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not been put to any practical use. In almost every instance it has been 

 disposed of by being burned by the growers. When we realize that flax tow. 

 when properly prepared, is worth anywhere from fifteen cents to eighteen 

 cents a pound, it is obvious that the farmers have lost a good deal of money 

 which thev might have had if there had been any means of dealing with 

 flax straw. A company has recently been organized in Great Falls withi a 

 view to improving this state of affairs, and within the near future this com- 

 panv will build several mills to take care of the flax straw and to manu- 

 facture it into fiber. This company has already started work on the first 

 mill, located at Conrad in Teton county, and this mill will be compieied 

 early in the year. 



By growing flax for fiber it is possible to produce an equal amount ot 

 seed and the straw, of which from three to four tons can be produced i^er 

 acre, is worth at the mill from S6.oc to $io.go per ton. The i)lant to be 

 built at Conrad will cost about $40,000. 



Montana welcomes the energetic home-builder and extends to him an 

 opportunity which cannot be found elsewhere. To those who wish to make 

 a success of farming, to own rather than rent the land they farm, there is 

 no place on the continent today where the combination of high 

 A Roval yields, excellent living conditions and an assured future is so 



Welcome strikingh- in evidence : there is no place where failure is so 



Awaits the remote. 



Right M'ontana does not Avant the ne'er-do-well, the easily tired, 



People. or those who expect golden dollars to fall, unearned, into soft 



hands. Neither does the State invite the land-hog or the specu- 

 lator. That IMonana's lands w^ill increase in value with cultivation and 

 with the settlement of the State there is no question, but the policy of the 

 national government reserves its public lands to the actual settler and farmer 

 and in the enforcement of this policy the state government stands shoulder 

 to shoulder with the authorities at Washington, holding that the increased 

 value which must come with the development of the State shall be a portion 

 of the reward of those who participate in and assist this development. 



Montana is today calling for men, strong-hearted and capable men, who 

 wish to improve their own condition, to provide for their future and for their 

 children's future. In many places throughout the country there are capable, 

 energetic farmers who, through liigh land rentals and impoverished soil, are 

 barely able to make a living and, in their present localities, can never look 

 forward to the pleasure and satisfaction and competence which come from 

 the actual ownership of land. F'or such Montana is especially inviting. 

 Here, with the same or less labor, it is possible for them to build themselves 

 a homie amid congenial surroundings and to make a living while doing so, 

 and, as the years increase, to witness also the increasing value of their 

 possessions and the increasing happiness which comes from an energetic 

 and successful life. 



— If you leant a homestead, Montana is the place for yon. 



