Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1925, Page 36

0 if ate 1ew = Orr tt Che Casper Dally Cribune * | } QAOUTH FAILS TO KILL CROPS Bureau Expert Reviews Conditions of the Last Year deys of it—again weather conditions last year and a balance was Days of ming’s } - 181 These are the records f ned George W. Pitman, meteorologist on at Ch s revealed furtherr 's precipitation for t 8 was 1.34 inches 1 and 6.86 inches cord. Last year was Ince 1919, when 10.46 i. g a drought which re under the the driest yes inches were r Nothwithstan¢ lasted from April 1 to September 1, during which there was a defictency of 8.04 ‘inches of rainfall, dry land crops flourished in mar sections the summer months being cooler than normal, Growing season in the agricultural districts averaged 118 days, Varying somewhat with local {ties, and was three days shorter tha normal. Opening of the season was delayed by heavy rains and snow during the closing days of May The entire year was about one de gree cooler than normal. February was unusually warm and March ab normally cold but with the excep- tion of October, which v quite warm, the temperature of all months was about normal or slightly below normal, Irrigated crops east of the Conti- nental Divide did well, but there ‘was a st ge of irrigational water west of the divide and the flow even ceased in some western localit! during July, March was hard on livestock as the storms, while not unusually severe, were slow to mod- erate, keeping much range snow covered and necessitating heavy feeding. November was exceptionally favorable for livestock and autumn work, also to give fall seeded grains @ good start in growth before the dormant © for the sofl had been previc moistened by good sta Oct The Weather by Months. December, 1923—The month was nearly normal in both precipitation and temperature. A severe cold wave overspread that part of the state west of the Continental Divide dur- ing the last three days when tem- peratures of 30 to 40 below zero were common alloys. January, 1924—The month was cold and dry. Snowfall was about 65 per cent normal. The cold spell broke on the and was followed by warm weather during the remainder of the month, Livestock wintered only fairly well as two- thirds of the winter range was snow covered. ber. t bruary, 1924—The temperature was nearly uniform and abnormally warm. Snowfall was nearly normal but was unevenly distributed as the fall was ab 0 per cent of nor mal over nor border coun t of normal over Divide and west ties and 30 per ce the Cont ward farch, usually cold and sto storms were not piercing, they hung on and kept most of the win range covered in eastern and north ern counties, which resulted in heavy feeding and shrinking of live- stock. Precipitation was 185 per cent of normal except less than normal over the Continental Divide. month was un. While th 24—T" TABLES SHO WING HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES, RAINFALL FOR THE YEAR HIGHEST T IPERATURES Stations De Jan Feb Mr Ap Ma Ju Jul Au Sep Oct No Anl Basin 48 47 56 80 85 92 101 161 94 74 B 42 40 42 41 62 77 82 87 86 86 66 55 49 60 50 72 79 90 93 93.89 78 9 55 62 59 52 74 81 87 95 99 89 71 70 99 Svanstyn . 48 44 57 50 66 7 87 88 87 67 63 88 ireen River . 49 49 57 59 74 98 96 96 74 64 98 irtle: 57 48° 54 43 90 78 67 97 Pineblu 60 55 68 58 94 83 73 98 Rawlins 40 41 63 50 83 70 63 86 45 42 46 89 77 66 94 63 48 48 9 90 75 78 101 65 50 58 47 90 94 89 74 65 94 LOWEST TEMPERATURES. De Jan Feb Mr Ap Ma Ju Jul Au Sep “34 7 9 21 29 38 44 40 26 18 9-14 1 25 380, 30 20 35 § 0 19 83 43 40 33 12 8 20 43 46 37 24 f t 23° 81° 80 14 10 o 14 28 386 328 20 Kirtley __ i 9-9 MUS 38 29 Pineblufts 9 1 36 43 40 28 Rawlins ~ ~ 2 31 40 39 24 Riverton BSE 1b 38. 22 Sheridan Field Sta. — 14 a8 28 Sundance eset i 37 28 25 «(0 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION Stations Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Anl 0.47 0.27 1.96 0.56 0.32 0.44 0.79 0.05 0.36 0.48 0.06 10.97 0.94 1.88 0.8 0.81 0.53 1.06 0.15 1.86 8.01 0.67 14.31 0.36 1 1.05 0.27 0.97 0.52 2.64 2.10 1.33 14 0.41 0 3 5 0.66 1.47 0,94 0.07 2.16 2.20 0.47 11 0.91 0,43 1.83 0.50 4.05 0.09°1.07 0.82°0-48 1.80 0.85 14 0.40 6.08 4 0.44 0.03 0.91 0. 