'SUGAR COMPANY!
PAYS $594,627 TO
GROWERS OF BEETS
BONUS CHECKS OX 1028 CHOP
TOTAL »2-1.-1,540; INITIAL 1021
PAYMENT IS »340,078.
Because of Greater Sugar Content,
Montana Beets Command Largest
Premium Payments Made By The
Great Western Company.
Like Christmas ahead of time,
checks for »504, ((27 arc In process
of distribution to the sugar beet
growers of the Bllllngs-Lovell dis
trict, which Includes Sidney, and
8un Hiver and Milk Hiver sections,
also, from (he Great Western Su
gar company, the distribution
including the final bonus, »1.01
a ton on the beet crop of 1023 and
(he Initial payment on the beet
deliveries of the 1924 harvest.
The bonus brings the price paid
on the 1923 crop up to $9.01 a ton
slightly more than paid in any other
district, as the price is paid on the
highest sugar content of tho Mon
tana beets.
The total of the bonus checks
foots up $245,549, and the Initial
payment will be $349,078.
With this last bonus paid, the to
tal payments made growers from the
billings factory of the company, will
aggregate $2,167,066 for 1923.
The extra payment made on the
1923 crop in Colorado, Nebraska
and the Bllllngs-Lovell districts to
tals $1,779,433.46.
Last year there wore 985 growers
marketing their beets at the Billings
factory, These cultivated an acreage
of 21.2 acres per grower, for which
they were paid $103.67 per acre, or
an average of $2,200.06 each, Tho
total crop for 1923 was 243,118 tons.
The 1923 crop was unusually low
In sugar content due to the heavy
rains and the warm growing weath
er of October, according to W. P. Ho
garty, manager o* (he Bllllngs-Lovell
district, who declared that the su
gar content this year is much high
er and that the growers may look for
a substantial increase over the in
itial price of $6 per ton.
While the growers of the Biliings
Lovell district, which includes the
other portions of Montana growing
beefs, received $1.01 ns the final bon- j
ns due to tho greater sugnr content !
of their beets, the Colorado district
received but 69 cents a ton, addi
tional. and Nebrasko 68 cents. The
total of payments per ton wore re
spectively $8.1,9 $8.19 and $9.01.
Hideous Coyote Robs
Hem Roosts 5in Eastern
State? Defies Firearms
The ranchers near Mccaha, |
north of Melstonc, have been hunt- |
Ing a queer nnhiinl, thought to he |
a cross between a coyote and a
wolf, which has been robbing hen
roosts and killing turkeys and j
small pigs in that vicinity.
It is said that the creature is j
larger than the ordinär}, coyote and
Is almost black in color. It seems to
be afflicted with the mange, for al
though his coat seems to be thick and
heavy, there is no hair on its tall,
which gives it an unusually hideous
appearance. One rancher said that
he had a chance to shoot It but re
frained when he saw the condition
of its tail, thinking he would have
an opportunity to kill it later In the
season when It had recovered from
the mange, and its coat was per
fect. Two or three days after this
the same rancher lost a number of
chickens and upon watching, dis
covered the same coyote sneaking I
around his pig pen. He went to the
bouse for his gun, but upon his re-1
turn found that the animal had dis- 1
appeared and has not since seen him. j
However, he has boldly matte his ap- j
pearance at several other ranches in j
the neighborhood in daylight, and
has robbed numerous flocks of chick
ens. Several ranchers have tried to !
shoot him, but he seems to have an 1
uncanny knowledge of fire arms and
keeps out of sight when there is a
gun in the neighborhood.
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FROID BANKER THRESHES
110,000 BUSHELS WHEAT
Some enormous wheat crops
have been threshed in the Poplar
district this fall. J. W. Schnitz
1er, a hanker and wheat farmer,
the town of Froid, threshed
110,000 bushels of wheat— Wil
liam Rice, a souih side farmer will
have between 10,000 and 11,000
bushels.
the south side farmers has thresh
ed 11,000 bushels. George New
berry of the north side will total
8,000 bushels of wheat and 1,000
bushels of flax. It 1s estimated
that 400,000 bushels of wheat and
flax will be marketed In Poplar
this fall, one-tenth of that amount
having already been run through
the Poplar elevators, which are
operating day and night to handle
the crop.
near
W. C. Price, another of
Turkey Crop Is Goodt.
