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Entered as second class matter in
the U. S. Post Office at St. Isma
tius, Montana, on June 22. 1946.
under the Act of March 3. 1879.
Published every Thursday at St.
Ignatius. Lake County. Mont. The
town is located in a very beautiful,
fertile, and historical spot in the
lower Flathead valley. The partic
ular area is known more generally
as the Mission Valley, and the
town itself as "The Mission” from
the St. Ignatius Mission which
was founded here in 1854.
Subscription Rates: $3.00 per
year in advance in Lake Coun
ty; outside of Lake County (ex
cept Dixon) $3.50. Six months
$1.75.
Feed grain signup
ends Friday, March 30
Barley and corn growers who
want to participate in this years
feed grain or malting, barley
exemption programs must sign
intentions to participate by
March 30, John Roberts, chair
man of the Agricultura Stabili
zation and Conservation com
mittee pointed out this week.
Participation in the diversion
programs entitles the applicant
to diversion payments and price
support. There are no payments
under the exemption program
but producers who qualify be
come eligible for price support
on the normal production of
their barley acreage.
Producers who qualify for the
malting exemption become eligi
ble for price support by planting
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only approved malting barley
varieties, by planting not more
than 110 per cent of their 1962
farm barley base and by meet
ing cross compliance require
ments. Under cross compliance,
a corn base on the farm may
not be exceded, or if there is
no corn base, no corn may be
planted, and the barley and
corn bases may not be exceded
on any other farm in which the
producer is interested in the
production of these commodities.
Chairman Roberts pointed out
that the County ASCS office is
open weeks days from 8 to 12
a.m. and 1 to 5 p.m to provide
additional information to inter
ested producers and to assist
them with their sign-up. Since
the final date to sign-up is
March 30, he urged all interest
ed producers to visit the County
ASCS office as soon as possible.
Leon
Mrs Ben Williamson was host
to the Leon Ladies Aid, March
14, when seven members were
present. Mrs Nellie Williamson
and her mother, Mrs M. M.
Marcy , Mrs Ed Masom and Mrs
Grover Cochran, former mem
mebres, now of Missoula, and
Mrs Jim Violette and Mrs Evert
Devore were guests. Mrs Clay
Carter agreed to write the news
for Leon as an Aid project at
Mrs Beeds suggestion.
The next meeting, April 11,
will be held at the Leon hall,
Members are asked to bring two
dozen eggs for the Chippled Chi
dren’s home in Helena. It is
planned to work on the quilt
and to have a no- host lunch at
noon.
Mrs Kenneth Gunlock is im
proving and is up and around.
Callers at the Clay Carter
home Sunday were Mr and Mrs
Chuck Olsen and two chuldren.
The Bill Carter family are on
the sick list this week.
Darel Carey, son of Mr and
Mrs Ray Cary, has reinlisted in
the Marine corps. This is his
third enlistment.
Kenneth, Verile and Vergile
Olsen, sons of Mr and Mrs Bert
Olsen, are home on furlough.
Kenneth is in the army and
Verile and Virgile are in the
air force.
AC Program offers
assistance to farm
conservation projects
Farmers and ranchers with
soil and water problems are
encouraged to work for more
lasting conservation benefits to
the land by making corrective
efforts which meet specifica
tions detailed by the Agricul
tural Conservation program.
For many problems federal
cost-sharing is available to es- '
feet a more thorough job of con- ■
servation than minght be pos-1
sible if total costs were to come
wholly out of the individual’s
own pocket.
Signing a request for cost
sharing before a conservation
practice is begun will secure in
the neighborhood of from 50 to
80 per cent of cost help financi
ally, and the work in many in
stances will be supervised by
experienced technicians. 1962
AOP practices for which cost
sharing is available are:
ON ALL LAND:
Three new wildlife conser
vation practices including (1)
establishment of vegetative cov
er to provide food plots and
habitat, (2) development or re
storation of shallow water areas
and (3) construction of ponds
or dams for wildlife. Control of
noxious weeds including Canada
Thistle, Whitetop, Bindweed,
Quackgrass, Russian and Spot
ten Knapweed, Leafy Spurge,
Goatweed, Sow Thistle, etc.