0.07 0.74 0.64 1.19 2.58 0.90 11.66 0.21 0.31 0.47 0.23 3.38 1.40 11.46 0.04 0.36 2 0.50 0.08 2.84 1.62 0.29 10.64 0.16 0.33 0,08 0.02 0,64 2.17 0.12 10.08 0.30 1.10 0.95 0.36 1.09 2.22 0.65 10.08 0.83 1.20 1.50 1,80 1.10 3.06 1.11 16.13 cipitation Sky December '23 January February Ma April May ~ June July - August . September — October -. November Annual Q wee Se neo rorey ae EF au Y 5 is 7 8 Wal at sie Gig on fy 10 121 8 12 514 8 8 6 15 s 8 4°19 8 3 5°19 9 3 8 8 3 64 193 2 80 VE THOUSAND FOES OF RANGE STOCK SLAIN D URING BIENNIUM Slowly but surety one of the great- t menaces to the livestock indus: ee ee wanthee| try in Wyoming is being reduced ver ing the first half of the month | TMS concerns ‘the ,war on preda sate muh snow which resulted in| ‘ry animals in which the state and sy oP. REAG taht ce raat ederal government are cooperating abhi piney satda We Re ser] The saving to Wyoming stockmen the last half delayed shearing and | 2°Cording to ¢ ateg ef Charles J =e The # mrs rage Dees ig) in control of this work, y BecAGuAL ater was" xt normal | $824850, of which $138,000 was cred in tie east el the Continental [ted to state hunters and $183,250 to Divide, but was only 70 per cent of | Sovernment trappers and hunters. nermal in the weet slope. In the last biennium a grand to May, 1924—Shearing, lambing, ana | ‘@! of 4,950 predatory animals were keeding of wheat, oats, and sugar| ‘iain in trapping, hunting and pol bests were favored during the first two decides, Showers from the 19th to 25th, inclusive, broke the drought that had prevailed since April 29th Heavy rains, snow in the foot } from the 26th to 80th, inclusive, sat- urated the soll well fn nearly all paris of tho state June, 1924—The rainfall was 25 per cent normal. Temperatures near freezing or colder, were general on the 8th and 9th. Range, meadows, nea a critical »86 of the month and grains condition at the o were because of the drought July, 1924-—Terperatures what cooler than normal le: the unfavorab effect of drought, At nches of m occurred in 7 of Yellowst Park. It W fourth consecu ipitation less wtih tive’ month than normal August, 1924—Droughty preyailed for the fifth month. The rainfa’l of normal, Dry w 1 early shipments o While dry land crops suff ditt almor ideal irrig d districts. 1924-,S8oaking 10th and 19t wing, seeding unties, but conditions eonsecutive 42 per cent holes resulted i f lUvestoc ed for ona were 8 in th ptembe centered on the favorable for pl beets in southeastern there was a marked deficloncy of precipitation over northeastern, Kt! ing frost war general over north tern countips on the 13th 14th, and over most other par on the h. Livestoc nummer ra Gcwber, ~ edbe Pie that were ine: son methods in addition to numbers died trom poison of which no record is available. Government men accounted for 2,494 of these maraud- ers of the range country, and state men disposed of an equally large quota amounting to 2,456, whi It is estimated that coyotes and bobcats accomplish $50 worth of de struction annu in their raids on | herds and flocks. Bears take an an 1 toll of $500 and grey wolves will no Jess than $1,000 each dur. ing a year. The range was rid of 425 coyotes and bobcats, 14 bears ‘Ay wolves by government The cost per animal taken tn car on this work amounts to only nction of the saving accomplish: If it were possible to estimate the \ber of coyotes taken from traps poisoned by the strychnine me. the average cost would be reduced. Figures deal with actun! destruction of these an!- as tabulated from month to thod greatly only warm and wet. Precipitation was normal, Sugar beet and sts were delayed by the The molsture was fine wheat and rye, also soft potato harvy ned mi brittle range and filled many water holes. November, 1924—Tt was one of the t favorable Novembers tn years for livetsock. The last half of the nth was four degrees warmer n the first half, Strong drying is obtained over southeastern from the 20th to 26th 4 vlusive. . month. Polson also was supplied to ranchers with good results and the state hunters followed up their work by killing of the remaining strays In view of the fact that magpies are becoming a menace to the live- stock, poultry and game, thousands ve been poisoned in connection th our predatory animal work. The owing depredations have been noted from this pest: 1—Eating holes in freshly brand d or grub worm holes in cattle. —Pick the eyes out of helpless cattle during cold winter weather. 3.—Raid hen coops to steal eggs and kill young chickens. 