type of work among posts was a ref erendum held by the post in Its local community to give the citizens of the community an opportunity to suggest what, in their opinion, Is the com munity activity In Which the post can best engage. Some fifty community betterment actlvltlca, covering the entire field and falling Into the general classes of civic improvement, Juvenile ac tivities, education, recreation and pub lic education, have been carried by posts. on Baseball Contests for Boys Planned The first "Junior world series" base ball contests ever to he held will be played tills year on October 11, 13 and 14 at Philadelphia. The world scries for boys' baseball teams will be ^ culmination of the American Le Bi,,n ' 8 nation-wide baseball program fl>r hoys, which was launched this n , . . ... , . , , , ° men an sin championship Tea ms of four regions. the Far W est, the Middle West. Pen t r „| n nd Eastern regions, will play off jjic Junior world series. The play will be on the mornings of the above dates and will take place during the na tlonai convention of the Legion at Philadelphia, October 11 to 15. The winning team will he given suitable trophy identifying It as the world's champion hoys' baseball team, Organization of the Junior All-Amer lean Baseball league was authorized at the last national convention of the American legion. The National Aina teur Athletic federation co-operated with the Legion In launching the hoys' league. The plans provide for chain plonshlp contests In local communities, ^ congressional districts. In states. In sections. In regions nnd finally In dm wor,d Ht ««* "T, on ' . . M " ro thn " t 20 ™ h"- vs ' tw,ms *>«"« been on ' , ' red ,hp le "f ' throughout the nation nnd many hundreds more arc expected to enter. Tßnms now or(janl , ed und „ r fhe 8ponsor8| „ of ohllPrhp8 , ndtIstr|ll| commert-ia! 6nns. hov scuta ^ #re c-operndng with'th.. glon's baseball program and are enter n g the league, "Cood sportsmanship among American boys ns It relates to ■ Mir makes good citizenship Is the chief motive behind the Le gion 's basehall program," declared Frank C. Cross, director of die national Americanism commission of the Legion, The Playground and Recreation As sedation of America Is co-operating In the plan and recently contacted SO* Interested persons In several hundred c,t fes. urging them to co-operate In forming leagues. loading r , Ptia'M Believes Every Eligible U » c i_ij » • * . role ànouta Join Legion Ignace Jan Paderewski, wo rld-f a mous pianist and Polish patriot, be lleves that every Pole who Is eligible should Join the American Legion. In a message tc National Com mander John R. McQuigg. Mr. Pade rewski said: "My opinion Is that all those of niy blood who either have heen normally drafted or who voluntarily enlisted in the United States array should now Join the American legion. They should Join It not merely on account of material advantages but for higher reasons. "The lofty Ideals which Inspired and guided throughout history the best and noblest among our ancestry are precisely those for which the A inert can Legion stands and will atand for- I PÛULTRY BALANCED RATIONS FOR LAYING HENS In making up rations It Is ncces essory to adhere to standards within certain limits, but some feeds may be substituted for others, as barley, ! wheat, and oats for corn. However meat scrap and- Other animal-protein feed * cannot he replaced by high J vegetable-protein feeds. All changes shQttM -ht- rnnrh- grert^ nuyv as t - udd cr r changes may decrease egg p r o duction, A great many poultrymen and live-stock, feeders now believe that I if the animat has a free choice It : will select the ration that Is most j suitable. At the government farm at j Beltsvflle, Md., the following mash (was made up by keeping account of : the amounts of the different feeds a laying flock consumed: Mash. IS pounds corn meal C 'i pounds meat scrap ! *>ran P ° un m Scratch Mixtur» 1 pound cracked corn } u° un <j wheat P ° UR oat8 Were Is a simple ration that has glv en very good results with Leghorns, hut has proved too fattening for Hocks and Wyandottes. Meat scrap. " will be seen, makes up over 25 per "ent °f the mash: Math. 3 pounds corn meal ! pound meat scrap Scratch Mixture. 2 pounds cracked I pound oats corn lor birds that are made too fnt by the preceding ration, the following. containing only 16 per cent of meat sernp, but having considerable protein in other feeds, has been found a good Mash. 1 pound corn meal 1 pound bran 44 pound meat scrap 1 pound middlings 1 pound ground oats Scratch Mixtur» 2 pounds cracked 1 pound wheat I pound oat* 1 pound barley corn Poultrymen resort to every means to get their hens to ent a great deal of feed, especially In the winter when the days are short One way Is to cut the morning scratch feed to about half. The hungry bird then goes to the mash trough and gorges on the dry mash. Then to Increase the consumption of mash, some of It is fed wet at noon and the hens will eqt It when they would take no of It dry. possible more Provide Separate Pens ° for Males for Breeding The breeder who carries over only j the males he needs In his own pens] may let them run with the flock as | the easiest way for himself, If not the best. Bu, the man who carries plus males for breeding must provide separate quarters for them, rentable accidents and Injuries the ones that the sur Pre lire at a breeder troubles over. It Is maddening to feel that valuable young male has been lost for lack of shutting up the pugnacious old cod. . or failure to separate two cockerels that are suffering from Tff compatibility of temperament. The cockerel house needs small pens nnd a good outside