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ID-'1 HI; 3 II _ . VILLOWSVOI Kl 1. \ um ‘Au Vol. XXVIII No. 7 NOR TH MAIN STREET OF THE NORTHWEST" yrynz rtluue t W“, ngl St. Paul, Minn., July, 1954 Basin Population May Be 252,000 in I960 An estimate of future growth of John N. Nordmark, of Seattle, a tion growth by 1960 tributary to population in the Columbia basin planning specialist who is presi- Ephrata, Soap Lake and Moses of central Washington made known dent of a rm called Puget Plan- Lake has been attributed to the recently showed that by 1960 the ners, Inc. Nordmark released his possibility of larger operations ad- area may have 63,015 families and forecast in connection with a state- jacent to Moses Lake by the Boeing 252.050 people, whereas only a few wide survey of the building needs Airplane company. At Pasco part years ago the population was ex- of Washington schools, which he is of the growth (10,000 people) at- ceedingly sparse. making for the state department of tributed to regional inuences will Farm population alone is expect- education. occur because of activities other ed to be 39,233 in six more years Nordmark is reported to have than those closely related to agri- but Moses Lake, the estimate used farm unit information 5up- culture, the survey shows. Shows» may‘l0la_1 23312 and P8500 plied by the U. S. Bureau of Rec- The following lists cities and may 1'93_9h 31»043- I? _lh°$9_ gures 16-lm8li0I1, Which has foretold the towns in the basin and their 1960 are realized, these c1t1es_w1ll have future of land Settlement in the population estimated by Nordmark added thousands to 111911‘ P1'e$9n1 area occasioned by the new Colum- and reported in the Columbia Basin numbers. bia Basin Irrigation project. But Herald, published at Moses Lake, Warden, only a few hundred he also has weighed the inuence compared with the U. S. census now, will be 6,228 in 1960, accord- of processing and service industries count for 1950 in each case: ing to the estimate and Eltopia will which will be located in regional have 6.228 people. centers. l_960 1950 U. S. The estimate has been made by Furthermore, 25,600 in popula- Clty Esmnate Census Quincy . . . . . . . .. 6,228 804 Ephrata . . . . . . .. 8,491 4,589 Soap Lake . . . . . .. 2,091 2,091 666 337 am Wilson Creek. . . . l Moses Lake . . . . . .28,312 2,679 Warden . . . . . . . .. 6,228 322 Othello . . . . . . . . .12,457 526 Connell . . . . . . . .. 8,490 465 Eltopia . . . . . . . . .. 6,228 70 Pasco . . . . . . . . . . .31,043 10,228 A portion of the population at Moses Lake, of course, is attribut- able to the fact that a, U. S. air base is located near the city, at Larson Field. All of the area, ac- cording to the Nordmark survey, shows interesting possibilities for rapid growth, as each vear more farms in the Columbia basin come under irrigation and more new- comers nd locations. Some of the towns, as can be seen by the com- \ eld demonstration was held on a Columbia basin farm durln th rln t h w ' .. how’ a rotary tlller. above, which leaves alternate strips of old crop gesldlirefpredxcelg ivlgrd paratlve gures above’ ar? Start erosion on newly irrigated land. This tillage protects row crops during their early growth. mg praCt1¢a1ly fY0m nothlng.

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  • ID-'1 HI;3II _ . VILLOWSVOIKl 1. 1» \ um ‘Au

    Vol. XXVIII No. 7

    NOR TH

    MAIN STREET OF

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    St. Paul, Minn., July, 1954

    Basin Population May Be 252,000 in I960An estimate of future growth of John N. Nordmark, of Seattle, a tion growth by 1960 tributary to

    population in the Columbia basin planning specialist who is presi- Ephrata, Soap Lake and Mosesof central Washington made known dent of a rm called Puget Plan- Lake has been attributed to therecently showed that by 1960 the ners, Inc. Nordmark released his possibility of larger operations ad-area may have 63,015 families and forecast in connection with a state- jacent to Moses Lake by the Boeing252.050 people, whereas only a few wide survey of the building needs Airplane company. At Pasco partyears ago the population was ex- of Washington schools, which he is of the growth (10,000 people) at-ceedingly sparse. making for the state department of tributed to regional inuences will

