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Modern Technique Changing Land ValuesIn 1952 farms are not valued in and the heavy equipment available are considered a disadvantage,

the same way they were 20 years for handling quack sod. In other singe it is too hard when theago, W. L. Cavert, economist for words, these weeds are so readily weather is bad to get to the high-the Federal Land Bank in the ninth controlled now that they are no way,district, said recently. special hazard for the prospective The small farm increasingl is at

, Yl\Iew considerations that didnt land owner. a disadvantage due to greater

exist before have made a diffe - ' ' - - -I‘ Desirable location on a good road mechanlzatlgn of labor, whmhence“ Commands 3 greater Premium "OW makes it possible and desirable eco-

The discount, for example, which than ever. Cavert declared. Buyers nomically to increase the sizg ofonce was the usual thing when want electricity, school bus service the farm unitfarms infested with quack grass and ready access to a pickup route ~ - d fand bindweed were sold has been for milk or cream. Buildings in the There ls an aCtwe- ?mand- orland that has no buildings sinceoutmoded by weed killing sprays center of a farm, o the highway, tracts of this kind can be added to

Rolling meadows of the Willamette valley, in Oregon, make an attractive and productive Langlie. i

agricultural area which produces all kinds of livestock, poutry. grains, grass, grass seed, fruits ‘

and vegetables. Dairy cows, chickens and turkeys are especially important in this rural valley. -7? -~ - ~— — V Z

an existing farm operation withoutincreasing the operator’s expensefor taxes and upkeep on improve-ments.

A dairyman buying a farm, if heexpects to sell whole milk, may berequired to make a higher invest-ment now than in past years, sincegrade A milk requirements call formore improvements and equip-ment, and the volume of produc-tion must be larger than before tocarry the added expense.

SUGAR g

MILESTIINEIn its factory at Toppenish, 1

Wash., the Utah-Idaho Sugar com-pany has made 10,000,000 bagsof sugar (100 pounds each) sinceoperations began at that reneryin 1937. Bag No. 10,000,000, made

‘ on Nov. 10, last, was given to thegovernor of the state, Arthur B. i

'all i Qfllll ¢$t Mwch, 1952.11)

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— i W Targhees Recognized|

"""“"""‘ ~“""""-' "Y "'° Thirty-four animals from the CLOSE-UPSD"“""""" "I ""'ir""“'“i D"""""""" Montana Agricultural Experiment . Mum '1i'.‘§IfZ'I§'"" instation’s ock of Targhee sheep be- I

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY came registered ock No. 1 of this-7- W- HAW » ' - - - - ~-b}}é&b-r--~-51-Pa"1-Mm" new breed at_ the rst inspection Forty-seven poultry hatcheries areand registration Just completed operating in North Dakota.W" ’" “”‘X‘§ss't;.a¢'i¢" the 'nii§Z1o‘Y»““" M"‘"" here by the U-$- Targhee Sheep 85- tA_ _]-_ DEXTER “St pau1_ Mi;-m_ SOCl8t10l'1. In an average year 2,387,000 bushelsAgricultural Development Agent of peaches are produced in Washington.‘°" 1”" °‘ ‘*bs'=“°°* Development of the Targhee Yakima county. with 892,654 peach1. - trees, is the largest county in the stateA R Xgiielijiiiural Developmestt .E§:ntMmn breed was beg?" by the U'S‘ de in production of this fruit. Harvest be-H. w. BYERLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..st. Paul, Minn. partment of agrleulture at the U-S gins in July but the bulk °f the °1'°P isImmigration Agent sheep Experiment Station at Du_ shipped in August and September.

- - More than half of the peaches are soldL. s. M DONALD . . . . . . . . . 1. M 1. s d . 1 2 . h Mon na -Aggie-ultural Developmentssggezht on bol I I a ' In 9 6 e t.a m the fresh market‘Agricultural Experiment station, M. . . . . . . . . . . . ..s tt .w . - - -Western Agricultural nevei0pr§2nteAge:i Which has beencooperating with The Yakima vauey has a national1°95 smm‘ T°“’°r the Dubois station in sheep im- reputation as a fruit-growing area butKENNETH L. COOK . . . . . . . . . ..Seattle. Wash. provement for many years, began ‘t has be°°m° 3 slgmcant l”‘°d“°e"Agricultural Development Agent d . T h b d. too, _of_open eld crops and seve_ral1005 Smith Tower 3 9 mte arg 99 ree mg pro‘ specialties. These phases of farminggram in 1942, now bring an income to the farmersThis magazine is sent free for ve months equal t0 that received from Sales 0fto those indicating an interest in the North- The Targhee breed was devel- fruit.west states. On expiration of that period it . _ . i__may 539 obttainfed on a yearly bags {by s%nd- oped especially for high productionmg cen s or on year r r ree - ' 'vears. in ostage st:mps co(i)n CUl‘i?8iiCy or Qn W€St9I‘I1 ranges tl'l1Ck natural on 29 acres’ In the Wlllamette valley.

