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ISSUED MONTHLY BY THE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY

VOL. XIII ST. PAUL, MINN., NOVEMBER, 1939 No.3

Western States Increase Their Turkey BusinessThe turkey business isn't the on many farms where hog growing I there have been large increases in

same as it used to be. Things have has been curtailed in late years recent years.happened. One is a bigger crop are factors that have brought Oregon has enlarged its turkeyof turkeys this year than ever be- changes as to location of important business 110 per cent since 1930.fore. Estimates indicate that in turkey producing areas. North This is greater than the Unitedthe United States growers are rais- Dakota used to be the leading tur- States increase. which amounts toing 31,957,000 head compared with key state. In the last nine years 93.2 per cent.26,279,000 in 1938. Most people its production has dropped 13.23 Americans are eating lots morebelieve that means prices some- per cent. Montana's turkey out- turkey than they were 10 yearswhat lower than last year. iput in the same time has decreased ago—about twice as much. As

The west north central states143 per cent. VVhile the corn belt science advances and experimentare maintaining leadership in tur- during this period has gone in stations and extension serviceskey growing, but there has been a strong for turkeys there have been carry their information to farm-shift within the area. Bumpernotable increases elsewhere. West- ers, new trends are followed up.corn crops, particularly in Iowa 'ern states are standing next to the Many birds now are being hatchedand southern Minnesota, new north central area in total produc- early—in February, March, andmethods of raising turkeys to keep ; tion, with a crop this year esti- April. This means they are readythem well and to keep them put- mated at 7,519,000 birds. Figured for market before the holiday sea-ting on gains rapidly. and a search \ in this total is the production in son. Hotels, cafes, railroad diningfor an enterprise to take up slack ‘Washington and Oregon, where (Continued on page 6»

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.-\. W. Hnnnn. .v\itkin rouniy. Minnesota. looks over his turkey rror. Oregon and Washington have greatly increased their produc-tion oi turkeys. Introduction oi a more pronounced meat type oi bird or the west may bring a number oi changes in the growing oiturkevs and their use.

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- . -_, WYV We -~. dam in the Missouri river and 50I» °, miles of canals. Early in October CLOSE-UPS

I.‘ ‘ ' , _ e iv canal work was 13_ per cent com- sum Zzmezhlilg-711$.-"um I-1. 3 - plete. The dam will have a crest

- -\ - - ~- 1. '“T 7. length of 370 feet and Wm be 43 A cannery at Hamilton Mont canned

e? hlgh above the normal stream 3,000 gallons of huckleberries that"5"""4 "'5' e ' ' k d ' ' tern Montana's

Dapcrluulu of Agricultural Dooolopbonl wegfi (flfl-s In “esNORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY “’° ° ‘ " i

“Fin! of Ike Norllurn Trlau-onllno|\lnl|" From county! Minnes°'J. w l-{AW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . ..st. Paul Minn. Population increase in Oregon is mi C‘ '1' Ham?“ br°“g1§t 90'p°‘md

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' Director ' shown by a study made by the lambs t° 91° s°"“‘ Sb a‘-*1 "‘a¥k°t~J. HUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..St. Paul. Minn. State planning board_ Two hum They Sold for $3-50 Pei‘ iiliYidi‘@dW@i8iii-

Assistant to the DirectorJ. Di-:x'i'i:R ............... ..St. Paul. Minn. dred thousand migrants came into Montana 4-H Club members won the

Asriwiwrni Deveionmsni glee‘ Oregon from other states from the prized Camp Pluméner trophy awai-deg. MTESEN .............. ..St. au. nn. - - - - - ¢~R Developmem Agent hegmmhg of 1930 to June 30, 1937 for competitive emonstra ion wor

. at the Pacic International Livestockw. BYERII.r:'re1.i.g.l_e‘.tie)e‘..A.g.é::. Paul, Minn. —-—‘S‘(3/‘En and a half years. exposition recently in Pemend_ Ore

L. s. MacDONALD .......... ..Missoula. Mont. . esmte slqwmg down of na’ ‘iW.

Agricultural Development Agent tional population growth, move- At Helena, Mo_nt., A. J. Brass has aP. STAPLETON . . . . . . . . . . ..Seattle. Wash. ment into the pacic Northwest ock of 821 White Leghorn hens. In

Western Agrl. Development ABGDI destined to nti for August they lald eggs’ or an av.

E iiovi?riii"5i'i$"ei ' ' ' ' iiimgt wash app co nue erage of 20% eggs per hen They wereL. - . . , .

