A Dairy Herd in the Deer Lodge Valley. 



each community. The idea is for the parent to give each child a calf to own and 

 care for. 



Sunflowers for Silage. 



A good deal of encouragement is given to the use of silos, which are advocated 

 for each farm if possible to build. These are the best means of preserving winter 

 feed. Experiments performed at the State College of Agriculture, have shown that 

 sunflowers can be used for silage to good advantage. Twenty-four tons of sun- 

 flowers have been produced to the acre, and it is found that three tons of these 

 have a food value of one ton of alfalfa. The Russian Giant is the variety of sun- 

 flower grown. The silage compares very favorably with corn silage, which is re- 

 garded as the best. 



Number and Value of Cows. 



This table showing the number and value of milch cows in Montana during 

 the years 1902-1918 inclusive, is an indication of the rapid growth of the dairy 

 industry in the state: 



Year No. of Head Value 



1902 .._ 52,380 $ 2,101,486 



1903 53,951 1,953,026 



1904 55,030 1,809,455 



1905 61,634 2,098,638 



1906 65,948 2,308,180 



1907 69,000 2,484,000 



1908 75,000 3,300,000 



1909 80,000 3,720,000 



1910 77,527 3,407,090 



1911 85,000 4,122,000 



1912 91,000 4,495,000 



1913 95,000 5,795,000 



1914 104,000 7,332,000 



1915 114,000 8,550,000 



1916 129,000 9,998,000 



1917 160,000 12,640,000 



1918 179,000 14,946,000 