1 u7(Y d t 1 N th p ~ . . of Oregon Paul Youngman keeps_36'i‘§iT§§y?'1r°§-GT3“-§sn°‘€o r‘3net$'<>n°Z“¢o§~.°$1i5 eshlng and ‘true-breedlng half‘ cattle, 12 ‘brood sows and 400 layingmentary basis for ve months. this may be 'done by making a written request. blood eeces‘ hens' He ralses mostly grass

To promote the breed’ the U'S' T E Hudson banker and farmer atTarghee Sheep association was Or- Bea'ch,'N.D., the county seat of GoldenMARCH, 1952 ganized in September 1951 with _Valley county, gave $1,000 to be used‘" " Curtis Hughes, former superin- gr fgrtgzlelggss :31 wmk locally_ tendent of the Montana Wool lab- iPhosphorus suitable for indus- Oratory and now a Sheep breeder. . . . . “I have bought 100 acres of irrigablemal and mlhtary uses ls bemg Pro‘ at Stanford, Mont., as president. land in the Columbia basin, near Othel-duced in a new plant developed by Hem-y Hibbard, Helena, is Vice lo, Wash.,f;iJoel J.tlGraham. from Cali-

the ViC't0I' Chemitral company at president and William J. Boylan, orma’ Sal recen y‘Silver Bow, Mont. Bozeman, is secretary. Another who moved from Californiastated, “We nally found a farm thatmeets our requirements. It is 45 milesdown the Columbia river from Port-land, Ore., and three miles back intothe hills. We have 80 acres, mostlysecond-growth timber. There are sixcleared acres, a well and a nice homeorchard. We like Oregon. It is pleasantto see trees and water and to haveeverything so green."

A new kind of potato, called No. 6316,is attracting attention of North Dakotaand Minnesota growers because it haslong white tubers which can be pack-aged attractively and because they aresmooth and have practically no inden-tation at the eyes. It is a late-seasonvariety that keeps all winter.

A hundred and fty mink farms inOregon have an annual income of $1,-500,000 from breeding stock and pelts.

Minnesota farmers raised a littleThis is a picture of the Cavalier tomato, new one, from the North Dakota Experiment over liooovooo turkeys in 1930 but instation, announced in our February issue. The seed oi’ this variety all is being used for com- 1951 more than 4,000,000 were Pro"mercial increase in 1952 and will not be released tor sale until supply has been built up. duced in the state.

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M Montana Alfalfa Seed Making Money To1 It has been announced only re-

cently in Salt Lake City by oicers' cf the Utah-Idaho Sugar company.

” that this rm will build, starting in- ' the fall, a seven-million-dollar beet

_' A- _ sugar factory near Wheeler, Wash.,in the Columbia basin.

ment for receiving beets.

farms in the Columbia basin.

for use as a factory site.

The announcement also containedthe information that $2,000,000 willbe spent to buy and install equip-

The new factory, which companyo‘icials hope to have in operationby the fall of 1953, will processbeets produced on newly irrigated

The Utah-Idaho Sugar companyhas obtained 1,400 acres nearWheeler, on the Northern Pacic,

Original capacity of the new fac-A. J. Peters, in central Montana. planted grain between rows of Ranger alfalfa raised for tory ls elspected to be 2:000 tons of

seed. It gave the alfalfa plants protection against wind erosion while they were small. The beets dally, althgugh 1t has beenwheat, shown above as stubble, yielded nine bushels per acre. Alfalfa seed made 869 pounds. stated that construction will be

Alfalfa seed production on low- Last year 3,477 pounds of cleaned El€?(:ii%;0t(§h3a50té1iOc:SpZcggycvnhgvalue land proved very protable seed that graded blue tag were the acreage Otfbeets in the area de_f0I‘ A- J- Peters, Billings, Mont-» harvested from the 40 acres. The velops sulclently to require largertanner this Past Year Peters seed" yield would have been somewhat' ' f 'l't' .ed 40 acres of Ran er alfalfa in - ' ' processmg am I lesg_ higher if wild antelope had not The Ulalbldaho sugar company1950 on land which mlght be called been grazing in the area through‘ at the present time has a factory at5ub'marginal end harvested 3 Crop out the season. The crop was sold T em h W h_ h‘ h h d1opp s, as,w1c anesWoligglapproxlmately $80 per acre for 89% cents a pound. beets from irrigated farms locatedin .