    Farm population alone is expect- education. occur because of activities othered to be 39,233 in six more years Nordmark is reported to have than those closely related to agri-but Moses Lake, the estimate used farm unit information 5up- culture, the survey shows.Shows» may‘l0la_1 23312 and P8500 plied by the U. S. Bureau of Rec- The following lists cities andmay 1'93_9h 31»043- I? _lh°$9_ gures 16-lm8li0I1, Which has foretold the towns in the basin and their 1960are realized, these c1t1es_w1ll have future of land Settlement in the population estimated by Nordmarkadded thousands to 111911‘ P1'e$9n1 area occasioned by the new Colum- and reported in the Columbia Basinnumbers. bia Basin Irrigation project. But Herald, published at Moses Lake,

    Warden, only a few hundred he also has weighed the inuence compared with the U. S. censusnow, will be 6,228 in 1960, accord- of processing and service industries count for 1950 in each case:ing to the estimate and Eltopia will which will be located in regionalhave 6.228 people. centers. l_960 1950 U. S.

    The estimate has been made by Furthermore, 25,600 in popula- Clty Esmnate CensusQuincy . . . . . . . .. 6,228 804Ephrata . . . . . . .. 8,491 4,589Soap Lake . . . . . .. 2,091 2,091

    666 337am Wilson Creek. . . .

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    Moses Lake . . . . . .28,312 2,679Warden . . . . . . . .. 6,228 322Othello . . . . . . . . .12,457 526Connell . . . . . . . .. 8,490 465Eltopia . . . . . . . . .. 6,228 70Pasco . . . . . . . . . . .31,043 10,228

    A portion of the population atMoses Lake, of course, is attribut-able to the fact that a, U. S. airbase is located near the city, atLarson Field. All of the area, ac-cording to the Nordmark survey,shows interesting possibilities forrapid growth, as each vear morefarms in the Columbia basin comeunder irrigation and more new-comers nd locations. Some of thetowns, as can be seen by the com-

    \ eld demonstration was held on a Columbia basin farm durln th rln t h w ' ..how’ a rotary tlller. above, which leaves alternate strips of old crop gesldlirefpredxcelg ivlgrd paratlve gures above’ ar? Starterosion on newly irrigated land. This tillage protects row crops during their early growth. mg praCt1¢a1ly fY0m nothlng.

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    Change Type of Farming CLOSEUPSon the 50|000'acre North unlt of Short Paragraph: About Agriculture in

    Department of Agrirullurnl Development the Deschutes Irrigation project’ in ~,,"|“,,,| Puic 1"'||o,yNORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY central Oregon, 5,200 acres of pota-

    toes are being raised this year, .. w. HAW .................. ..St. p 1. Ml . . . 2 9, A tn B k, h d

    J Di'°°‘°Y an nn compared wlt.h 4300 acres In 1953’ hemig $a4’ (ghicago 32:1 gsctatewbgolelriand the planting of dry beans went b h 120 A,-lin ton inw. J. HUNT .................. ..st. Paul, Minn. 0118 t ac!“-15 oor _ 8 iAsststnnt Di,-sets, up from 60 acres last year to 2,000 western Washington. Previously, he

    ' re 0 ted, he sold a farm he owned inA. J. DEXTER ............... ..st. Paul. Minn. acres m the_Prese_nt Season" n,?n;na_

    Agricultural Development Agent Farmers in this area, however,KENNETH R. NORELL ...... ..st. Paul. Minn. are going out of the production of i

    A8"°“"“"*1 D°"°1°P"l°"* '-8°“ seed from Ladino clover. In 1951, N- - - Harry A. Achtenmeier, from e-

    H. w. BYERLY ....... Ila.... ..st. Paul. Minn. when this seed was bringing $1 a b,.aSka_ Spent “most of the §ummer., inFarm Lan Agent Pound» they had 22,000 acres of 1953 “looking for a farm in Oregon.”