8' .“' . °" ‘gpmet g” H $°me tlme-” l'9D0!'t of _th9 F113-nillng top producers in the state that month.rnTl‘il3sé"“i.§3ié§$r;§ §§“lm2'i€sr°ln rife "rl‘Z3nlT board stud)’ Says; M18,Pai1°ii "i'i° .—-. . d Swest states. On expiration of that period it Q1-ego“ has vaned wldely from A former soldier in the Unite tatesmay be obtained on a yearly basis by sending t b t t- 1 1 army, Elmer E. Carter bou ht a farm25 cents in stamps, coin or money order made YQEI‘ 0 year Ll W38 par ICU 3!‘ y - Id d_out to Northern Pacic Railway. It you h d ' 1920 t 1930 d near szEmdp°mt' . a"._'a siiconwish to renew on a complimentary basis for eavy unng 0 an growth timber. First thing he did W85ve months this may be done by making n since 1934. While large numbers to make a clearing and build a logwritten request. -of people came into the state from house-

* o the northern Great Plains areaNOVEMBER. 1989 during 1935 and 1936, more than io‘i?n°‘Z?."r‘ir‘§i‘r‘z“i.‘?§nTi‘§e¢Z?§‘i2i‘l»iY¥.'I.i'T

two thirds of the newcomers were Sow from Ciii¢a ° and b°i1 hi 3 255-CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSING from other than Great Plains 3?" far?“ f°‘§ $5-80° M“ ah“! ‘md

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The $900,000 Broadwater-Mis- states. },::,s§,tfi.$,iil,3,'g_w1" move onto the farmuri construction job in western The Willamette valley and Coast -i

Montana that will bring irrigation regions of western Oregon have Frank Jvilyn bought 8 Nbrih Dakotawater to several thousand acres in been favored locations of the mi- farm 1“ Gnmd F°"ks °°“mY' hauledthe vicinity of Townsend and Tot- grants along with the central part °'§§ ;'fo$‘:d °,‘§5’§§{eS“‘s§§§‘§§s ' l b 'ld' d' .' f h . ate. ' " "'on invo ves ui mg a iversion o t e st ax and got a “fairly good yield in

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ridge‘s orchard this year, in the BitterRoot valley, western Montana. He ex-hibited Alexanders weighing a poundeach. Mrs. Milford Cobb raised WolfRiver apples each weighing 12 ounces.

B. W. Walther bought 15 acres inwestern Washington on a county road.He reports there is good pasture. withall the timber and brush off but somestumps left; a pretty good four-roomhouse, a barn, chicken house, two wellsand fencing.

On the Lower Yellowstone Irrigationproject in eastern Montana many grow-crs have reported sugar beet yieldsthis year of 20 tons per acre. Beetsare running large in some of the com-

‘ munitics. One was picked up at the‘ Breeze farm that weighed l6'é pounds.

Tho Brothers Lackman. Dave, Henryand Jacob. for nearly 10 years havebe<n making b‘g sugar beet yields onthe‘r irrigated farms. Average pro-

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19 and 17.7 tons. respectively. EachA Montana 4-II Club girl, big hat and all. Marie Monlorton, oi Gallntin county. won has been gI‘0Wlng about 22 acres every

the 4-ll baby beet championship this year at one oi’ the Treasure State iairs with this vear The Lackmans live in Yellow-Hereford. Marie and her sister exhibited baby bee! steers last year “in the money" at the ' 'International Livestock exposition in Chicago and had the champ!-on steer at the Salt Lake stone c°'-mty- Montana They wentshow int spring. there 26 years ago with their parents.

November, 1939 'l'-HE NORTHWEST Pacific Northwest Tops the Egg Market

The poultry industry in the state , - ~; eicient. The fact that westernof Washington, particularly in th_e 2 “iw ire" ' 1' producers can furnish large quan-Puget Sound region, has experi-enced remarkable growth and isone of the major industries in thestate, ranking fourth in valueamong agricultural pursuits, beingexceeded only by dairying, fruitand wheat.

In 1917 it was necessary to ship160 carloads of eggs into westernWashington to supply the local de-mand. In 1938, in addition to tak-ing care of local demand, which inthe meantime had increased great-ly, 1,085 carloads of Washingtoneggs were shipped to markets in13 other states. Washington eg_gsalso were carried, going in refrig-erator boats, to Alaska, the Ha-waiian Islands and the PhilippineIslands.

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tities of uniformly graded eggs ev-ery month in the year gives thema great advantage over other poul-try districts in dealing with largeagencies that distribute to the re-tail trade.

