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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



July 



Something on interest and wages will 

 be returned by the home being pro- 

 vided on the farm, and besides much 

 of the fruit, all the vegetables and 

 the wheat for flour may be grown on 

 the farm and obtained without any 

 cash outlay. The same is true for the 

 poultry and the eggs, and for the 

 milk, cream and butter needed. With 



five miles from Bozeman, last fall 

 threshed 75 bushels of wheat per acre 

 from a 70 acre field and sold the crop 

 for $45 per acre; $10 per acre would 

 pay very well for the labor and ex- 

 pense of growing and harvesting the 

 crop. Thus the gross return from 40 

 acres would be $1,800, and the net re- 

 turn $1,200. One hundred bushels of 



Prof. F. B. Linfield, Director Montana Experiment 

 Station, Bozeman, Montana. 



the saving in rent and on the living 

 grown on the farm, fully half a labor- 

 'ng man's expense is produced direct- 

 ly from the farm with but little or no 

 cash outlay. 



But what will a 40 acre tract under 

 irrigation produce? A few illustra- 

 tions will perhaps best answer the 

 question. George Allen, living some 



oats per acre is a common crop for 

 the good farmer. At 1 cent a pound, 

 this means $35 per acre. If we again 

 allow $10 per acre for expense, it 

 would give $1,200 as a gross return, 

 and $800 as the net return from 40 

 acres of ground. 



In the Yellowstone valley five to 

 six tons of alfalfa hay per acre is a 