. . . along the Yakima river and in theIn order to raise a larger seed Peters ha.s Increased hls. Seeding Walla Walla area. Beets produced

crop, the alfalfa was seeded in 20_a_cres thls year as he ls of the in the Wheeler and Moses Lakerows. However, since the land was Opinion that alfalfa Seed Pr°duc' districts of the Columbia basin alsolight and subject to blowing, it was tion in rows is 3 good Way to_ob' have been processed at Toppenishnecessary to handle it so it wouldn’t tein e oi‘oP and to Protect the light for the last two or three years.be unprotected the rst yea;-_ This soil and prevent erosion.—T. H. Trial plantings in the basin duringwas done by planting two rows of Alexander. that_ tlme have shown wonderfulalfalfa 24 inches apart and then possibilities for production of theleaving six and one-half feet be- crop on new basin farms‘tween the two-row strips. Wheat , ii-was seeded in the six and one-half- M3118 E31"'Corn silage Usin Wild Plumfoot strips to prevent the soil from Kenneth R d L. b gblowing uu ’ near ls on’ The Pacic plum is a native fruit

Peters seeded the eld with an ND" had the Same problem as found growing wild in Oregoneight-fQQ1; drill equipped with a many other farmers last fan_t°° which because of its unusual andmuch soft corn He knew he would ’grass seeding attachment. He ' . . . Pleasing avor, has been selectedplugged up all the holes in the drill nave trouble this sP_1'1n€ it he and developed by horticulturists atwith the exheptloh of the two Out- eribbed it, so he deolded to try the Oregon Experiment station forside ones. This gave him a four- making ear'c°rn silage TemP°rary domestio orchard Planting-row strip of wheat between the al- 51105 made of snow fence were used ifalfa rows. The wheat yielded nine The eern was snapped 8I1d.run Red River Valley farmers, inbushels per am-e and then the through an ensilage cutter. Neither North Dakota and Minnesota, mayground was ridged between the water nor preservative was added. grow Sugar beets oh 32,900 acresFOWS fol‘ Winter PI‘0t9C'£i0I1- The Results nave been so good tnet in 1952, several thousand morerows of alfalfa were cultivated Ruud is going to put up corn this acres than were in this same cropthree times and hoed twice. way from now on, soft or mature. last year.

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\ 42 Columbia Basin Units Are

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With rst priority given to vet-erans of World War II, applicationsfor the purchase of another groupof federally-owned farm units onthe Columbia Basin Reclamationproject, near Othello, Wash., inAdams county, will be received atthe Ephrata. Wash., ofce of theBureau of Reclamation during the45-day period beginning at 2 p. m.on February 21 and ending April 6,1952, it has been announced byBureau oicials.

Thein the group are in the rst blocksof Columbia Basin project landthat are scheduled to receive irri-gationholes East canal and are the rstfederally-owned units offered for

Li; J’ii42 new farm units included

water in 1953 from the Pot-

- ‘ ' ' ".‘bl.‘ h':f -sale In Adams county. Glenn (_)l_son, above. a North Dakota grain grower. b8ll€\0§‘ll‘l a_'inc|n_g ls arm operalions b\ raising livestock. too. 50. he has .i herd of 2a Guernsey coiis in milk. He has ironedvarying in size from to out his calf-raising problems by using the new drugs, the antibiotics. He markets cream.

irrigable acres, the units will be I 0sold for prices ranging from $708 [(88118 Llveslttk 0” Grlllll Frmto $2,266 each, depending on acre-age and quality of the Soi1_ Glenn hOlIS)OYL in La Moure (1I()1L3I6- glrasses age sigoiqt, hlz-ii sspliélfeimgpés

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Among thequalications required ;>(i"I‘8Nf(;1I‘tni OIl1V(\)Il'lal,Chrul'lnESI:?iIl1S8Sl 700 l'l?§$ th:-:1 preiiious wifter.of veterans of World Wa II h-r W O acres of cro s every ear includ

?P::‘* """"““~= of We mg of mi. bet he be ...1‘;?*1°;?:.£:;m.:§:;‘z.'1;‘;:@;‘:;ti: ofsets of $4,500 each keep llvestock bffcause Part of hls addition to the wheat. hay and pas-iarm 1S better suited for grass and tum are raised ever eatApplication forms for the 42 new hay than it is for grain and, fur- “slime I began fzebéing half aunits are being mailed to almost thermore, cattle furnish gainful teaspoonful of aureomycin everv