Western Washington Experi-ment station at Puyallup has madea specialty of its poultry depart-ment for years. Short poultryschools are conducted from timeto time by the state college exten-sion service to train men and wom-en who plan to start in the poultrybusiness. Advanced informationalso is brought through this me-dium to veteran poultrymen. Print-ed matter covering many phasesgf the industry locally is availa-

e.- Here’: I 4-ll Club picture taken at 8 lune. Many Qf the producers ea]-fy on

Smce 1919'the "ber °§9§a§§§ Kegii :i':§-‘,"§ if ¢'§':ii:‘i>'i"Zii=1'ii‘i'i'iiiii'i°E°iii'|'>i'r'Z their business in an intensive andof eggs has Jumpe rom ’ every spring. ‘Ina girl is Shirley Woodward. ' f P od t‘t0 2,175,000 annually. In 1938 eggs Deer Lodge, Mont" and the boy is Glenn amen,‘ chmanner‘ r gc IQ“ perproduced in Washington were va|_ ehwuei Ellensburg, Wash. The enll between en in t e coast states is highestem 1 a Ilereiord titted and shown by Her f f th It nted t 14 420 ()()()_ In the tg hert Skinner. Bozemnn. Mont., winner 0! the 0 any _° e pou ry ce ers Inu . 8 $ ’ ’ -p- Hereford division Ior Montana entrant: at the th Unlt d State Av 1-price year, 1929, when the price s Kane show. Shirley’: rents went m e . e .5‘ e age 97°‘was nine cents per dozen higher’ :§:nt:::uI3oin‘::wn' annunigirmot yeglle at: dllCt10ll D81‘ hen In w8.§hlhgt0n I8the total value was $26,182,000. :_.=..;u2§g"5‘.&i;:5 ;f'°:;;l.3'-{fit-;_t.5:ei"";; nigggaaigzgigyinbgengaifg £1

Speed Up Delivery §{,‘,,,"|,‘}'§,'{h,'L'f'{;“f'}"{',‘f“|{‘,°,"L§¢,§,'h",§,°;¢ f'§.',‘§'¢'§ erage 180 eg_gs. This will show aOf the Pacic Coast states, Ore- i'§§eui?y'»"iiii§' glifii :§§u'iii§”i'§6m“§i':n:'ih;:. Pr°nt- 8'"¥'1"8 mete . accurately

- - Idaho and wan-inmn take rm In the and comparing them with averagegon came next to Washlngton In Junior show at the Old Union Stockyards. -° ° h 241 1 d This show is laying an im rtant part in egg pnces for the past 10 yearsegg shlpments’ wlt- car oa S develo ing inte,rert in good lrgestock and in ' th r S klast year. Buyers in the state of aivmiiimion and llllhllll oi’ llvertock on ‘n h.eha ea-240°me °e 5he"em%e

New York were best customers for "‘° """- est ash. h e€3s per en} theWashington eggs, taking 792 car- ge t ese .13 return?’ °ne 1‘: b Sbans in 1938- In September’ 0°‘ could be told about these two safck Iéggréglfgrntlls :£d' Ix»t°ber’- N°vember- and December’ Points a]°ne' ducing ocks Droperli/5', grown pout(¥ate'}nénf€_'g;nl eé‘gLF;l1Iegcg§;Zdpi‘:' Iegzs Greatest production in Washing- and deve]°ped_

, , ton is west of the Cascade moun-York City. Other important cus- tainS_ poultry husbandry can be i tomers were Chicago, Philadelphia, carried on in any of the western IRRIGATION PUMPS STARTEDand B°3t°n- Ilnnreven m1h'°ed counties, but King, Whatcom, Late in September rst water toeenednles make It Pesslnle t° ne‘ Pierce, Snohomish, Lewis and Cow- flow through the canal and lateralshver eggs f¥'°m Seattle 1n .refr1g' litz are leaders. East of the moun- of Buifalo Rapids Irrigation proj-e1'at°1' ears ln New Y°rk Cit?’ the tains lots of eggs are produced, ect, unit No. 1 sometimes calledaftern°°n °f tne ninth naY- particularly in Spokane, Whitman the Glendive iinit, was pumpedIn 1939 Only IOW9» Minnesota, and Yakima counties. Many farm- from the Yellowstone river. Thisand New Y°!‘k Shipped In0l'e 688$ ers conduct poultry raising as a was an event of high importanceinto gée New York City market major enterprise. in eastern Montana agriculturethan ashington did. But Wash- . . Building of the irrigation project,ington eggs sell for more than P'°d“et'°n Rate H'gh which lies between Fallon andfrom those areas. Last year they Pacic Northwest climate is mild Glendive and embraces a total ofbrought 4.4 cents per dozen more throughout the year. Therefore, 18,000 acres, was begun in the fallthan near-by New York eggs and it is most favorable for egg pro- of 1937. United States Bureau of8.26 cents more per dozen than duction both winter and summer Reclamation is in charge of con-midwest eggs. The western prod- and production is continuous. struction. Now unit No. 2 of Buf-uct topped the market. The reason Green feed is available every falo Rapids, involving 15,000 acresis because of high quality and more month of the year. Marketing fa- between Shirley and Fallon, hascareful grading. A long story that cilities are highly developed and been approved and will be built.

