'S'UIW ME" 



.TERBKLT TOUR A SUCCESS 



A "Show Me" Shelterbelt Tour was held 

 on June 5, 6, and 7 tl-.rough parts of Liberty, 

 Hill, Cascade, and Chouteau Counties. Tran- 

 sportation was furnished by tlie State For- 

 ester's Office. Forty people attended tha 

 tour on the first day, 30 the second day, and 

 20 on the third day. Twelve people made the 

 entire trip. 



Chuck Wright, wlio coordinated the trip 

 for the State Forester's Office, stated that 

 the tour was a success. 



Comments were made from the various 

 landowners whose shelterbelts were visited 

 that field shelterbelts were fairly easy 

 to manage and that they really do some good. 



Pictured below is Joe Ostebauer, a 

 Hill County SWCD Cooperator, explaining the 

 establishment and management of his field 

 windbreak plantings. Mr. Ostebauer's ranch 

 is located north of Glldford, Montana. 



LIBERTY COUNTY YOUTHS WIN 

 INTERNATIONAL LAND JUDGING CONTEST 



Four youngsters from Liberty County, 

 Gail Good, Garth Good, Curtis Sciiuhmacher , 

 and Bill Cole attended the International 

 Land, Range, & Pasture Judging Contest at 

 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma the week of April 

 29th. They were accompanied on the trip 

 by Larry Brownell, County Extension Agent, 

 Chester, and Mrs. Charles Good of Chester. 



Gail, Garth, Curtis & Bill took first 

 place in the Land Judging Contest. The 

 trophy they won was inscribed as follows: 



"International Land Judging Contest 

 Western Region Champion 4-}l Team" 



Each one received a certificate sta- 

 ting they had competed in this contest. 



This contest is sponsored by WKY 

 Television in Oklahoma City. 



The Montana Association of Soil & 

 Water Conservation Dlxtricts were co- 

 sponsors in paying the expenses of these 

 youths to Oklahoma City. Sincere con- 

 gratulations to them and their leaders 

 for an outstanding performance of which 

 Montana can be proud. 



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"DAUGHTER," said the mother, "didn't I 

 tell you not to let strange men come into 

 your apartment? You know tilings like that 

 worry me." 



Don't be ridiculous, Motherl" laughed the 

 jyjl. "I went to his apartment this time. 

 i.„rf, let his mother v;orrvI" 



"HOLSTERS" - It was a Saturday evening, and a man was 

 waiting' for a friend in front of a store on Main St. 

 Nearby stood a cowboy In boots and stetson, beside him 

 a small boy who was a junior-size version of himself. 

 Tlie child stared for a tine Into the shop window, 

 which featured a display of brassieres, and then asked, 

 "Ifliat are those. Daddy?" The cowboy turned his head 

 briefly to look, then drawled, "Well, son, they're 

 kinda like holsters." 