Thousands of turkeys are being
raised this year In Garfield county.
In the vlcilntly of Big Dry, Lodge
pole, Squaw and Sage Hen creeks, as
well a salong the Musselshell river.
Growers state that they are In need
of expert pickers to aid them In pre
paring the birds for market. Trucks
have been chartered "to transport the
shipments to railroad points, as many
of the ranches upon which these
turkeys are being raised are as dis
tant as from 50 to 70 miles from any
rail line. One owner of a flock of
a thousand Is preparing to drive his
turkeys to the railroad station, 40
Biles distant, where he expects to
•hip them.
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Treasure State Farm & Livestock
Her* la a raal Monta** farm page. The leading article» on thla page are prepared by
expert* 9 f the State Agricultural College at Bowman, where the state and federal
government» are expending large some of money In experimentation te determtn the
best Ullage method* for Montana, and these articles are descriptive of the results of
this work. Every farmer reader of this newspaper is urged to file theae artlciee away.
Farmers 9 Short Course Will
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O provide the proper conditions
so that the greatest forces of
nature can operate effectively
for the production of useful crops—
this, In brief, Is all there Is to suc
cessful farming," says A. L. Me Ma
hon, speaking of the farmers' short
course which will open at the Mon
tana State College, January 6, 1925.
"How to provide these conditions,
how to apply the laws of science,
how to overcome difficulties or make
their effect less noticeable, are the
things with which the Farmers'
Short Course deals," continues Mr.
McMahon.
'"his winter the short course at
Montana State College, Bozeman, op
ens January 6. 1925, and continues
for twelve weeks. The plan of con
ducting the work In unit courses, as
was started last year, will be contin
ued. Under this plan a farmer or
farm boy can take just the particular
line of work In which he Is Interested,
and leave out that which he does not
particularly want. The courses In
clude the study of crops, dlarylng,
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We Want Cattle!
All kinds; always willing to pay good
prices, based on dally eastern and
western quotations. Write or wire
us To-Day.
HANSEN PACKING CO.,
BUTTE, MONT.
Two
Grazing Tracts
Bordering Lolo
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Splendid Krass, water,
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Terms; 10 per cent
down, balance divided
Into 10 yearly payment!.
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Lederie Blackleg Aggressin, Safe ICO Per Coni
On* Done. Costing 15 CENTS, Protect* During Life
Assrmt.ln I. approved by Montan* Slate Veterinär t IMpartmcnl. United
Ht*te# Bureau of Animal Industry, *11 Veterinary «nrgeon» and *11 e*tlle
who have used II. LEUKKLK AUOHESHIN t* the l*#t word In Black
Leg vaccination.
Mr». M. E. Knowle*. Helen*. Montan*, «täte distributor for I.RDKRLR
VACCINES, A»gre»#ln, Anthrax, Abortion. Hemhorrage. (trptlcaeml*. Hog
Cholera. While «coure —all preventative and ruratlve Biologic#. «ugge#t
to yoor veterinary Surgeon Ute n#e of I.EDERI.E product#. A g grout* In
10. ÎO and SO-doae package*.
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livestock production, horticulture,
poultry, farm engineering, farm
management, bee keeping and so on.
"There Is very pood reason,' says
Mr. McMahon, "why farmers' short
courses at colleges are becoming
more and tuor epopular among prac
tical farmers, and the reason Is
simply that these courses provide a
training which Is a very Important
factor in successful farming. Grad
uates of former short courses at the
Montana State College, have gone
back to their farms to find that the
short time spent In the Intensive
study of the farm problems in which
they were Interested, has meant big
ger returns and a better farm life.