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Yakima Ridge Canal for 99 miles will reach out in long stretcher straight as an arrow, make wide curves, go through tunnels andsiphon: on its way along the new Roza irrigation project which it will supply with enough water to irrigate more than 72.000 acres incentral Washington. The canal work is partly completed.

Getting Ready to Irrigate Roza LandFirst Water Will Go to 12,000 Acres Below Canal in 1941; Entire Project

to Include Over 72,000 Acres

Across the Yakima valley in cen- new trail cut through the sage by We pass the construction com-tral Washington there is a new the construction company's ve- pany’s camp--stacks of gasolinefrontier. It is 99 miles long, start- hicles and are enveloped by clouds and oil barrels, the blacksmithing at the Yakima river four miles of ne-particled volcanic soil. It's shop, supply depot and powerfulabove Pomona Siding, winding an arid country. The sun beats trucks and Diesel tractors. Be-through tunnels, cuts and siphons down. Jackrabbits scurry from the yond at gradually increasing ele-and sometimes curving in wide trail. On the way we have passed vation is the line of the canal. Thesweeps to avoid sudden elevation the temporary camp of a man and motor that powers a giant drag-changes. It follows the line of the his family, possibly an itinerant line, situated on the base of theYakima Ridge Canal that termi- fruit picker or an early arrival newly-dug portion of this canal,Hates 110$ 1'81‘ fl‘0m Kiomi, which seeking new land on which he can snorts and puffs as the shovelis east and south of the canal’s build a home. works at the bank of earth andorigin. Forty miles of this canal pushes construction onward. Earthhave been completed and some day, sewer Dug a we" thus removed lies in piles a_lon_gwhen the job is nished, it will the high ditch bank where it IScarry water to irrigate the Roza Across the sagebrush to the shaped into a road that inspectorsD1'0i6¢t- right a couple of miles are the new and maintenance crews will travel

The Roza is not a big project, as buildings of a settler who hasn't after construction men have gone.frontiers and modern irrigation waited for Roza water—a vegeta- Going back, we swing onto an-areas are measured, but it contains ble and small fruit grower. He other road again into the sage-more than 72,000 acres. An inspec- has built his home on the dry brush and drive up onto one oftion trip over the project shows the bench, grubbed out the brush and these newly made ditch-bank roadsmarks of a new country. Long turned the soil. Until the Roza is where the upper end of the canalstretches of sagebrush and bunches ready, water that makes his crops has been nished. Here is a longof native grass characterize the bloom is pumped from his own stretch of canal, straight as an ar-surface cover. We drive across a well. row from its last turn until in the

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distance it enters a tunnel builtthrough a hill of rock. There areseveral of these tunnels, one ofthem a mile long.

Canal Like a RiverWe have been up to see the di-

version dam, above Pomona. Hereis a block of concrete across theYakima river—not a high dam,since its purpose is not to storewater but, rather, to turn it intothe main canal. Nevertheless, it isan impressive structure with itsmechanism of roller and radialgates, trash racks, sh ladders andcontrol house—all embodying thelatest recommended devices froman engineering standpoint. Fromthe dam the Yakima Ridge canalleads off through the canyon. Thiscanal is big enough to be a riveritself, having a capacity of 2,200second-feet for the rst 12 miles.If you can imagine a block or cubeof water, one foot on all sides, thenjust suppose there are 2,200 suchcubes of water going by you at acertain point every second. Thereyou have some idea of how muchmoisture there will be for the Rozaproject.

Fish ladders and various pas-sageways for sh in the dam are astory in themselves. The Yakima

ROZAPROJECT

YAKIMA LANDSNOW IRRIOATED

is one of the Columbia's tributaries quently bobbing in and out of theand as such it gets a share of the settled, developed area. In fact,salmon every year that work their some of the famers who now indi-way back and inland from the Pa- vidually pump irrigation water outcic ocean into shallow waters to of the Sunnyside Irrigation canalspawn. These sh must go above in future will be served by thethe dam and to do so they will Roza.climb the ladders, which are a suc- Qhe of these farmers is L_ H_eessien of Peels in eenerete basins, Larsen, who settled where he noweaeh Peel 8 little higher than the lives, near Zillah, in 1911. He hasPreeeding 0ne- Then there is the 47 acres. Mr. Larsen says he madeProblem Of the downstream rn0Ve- a mistake in acquiring that muchrnent Of Yenng sh- _The_y must he land at the price he paid for it.Pljevented fr0n'l swimming along He would have done better withwith the diverted waters into the somewhat less lahd, M;-_ Larsenirrigetien e8n8l- They are kept says. The last two years, for ex-Out Of that Dredlearnent by large ample, eight acres of grapes havescreens Properly hnilt and Dleee<l- made a good return. This season

