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A Richland County Holstein Herd. 



the dairyman, are easily kept in good condition until late in the fall. Alfalfa is 

 being raised in nearly all sections of the state, and dairymen find that this is a very 

 valuable roughage feed and cheap in cost. The demand for dairy products is very 

 strong the year round, and there is no state in the Union in which the market is so 

 well maintained. Taking into consideration the cheapness of the land, the vast 

 amount of feed that can be grown and the high prices received for dairy products, 

 Montana, it seems certain to assume, will rapidly become the ideal dairying state. 



Horticulture in Montana, like many other enterprises, began in a small way but 

 it likewise has grown to large proportions. Today fruit growing is one of the 

 leading pursuits of the entire northwest, and Montana is sharing in its production in 

 proportion to the utilization of her sections adapted to horticultural development. 

 Private corporations and reclamation funds have given the horticultural industry an 

 impetus that nothing can check, and each year sees hundreds of acres being planted 

 to orchards. The utilization of the horticultural lands of the state affords pleasant 

 i.nd profitable employment for hundreds of people and will be the means of de- 

 veloping a type of rural life and establishing rural homes that equal, if not 

 surpass any rural community in the United States. Recent experiments by farm- 

 ers who are not afraid to learn what their soils will produce, have served to revolu- 

 tionize previous conceptions of the horticultural opportunities of Montana. While 

 fruit growing has heretofore been largely confined to the western section of the 

 state, in which it has been marked with great success, it has been found that 

 eastern Montana is also adapted to horticulture. Grapes have been successfully grown 

 in Blaine county, while apple orchards are now common throughout the eastern part 

 of the state. 



Commercially, the Bitter Root valley, including Missoula and vicinity, stands 

 foremost in orchard development. Next in horticultural importance comes that part of 



