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Show W FARMERS' WHEAT HARVEST BRINGS FORTUNE Residents of the State of Montana Who Have Proven There is Money to be Made in Dry Farming. Bozeman, Montana. That Louie Ac-cola Ac-cola is a believer in dry land farming farm-ing is not surprising in view of the assertion as-sertion that his wheat crop last year, all grown on dry land, yielded him $35,000. Mr. Accola began farming in the Gallatin valley as a poor man and. by dint of hard economizing, accumulated ac-cumulated land and livestock. Today ' he has 3,836 acres and a comfortable fortune drawing interest. S. J. Wall is another Gallatin valley val-ley man who has gradually increased his dry land holdings until he now has 1,320 acres, representing the investment in-vestment of part of his profits from dry farm wheat and oats. In addition, addi-tion, it is said, he has close to $100,-000 $100,-000 in cash and other possessions. These are examples of the "results of farming without irrigation in this favored section of Montana. The Gallatin Gal-latin Valley club, composed of business busi-ness men and wealthy farmers and grain growers of this region, and local milling interests are carrying out plans to have this district represented repre-sented at. the Fourth Dry Farming congress at Billings. Montana. October Octo-ber 26-28. with a large delegation, and will show many samples of Gallatin valley crops at the International Exposition Ex-position of Dry Farm Products at Billings. October 25-28.1909. |