    A. R. MIF-SEN ------------------ --Fargo N- D- Ladino. By 1953, the price had He bought 80 acres in the WillametteAgricultural Development Agent dropped to 35 cents and only 6,500 valley. equipped and stocked with 32

    t milk cows, for $31,000.L. S. MacI_)ONALD . . . . . . . . . . ..Missoula, Mon . acres were raised_ year aboutAgricultural Development Agent 1500 acres of Ladino are being

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    KENNETH L. COOK . . . . . . . . ..Spokane. Wash. rown on the North unit for seedAgricultural Development Agent g Lemhi 53 is a new rust resistant va-

    w. p. STAPLETON ........... ..Seattle, Wash. Much of the land that has gqne ‘MY °f Wheat in 1dah°- (.31'°“'°1'5 Wmwsstsnn ngncnttnnn Development Agent out of seed production is being get_ seed in_ 1955. Agronomists bred rust

    1005 smith Tower used as pasture for catt]e_b0th resistance into Lemhi, a standard springbeef and dairy animals wheat in the state, to produce Lemhi 53.

    JULY, 1954 The North unit is in Jeffersone°unty- A number of "T139-tion Plans have been announced for build-projects are located in two adjoin- ing 8 Private club and a_nin8-h_O19 golfing c0unties__DeSchuteS and Crook course on a 2,300-acre island in Flat-

    Mint Oil Exported K_L_C_ ' head lake, in_ western Montana, calledPeppermint oil produced in the _ Wild Horse island.

    Yakima valley of Washington is ii ___._used got only at {IOIHG bgt ishex-porte , too, mosty to T e et er- 9"‘? - °r- ‘me Y e " "lands. France and Canada it was New Use f‘“° whea‘ §’J‘.§’si§‘{“§ 2123?; 2232.‘ i‘.§"‘Z£ii.‘l$‘;‘3.‘i€;reported in the Yakima Republic. Pr0tein Washington for $6’5()Q_

    Peppermint plantings in thestate this year total an estimated The Success 1n_50Ine 93$§e1‘n maf-6,800 acres, just under the 7,000 nets of 3 new “nlgh Pr°_te1n_" bread Solon Atwood moved to an 80-acreacres harvested last year but bet- is_ seen as a possible indication that farm, a mile from Pine River, Minn.,ter than the four-year average of n1gn'P1‘°te1n hard Ted $P1'ing Wheat “'h'°h he b°“gm f°r $6300‘6,400 acres from 1949 to 1952. from northern plains areas may be __

    Spearmint plantings in the state 1n_f9F lnereased demand, in thecontinue to Show some increase ()p1n1Qn of Harry G_ Anderson, _Strawberi‘ies irrigated in Qregon

    ’ f yielded four tons per acre of fruit com-the estimated 2,100 acres for this arm economist at North Dakota - ~ - -_year comparing with the 1953 har- Agricultural °°11e8e- §§§§

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    July, 1954 THE NORTHWEST ‘Could Boost North Dakota Income $200,000,000

    Preliminary Plan Proposed for Irrigation of 1,000,000 Acres

    Irrigate 1,000,000 acres in North “' ' 'Dakota? It can happen. Maybe2,000,000 acres. “ ‘ ‘ ‘ * '

    It will be another Columbia ba-sin, perhaps bigger—with 9,000 irri-gated farms, 100,000 more peoplein the state and eventually a $200,-000,000 boost in annual volume ofbusiness.