Not far frem the darn, enether he sold $1,800 worth of grapes, oradmirable feat of engineering has more than $200 worth on the av-been eee0n1Plished- The enel, Of erage per acre. The cost of waterneeessitY» takes out Of the river and the cost of pruning totaledon the south side of the stream. about $16 to $17 an ac,-e_ ThereBut the lands that are to receive was ho spraying-_ wineries andwater are north of the river. The grape juice factories hay his prod-selntien Was to earry the canal uct. With grapes performing likeunder the river in a siphon bored that, Larsen has out down orthrengh reek and bring it ent On pulled out his apple trees. He hasthe Other si<le- kept, however, the cherry trees.

A Mm F-»-“er ?;*::.:’:.: 5:23 :;‘.1:*:“;:.2';;*!;While the Roza presents a new damaged by untimely rain, and,

frontier, much of the romance, again, the price hasn’t been goodmuch of the hardship we think of some years. In 1939, however, thein connection with frontiers will price was fair and the crop wasnever materialize. This new land good. Larsen and other growerslies in a long strip abutting on one believe the grape market is goingside the well-developed Yakima Ir- to take their product in the futurerigation project, which means and that it is going to develop sofarms, homes, towns, cities, high- that lots of other people can sellways, railroads, schools, and all grapes if they want to raise them.manner of other services. As we It is expected that fruits and veg-drive here and there to see diifer- etables will be grown on the Rozaent parts of the Roza we are fre- and that there will be alfalfa, ce-

Showing how Roza project lands lle north of and adjacent tolands“? £111: gfaklma valley already Irrigated. The Roza. shownn so c . w be watered In I941 as Iar down as a point

somewhat below Zillah, lncludlnl 12.000 acres. This will he therst section Irrigated on the new project.

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Right, sh ladder in the diversion dam ior the Ron project in the Yakima river. Fish on their way upstream will liit themselvesover the dam in this succession oi pools which will carry runninflwater when completed. Lelt, one oi gates at the diversion dam.leading into the head oi the main canal. It gives an idea of the rge capacity of the canal.

reals, root crops, potatoes, dairy- ock. More and more turkeys are that lends a new and speedier tem-ing, and poultry. raised in lots of 1,000 or more, up po to his production schedule. The

W." D I Po to 1_0,000. Old-time friends of the fancier who likes the show-ring' e" °i' W" business shake their heads at this, beauties says it's sacrilegious. InAccording to present plans, rst hope the average small scale oper- the meantime, new ideas are being

irrigation water on the Roza proj- ator will stage a comeback, and introduced for dressing and pack-ect will be delivered in 1941. It this is a story all by itself. In ing birds. Storage methods havewill ow to 12,000 acres at the up- this connection, modern ideas been improved. With the heavyper end of the project, going down about nancing for feed and sup- type, broad-breasted turkey, broil-to a point just below Zillah. As plies no doubt have had an inu- ers may come into the picture. Therapidly as possible after that time ence toward bringing about big conventional turkey at ve or six-other parts of the area will be ir- turkey growing spreads. pound weight doesn't make a goodrigated. And nally, with power One of the most signicant broiler. It is rangy, mostly framedeveloped at drops in the Yakima changes is the swing toward the and is tough and slight of meat.Ridge canal, water will be pumped new strain of turkeys that was de- The new strain looks like it willto irrigate some lands above this veloped in the west. Most prom- makeapretty nice dish, tender andcanal. inent example is the Broad Breast- avorsome when fried at about ve

Roza land now is held in various ed Bronze, which differs from the pounds.ownerships, irlilclulding private, fed- ulsual tgpehin tbegng blgckier, wider _i___eral, state, sc oo and corporation. t roug t e o y an not as up-Private ownership includes the standing. These broad-breasted NEW PRUNE A FAVORITElargest portions. There is a siza- birds aren't much for pretty feath- The wee-iherspeen Qrllne IS at-ble amount of railroad-owned land ers. Their breeders so far have tffletlng Inlleh attentlen in theand smaller amounts of federal paid little attention to that fea- Miit°n'F1‘eeWatel' and walla Walla.and state. All lands have been ture. These growers have been Oregon and W88hin8t0n eellnllfy.classied and appraised, the ap- aiming for strictly a utility bird and in the Yakiina Valley, eentralpraisals being based on the land that Will make fast 83inS- WaS_h"1gt_°n- it is 3 new Vai'ietYvalue without water or improve- In this new strain, turkey tem- e0n1ln8‘ Into eeinlnefeiai impel‘-ments. perament has been changed. In- tenee-_ There are 300 aeree Of this

stead of a nervous, excitable bird, kind In the tW0 districts. Thethis type that stresses meat is a Weatherspeen» named after H. H.