"Farmers realize today, more than
ever, that farming is a highly com
petitive business and that the un
trained man Is handicapped in the
race. Those who are eliminated by
tho law of the survival of the fittest,
are very frequently the untrained
and unskilled. The man who stays,
through good times and bad, the
man who Is usually found at the top
of ibe list of successful farmers,
Is the man who has taken advantage
of his opportunities, who has trained
himself for his job.
"The Farmers' Short Course at
Montana State College, trains for suc
cess. It comes at a time when farm
work Is least pressing, when father
or son, or both can best be spared.
There are no tuition fees and liv
ing costs at Bozeman are held down
Ito the lowest possible point. A de
scriptive booklet nay he had for the
I asking by writing to the Registrar,
Montana State College, Bozeman,
Montana."
STATE GRAIN GROWERS
TO SHOW AT PORTLAND
ANY of Montana's leading grain
exhibitors at the 1924 Mon
tana fairs will show at the
j Pacific Northwest Hay and Grain
[show at Portland, November 1 to 8.
j according to I. J. Jensen, of Montana
j State College who will have charge
of the exhibits from this state.
[ According to Mr. Jensen, this is
the fourth year for the Portland
jshow, and in previous years, while
exhibits from thla state have been
j comparatively few, Montana has al
! ways given a good account of her
jself.
j In addition to its excellent perform
jance in past years, Montana has a
special Interest In the coast show In
I that It was started by a former Mon
Uanan. Fred Bennlon, former ath
letic conch and assistant county
agent leader at Montana State Col
lege. and now county agent of Um
atilla county, Oregon, was the prime
mover in the organization of the Pa
cific Northwest Hay and Grain show
in 1921. Since then the show has
been incorporated with the land prod
ucts and manufacturers' exhibits and
the Pacific International Livestock
Show, making the combined event
one of the largest and best exposi
tions in the country.
County agents in the leading grain
counties of the state are arranging
exhibits for the show. The grain
show is conducted as nearly on a
utility basis ns is possible to make it.
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Weekly Market Letter
By WEILLER & WEILLER CO..
South St, Paul, Minn.
Wednesday, October 8, 1924
The packers have been very Indifferent
buyers during the pant week. Trade liv
ened up n little towards the latter part
of last week, but went back again, both
here and In Chicago, mvlng to heavy re
eelptH both Monday and yeaterday, and is
very slow and drnstgy today, and pros
pects are that we will have a fairly heavy
run tomorrow and next Monday, and we
do not look ferr any better action.
The stocker and feeder trade 1« about
the worst of the Reason. All buyers wem
to be holding off until they are more
ealn regarding the outcome <*f the corn sit
uation. They are also waiting for heavier
receipts at all markets, ro that price« will
be more In line with what they think
they should pay. Last Saturday we Hold
102 head of feeding steers and yearling«
that averaged a tittle better than 800 lha..
at $7.00 per cwt. These were dehorned
Hereford steers, and was the top sale for
this weight ert cattle for the year. They
were shipped hy Frank Jone« ami U. R.
Black of Hinsdale, Mont. We are pleas
ed to Hat below a few sales made on west
erns Monday, and they about show the
atrencth of the trade on North Dakota
and Montana range «tuff.
We had shipments from the following
Montana Rtockmcn: A. Christensen, Rnpel
Je. Montana; H. Kremer, f\.!nook, Mon
tana; Hetr.feldt A 8bv. Garland. Mon
tana; Riley Tyler. fUaeey. Montana:
Walter Gngler, Shawmnt. Montana; H. Zle
bartb. Chinook, Montana: A. Bartn, Rye
gate. MontanaJay. Custer Montana: J.
L. Shy. Garland, Montana; Sam E. Shy.
Garland, Montana: Wilson Bros., Garland.
Montana.