    Congress has authorized irriga-tion in North Dakota as a part ofthe federal g0vernment’s MissouriRiver Basin project. Currently aplan which is under study is de-scribed as the Garrison Diversionunit of the Missouri-Souris division.In this plan it is proposed that theU. S. Bureau of Reclamation buildextensive works to carry waterfrom the reservoir behind Garrisondam, on the Missouri river, above

    - - s was en on e an an eve opmen arm o e . . ureau 0 ec ama on,Blsmarcki near Garrlsonv now be’ in western North Dakota. The sugar beets illustrated yielded 24 tons per acre. The Bureauing constructed by the Corps has a development farm also in the northern part of the state and one is planned at Sheyenne.of Engineers.

    No funds have been appropriated for_irrigation of the _Garris_on u_nit The map_ presupposes a balanc-yet for major construction on the which shows economic lustication mg reservoir-—-called Snake CreekGarrison diversion nnir Money has under repayment formulas pre- reservoir—at the end of the _s0uth-been made available principally for scribed in federal reclamation law. east arm of Garrison reservoir. Theinvestigation and for demonstration An indication of the areas con- dam l$_an earth ll 5tI‘l1°_t11I‘e andpurposes. Extensive investigations, cerned is shown in a map picturing 3 Pllmlllllg Plant would be ll"l$talleCl-in fact, are in progress. Bureau of proposed details of the Garrison This Snake creek dam already hasReclamation engineers have re- unit, which was released by the been ¢°_ll5lYucted by ll‘? U- S- C01‘P5ported to their regional and Wash- Bureau of Reclamation not long °l_ Englneers f9!‘ 8 lllgllway andington offices on a preliminary plan ago. ' railroad relocation, but the reser-

    voir will be useful in supplying' ‘ ' ‘ i ~-—q water to be diverted for irrigation

    and will provide for recreation andl sh and wild life benets.~ A canal—called the Turtle Lake

    canal—-then is proposed from SnakeCreek reservoir running nearly 20miles east, to the terminal moraine,left by the Wisconsin glacier, whereProphets mountain pumping plantwould be installed to lift waterover the moraine for delivery intothe McClusky canal, which in turnwould carry it to another balancingreservoir, called the Lonetree res-ervoir, northeast of Lincoln Valley.From Lonetree, water would betaken north in the Velva canal to552,000 acres of land largely in Mc-Henry and Botteneau counties andeast and south in other canals tothe following irrigable areas:

    Areas AcreageSykeston and New

    Rockford . . . . . . . . . . . .123,000Eight dig‘e|;nt Xarrigiéieseof alialfanunpler'irri5:_tionyat Man:'ladn.Sl;I.hD., above, have‘ yie‘lded Harvey—Maddock . . . . . . 107,000more an s ns r acre an ua y or ee- ear per 0 . p ons remove wa er rom -

    head ditch to he spread between borders. North Dakotans may irrigate 1,000,000 acres. Jmeswwn-PUITIPIHS - - 120003 m

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    Areas AcreageWarwick-McVille 52,000 The present Garrison diversion north of Valley City, from whichOakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 91,000 plan foresees raising the level of it would eventually reach the RedIn addition, the Cole Harbor area, Devils lake 12 feet or to elevation river near Fargo.

    which would obtain its water sup- 1,425 and eventually collecting the Other areas that are being inves-ply directly from Snake Creek res- drainage therefrom in the Baldhill tigated and which may be foundervoir, consists of 23,000 acres. reservoir, on the Sheyenne river to b ' '

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    Baldhill, near Binford and Han-naford,50,000 acres; Cliord-Wheat-land area, 70,000 acres; SheyenneDelta, in Richland and Ransomcounties, 145,000 acres; Larimore ~=l~*~l5~---area, in Grand Forks, Traill andSteel counties, 525,000 acres; thePembina Delta, 175,000 acres.

    Besides irrigation, there is a needfor improved domestic, industrialand municipal water supplies. Pres-ent investigations indicate that itwould be practical to supply sev-eral municipalities in the area withwater diverted by the project.