4—Pick holes around the base of horns bn full grown buck sheep during the summer when blow files are active and result In the death of these animals from maggots. Stockmen hope to see the di | | i Earnings of Biennial Period Show Wealth of State Lands Revenue from the operation of state lands under supervision of C. H. McWhinnie, commissioner of pub- lic lands, poured into Wyoming's treasure chest in a steady stream during the two-year period ended STATE FUNDS ENRICHED BY FOUR AND HALF MILLIONS FROM LANDS not take into account the receipts of gertain leases that are being held in escrow for, various reasons, which would have increased the’ to- tal revenue somewhat during this bfennium had ‘they been converted into the permanent funds. “The total permanent land funds in the state treasury amounts to $10,694,671.63, after approximately $2,500,000.00 has been invested in farm loans. “There have been many new methods adopted in the land office in the last two years, to bring that with 1924, total receipts for the of- fice amounting to more than $4,- 537,000. This income went to enrich permanent funds of the state in ne- cordance with a policy which calls ‘or amassing “endowments” which will in the futuro pay the way of educational {institutions and other activities for building a greater commonwealth. Coincident with the care and at- tention given this department of state activities the office put into effect the law authorized by the legislature of two years ago and cor- rected at a spectal sesston for the purpose of loaning funds to. farm- ers and stockmen,. Hundreds of land owners under a Mberal amortiza ton plan were provided relief from stringenctes that otherwise would have proved serious to the welfare of the agricultural and stock rais- OLDSMOBILE The Refined Six Offers Even Greater Values NATRONA MOTOR CO. 550 East Yellowstone ing industries, total loans given sanction by the commissioner amounting to $2,500,000, well secur- ed by half a million acres of land. “It 18 well to remember,” says C. H. McWhinnt@ tn discussing the ac tivities of his department, “that Wyoming has passed through a stage of very stringent financial conditions, which naturally have ef- fected the receipts of the office in proportion to the effect it has had on other institutions in the state. Grazing Rentals Reduced. “Realizing these conditions the State Land board reduced the rent- als on grazing leases for the period of 1923 and 1924, and han recom mended that the same policy be adopted for the next biennium, 1925-1926. Consequently the money recelved from rentals on grazing land naturally shows a small de- crease from that received during the former period. The same will also apply to the receipts from pur- chasers of state lands held under contracts. While dealing with this subject, it seems to me that it would be well to bring this matter to at- tention of the legislators, who will meet shortly, so they may devise some manner by which relief can be granted to Ahe holders of these land purchases. In many of these cases the purchasers have had to face bad conditions for several years. “Another matter that has some: what effected the receipts of the of- fice in the last two years has been tle steady decline of the volume of production in some of the oll fields from which the state derives con- siderable income. This {s the only natural result in fields where the peak of production has been pass- ed. “Notwithstanding the existence of these conditions, the total receipts In the State Land office for 1928- 1924 were $4,537,729.78, which does office up-to-date, and to enable us to serve the public better. We con- template the establishment of a complete set of maps covering all resurveys made by the U. S. Land office, affecting state lands, Carey Act Department. “All work pertaining to Carey Act lands is carried on through the Carey Act department of the State Land office. “The Carey Act was passed by the congress of the United States in 1894, whereby large tracts of arid land were segregated to the State of Wyoming to be reclaimed by ir- rigation After the segregations are secured by the state, contracts are entered Into with companies for the construction of the irrigation systems, After the systems are completed the lands are open to set- tlement and patents secured from the United States government. “During the last biennium, 1923- 1924, 4,333.61 acres of land were en- tered by settlers, 6,846.66 acres were patented to settlers on the differ- ent projects throughout the state, and three segregations were secured from the United States totaling 40,- 788.17 acres, and five patents re- celved covering 19,430.04 acre Farm Loan Department. “Through some clerical error in engrossing the Farm Loan act pass- td_by the legislature at its regular SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1925 NSHINE RULES WEATHER; RAINFALL SHOWS DECLINE. . Operations of Depart- By NOEL MORGAN. The year 1924 was a very satis- ment for Period 7 factory period for Washakie county. Are Reviewed During the early months of the Ree year’ the Upper Hanover Canal wrote a little crop insurance by. constructing two Welgele steel syphons over two of the most bothersome creeks entailing an ex- penditure of nearly $50,000. The Worland