HOGS The hog market waR called
steady today, being 10c lower In RpotR,
however, with $10.85 ns the top, the pack
ers top being $10.75. and sows mostly
10.75 to 110.00, the bnlk at $0-85. Pig«
were a quarter lower, the top being $8.75.
with underweights from $0.00 to $7.00.
RIIEEF AND LAMBS
light In this division. Market Is In good
shape, with price« If anything, a little
stronger than last week at this time
look for a good active market with no
material change In prices. Do not over
look South St. Panl if coming this
with sheep. It costs nothing to try this
market.
Receipts continue
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GROWERS OF BEANS
WARNED AGAINST
A NEW DISEASE
DISEASE known as "Mosaic"
has been found in many of the
bean fields of the state, and
Prof. H. E. Morri. of the botany de
partment at Montana Slate College
urges bean grower: to prepare now to
combat the trouble. He advises
that In certain sections of the country
where bean growth- has been carried
on for a number of years, this di
sease has caused as high as BO per
rent losses. No such losses have oc
curred in Montana ns yet but reme
dial measures must be taken at once
to prevent a condition of this kind In
the state.
Leaves of affected plants become
puckered and distorted and are of
ten blotched with yellow or greenish
yellow spots.
Prof. Morris advises lhat no cause
of the disease has as yet been discov
ered but that it is known to be trans
mitted from one plant to another by
linsects such as plant lice,
sense is carried over from one year
to another in the seed. Beans from
the Infected plants produce approxi
mately 50 per cent of diseased
plants. Thus If the disease Is not
checked it Is constantly on the in
crease and losses continue to grow.
The best control measure, accord
ing to the botanist, is for each bean
grower to set aside a small plot of
ground for the purpose of growing
his own seed. This plot should < be
planted with beans from selected
plants, known to he disease free.
During the growing season all In
ferior and off-type plants should
he rouged out, leaving only the
healthy uniformly maturing, desir
able plants to bear seed. This seed
should be used for planting the main
field the following year.
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A sheep companv In one of the
range states tr.ed out a new way of
handling new-born lambs, during the
lambing season last spring. The ewes
wore nil out under tents, and all
lambs born within a 24-hour period
were put together In hunches in
charge of one herder. The ewes
were then fed a quarter of a pound of
cake a day and later turned out on
the range. Small brush corrals were
made and the ewes and lambs were
placed in these for about twelve
days and then turned back into the
larger herds. The Idea was tried put
to prevent losses from starvation
which sometimes occur when ewes
are turned out after lambing and feed
conditions ore such that they dry up.
Blaine County Boy Won Most Points
County Agent G. W. Gustafson re
ceived word from the state fair man
agement recently that Guestaf Ver
cruyssen of Blaine county received
the highest numher of points In the
hoys' club department, and had been
awarded a spool of wire by the
American Wire company. Young
Vercruyssen won $75 In prizes from
the exhibits he made in the Chester
White hogs at the Billings fair and
the state fair.
Only bushel samples will he allowed
in tho competition, thus eliminating
the possibility of hand picking. Ac
cording to the official rules of the
exposition, issued by the manage
ment, entries will be open to grain
and hay growers of the world.
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arms and Children all ages of
Constipation, Flatulency, Wind
Colic and Diarrhea ; allaying
Feverishness arising therefrom, and, by regulating the Stomach
and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving natural sleep.
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Dependable market information by telegraph If desired,
if you are a jtoultry grower or a poultry shipper, ask us to help
solve your marketing problems.
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CHICAGO, ILL.
Three Million Pounds
Is Yield of Plax Seed
n West This Year
Upwards of 8,000,000 pounds of
alfalfa seed Is estimated for Mon
tana and (he Dakotas for this sea
son on » basis of a survey made re
cently by the hay, feed and seed
division of the deportment of agri
culture, according to J. C. Dia
mond, agricultural statistician of
the Montana co-operative crop re
porting sendee.
In »his area growers Indicated an
increase of 10 per cent In acreage
cut for geed this year. It was too
dry on the uplands in those states
and grasshoppers did considerable
damage in scattered sections. Har
vesting was somewhat later than us
ual, the season being too cool for
the best developments of the crop.