    It is expected that the nal re-port of the Bureau of Reclamationon the Garrison unit will not beavailable at least until 1957. If thereport nally shows the Garrisondiversion to be feasible, if prospec-tlV8 water LlS8I‘S Will sign U16 I18C- which it pl‘6dll(E¢d_3 heavy yield of teed for _cattle.' Beef sters itsing it onedyear"i:iade"gainessary repayment contract, and if of 488 pounds or each acre 0! pasture. Dairy cows a so ave een graze on e pas urc.it is approved by Congress and _ _ _funds for construction are appro- Proleeh Whleh extends lhto North Capacity I0 Servepriated to start the multimillion Dakota from Montana There are

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    optimistic, it probably would be the Lewls 8‘ Clark proleeh 1 liifzigairgcfgaziclitg vrgatnpigillvg.1965 before any large segments of L t 2000 y

    . . as S.“""“°' a ’ .'acre.pump' in additional equipment, Arthur K.the “mt could be watered" mg Proleet oh the Mlseourh hot a Atkinson Wabash Railroad presi-

    Bureau oicials stated recently part of the Garrlsoh “mt, was com‘ dent, declared in a recent address.that a small amount of money, com- Pleteoht Fort Clark A few fahms “This inherent advantage of theparatively speaking, is available ere helhg Watered below ,the D1ek' railroads is one of the most valu-currently in Missouri basin funds, lhsoh dam’ oh_the Heaht hlveri Wlth able assets of our nation’s defensewhich they propose to use soon to water stored lh the Dlolohsoh ,1‘es‘ system. America can ill afford tobegin construction of irrigation e“’.°“‘~.Al5°.*l‘*? West Heart Rlver allow its great railroad network toworks for 1,000 acres in the Oakes hngahoh olstnet has heeh orgah' be weakened by a diet of over-area. In this limited division of the ‘Zed and funds are avallahle to regulation excessive taxation and§f.g';$S,3;§,g~ ygggr 511,1 *;§,,§;'g§@g §t‘3§‘£i‘t £’;‘63“;i’l%s 3.?fwL‘1ei‘§§§fJ§ S“bsi°‘iZed' °°mPe*“i°"-”comes down the James river to in the Heart Butte reservoir, built

    - earlier on the Heart river by theOakes from Garrison. U. S. Bureau of Reclamation A Full Speed AhemlN°1‘tll Dakota actually has llltle contract between the Bureau and Early Amefian 1‘8i1I‘08d$ sig-irrigation at present. Thinking of distriq farmers, howevel-_ has not naled trains by means of a large

    th€ leaders in agriculture and b\.lSl- yet been signed and construction Suspended f1‘()n‘1 3 pole at theness in the state is that it is impor- will not begin prior to app,-Oval of side of the t;~a¢k_ when the tracktant as insurance against protracted contract terms by both sides, was clear ahead the ball was pulled

    eriods of drouth h' h hP , W 19 ave 1‘9- - _- - to the top of the pole. The termcurred throughout the_known his- dezsligrgggiufgiinhiil ?G;;;t1l§:t£)I1l_ “highball” has thus come downtory of the state, both in the white th f A through the years meaning “allman's ex erience and in the cen- ree or °ur.years' “other has 1 f 11 d h

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    DAIRYING NOW IS |W|£lf_q(£Se LiekieWNew Kappa; of wggg rye;-_|§g;E_.Experience the past year with

    dairy herds at three state institu-tions in Minnesota shows you don’treally have to get up in the wee,small hours of the morning sothose cows can be milked exactlyat 12-hour intervals.

    In fact, at the state farms at Fer-gus Falls, St. Cloud and Owatonnadairy herds last fall were put onan eight-hour, sixteen-hour basisand they gave just as much milk asever. The interval between milkingat night and milking again in themorning was 16 hours and the day-time interval was eight hours.

    The old idea was that if milkingintervals weren't equally dividedand carefully observed, the cows’production would drop. Experi-ments at Minnesota university in-dicated that that belief might befaulty. The uneven intervals weretried in Sweden, too, where re-searchers said that actually an in-crease in production was obtained.