9,000 persons who have applied to off-season work for two men he ‘the Bureau for information about cm lo s the ear around If he (lav to each one in his feeding ofp y y ' : I Yland. Others may receive applica- didn’t keep them on his payroll all ‘milk’ It‘-e eennazle to S3?’ goodbyt e trou es I usedtion forms by writing the Bureau winter he would have trouble get- 0 pm‘; ma -y- a -_ ..of Reclamation at Ephrata. ting reliable help in the spring and :10 hi?“-Z ralsmgl dany calves’ O1on sai recent y.

so§1eF}‘i§i’§'§i{g~”ll1'§i1$Ziiigbfaileig so 20 to 25 heed of Guernsey d Hef“s"S "“}""’§,“‘~"°i“ T‘F";?‘bP",}”‘' . ~ e l ,establish the order of examining COWS are mllked On Fhe Olson farm weichmhrg 531.5 irollivgl n$ir1]k1_ 10 Capplicants to determine if they are and the b_utte1"fat 15 Sold at the .qua1ied_ and to establish the pri- creamery in Edgeley, N. D. Last I start each calf on aureomycinority of qualied applicants for the .\/@613 9VeY1_WheY1 3 large Part Qf the F315 sewnd da§’~ 0159“ eXP1amed~gelectjgn of the 42 farms herd consisted of heifers, the av- and I keep him on it for the rst

erage production of butterfat per three months of his life.head was 376 pO1mdS- “I've raised 15 of my GuernseyInlproved the Hereford ‘Olson has 100 acres of good na- calves that way now and haven’ttive grass which is used for day- lost one. Aureomvcin has stopped

A new_ strain of Hereford cattle, time pasture and for production of calf scours on my ‘farm. It helps tocalled Line 1, which makes supe- hay. Last summer two elds of keep the youngsters healthy andl'l0I‘ gains and high weight for age, brome and alfalfa. one of 20 acres they have a keen appetite. Theyhas been developed at the U. S. and another of 26 acres, served as begin to eat grain and hay earlierRange Livestock Experiment sta- his pastures at night and they were and grow and develop faster whention, Miles City, Mont. used alternately. In August, if they have aureomycin."

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i g -..- By 5;.||p __4M_\ the Continental divide of the Rock-~_ ' JUNWJ ies; fruit packing plants and a lum-5,#[; ‘_'BY Bus Q ber mill in the Yakima valley;

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'§_'l\N "1-',§§;,f,;‘,{Hi and halibut plants and an exten-. mmcg Rum“ V ‘\§§,li' s sive shing eet at Prince Rupert,

-._ ¢_/'\1,,,\ B. C.; A1aska’s capital city; breath-wm,ME° ‘_ ‘=l‘5>~ _’\ taking glaciers and high mountain

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J/,\ 8 _ peaks, a trip on a narrow-gaugeksjge, Q railroad up the trail of the ‘ninety-' 13',» _‘;;\48"Q 9°; eighters who went to the Klondike;

1' ‘gt. Q<:'y+°\§‘ and the Canadian Rockies, Lake

SEATTLE ' $"°'<""E~ — - -- - -- - "' T‘ Furthermore, these unusual trips,

ac ._ v szaiaa/bA~ Louise and Ban.\ itu 4 \uy,;_'ll'"°s FARGO .-1./, "““ made with a congenial party, have§ H{i'I,,l 4/E|5"1/\R(K ‘PAUL l been offered to farm people at bar-n Ga! .__, ‘j;§','{_e.»,° "“""s“‘°°“ 5; 3 gain rates, although _rst-class ac-

“'.:':;= '-I "*'°~¢4' \ S ‘ commodations are being used in allinstances. The S.S. Chilcotin, a

ere IS e rou e mi ewes ern arm eo w t t s—-o - - -

ning early in June and the other in SepteI:i)bel',.eWhlle €heeseoare Eli :e°?ac‘:€lor(:‘l.l'lps.ll'§nc‘l'\giIllg, modern: l06"pasSenger shlpi W111 beand farming will be seen in the Yellowstone valley. at Helena, Yakima and other points. used for the 2,3QQ-mi]e trip on the

Inside Passage in each instance.

