Big Timber Pioneer 1902

              Big
Pioneer.
vol. xi 1.
BIG TIMBER, MONTANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2,  1902.
NO. 6
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FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Good  Attendance and  Papers Interesting
and Instructive.
The first meeting to be held under
the direction of the State Board of
Farmers' Institutes in Sweet Grass
County was held in the court house
Monday afternoon and evening. Tbe
meeting was very successful, the attendance being good at both afternoon and
evening sessions, and the live interest
taken in the meetings was shown by the
numerous questions asked, andthe general discussion by those present, of the
different topics presented by the speakers.
The meeting was called to order by
W. J. Hannah at 2 o'clock, who after a
few introductory remarks called upon
County Assessor Hathaway who in a
brief, concise paper gave the meeting
some instructive and interesting data
relative to the. numbers and assessed
value of the horses, cattle, sheep and
swine in Sweet Grass county.
The chairman then called upon Prof.
Shaw, agriculturist at the Experiment
Station, who talked upon stock feeding
in Montana.
Prof. Shaw spoke of the experiments
at the station, which however could not
be taken as criterion as tho methods of
feeding must bo determined by the particular locality and conditions.
Alfalfa is one of the greatest fattening
foods at the station. Two pounds of
alfalfa are found to be a sufficient ration
to maintain a lamb in the absence of
other food, or three pounds for a fattening ration, and four to four and a half
pounds for wethers and ewes. Under
best conditions eleven and a half pounds
of alfalfa' per day will maintain the animal and produce a pound of gain. He
said that it has been demonstrated that
under proper methods of cultivation and
seeding renumerative crops of alfalfa can
be grown without irrigation.
' Messrs. Vestal, Franklin, Van Cleve,
Hall, Black, Solberg, Rapstad, Ball, E.
O. Clark and others took part in this
discussipn^during which Mr. Clark emphasized the importance of'keeping up
and raising well bred stock.' The men
who, haye followed this course are the
ones who net 970 for "steers while their,
neighbor with scrub stock nets HO.
The question of when to irrigate alfalfa was discussed by Messrs. Vestal,
Clark,'Black and others. They find irrigating large tracts just before cutting
the second crop and small tracts may be
irrigated just after cutting.
After this discussion a recess was
taken and Mr. Hannah retired in favor
of J. A. Hall as chairman.
Mr. Hall introduced Prof. Fortier who
spoke upon irrigation.. He said that
Sweet Grass county has the best water
supply of of any county in the state. Of
the amount of water to use he says it
has been demonstrated that an excess of
water ruins the land by causing the
mineral deposits to mix with the soil.
The evening session was opened by
E. O. Clark by a talk on "Business
Methods on the Farm."
Mr. Black of Whitehall followed with
a talk on fruit growing. He says every
farmer in Montana can and should raise
fruit enough for his own use. He says
he raises 9,000 quarts of strawberries
on an acre of ground which he sells at
11 cents a quart. Mr. Black also gave
much valuable information on the care
of vines and trees.
Prof. Gardiner followed with a very
interesting talk on poultry and eggs
which is a neglected branch of the farm
though it should be one of the
most profitable. He favors the brown
leghorn for eggs and the barred
Plymouth rock for meat and eggs. He
also gave some valuable information on
the construction of buildings and the
feed and care of fowls.
President Reid followed with an address on "The college and its work."
He stated that there were 64 Land
Colleges in the United States, having according to the latest statistics about
3,000 professors and instructors and 35,-
500 students., The progress of the college has been very gratifying. Organized in 1893, it is in its ninth year of
work. It stands among the first in its
enrollment when we take into account
the population of the state. The speaker
stated that industrial education was the
demand of the age, that as an industrial
peoplo the Americans were leading the
world and that the aim of these agri
cultural and mechanical colleges is to
train and develop practical men who
can apply the principles of science to
the many and varied industries and interests, and who at the same time does
not despise labor and industry. The
man should be so educated that he is
best fitted for good useful citizenship
making the most of life in a way that
strengthens the state and adds to its
wealth. The speaker closed by a reference to the several courses offered and
the practical purposes served by each.