WESTERN STATES TNCREASE slow moving, quiet individual. It Weatherspopn. fruit 8’l'0We1‘ Wh0THE"; TURKEY BUSINESS does not y. It matures early and dlscoyered It Seine years 880 88 8

(commued from page 1, uses less feed than the usual type. seedlmg. may change prune grow-The breast and drumsticks carry mg and marketlna It is larger

cars and ocean liners serve turkey more meat. than the 0l'din9-l'Y Italian Prune-“0ut of season.” A few families Oregon and Washington turkey It is sweeter, takes on better col-use it before Thanksgiving. About men introduced this strain. They or, has a smaller pit and holds up12 per cent of the crop is used that got it from Canada, where it orig- well in transit. Oiferings of thisway now. We still eat 88 per cent inated as a cross. Finally it has variety on eastern markets haveof our entire turkey crop inacom- moved into the middlewest and brought more money than theparatively short time-—during the turkey circles are all agog. What ordinary Italian prune. Some pol-holidays. upsets in the established business lination difficulties have been en-

There is a tendency to get away of breeding turkeys does this por- countered but steps are beingfrom the small or average-sized tend? The farmer wants this bird taken to correct these.

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FARM AND HOME OPPORTUNITIESYou may select from this list of typical bargains or ask us for otherpropositions suited to your needs. Additional information, includ-ing addresses of the owners, will be furnished on request.

MINNESOTA About all tillable and irrigated by gov- W-1050—Fine daigy and stock farm,M_21_20 acres, on chain of hve con- ernment proyect. Land hes wel_l, good 200 acres_ dyked ti e la}n_ds, on agate

nected ishes north cent,-at Minnesota, loam soil_, 65 acres alfalfa, no buildings. highway, in westein Was ington4 icedesii-shie for summer resort, for tn-i- Owner is movie actress who offers modern home buit two yea_r§,_ ai-gsvote cottages or for he"-y and poo ti-y place for only $2,750 in order to make stock ba_rns, many outbuil ingsiis,-in_ About 5 sci-es coitit-oted_ ho1_ quick sale. _$400 cash and five years head registered an_d high-€‘3?8 ere-efnce inesdog, end choice mixed tilinhelil-_ on balance, interest at 5 per cent. §<;ngeycov!;sik2cgegist%i:: teléllins, ygolirng

ear-aroun cottage, ara e, goo we . . 'Land is fenced_ pgce $1,200 $700 _S-_250—280 acres, nea_r foothills of mares, about 150 sheep, about 150 tonscash‘ hnisnce $100 snnnsiiy_ Mission mountain range, in Lower Flat- hay in barns,_ all arm equipment.

head valley, western Montana. 30 Farm will furnish year-around pastureM-204—Ideal120-acre stock and dai- acres cultivated and irrigated from and feed for 125 dairy cows or 300ry farm, on state highway, 18 miles springs, balance timber and pasture, head beef cattle and _500 sheep accord-from railroad town, northeastern Min- all well watered with springs. Fair ing to owner. Bargain price and terms

nesota. Good productive land, 35 acres buildings, family orchard. A splendid quoted on request.cultivated, fenced. Fine seven-room location for small bunch of sheep. Im-house, full basement, fumace heat. Hip mediate possession if desired. Price .w'_75°"'50 “'85- .°“t°"°'§ la“d' 5roof bai'n for 18 head stock and so $3.500. $1.000 will handle. easy terms ""'e> "°"‘ ‘°“'"- .1" I-‘~‘“"S ¢°""*Y~"333, “Y,-, *3‘-is =~="-5‘ P°,;'"1 “,°i,*» °" ‘*“‘=*""- €‘;§2“’;€63'“ i¥Zi’F“é';.‘»§°"i..l§X€L ‘S25;we,aiymaianscoo us - -§y1 place. Only $1,700 with $700 cash, IDAHO term‘

a-ance terms. - * ' " “ -I-402-80 acres, 5 acres cleared, small edwégshiigggsgvég epcgis gtl:-éM'305_160 acres’ % mile fmm high house‘ shed’ spring water‘ 6 fruit trees‘ district western Washington; Falls inschool and hospital, in Koochiching Sell for $500 cash. or trade on small rive, o’n piace can be used ‘to, we,county, northem Minnesota, on good store or service station. This place in lam lots of cedar seven_m°m‘t’:)uSegrave ed road, about 60 rods river vicinity of Sandpoint, Bonner county, F,‘ bod condmo woodshed oodrontage. No buildings but some com- northern Idaho. sma ham for 6 ‘cows meat’hgusemercial timber on place for building, ve stable house 2 ca’bins chickenabundance of fuel wood, about 20 acres I-403—30_ael'e$- Heal‘ Hayden Lake, hose for 250 he'ns ioed w’atei. fromlow land and about 80 acres easily ab0ll!12_mlleS ffm C0el-ll‘ d'Alelle,il1 s ring Pro rt fogated in Nations]