Special Bargain Tours to Alaska The Nliiiheiii Pacic railway isa pioneer in the operation of such

Midwestern Farmers Will Study Agriculture on tripe Experienced travel peopleVacation Trip Wlll handle a_ll of the details. The

passengers will pay for the full tripMiddlewestern farmers will take charge of the second tour and he In We package and then W111 havs

two vacation trips this year to and his group will depart from St. nothlpg more to Worry about anAlaska by train and Steamship, ac_ Paul on Sept 16_ can sit back and let the tour escort

cording to plans which have been Se? to paymg the bllls for everylaid carefully by tour people at In each case for almost three thmg. e.X°.ePt Personal. Purchasesthe Northern Pacic. Several stops weeks the vacationers will partici- that mdlvlduals may Wlsh to make-en route will be made, too, so that pate in scenic train rides, sight- [f this unusual opportunity in-vacationers can make an interest- seeing bus trips and comfortable, terests you, write to M_ M_ Good-ing study of ranch and farm meth- enjoyable days on shipboard sail- sill, General Passenger Agent,ods in Northwest states and in ing through the Inside Passage on Northern Pacic railway, St. PaulA1_a5ka- The highlight, in fact, Of the route to Alaska. Here are just 1, Minn., for information about bar-thls Part of the ltlnerary W111 be 8 a few of the things that will be gain rates and other details.bus trip through the ColumbiaBasin project, in eastern Washing-ton, where the travelers will see *new land being irrigated for therst time this year in the country‘sbiggest irrigation project.

The Seattle waterTwo agricultural development {{a"'“f,;,§§‘r‘§‘”nfg’n§{’,e‘};s§}

agents for the Northern Pacic, lhe wllr parties willboth of whom are agricultural col- g?s_ab%al:l?col:ien?hi:I'hllc‘l:

lege graduates and former county “'"‘ ml" "W?" °" 1*

agents, will escort the farmers’ agricultural develoD-

tours to A1a$ka- egitistigf 112111:

L. S. MacDonald, our railroad §§}'{‘§{,es§§,','§§;f,”,§{,' 5?;agricultural agent in Montana and rst and aheigtneguilixa farmer himself, will escort the 232??‘ ur g

rst trip, which will start at St.Paul on Tuesday, June 3. KennethL. Cook, another of our agricultur-al development agents, will have

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7 -__ 7 . _ .._ ._ _ W.' have started their own winter fair,At wanter Shuujs which occurs each March at Boze-Three States Have Crop and Livestock Fairs mam . .

February and Mm R55‘tssxtizi:;@:t:i:‘t:e°£:&iThe winter show, or fair, at welcome break in the winter rou- ettehdahoe added UP to nearly 20,-which farmers exhibit livestock tine which otherwise generally is 000 People for the Week- Ohand crops in competition with one quiet and they are perhaps a har- Wednesday, Feh- 20, alone 4.000another and at which manufactur- binger of spring and the approach Pe1‘$oh$_ each took 3 tum at drop‘ers and distributors display their of eld work, since warm days and pmg h1$ 50-Cent Piece int0 theproducts of the industrial world seeding usually follow them in just tleket Window and then millingwhich they want to sell. seems to a few weeks. through the labyrlhth of ihteI‘ooh-be an institution peculiar to the W hi ti, - -t f th nected buildings housing the sev-Northwest States" affais gzelégntly at 51p;r£liI'1I1(t.1al R853 eral departments‘Why the winter, when the tem- River Valley Winter shows, in “we have Something good here.”perature may have sudden sinking Crookston, Minn., which were Mlllel e local eohtfeotor, Whospells at any time, is a good season started some 42 or 43 years ago 15 1h Charge of admissions» Proudlyof the year to hold a fair, no one and have been going ever since. ¢o_InInented- “We have 75 indus-apparently has determined, but the After a lapse of a week the annual W181 eXhi_b1toI‘S and every Yea!‘ ourcommittees that put on these North Dakota Winter show opened oommef@131 SP-‘-lee 15 Sold out Weeksevents persist under all kinds of at Valley City. Fifteen years ago hef0I‘e the Show S'¢aI‘tS- In 1951 Weclimatic conditions and it must be this one started as a small, early had $0 turn away 30 peeple Wh0admitted that they have been sing- March fair but it has grown tre- Wanted 1&0 Sh0W One kind Of 8ularly successful. Perhaps it is a mendously in size and inuence. gadget OI‘ another-”fact that, usually coming in Febru- Montana people have got into the T M Mecaii the Sn ei~int d t. . , p en enary and March. these shows are a swing of the thing, too, and they of the University of MinnesotaNorthwest School and Station, nearCrookston, who also is president ofthe Red River Valley Wintershows, was even more enthusiasticthan Mr. Miller.