    Farmers now are viewing the re-sults with the thought that maybe

    THE NORTHWEST July. 1954

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    T k ' h I thl th t ill k th\i d t tablthey can Safel turn Over and 1 ur ey growers searc or some ng new a w ma e I. r pro uc more accep eY 5 eep In the eyes of the public. White birds, rather than bronze-colored ones are gaining in favoranother couple hours on those win_ rapidly now. Shown above is a new breed. 0rcult‘s Michigan Whites. on :1 farm at .-\l!kln.ter mornings. Ray Burkholder,farm management specialist for

    - - .- ~the Minnesota institutions, said the A. W. Hoffman & Son and Floyd Michigan. They oiiginated as a. . Hogan, turkey growers in Aitkin white sport in the Broad-Breasted

    new alrangenlent ls Ideal fol State county Minnesota and Paul Stone Bronze breed Clarence Orcutt de-garms’ whetfe iimlatgs do the v.V(g,E{ in Anoka county,,a1l agree that 5 veloped them. Another Broad-h:)1Eu_n:;;S; e mute to an elg ' latent demand for heavy white tur- Breasted Bronze_sport is the Lan-

    keys exists, based almost entirely caster White, which came from theon the simple but potent fact that Roberts Turkey farm, in Califor-Changed Buying Trends it is easier to produce a c_lean-look- nia. A number of Minnesotansing dressed bird than it is with have begun iaisin them.When A. R. Bush, Pennsylvania bronze turkeys, whose pin feathers The fourthlnewgone recently in_

    §gg_%§,:SrEaI.]dre€ent1.ybpu§c}€Sed a ale dark‘ fn the .“'hit@' bifldsi the troduced into Minnesota is“ the91 0 P1119 Y9 u*'=‘F"- pin featheis aie light-coloied and Th B d Wh~ d-_ . _ , ~ ompson roa ite, pro ucedi'5)

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    Farm and Home OpportunitiesYou 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 routes; one-fourth mile to a shing sure. Buildings are fair. Close to store,

    _ , _ lake, ve miles to railroad village. less mail and schools. Price, $10.000_ includ-fa?/ln;2?g—Cl:?S%-aglrysgngciéveljglgléd than 127 naiées to busy city of 12,000. idng tractor and other machinery. $5,000

    . 5 1‘ ' , ,0 , t , ' ' .cultivation, six and one-half miles to 30"§‘§y§_ some arms possession In owngood trading center. churches, schools, I-122-150 acres, Orono area, 40milk plant, black-top and good all- acres cultivated, more to clear. Con-weather roads, REA. telephone, RFD. NORTH DAKOTA SlCl8I‘8li)ll8 tgmtberl for wood or to setl to40 acres pasture, 50 sheep, 12 head cat- sawmi s. c oo on corner o p ace.tle. Insulated seven-room, one-and-a- N'152—560 acres; _Bell5°" C°u"l-V- Gravel road to town. Small house andhalf story home, lap siding, full base- Small set g°°d bmldmgsi REA: Half large bHI‘n- Price. $6.500-ment, automatic oil furnace, gas water "1159 l°. tow? al‘g%t5ch9°li g111°'%5r.g‘;5heater, full bath, kitchen builtins, sink, an mmera 1'1 . S "lc ll 9 - 1° 1Septic tank Two wens with jet pump $11,000 cash, Sl.lb]8Ct to 1954 lease. WASHINGTONon one’ windmill on the omen Hip N'153—640 acres» James Rive!‘ Val" W-239-40 acres Chehalis area threeroof. semi-basement barn. 321440; white; ley. Good buildings, well located near acres cleared; two creeks on ‘paved10-f00l1 Posts. 30-l0n 10ft and Sllngs. market. Grove. 350 acres farmed, re- highway hear the foothills of the C35-poultry house, 61x50. 250 hen capacity: mainder in pasture and hay; nearly all cade mouhtah,S_ Level 1aha_ in a dense-g°uble10wi*éled gta]1;age' %gx§2iBn?£1k can be _f8l‘1'n9d- A general Pl-"P059 ly populated valley. Store and post of-.°us? X idglles . °use- X1 - "1 Ci laI‘m- Pl‘1¢9' $36 P91‘ a°1'e- ce, two and one-half miles. House is::§:..:?@~.;::.:.1;" ::::.§:°¥,:-...:r;"::. N-154-we .1" mm. modem». ve Ge and ofraise poultry on1y_ close to good shing All land under cultivation. Fair build- l0£$- P1169. $5,500-and hunting grounds. Price, $10,750; "‘gS~ Pncer $60 Per “re- W-240-35-aer_e farm._ Winlqck area.terms available. Poultry and a good all Cleared and In CPOP, lncludlng aboutCase tractor, bee supplies and miscel- MONTANA ve acres of _strawberrie_s. Four-bed-laneous farming equipment also avail- F0011"! l10l1_$