run. A coop that will bolide three hens Is about right for one male. Too small tn height nnd width will damage feath ers and comb. Movable coops about the size of a good shipping coop, or a double exhibition coop, satisfactory since they m o ved to fresh grass, and In winter can be gathered under one roof with separate runs. a coop are very are easily Value of Green Feed The general practice of allowing the chicks to run outdoors, where they have access to direct sunlight, green plant-food and soil, is well founded. From the results of this Investigation It appears that green plant-tfssue will net prevent leg weakness and that the chick of its own accord will not eat enough clover to It. c a , ieû T ur ÛQ i, nMO x_/«4Uoc Ul J-iGg WCaKness _ I ' PK 1 . weakness Is a condition broUK . ht * hou . t by (11 Recent onuses. It niay be due to overfeeding of a fore e ! , .. f '* n . era ««•*»>" ,' he Sometimes leg weakness - Is caused by disease, but there j 8 no mistaking the leg weak qess of a chick that Is otherwise well, amd theleg weakness oFa sIck cHTck The disease may be cureo when the cause Is found out If the ratten la faulty correct It Green feed undoubtedly Is of value In the ration of a chick; hut the -OMo folks do not believe It can be fed In sufficient quantities tb act as the sole source of the antirachitic factor. Roosts for Chicks vltatloo for lice, antbrlftlneas and dl* mm to attack the Sock. $ good ralny-day Job Is to provide rOoetlng space for the growing chicks. Whether raised with or without hens, all too often the providing of roosts Is delayed ' to the detriment of the chicks. It la not always practical to clean the floor of the coop or brooder house each day during the summer. To compel the chicks to spend night after night huddled among the drop pings of previous nights Is the best In 1 § Montana Ranch News MSOKSOa Gathering Early Day Statistics Montana's livestock history through pioneer flays I* being- gathered by state and federal bureau agencies, un der the direction of Robert 8. Flatcher, of the United States bureau of agrf rultural economics, Mr. Flatcher baa a force of assistants engaged In thd work a t th e his t o r ical T tbra ry at Hel en a. He has been— engag e d In the work for some time Benton and elsewhe Industry centered its activity In pion eer -days; lles City, Fort here the stock For the purpose of studying farming methods, over a score of Hill county farmers spent a three-day. tour to Can ada, Fanners In the Denton district hare not suffered a single hall loss this sea son and a record crop yield is antici pated. On the Welntz farm In Cascade county the wheat yield Is running from 48 to 50 bushels an acre. Mr. Welnt^h ad in about 500 acres of whent. This Is the only state In the north west where an Increase In the produc tion of spring wheat Is. Indicated by the department of agriculture July forecasts. Montana's spring grain crop has passed its critical period without any serious or widespread damage accord ing to A. H. Bowman, commissioner of agriculture. I acres of wheat on his Fife ranch near j Great Falls ten days «go and an av I crage of 45 bushels an acre wa shown thus far. R. S. O'Day started harvesting 1,400 First farmers to thresh winter wheat In the Nashua district was Ed White and his brother-in-law, Mr. Boyle. The reported yield exceeds 16 bushel« to the acre on a 350-acre field. Karmont will be the prevallng win ter wheat In Cascade county next year, if the campaign announced by R. B. Cameron, county agricultural agent, meets with the success he predicts. I Rosebud county will be considerably better than lust year's crop. In some Instances it is reported to be close to j 100 per cent better than last year, as I well as this year's first crop, The second cutting of alfalfa in It is estimated that 150 combines will be delivered this season by Great Fails distributors. For several years the trend toward the use of the com bine has been pronounced In this area, especially on the larger farma. The Minneapolis A St. Louis rail road announced a reduction of six cents per 100 pounds In all rates on grain and grain products, sb-'pped from northwestern. Minnesota, North Dakota nnd Mo ntana to the e ast, by way of Minneapolis. Sever Hagen, sheep man of Ingomar, sold 200 mixed lambs to James Wad dington of the north Sumatra district for 11 cents a pound, the Iambs to be a r delivered September 15. This Is one of the best prices paid In the county this season for mixed lambs. Railroad officials estimate that 600 carloads of wool have been shipped I from Montana this year, which is a greater number than was shipped last year. It Is also said that the cars were of greater weight because of the Increased weight of the fleeces. At the request of sheepmen along Its ! lines north of Forsyth and between Harlowton and Terry, the Milwaukee railroad has offered to put In e<Vct what will amount to a one and one third rate for the movement of feeder sheep to western Montana rnhges and back. The Big Hole basin,, one of the na tion's greatest livestock regions. Is to have Its own fair In connection with a racing meet within the next two months. It Is said the show will be staged under the auspice? of the new ly organized Big Hole Basin Fair and Racing association. Many of the largest ranches of Beaverhead county have completed their haying operations nnd the dis or being built. The rcnchers have en joyed perfect weather thus far and have experienced no delays, so expect to bring the task to a close much earl ier than usual. Cool days and nights during the Inst week have aided the hayfleid workers materially. Twelve head of Scotch highland cat tle from thé Hill ranch In