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— Copyright by Elma B. Arnette. 

 Swimming Horses Across the Missouri at Culbertson. 



Montana wools have always commanded a higher price than those of any other 

 state because of their quality. The highest price ever paid for wool in the entire 

 northwest was in 1918 to a Montana rancher on the Chicago market, when coarse 

 wool brought 71 cents a pound. This is practically double that of any other time 

 on record. The present price of ewes is a record also. As much as $20 has been 

 paid for two and three-year-old ewes this year. 



The wool industry is undergoing the same change as the cattle industry. 

 Farmers have taken much of the range over which at one time almost 6,000,000 

 sheep grazed, and the larger flocks are now restricted to private land holdings 

 and to the sheep grazing areas of the national forests. 



The raising of Angora goats is a profitable industry, though it is conducted on 

 a small scale in the state. There are several goat farms near Marysville, which 

 yields a goodly profit to their owners each year. The goats thrive in the wooded 

 tracts, in the high altitude. The hair is exceedingly valuable and is in great demand. 



Swine Raising Profitable. 



Montana farmers supply both eastern and western markets with many train- 

 loads of swine each year despite the fact that it is a new industry in the state. 

 Swine are fattened on alfalfa and barley very profitably where there is not enough 

 corn to supply the feed. Only a short time ago all pork products were imported. 

 Now, however, there are a number of meat packing concerns in the state which 

 are using Montana hogs and supplying local markets. 



In normal times many farmers find it more profitable to feed their grain on the 

 farm and market it in the form of pork than to sell it direct, and this has resulted 