“Feel sort of like the master of asix-ring circus this week,” McCallsaid, as he explained how the showoperates. “We not only have theindustrial department and the live-stock and crop shows, but youshould drop in at the basement ofour building during the afternoonand hear the educational talks. Atthe same time the women will behaving a meeting talking abouthome problems. Then there is our

i night show at the high school audi-torium. This feature is both en-tertaining and educational, and to-night be sure and come overbecause George Grimm from theMinneapolis Star is going to tell usabout his recent trip to Korea.”

With that we started our inspec-tion of the exhibits and, sureenough, it proved to be an inter-esting and absorbing show. The in-dustrial displays included every-thing from electric refrigerators totractors and other large machinery.A sign over one exhibit said,“Learn to Play the Accordion—Free Lessons.” In front of anotherbooth a man handed out a cardi which said, “My guess is that thereDarrel Lura, an I-‘.F.A. and 4-H boy from Hawlcy, Minn.. should get ahead in the world. are QM COOP calf starter p91-

At least he uses his thinking equipment—a fact which is illustrated by the platiorm shownhere, he built for Babe, his prize ewe, so he wouldn’t need to stoop when trimming hei eece. lets in the jar-” He Pointed to 36

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Farm and Home (IpportunitiesYou may select from this listing of typical farms or ask us forother propositions suited to your needs. Additional information,including addresses of owners or agents, furnished on request.

MINNESOTA N-66-640 acres, six miles west of WASHINGTONM_98_240 acres, Six miles from Lit Mottt; 300 acres cultivated, remainder- . . w-123-a0- ' b tt l d,

t1ef°"ki 70 acres under °“lti"3tl°"i re‘ hay land‘ Tlhere ls an REA lme along subirrigated, Zlardutrgedcreg ii‘imdulti‘\I/1a-mainder pasture; nearly all fenced; the S°"tl‘ 51°19 °f the se°t1°"? a well °“ tion. Comfortable three-bedroom farmabout 25 acres low land; some timber. the land. Price, $10,000; reasonable house; 24-stanchion barn, 12 for gradeThree-fourths mile off state highway terms. A milk“ milk house" milking machine-N°~ 05, gravel Filed '10 Place from l'l1gl1- lawn, shrubbery; friiit; garage; poultryWay; daily mal 9 S¢ll00l bllat milk and MONTANA house, wash house. Two miles fromereern route_s- REA end telephone at town. Town water, electricity. Pavedbllll¢lll'lg$- Five-1'00"! heme, full ba5e- S-82-160 acres, Bitter Root valley, highway, mail route, school bus. Price,m°"t- Bam» 32342’ °hi°k°" h°"$°» 110 acres irrigated and tillable, re- $15.500- John Deere lolow assembly;24360.’ partly r.u5hed' other small mainder timber and pasture Six-room °thel' machinery and 12 grade cows dfbuildings Well with abundance of wa- '- - h'gh ‘ll! ' ldf $3,000 dd'tional.ten Priced for nick sale because house, with hot and cold water, bath 1 ml yle dr d 1q . . . .ovlmer leaving due to poor health. dxtdre5_W1“_ be mstanedi bddtfm cup" W-124—40 acres, near Lakewood. ap-Price, $4,500. b°al'd5 Ill kllcllell Ten'Sta"°h1°n c°W proximately ve acres cleared, remain-M 99 100 . h B t. barn; ehieken house. garage and cattle der timber. Five-room modern home.fun; kzpt fagejzsdlgie g‘:j§'on$a};‘aE shed. Owner states ranch will carry 50 Poultry house for 500 birds. Othermiles to good trout river’ closeto depot to so head of cattle if seeded down. buildings Large oreherrl Well Lend-vmage, on gravel county road’ grade 80 _acres in hay and pasture at present. Scaped YaI‘<l- Price, $6,500 Terms-end high school bus routes. mail. P“°°- $13900’ $9,000 d°“’“- w-125-so acres, all level, 35 cleared,ereemery pick-up routee. telephone s_83_Mo,,,,tai,, stock ranch 807 25 cultivated, 20 in small timber. Eight-line, three and one-half miles to stores ' room house (gone;-a1 condition is goodyand churches, 18 miles to Duluth. 40 acres deeded’ 60° acres Pasture’ 200 3-7_foot dug wen 599 gallons per hourac,-es now under cultivation; owner acres bottom land hay ground, of which piped to house énd barn Barn’ 3ox42_estimates $2,500 in marketable timber, enough is taken out for buildings and on concrete foundation, one side hasspring watered, wire fencing; good corrals. Forest permit for 53 head and oonoreto oor; stanchion; for ve cows,elght'l'°°m frame house Wlth l°ul' bed‘ around 200 acres lea59d- Put up l50 Two-story chicken house, 22x72, withl'°0m$i asbestos Siding, eleetrlelty ill" tons of hay. Stock water is from year- concrete oor. One chicken house,stalled, excellent drilled well, full d - k th h 20 3o_ p ' o, $g’300_ Two miles to R31-basement hardwood oors throughout at-mm sprmgs‘ Cree runs mug ‘X 14 nc'l t O1 '. . nler, mies o ympia.furnace heat, set in beautiful yard with ;mnt.e1£1p;s;ure' fllenty ogstock shelterbirch, willow, pine and other shade “ms e Y _“" °“’S an ‘re?’-i F°“" W-126-80 acres, so cleared. Five-trees. Good barn, 24x30, hip roof, loft, r°°"‘ i‘°ds° 1“ “°e_d °f repami bar“ room modern house. electric pump;hay fork, oonoroto oors, running wa_ ang mllkhhouse.hC:lcken house, garagle born for 11 headdstoekli $1-_age_$r(;)o:0%_ter, newly painted; poultry house, an mac ine s e . Electricity in al shed; year-aroun cree . rice, , .12x20; good garage, 12x24; summer buildings. Will handle 75 head of cows.kitchen. 12x12; several other small Located on all-weather county road, 25 -