Establish approved permanent
vegetative cover on gullies,
FHA financing available
for conservation work
R. M. Sherick, county super
visor, Farmers Home adminis
tration, whose offices are locat
ed in the Tower and Robinson
building, Polson, advises that
funds are available to farmers
and ranchers to assist them in
the financing of essential soil
and water development work.
Loans can be made either to
individuals or to groups of farm
ers and rural residents to de
velop their water supply sys
tems for irrigation, household
use and livestock, for land drain
age, leveling, and othei’ soil
conservation measures.
Soil and water loans are avail
able at interest rates of four and
one-half to five per cent and
loans to individuals can be
amortized for repayment up to
periods extending 20 years.
In addition the Farmers Home
administration has available
funds to assist farmers and ru
ral residents with rural housing
loans for construction, repair,
Douglas Beed and a friend
stopped at the home ranch on
his way to the Beed cabin on
Little Thompson river to study
the bear situation.
Owen Vivian and Watson Beed
attended the Soil Conservation
meeting at Polson Tuesday.
TAKE PART IN PLAYS
AT CARROL COLLEGE
The Carroll Players presented
two one-act plays at Carroll Col
lege in Helena on March 9 and
10. Gerald Brown, Ronan was
a member of the “The Happy
Journey” and Kathleen ,M.
Smith of St. Ignatius, was stage
manager of the two productions.
The other play was “The Brown
ing Version.”
dams, dikes, ditchbanks, farm
roadsides, and other like area.
Protect farmland from erosion
or flood damage by initating
a streambank or shore protec
tion.
ON CROPLAND
Seed vegetative cover in ex
cess of normal crop rotation.
Establish a legume for green
manure. Subsoil. Level or grade
land for better distribution of
water or to prevent ponding.
Drain cropland. Establish strip
cropping Retard or reduce run
off water. Reorganize and es
tablished irrigation system.
ON RANGELAND:
Seed artificially or defer graz
ing for natural re-seeding of de
sirable vegetative cover. Deve
lop additional water sources, or
cross fence, for better distribu
tion of grazing. Control com
petitive shrubs. Establish fire
breaks.
ON FOREST LAND:
Thin and prune to improve
a stand of forest trees. Prepare
a site for natural forest reseed
ing. Remove undesireable com
peting vegetation.
ON LAND TOO POOR IN SOIL
QUALITY OR TOO ROUGH
FOR FARMING:
Prepare seedbed and seed pre
manently to approved vegeta
tive cover or to trees to secure
some benefit from the land and
to control weeds.
and remodeling home and es
sential farm buildings. These
loans can be repaid for periods
extending to 33 years and in
terest rate for this type of loan
is four per cent.
Farm ownership loans are al
so available to assist farmers to
develop and enlarge their farms.
These loans can be set up for
Buy and Ask for
Mission Range
M-LL-K
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available at your favorite store
or delivered to your door
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Ronan Phone 676-3700
Conservation
supervisors attend
workshop
Soil Conservation District sup
ervisors from Lake county met
with supervisors from Sanders
county Friday, March 16th in
Hot Springs for a workshop in
District administration.
Ole Ueland, executive secret
ary of the State Soil Conserva
tion committee, spoke on the
topic of “How I can be a Good
Leader.” Larry Osburnsen, area
conservationist for Western
Montana, presented information
designed to help district super
visors in developing an annual
plan of work.
Rex Campbell, extension sup
ervisor, talked about the con
cepts of leadership and their
implications to district super
visors. Sid Tietema and Henry
Mikkelson, county agents from
Lake and Sanders counties, talk
ed about the administration of
Soil Conservation districts.
District supervisors from Lake
county present were Nick Her
ak, George Thompson, Ralph
Tower and Cal Livingston.
Lewis Fuller, work unit conser
vationist, also attended.
Charlo band
talent show
is tonight
Charlo
The Charlo Band will hold its
sixth annual county-wide talent
show Thursday evening, to
night, at 8 p.m. in the high
school auditorium.
Judges will be Miss Zelda Lee
of Dixon, Guy Price of Ronan
and Dan Bachelder of St. Igna
tius, all band directors.
repayment over periods up to
40 years and the interest rate
for farm ownership loans is five
per cent, Sherick said
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