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    Managed Factory but Now He FarmsA veteran of World War I who which classies as grade A, goes

    once farmed in California but who once a day in these same cans tomore recently spent ll years as Missoula, where it is used in themanager of the American Crystal city whole milk trade.Sugar company‘s factory at Mis- That, says Cleland, is dairyingsoula, Mont., has gone back to deluxe.farming. His name is Frank Cle- Sixty acres of the farm wereland who, when he resigned in 1952 planted last year to sugar beets.as boss of the sugar mill, bought a Then there were brome and alfalfa400-acre irrigated farm in the Low- pasture, Kenland clover, for silageer Flathead valley, in Lake county, and hay, and oats and barley forMontana. He and Mrs. Cleland feed.have been living on the farm and Best of all, Mrs. Cleland likes theOperating it ever Sir1C6- new house on the farm, a ranch-

    One of the very rst things Cle— type buildihg» Whleh the.V eoIhP1et'land did when he became a Mon- ed_ lest 5PF1ng, Through 3 Pleturetana farmer was to remodel an old- wlhdow 1h the hvlhg room, thefashioned horse and cow barn, with Clelands look eeross almost therows of facing stalls, into a loang Whole Va1_leY to the rugged. Snow-barn or so-called loose-housing sort peeked _M15$1oh range of the Rock)’of building for his dairy herd. All mol1nt31n$-the stalls were torn out, leaving Recently Cleland, hlmself» hasone big room. Next to it, he built had to glYe uP_mueh of hls aehvea milking room, which cows enter Partielpatloh "1 the farm Workf1'Qm their loang are;-1_ In fact, The 8dll1lI1lStI‘Z-1tt)I‘S in thE ('38-they form the habit of entering in Partmeht of agrleulture e_ho5e hlhleach cow’s own turn more or less not long ago to be ehalrmeh 1hon their own, and then, after being MOMQUB of the Agricultural Sta-milked, each returns [Q the loang blllZ3lZlOn and COl‘lS6I‘V31LlOl‘i C0111-area. mittee (formerly the A_t

    The remodeled barn has hospital the ‘pigment thls responslgilllty lsbox Stalls’ calf pens with heat requiring a large part of is time.lamps overhead, and articial iibreedihg stems‘ Buyers Like New KindsA pipe line handles milk fromCleland’s 50 Guernsey cows to con- of Whue Turkeystainers in a cooling tank. By means ‘C""“““°d """‘ Pa“ 6’of siphons, it ows from one can to tion has begun to show more re-another in the cooler so it is pos- sults.sible to ll all cans without moving A wide demand for a whitethe pipe line. In other words, milk heavy turkey undoubtedly hasnever is exposed to contamination been generated by the general ac-from outside the milking machine, ceptance of the small broiler breed,the pipe line or the cans. The milk, the Beltsville Whites.

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