Park county near Livingston will he featured In the filming of "Annie Laurie" by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mnyer Picture corpora atlon. Representatives of the film cor poration have purchased the cattle at a fancy price for use In the film. The animals will he shipped to the studios *at Los Angeles. It iï «nid the pf4ce paid was the largest price ever paid by a picture company for domestic animals for film purposes._ O. M. Corwin of Minneapolis, head of the O. M. Corwin company, holder of extensive farm Interests In the state, estimates that Montana will have a 50,000,000 bushel wheat crop this year. Montana's 1926 lajnh crop la placed at 1,871,000 and the wool crop at 23, 100,000 pounds by the state and fed eral departments of agriculture. In a report Just Issued. There figure* reprerent gain* of 300,000 lambs and 2,307,000 pounds of wool over figure* for 1928. I Thursday, August 5, 1926 LY 'FA' FEED DAIRY COWS GRAIN IN SUMMER That It Is false economy for dairy men to depend on pasture alone for feed during the summer months is shown In the case of Dave Khredt, an Illinois dairyman living near Eliza beth, Jo Davie«» county, who last - ye a r lost Just f 19.40 worth of milk and bet terfat In saving $7.72. worth of feed each of his cows. This is shown In report recently sent to the college of agriculture. University of Illinois, by Clyde Nichols, tester In the dairy herd Improvement association of which Ehredt la a member. During the year ending April 30, 1928, which Included all the 1925 pas tor* season, eight representative cows In bis herd gave an average of 5.860 pounds of milk containing 242.25 pounds butterfat. They ate age of 1,523 pounds of grain during the year. The previous year the same eight cows each produced age of 6,485 pounds of milk contain ing 278.5 pounds butterfat and ate 2.006 pounds of grain. They were fed grain as a supplement to pasture dur ing the summer of 1924, whereas no grain was fed for this on an aver an aver the 1925 pasture season. In saving 483 pounds of grain a cow, Ehredt sacrificed 625 pounds of milk and butterfat. The grain was worth $7.72, while the milk and butterfat were worth $19.40, making a net loss of $11.68 from not feeding grain. This Is a representative case of the many reports sent In by dairy herd Improvement association testers dem onstrating the false economy of de pending on pasture alone for feed dur ing the summer months, H. E. Jami son, assistant In dairy extension, said. The ordinary pasture crop furnishes n cow with roughage only, and It Is im possible for a high-producing cow to eat the volume of this relatively coarse material which Is necessary to maintain both production and body condition. It takes a good pasture even to pro vide the necessary nutrients for a cow giving a pound of butterfat a day. For rows producing more than this amount, some grain should be fed even with the best pasture, the amount depending on the production <•" the rows and the condition of the pasture. One pound of grain for each five pounds of milk Is often recommended. A suitable ration for early summer feeding consists of equal parts ground corn, ground oats and wheat bran. Another good ration consists of three parts each of ground corn and ground oats and one part linseed oil meal cottonseed meal. As the season ad vances and the pasture becomes poor er, the amount of linseed or cottonseed meal should be Increased to about one-fourth of the ration; or Profitable Cows Raised From Pure-Bred Sires are directly pared to pure bred «1res the evidence Is always greatly In favor of the pure breds. in Wisconsin have recently published comparisons. In one association, cows sired by grade bulls averaged 144.8 pounds butterfat: those by purebred sires 230 pounds. In the second elation the grade sire'« daughters pro duce^ 215 pounds butterfat per year as compared to 295 pounds per cow for those sired by pure-bred sires. Eighty pounds more butter nt 40 cents a pound means $32.00 per cow per year; or $320.00 for each ten heifer calves produced ; which means $64000 to be credited to the pure-bred sire for two years use If he sired ten heifers per year. Since It requires about 200 pounds butter per cow to break even, no profit was made on the daughters of the grade sires; and the owners who used these sires had low wages. If any, for their labor.— Charles L Bray, Colorado Agricul tural college. com k* Two cow testing associations asso Room for Expansion in Dairying, Says A. Boss And r e w Boss, vice director of lhe Minnesota experiment station, does not believe that the dairy business Is likely to be overdone. There Is noth ing to fear, he says. In the moderate expansion of dairying In regions fa vorable to the industry. "The probable Increase In cows and In dairy production," he says, "will be met by the probable Increase In population and by increased use of dairy products so long as business and Industrial conditions remain as at present. With comparatively higher pHcea for beef stock, many of the { eneral purpose cattle raisers, who âve been milking some ortSeJr Tfffwg, - will go back to beef raising, thus re ducing milk production somewhat,' to the advantage of the dairyman." Way for Better Sires The average number of dairy ani mals kept on the IndUna farm is 4.4 cows, and the average yearly produc tion of these cows la slightly over 4,000 pounds of milk, according to R. D. Canan, dairy extension specialist at Purdue university. This low produc tion Indicate« a need for better breed ing. How to provide high-class pure bred bull* for the many small dairy men In the state, la one of the moot Important problems in Improving the dairy condition.