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TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK # Pointers on Feeding Beet # By - Products to Lambs (From the Montana State College). WITH THE increase in cattle and lamb feeding reported in many of the beet growing areas of the state, the problem of providing the proper feeding equipment is an important one, advises Louis Vinke of the Montana Experiment Station. The drainage question is important where best by-products are fed, says Mr. Vinke, since these feeds carry such a high moisture content. Equipment should be substantial, of low cost and so arranged as to reduce labor to the minimum. A shelter or windbreak is highly desirable. Regarding these matters, Mr. Vinke says: Cattle feeding yards in Montana are often located in flat places with no drainage, for which there is little excuse. A natural windbreak, a high board fence, or an open shed will give all the shelter needed. Not over 100 cattle should be kept in one yard and three feet of feeding room should be allowed per head. One of the most satisfactory methods of feeding hay is to have the cattle feed through an opening in the fence. The fence itself is usually made of poles or planks, or poles and wire netting. Two or two and a half feet above the ground there is an 18-inch opening over which another pole or wire cable is placed. The hay is stacked from the fence. Another good way to feed hay is to build the same kind of a fence around the outside of a hay stack placed in the corral. Beet pulp may be fed in the same way as hay along the outside fence at the corrals, or it can be fed in bunkers in the corral. If the fence is on sloping ground so that the water from the pulp drains down the pulp trench the best way is to feed pulp along the fence. This insures better drainage and does not necessitate driving into the corral with the heavy loads of pulp. If pulp is fed in troughs inside the corral the troughs should be movable so that they can be placed in dry parts of the corral from time to time. Cottonseed cake, grain, silage or cut roughage can be fed in the pulp trough. If beet molasses is fed on hay a tight bottom should be put in the hay managers or the molasses will work through the hay and go into the ground. One of the most satisfactory ways of feeding molasses to steers is to fill an ordinary galvanized tank with cold molasses and let them eat this at will. Aged steers will eat as much as eight pounds per head daily in this way. This plan should never be used, however, unless the molasses is cold and cottonseed cake is fed or scouring will result. Another good practice is to feed the molasses on the pulp in limited amounts. From 500 to 1000 lambs can be fed satisfactorily in one pen. One foot of feeding room should be allowed for each lamb. A good method of feeding where beet pulp is limited is to have one pulp yard for every five pens of lambs and one grain yard for every four to five pens of lambs. In this way every group of lambs can be put on the pulp two hours a day and on grain long enough to consume their ration. Every yard should have hay equipment except the pulp and grain yards. Where pulp is not limited more pulp yards are needed or the pulp troughs can be placed in the hay feeding yards. The feed yards are best constructed of 10 or 12 foot panels. The bottom board should be 10 inches wide and the upper boards spaced so as to make panels two and a half to three feet high. # -About Farming- (From the Montana State College). OUR farm tests which will provide a basis of comparison for determining the relative value of Newturk and Karmont winter wheat have been starte din Judith Basin county. he tests are being carried on by A. C. Knutson of Windham, J. C. Schmitt of Stanford, J. M. Bailey of Coffee Creek and John Livingston of Geyser. On the complaint of local creameries at Culbertson and roid the buying practices of competing creamery companies are being investigated by representatives of the State Department of Agriculture. The Sharp herd of pure bred and grade Jerseys of Lake county went under the hammer last month and brought an average of $105 per head. This herd had been under test in the Lake County Testing association for the past four years and records were available on every mature animal. It was agreed that cow testing records were material factors in making the high average sale price. The Northern Montana Alfalfa Growers' association at its annual meeting last month made the necessary organization changes to conform to the standard cooperative marketing law of the state. The organization is planning to organize a subsidiary warehousing association which will look after the storage and warehousing of alfalfa seed for its members. Soil inoculation has little effect on the stand and growth of sweet clover in Daniels county, according to results obtained by H. G. ranks of Peerless. Mr. Franks inoculated one-half of his field and the first year of growth showed little if any difference between the treated and the untreated portions. Seed peas and Deans may become an important source of income for the farmers of Cascade county. A number of farmers of the county are interested in these crops and plan to plant considerable acreage next spring. A few preliminary tests in different parts of the county during the past season gave favorable results. The All-Flathead county fair, revived this year after a lapse of three years, was declared one of the most successful exhibits ever held in the county. On September 30, Governor's Day and the opening day of the fair, more than 2500 people attended and on the following day, which was designated as Boys' and Girls' and Schools' day, more than 4,000 were in attendance. D. B. Noble of Fergus county is the first county agent in the state to use an aeroplane in connection with his work. He employed this means of travel in attending a conference at Stanford and on the same trip made a visit to the North-central Montana Corn and Livestock show at Great Falls. William Munkel Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. "Two years ago last winter I caught a very bad cold and was all run-down. I was advised by our druggist to use Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which I did with the greatest success. It cleared out my throat and bronchial tubes and loosened the phlegm, and at the same time it built me up. I would not be without Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and I trust this statement will be of benefit to others who suffer with colds as I did."