The cover photo shows Montana's Commissioner of Agriculture, C. 

 Lowell Purdy, operating his 18-foot combine during the 1964 harvest season. 

 Mr. Purdy was harvesting hard red spring wheat on his 2,000 acre form 

 located near Kremlin in Hill County. This county ranks fourth in the Nation 

 in acreage of wheat harvested, and adjoins Chouteau which is second 

 only to Whitman County, Washington. 