buildings fail‘ _C0ndi'£i0n. Elderly miles from Helena. Two miles to grade OREGONddmer redrmgg glves pdssessldn m school‘ one mile to country grocery _ 11 f, » O-77-37 acre va ey arm, nearthlrty days‘ Price’ $9900’ $5'00o down‘ store. Road paved into Helena all but Woodbum, on pavement. All culti-

M-l00—3l9-acre improved farm, six about one mile. Price, $27,500. vated, seeded, fenced with woven wire.miles east of Tilden Junction, Polk Modern four-room house, with bath;county; 100 acres under cultivation, re- IDAHO garage attached. Barn and poultrymainder well fenced timber pasture. house both have electricity and water.Seven-room house; basement barn, 30x I-65-240-acre farm, located in Hid- Deep 12-inch irrigation-type well, with50; granary, chicken house and ma- den valley, three miles from Reth- several hundred feet of pipe andchine shed. Lighted by REA. Farm is dl-um_ 45 acres cultivated, 30 acres in sprinklers. Also includes small tractorlust a mlle fI‘0m a lake and Summer re- hay six_,.oom house in good condition. and tools. 75 hens and a lot of feed.Sort‘ Price’ $9500‘ bath electric lights telephone base: Price’ $8’400' Terms‘

ment, oil heat. Two springs, stock barn, O_78_45 acres’ approximately 20NORTH DAKOTA water in barn, chicken house. On RFD miles west of Eugene on Long Tom

N-65—Improved 160 acres with ve- and Selleel bl15- Price! $15,000 TeI‘mS- river. 35 acres under cultivation, withroom house, full basement; barn, 24x36, _ _ water right from river for irrigation.one story; artesian well, grove, on good I‘66_70'dcre farm’ SIX mlles south‘ Irrigation equipment included. Five-road. Price, $5,500, one-half cash; bal- West of Ceeur d’Alehe» along highway room home with bath. Barn, 30x40.ance in three payments, ve per cent N0- 95- Twenty-ve a¢I‘eS Under ¢l1lti- Various other buildings. Price, $8,500;interest. vation. No buildings. Price, $2,300. one-half down.

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operative associations that furnish ock of 359 beavy_pI-edueing Leg-electric power to their members horns (they average 200 eggs eachhad a large space and above its en- in H year) it Counts up to $1,000trance tall red letters spelled out, annually-“Rura1 Ame;-tea Li hts U " Here “To earn this extra income all I

g p‘ <1 * <1 45 'n t da le nthe technological advances that is ls slgecn a?; uaiiil g’ C530;havebn dith tlf g'g -g P egg’-eleetrieily were shown in Several cludes the two hours required onceexhibits of circuit breakers dating a week to haul my eggs in a pick-from the early days up to the pres- up to the shipping Point Divideent. “A big tree might fall on a $1*OO0 by 225 hours of Work and7,200-volt line,” a man in the booth you get $4'40 an hour’ whlch is

. ,, another way of illustrating thegait!‘ f I: Wluld Q?a}1fe 3 ilot are premium I collect for the time Iour ee W1 e W ‘C W9“ d Fur“ put in on marketing. It sounds like

the tree clean through in a Jiffy. easy money There is no secretBoth parts of the tree would fall about the formu1a_ Many otherto the ground and all you would poultrymen could do the same.”