Before closing the session a committee
of seven was appointed to arouse an interest in the Farmers Institute work in
Sweet Grass county to make the necessary arrangements for holding the next
institute, and to co-operate with the
State Board of Farmers Institutes and
the Agricultural College in tho interest
of the farmers and stockmen. The
names of the committee are E. O. Clark,
J. W. Vestal, W. J. Hannah; Senator
J. N. Kelly, Goo. Loasby, W. P. Franklin.
THE GRAND MASQUE.
Co. C and Guests Celabrate the "Old Year
Out and the New Year In" In Grand
Style.
Co. C, M. N. G. celbrated the "old
year out and new year year in" with a
grand prize masquerade ball at their
Armory Tuesday night.
There were about 100 peoplo en
masque in all sorts of costumes, from
the gorgeous dress of Marie Antoinette
and tho Spanish cavalier to the poor
tramp and silly country boy.
. There were also about 200 spectators
in attendance.
Excellent muc.c was furnished by
Profs. Domico, Beley, Bryant and Wood.
The supper at the Grand, hotel was par
excellant.
The judges for the distribution of
prizes were: W. L. Shanks, H. Nicholson and J. W. Geiger who awarded the
prizes as follows:
Best lady waltzer, Mrs. A. R. Baileys-
best dressed lady; Miss Jennie Martin;
be3t dressed gentleman, R. Roberts; best
comical costume (gent),- Cecil -.Harrison,
best comical costume (lady), Florence
Skillman; best sustained.characters, H.
C. Allen, F." Stickley; best group, Mrs.
Lavold, Miss Norum. Miss Rosdal; best
'comical group, Mrs. Etta Hatch, Misees
Cook, Shanks, Allen-and. Allen;" beet
made-up character, G. H." Preston, best
waltxer, (gent), S. A. Perrine.
Among the maskers were the following:
Fred Hall, old man; Miss Lanphear,
school girl; T. R. Lanphear, silly boy;
Lesser Lanphear. policeman; Miss Connolly, baby; Mrs. Tucker, fortune teller;
Mrs. Garrett, princess; Mrs. H.L.Baker,
red, white and blue; Ed. Oslin, salvation
army; Mrs. R. Roberts, school girl; Miss:
Smoot, butterfly; Miss Taylor, Red Riding Hood; R. Baker, cook; J. Keeney,.
Johnny  Bull;  J.   Menapace,   baseball
player; Miss E. Severance,   milkmaid*..
Miss L.   Severance, milkmaid;   Jennie
Martin, fortune teller; J. White, Uncle
Sam; Mrs. J. White, Red Cross nurse;
N. Kellogg, jockey; W. S. Young, coon;.
Mrs. Howard, night; Mrs. Young, night:.
Mrs. Beley, gypsy;  Miss  Wiedenbaefa,.
liberty; Mrs. A.   Anderson,   topsy; A-
Anderson, coon; J. Anderson, Spanish
cavalier; Maud Anderson, winter; Leona
Jaspar, queen of   hearts;   Mrs. T. R.
Lanphear, queen of diamonds; Florence
Skillman, school girl; Maud Vestal, bird;
Lottie Stubblefield,   little   girl; Lucia
Merrielees, queen of the ball; P. Peter
son,   washerwoman;    H.   Allen,   Fred
Stickley, tramps; Leo Blake, fat boy; N.
W. Miller, coon; G. H. Preston, country
jay; Mrs. Preston, butterfly; A. R. Bailey,
prince; C. Harrison, clown; Mrs. Etta
Hatch,  Misses   Cook,   Allen.  Shanks.
Allen, rabbits; C. Sargent, Alaska sailor";
Miss Hopkins, Red Riding Hood; Phoebe
Stubblefield,   lampshade,   J.   A. Hall,
English swell;  D. F. Latty, oJd  man;
Mrs. Lavold, Miss Norum, Miss Rusdal,
Norwegian girls; D. Harrison, Spanish
Cavalier; Zelman Guthrie, Grecian lady.
Nellie  Stubblefield,   ballet girl;   Wm.
Christie, hunchback;   B. Howard,  tea
merchant; R. Roberts,  lieut. infantry;
Mrs. Medley,   Mario   Antionette; Mrs.
Stocker, Spanish court girl; J. Ferguson,
Roman gladiator; Mrs. H.Allen, princess:
R. Merrielees, R. GifFee, twins.
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