Prices In Montana had not been es
tablished by September 20, but
some growers were offered $15-318
per 100 pounds basis clean seed, for
common and $30-$35 for Qrimtn al
falfa. These also were the prices
most frequently mentioned in North
Dakota and South Dakota. One of
the growers 'exchanges in South Da
kota was advancing $14 for common
and $24-|26 for Grimm, Baltic and
Cossack alfalfa.
The entire crop Is estimated '.y the
federal department to be fully one
third larger than that of last year
due mostly to Increased acreage,
which was encouraged by high prices
for alfalfa during the past year and
better weather conditions generally
for saving a seed crop. Yields- per
acre varied considerably but in gen
eral averaged as good If not slightly
better than last year.
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STAFF PREDICTS THE 1925
WOOL CLIP WILL YIELD
50 CENTS ON MARKET
That enstren wool buyers are
endeavoring to contract for Mon
tana 1025 wool clips at 40 cents a
pound and that the sheep men
should receive 50 eents for these
same dtps if properly marketed. Is
set forth in a telegram recently re
ceived by the Montana
Growers' association from
Staff, president of the
Wool Warehouse &■ Storage Co.,
of Chicago, which concern lias
handled much of the Montana pro
duct in recent years.
Ills wire follows: "Dealers are
now attempting to contract Mon
tana 1025 dips at 40 cents. In
view of the fact (hat 1024 dips
are now easily marketable at well
above 50 cents In Boston and fine
staple territory is qnoted at $1.50
dean and is steadily advancing,
and In view of short supply, ac
tivity of dealers and larger ton
nage being taken by manufactur
ers on increasing orders for fin
ished product, our judgment Is
that the next dip will bring 50
rents or better, if properly mar
keted, and that contracting at
this time would bo indefensible.
"As indicating the trend of the
market, we have sold the J. L,
Raps tad. Big Timber. 1024 dip
at 5S cents, delivered in Boston,
noting him around 10 cents more
than he could have sold for at
home.''
Wool
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C OUGHS
Every few hours swallow
slowly a quarter of a
teaspoonful of Vicks. Also
melt a little in a spoon
or a tin cup and inhale j
the vapors arising.
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DIPPING OF CATTLE
ORE and more as time goes on
the problems of the farmers
are coming to be solved
through community effort. In many
instances the Individual efforts of
one farmer to remedy a difficult sit
uation would be more than futile,
but when a number of them have
banded together to attack the prob
lem over a large area favorable re
sults have followed. So states a re
cent bulletin fre-n Washington.
One of the lawt community ef
forts is that of the recently formed
organization and operation of dip
ping vats for the control of animal
parasites which have caused great
losses to livestock growers In years
past.
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In Platte county, Wyo., through
the leadership of the county agent,
sufficient interest was aroused in the
possibilities of eradicating mange and
lice from livestock that community
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dipping vata were established. The
rac aber« paid an equal sum into the
treasury tor the materials and did
the work themselves. Six plant?
were finished by the end of the year
1922, and last year the number was
brought up to 14. Two of these are
for sheep only. The first year, 10,
000 head of cattle—70 per cent of
those infected with lice—and 1,800
head of sheep were dipped. Twenty
five thousand head of cattle, accord
ing to reports to the United States
department of agriculture, went
through the vats in 1923, no record
being kept of sheep, hogs and horses.
All dipping is done under state sup
ervision. Cattle growers estimate
they have saved at least $3 on every
head of stock dipped, through the
saving In feed, increased growth and
Improved market conditions.
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Preparing Turkeys For Market
Turkeys that are to be shipped to
outside markets should bo picked.
Dry picking is not difficult but it
does require a Title experience to be
come proficient at it. Under no con
dition should birds be scalded if they
are to bo shipped to outside mor
kets, and even if local markets of
ten discount scalded birds.