Montana farmer-stockman. [volume], July 01, 1951, Page 6, Image 6

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Planes, Ground Rigs Mobilized
In 1951 War Against Weeds
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Ground crew is seen busy here putting
2.4-D and diesel oil mixture for weed
control into airplanes. Most airplane
spraying operators, as in this case, fur
nish ground crews, chemical, oil and
flagmen as well as airplane and pilot
for a fixed fee. The charge here was
$1.65 per acre and reports of fees by
similar operators over the state indi
cate charges varying from $1.25 an
acre to over $2.00 per acre this season.
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Jergen Dokken, Valley county, sprayed
about 400 acres of his spring wheat this
year using the tractor-drawn trailer
with 42-foot boom seen above. Two
swivel wheels were added for stability
to the trailer in place of one that came
with the original machine. Power take
off of the tractor operates pump de
veloping 35 pounds pressure for the
nozzles spaced every 20 inches on the
42-fool boom. He was applying 94-pint
(3/10 pound) of 2,4-D ester per acre in
5 gallons of water at a speed of 5 miles
per hour. The lank holds 300 gallons
and is filled about 3 times a day for
spraying on from 120 to 200 acres per
day.
Spray planes bussing in and off of
country roads, stubble strips or grain
fields were an increasingly common
sight in Montana wheat areas this
spring as chemical weed co'ntrol ac
tivities got in full swing. Three farm
ers and two pilots with their lighl*spray
planes were in a conference at this
country crossroad in Valley county.
Pictured left to right are Pilots Kenny
Kjelstrup and R. O. Cooper of Glasgow,
and farmers Abe Friesen, Stephen
Wagner and Gabin Wagner.
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Walter Knaff. at right near spray boom,
and brother Eugene, standing on the
truck, used this truck mounted spray
rig for weed control on about 1.000 of
their 1,500 acres in spring wheat this
year. The 94-pint of 2,4-D ester was
being driven about 8 miles per hour.
Tank on truck holds 200 gallons and
calls for about four stops per day for
re-filling. Rig will cover about 250
acres in a day's operation. A 30-foot
boom is used and 1 h. p. gasoline motor
operates the pump. Knaff brothers like
the ground rig because it is an inex
pensive operation costing about 40 cents
per acre for gas and chemical and as
the summerfallowing was already done
this spring they could have been fish
ing anyway.
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Tour to Feature
State History
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DR. M. G. BURLINGAME, head
of the history department at Mon
tana State college, has outlined major
points of historical interest which
will be seen during the six-day tour
of the conservation caravan which
will start July 23 at Three Forks,
according to B. W. Brink, extension
soil conservationist at Montana State
college and tour chairman.
While the tour is arranged to show
practices which will aid in conserva
tion of resources, the historical in
formation is an added feature. This
information was assembled by the
history group of the Bozeman
branch of the Montana Institute of
Arts.
Those making the tour are urged
by Brink to come to Three Forks
July 22 to see the Lewis and Clark
pageant. From there historical points
of interest will be pointed out along
the tour which will end at Helena,
July 28.
Old Three Forks and the Lewis
and Clark survey point near the
present town of Three Forks will
be explained. The next major his
to ical points will be the Indian cave
and fossil beds near Whitehall.
From Whitehall to Ennis, histor
ical incidents in the old mining area
centered around the Potosi Hot
Springs near Pony; mines, corun
dum of gem quality, the story of
Ennis and Jeffers and old ranches
will be described to the group.
Attention will be called to the
battle of the Big Hole and early
history of Bannack, on the route
from Anaconda to Dillon. From Dil
lon to Whitehall Beaverhead rock
and the old Vigilante trail will be
described.
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Conservation Field
Day July 12
Supervisors of soil conservation
districts of four northeast Montana
counties, comprising Roosevelt, Sher
idan, Daniels and Richland counties
are again sponsoring the annual con
servation field day at the Moen dem
onstration farm near Froid on July
12 .
The annual field day this year is
under the general chairmanship of
Fay Crusch, chairman of the board of
supervisors of the Froid-Culbertson
and Bainville soil conservation dis
tricts.
Included on the program will be
the showing of conservation movies,
a short conservation tour, a stubble
mulch tillage implement demonstra
tion, a stubble mulch seeding équip
ement demonstration and a tour of the
tillage experimental plots, grain va
riety nurseries, grass nursery and
fertilizer demonstrations. A noonday
lunch served in the grove on the
demonstration farm will also be a
feature of the day's program.
Members of the Montana Agricul
tural Advisory council in session at
Sidney on this same weekend have
indicated their plans to be present
for the day's activities. Immediately
following the noonday lunch, the as
sembled group will be addressed by
Dr. R. R. Renne, president of Mon
tana State college, and M. A. Bell,
assistant director of the Montana
Agricultural Experiment station.