three-pound glass container full ofpalm ..Put down 2,000,000’ Hem Thomson Earns $4.40 an Hourry," said a 4-H club boy, standing “I make $2.50 a case over localnearby, to his friend who was Prices by shiPPing eggs east, ‘E0t d ~ f th d A h New York, where buyers are plen-Z131 )blfn%h(en:ob)m Ii‘:/ecaflarinerst’ tco? tif-u1”’ A‘ L‘ homson’ in central

THE NORTHWEST March 19523

Minnesota, said recently. “For my

ee ma e n e con ro 0 225 hours in 10 months, which in-

“.°“°° W°"1d be a .1¢*.<@*‘ 1" the The rst thing Thomson did w h.*;-.&;..T.i.2";1",.".:::. ;:*;¥.::1":.g..:*'s;.:'::l1ghtS because “'18 ClI'CU1t breakers imprgve on marketlng was tQ his pciultie-{' layitiag hidiauseil on his farm_ ii:. . ntr nneso . e as a convenienwould take care of the load and mEll{€ an agreement Wllih 8 reliable bend; egg scallle), eitleanliag epuipmgntblazing

' ' ‘ ’ ' l'€COl' Oh W8 , CIR! IIIC CI’ an , BC 0then they would turn the Juice on commission mag tin lien/I York to mm 3 homemade candle,‘ used on an eg“again. receive eggs an 0 se em.

The next thin Thomson did wasw t 1 th 1 . ge We" °n ° e Poll try de- build a small egg room 10» X 10' “The produce houses all gradepartment, where a girl was sitting - - ' b’ and candle their eggs,” Thomsonat a table at one end of the room Just a Step o the1aymghOuSe'T e “ 'lls were made of ordinary con- remarked» and 1f I Want tel?lettering placards. “Six hundred Wat bl k The d t b t prices, I have to do it, too. Itakebirds in here," she said, When We giirsnerofeilperatueygndrinewig- ‘Put any eggs that have dark sP0tsasked her about the chicken show. ter a small oil heater is used to In the?- Idsen from 12 to 14 Eases

k -t f t bl f Tb a wee an every case excep oneThe livestock division was draw- $31 eiol kggm eor 3 ffomorfreezoiglson contains my standard-sized clean

ing a lot of attention “We have p gg g' fresh candled e gs. The olie is A- y g276 head of cattle,” O. M. Kiser, ahglolinerggdehbesnchhalogg $11,‘: split case, in which the checks, pul-from the Northwest School and Eva ’ t gtog lilrgho O0 edo eth let eggs_and peewees are included.Station, who serves as superintend- 1aVe- 0 SE p’ bms nht -esf e I mark It on the °uls1de—sh°W1r1gent of the livestock stated “They cleanmg g-gs age 1ro~ug hm mm how many of each there are The1 ' t t n . . ‘in c 1 u d e Herefords, Shorthorns, E 83251123 snigde eof a¥$§,er?§§§ted coycrilqllsslton éin sellgherg as slight‘Angus, Helsteins» Jerseys, BFOWI1 heavy wire. He places the basket an -ge W a ever ey rmg uSwiss and Milking Shorthorns.” on the bench. Here any soiled eggs if I tned to peddle them at home

. 1 1 bare dry-cleaned with sand aper the Stores and Oca uyersAnd last tt th h p wouldn’t take this substandard, We We" 0 see e eg tacked onto a small block of wood St ff t 11”

and sheep shows. Darrel Lura, which is padded with sponge rub- u a a 'from Hawley, Minn., a 15-year-old ber. Two simple scales sit on this iiF.F.A. and 4-H boy, was perched bench and, in case of doubt, heon a fence in the basement of the Weighs the e8gs,0T1e at a time His T av [B Raillivestock barn looking into the pen Standard Pack averages 24 eueees r e ywhere his rst_prize Hampshire per dozen. Above the bench 1S a Let us quote you round triptie:/e, liabe, vvlas contentedly mulp;h- ggggrggrgettiré °t2mV;l;$1uI:£hOég?g fares from your station and assist

g g ain won a_purp e ri on and the Sheets on whlch the record you in planning your trip to in-in the Junl0I‘ Futurity with Babe, of egg production is kept hang spec‘; western land.tee» and Second Prize in the shew’ there, too. To the left of the rst J W HAWmanshlp e°ntest,"DaI‘1‘e1m°dest1y bench there is a low table that ' 'admitted when we asked what luck holds two gases, Above is a h0me- 115 Northern Pacic Railwayhe had had. made candler. St. Paul 1, Minn.

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