cleared‘ Sen f°' $15 per “'9' 525° Kootena‘ °°““ty' nmthem Idah°' ab°'“ l£>rest'Resers: ieally suited for dudeggxglgggant» any reasonable terms zgr;$:g:,_ cgierzlgzg, nc;as%‘T::?y iggcalg or range for cattle. Price $2,500;mated water can had at derth of '

M-450-Well-improved farm of 480 20_ $0 30 feel Old ehealil b"1d1l'l83- OREGONacres located southwest of Ulen, in Pflee $300 Wllh $150 eash and $10 Pe!‘ . H. be .Clay county and Red River valley, m0ll1h, 01‘ $110 Del‘ Yeal”- O'2.m_2o acres m ‘"5 r° Seem)“western Minnesota’ 230 sci-es of ci-on of Willamettevalley, western Oregon.land. Will sell at $15 to $20 per here. :i1vea¢sl;)e§in<é"1*rl:)/gltadoo33° e§<;<t1fici‘;')9°<l1~

M-500-200 acres. 2 miles from Lake w-952-160 acres, 9 miles from Gold- ""!° !° S°h°°'-.4"* ""1" "°"‘ *°“'"» "°gark, on maiinhlin of Ngrthlern Pacic endaie_ south cent;-oi Washington. lk blllldlll8S- Prlee $1,100-Y-. 0" Pave l8 Way, ac 9!‘ ¢°l"'ltY» mile to raveled road, mail service. _ ' _west central Minnesota. Good build- Land is ngearly level to gently rolling, baf,’y2°z;,§§,,f°'§§" ¥;i1ilisl:ic§ttt:d' $2112;ings, 60 acres timber and ‘pasture, ne good deep soi1_ About 1_000 ooi-do wood western Oregon an good grade land

water. very productive F01 - Price $25 timber, mostly pine, some saw timbel under cultivation Four-room houseper 89"!‘ $800 cash will handle’ ba]' w°°d is worth $3 t° 53-50 Per °°1.'d electricity available, fair barn forance '5 Federal loan‘ °" 5"°"“d- and $5 t° $6 dellvered m cows, small poultry house, few fruitGol endale according to owner. Also trees pi-ice only $2,000 with in-in-ie_NORTH D5K0T1\ says land can be cleared cheaply and diate possession of hniidin s_

N-450 — 640 acres, well-improved after clearing would be suited to alfal- 8farm, 7 miles from Casselton. 2 miles fa, sweet cover, wheat, fruits, etc. O-352-40 acres, 5% miles fromfrom Wheatland. on main line of Fine trout stream runs along west side Rainier, in Lower Columbia valley,Northern Pacic Railway and on state of farm, no buildings. Price $700 with westem Oregon, on county gravel road,highway, eastern North Dakota. Fine $350 cash and easy terms on balance. 1% miles south from school. Finewater and fertile Red River valley 5 per cent interest. Or will sell for creek through place suitable for irri-soil. Price $22 per acre. $500, cash. Buyer can rent adjoining gating and for small power develop-160 acres, partly improved, with build- ment. Fair house, good barn, smallMONTANA ings, 30 acres alfalfa, and have income poultry house, 6 acres cultivated, bal-S-154-80 acres, 3 miles from town, from rented land while improving the ance woodland. Power line and schoolin Sanders county, western Montana. 160 acres in timber. bus. Sell for $1,200.

7

November, 1939‘.[.“‘>* .._

Northwest People See Prize CattleNorthwest people saw the na- '*“

tion’s top dairy cattle early in October when a trainload of exhibition herds representing six breedsand coming from 13 states made a ,

trip o\'er the Northern PacicRailway from St. Paul to NorthPortland, Oregon.