-William Munkel, 1702 Mullin Ave. Obtain Dr. Pierce's Discovery now in tablets or liquid from your neighborhood druggist. You will quickly feel the beneficial effect. Write Dr. Pierce, President Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y., if you desire free medical advice. MONTANA # STATE BRIEFS Dodson-The Great Northern railway now has a crew here under Foreman Valentine, enlarging the stockyards at this place. Missoula-W. B. Shoemaker of Glasgow was elected grand master of the grand lodge, I. O. O. F., succeeding G. J. Bonine of Havre. Billings-Mrs. Ray James, '24, was killed in the overturn of an automobile on the beet switch east of Hardin, recently in an effort to avoid a collision with two motor-cycles. Missoula-Mrs. Mattie Boyd of Livingston was elected to head the Rebekah state assembly for the coming year. She succeeds Jennie Bywaters of Sand Coulee as president. Great Falls-Reyn Leedom, former Commercial club executive and newspaper owner of Lovell, Wyo., has been unanimously elected secretary of the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce Chester-The Woodmen lodge of Chester has inceased the size of its hall by making it 24 feet longer. This addition makes the hall sufficiently large to accommodate basketball, dances or any other community activities. Denton-P. J. Griesenauer pioneer farmer of this section has disposed of 320 acres of his ranch to N. E. Barber. Mr. Barber leased the rest of the ranch and Mr. Griesenauer will move with his family to Lewistown, temporarily. Hamilton-A landslide of law enforcement decended upon the anti-Volstead element of the Hamilton and Darby communities recently with the resuiting arrests of 10 men and the confiscation of one copper still complete with doubler. Chester-Suit has been filed by the county commissioner of Liberty county against the receiver of Chester State bank, in the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of enforcing a preference claim for a county deposit in the bank, upon its failure. Shelby-A constitution making the student body self-governing was adopted by Shelby high school students recently. The newly organized student body is known as the Shelby High School association. Shelby-The editorial staff of the Shelby high school annual has been appointed with the following officers: Editor-in-chief, Marion Cavitt; assistant editor, Lyle Burton; business manager, William Murrils; school activities, Catherine Pettigrew. Great Falls-The Great Falls Woman's club will retain possession of the Richardson-Morrow Citizenship cup, an award made by the Montana Federation of Women's clubs to the club presenting the best historical pageant on July fourth. Great Falls-Douglas Gold of Browning, former vice-president of the north central district of the Montana Education association, was elected president to succeed Vernon G. Mays, principal of the Great Falls high school, at the annual meeting here. Livingston-When Mrs. Clyde Keltz of Clyde Park took precious time needed to save herself from burns that were to prove fatal, in order that she might put her year-old baby in a place of safety, she accomplished her purpose, though she died 12 hours later. Great Falls-Construction of a $7,500 addition to the Eddy bakery was authorized recently by City Building inspector M. L. Morris, who issued a permit to J. E. O'Connell, president of the company. The addition will be built of brick and used as a warehouse. Great Falls-Mrs. Lucile Jackline of Glasgow was elected president of the Degree of Honor Benefit association at the state convention here. Mrs. Jennie Conger of Roundup was elected vice-president and Mrs. Mabel Bauer of Great Falls was chosen state secretary. Missoula-Dr. C. A. Schenck, world famous forester, who taught on the staff of the State University of Montana forestry school as a special lecturer during the forestry short course in the winter of 1925-26, will return to this institution for the same period this year. Helena-The Silver Bow Baptist association, in annual session here, chose Anaconda as the 1927 convention city. Reports showed the condition of the congregations comprising the district to be excellent. Dr. Curry, state executive secretary delivered the principal address. Roundup-The athletic association of the Roundup high school has completed a drive for membership which resulted in enrolling every student in the high school and every member of the faculty as members of the association. Never before have all four classes been able to accomplish a 100 per cent enrollment. Missoula - W. D. Bell of Bozeman was elected grand patriarch of the Montana grand encampment, I. O. O. F., at the forty-second session of the order here. Grand Patriarch Bell succeeds M. F. Mann of Miles City and with the other grand officers of the encampment was elevated from the next lower position. Plentywood-The largest fire Plentywood has had in three years occurred the other morning, when two buildings owned by former Senator F. G. Fishback valued at $12,000, were burned to the ground. One of the buildings was a movie house, the Orpheum, and the other was stocked with electrical appliances, managed by the son of Mr. Fishback. Missoula KUOM, State university of Montana radio station, has recently recently completed installation of a set of power storage batteries capable of delivering 1,600 volts to the radio transmitter. The new batteries will allow the station to operate an hour a day for five days in case the State university is isolated from city power supply by some catastrophe. # STATE WILL HAVE # BIG TURKEY CRO (From the Montana State College). ARLIER, unofficial reports of a bumper turkey crop in Texas which had a rather depressing effect upon the turkey growers of Montana are reported to be unfounded, according to H. E. Cushman, poultry specialist for the Montana Extension Service, who has just received word on the situation in the southern state from the Texas Extension Service. According to the information received by Miss Cushman turkey growers of Texas did set a large number of eggs last spring and no doubt this was the foundation for the rumor of an exceedingly large crop in this state this year. However, the hatch was poor, disease was quite prevalent during the spring, and this, combined with extremely wet weather, reduced the numbers so much that the state will have a small crop this year. With this information from one of the leading turkey producing states, Montana growers may feel more assured of a fair # Faulty # Elimination Should Be Corrected-Good Elimination Is Essential to Good Health. IF you would be well, see to your elimination. Faulty kidney elimination permits toxic material to remain in the blood and upset the whole system. Then, one is apt to have a tired, languid feeling and sometimes, a toxic backache or headache, and often some irregularity of secretions, such as scanty or burning passages. More and more people are acclaiming the value of Doan's Pills, a stimulant diuretic, in this condition. For more than forty years Doan's have been winning favor in country over. Ask your neighbor. DOAN'S PILES 60c Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidneys Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg. Chem., Buffalo, N. RANCE Irrigated, fine improvements, 4 miles to railroad, attractive terms at most reasonable price. Inquire ANTH P. FABRICK, 7 Stanton Bank Bldg, Great Falls, M Why " alwa RAW FURS NORTHERN FUR COMPANY of Missoula, Montana. We pay full market prices at all times. You do not need a shipping permit to send to us from Montana points. Low Express rates. References: Western Montana National Bank. 1st National Bank. Missoula.