The special train was made upon October 1, at Waterloo, Iowa, atthe close of the Dairy Cattle Con-gress and traveled west to the 5; -_Pacic International Livestock ex- ’*"‘*"position at North Portland, arriv- “’ "“‘ soing October 6. En route an all-daystop was made at Billings, Mont.,where the cattle were unloaded andstalled at the Midland Empire fair-grounds. {

At Billings. 5.000 people from i“='.Y.§“t’i.°1‘ Zi‘=€"I3§‘;i¢§il'L'Z§i' ,“1‘ZZ'ii'ii§“'i‘1'I5‘J' 5"l?1i.ie§i‘i§lfJZ}.‘{'.‘i"t§¥.§"f,'vi’§"fi.Z'“i§§ii‘ifIl'i?many pa!-ts of the state gathered Pacic to Portland, 0re., and San Francisco.

to see these prize cattle which hadwon high honors not only at Wa- were many cows on butterfat p_ro-1 ity of four to ve_cows per acre.tel-100 but also at the Eastern duction test, their records being Wheat and ladino clover areStates Exposition, Springeld, uninterrupted by their travel. planted in the fall, and two weeksMass., and at numerous important a———— after_ the wheat has been harvest-state fairs. The cattle were pa- MONTANAN SHIPS LETTUCE ed, Ylelfllng 50 bl1§l'lelS t0_ the 8011!,raded in front of the fairgrounds E_ _;_ Duman who operates a the ladmo clover ls proyidlnz i>a§-gmndstand, with speakers point- truck farm in ’Montana,s inter_ ture. Peas are also raised for si-ing out f3.CtS mountain region, south of Bole, P_utnams mlx molassesemh he!‘d- n ed"°atl°€l*;l_dem°'}' man. loaded out his second carload “Size the vmes to ‘mpmve theStration Wit TQPTQSQ" 3 We am‘ of head lettuce for the season on S 'mals from each of the breeds also September 15_ M,-_ Durman Said -ii§’£3..§’t‘*;1f5‘.§i%*wi5."i‘;.".f'32.‘i'2i.223 *,;,i.,$;:"g3,g';:*:,:::e"' '"°"* s‘"P- new Goes UPmany of the Montana people had ‘ “ i ' Hem? Hagelh Grand F0l'k$an 0 0,-tunit to talk over “ye- county, North Dakota, increasedStockml)-nattersywith them_ FARMING IN WESTEIUEREGON the yield of wheat in one of his

After the North Portland show, W T Putnam & sons are diver_ elds eight bushels and 20 pmmdsthe livestock went to San Fran- - ' ' - - pf’? acre by usmg phosphate fer‘

. . . . sied farmers in Washington coun- Q1129,-_ One half of a 33_a¢,-ecisco, where it was exhibited the t O Th ., - Y. Western P9800 9)’ P3139 eld, which was summer fallowedlast vieek in October at the Na com for Silage and for wed ag I .

tional Dairv show held in connec ‘ ’ ‘ ast year and recelved 50 p°u“dS. . ' ' , . - Well 3S to tOnS Of GOld€n per acre of treble Superphosphate

t‘°“ Wm‘ the W°"d S Fa“ Bantam for the near-by cannery put in with the wheat this seasonOn the train as it traveled H |]_b Th ]_ d - ’through the Northwest. there were glenty :)f0ll?iy—Cl(f\)',8l‘:.i Zilfallla) welded 24 bushel?er acre com are VH us efour carloads of Ayrshire cattle, some vetch_ p p “two of Guernseys. nine of Jerseys. The main enterprise is their ?§,‘§,§§e‘§§"'$§iStl.’§' iglldef f H Lt ' . f B - - . iouro oseins,seveno roan h d fgoh ,3 f _t d,] _ _ ,

Swiss. and two of Milking $hoI‘t- egs, 20 of svliichoareegillnlllf. The 'Q§“,§’i§Z‘§,p§,“§t§‘1ITl,‘; T,I,‘,‘,§1,Z’,§?""‘ thath°m$- The cattle were from herd has an oicial average of 428Rh°de Island; Mal‘Yla"(l» N?“ pounds of butterfat under the —York, Connecticut, Georgia, _Wi_s- American Jersey Came dub S“- SPECIAL RATES A(T(f0MMC-co_nsin, _Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, pervisiom [ncidenta]|y_ their herd DATE HOMESEEKERSMlS3°u1'l- New J91'5eYi P9m'l$Ylva' is the largest collection of regis- Reduced rates are on sale daily to allnia. and Michigan. {Q1-ed dairy animals in Washington points on the Northern Pacic Railway.

Among the cattle on the train county. A few hogs are raised. O“°f‘*ial¥ iltllf. ‘:°:1"di:{P $8350" am!were numerous rst-prize winners Twentv-ve acres of the Putnam Spec“ um 1° -e S‘ us 9u° eratiis, ~ _ _ _ _ from your station and assist you inand champions from_past shows. farm are under irrigation, provid- planning your trip of inspection.Owners carried life insurance on ing ladino pasture for the cows. _|_ w_ "Aw_ 115 Nonhem heme Ry_most of the herds. There also The pasture has a carrying capac- st, Paul, Minn,