sugar factory com- pleted a successful campaign, con- verting into sugar the large beet crop grown In {ts territory and glv- session in 1923, it became necessary to call a special session of the legis- lature if the state was to benefit by the enactment of a practical farm loan law. The new law went into effect August 1, 1923, since which time there have been approximately 700 loans completed and $2,500,- 000.00 distributed among the farm ers and stockmen of the State of]ing employment to a large number Wyoming. of men in addition to the force “This money is loaned at 6 per|maintained the year round. The cent int®rest on the amortization} beet crop is produced on irrigated plan, and the annual payment. for|lan@s that yield a large tonnage, thirty years is slightly over 614 per|higher in sugar content than in cent on the original principal paid,|many regions of the west where at which time the entire debg is < de rule: Had we had more funds available we could have easily loan the industry has shown greater velopment. Hidden Dome ot] field witnessed ed $1,000,000.00 more during this some development during the year period. I do not doubt that the leg‘!and the Midwest tested the Nelber {alsture will make available more| Home structuie to its’ satisfaction. money for this purpose, and I fall] piney ‘Mountamn operators natabe to see how the state could possibly Invest its money to better ady: tage, not only for the state's Inter-barcuntain holdings. No outstand- Ste grt for the citizens of the }ine oll developments were experi Sis enced in Washakie county last year, “In a general way we have had/ihe Black Mountain field having Very encouraging results from theltwo stretches of road near Ten Farm Loan, and very few of the year. existing loans are delinquent. With} *°" certain changes and improvements|_ Crops were an improvement over in the working of the law, I believe 3 in some instances and less in that a successful business can be] others. The honey crop amount- established along these lines, which |!" to about six carloads was est!- will give the state 5 per cent for its} ™ated as belng a “fair” crop. tnvestment money, and will be of] The turkey crop was a little ithmense benefit to farmers and|lighter than 1923, the 1924 crop be- stock raisers of the state at the|ing around three carloads. The Present time.” price was better, however. lished he: s in Worland and roads were ‘ucted to the Black dqu cons Worland Sugar Factory BEET YIELO AT WORLAND HEAIY IARIGATION IMPROVEMENTS MADE Outside of the sugar beets, cattle and sheep feeding is Worland’s largest industry. Other commun} tles have found this out and Wor land has become a market center Flockmasters and cattlemen from adjoining communities look to Wor. land feeders for an outlet for thelr stock. There” was not enough to supply the demand last year and buyers went into Montana to buy lambs to be finished for market in Worland feed lots. Several -thoy-. sand head of animals are on feet at this time. The highway department added severd] miles of new road within the county during the year which brings the county closer together The most notable of these were the ‘to stretches of road hear Ten Sleep. Worland being on the junc- tion of the Black and Yellow Trafl and the Yellowstone highway, en joyed a splendid tourist trade. During the year all vacant busi- ness buildings were occupied and rentable quarters for business and residence were in demand. The second annua) state corn show was held in December with great success and credit to the town. This event proved that better corn was being grown in Wyoming and the farmers were, learning more about corn and how to select their seed. Two of Washakie county's four banks consolidated making an insti. tution with a statement past the $600,000. Considering a population ef 3,500, banking conditions are 00d. The Washakie Warriors brought much credit and advertisement to the coupty by winning the state football championship under tho leadership of Lloyd E. Kelly, master coach. High Standards In } Teacher Training ~ Asked in W yoming The state department of educa- tion insists upon high standards of professional preparation, to) which teachers must conform. There is no fixed rule as to the number of children necessary for a school. In most country districts, schools are provided for even two or more chil- dren. No child in the state is with- out school facilities. The educa- tional and moral progress of Wyo- ming has kept pace with tts indus- es mille I when coyotes and wolves will be al- most exterminated. They still exist in large numbers in certain districts while other sections are compara- tively free from their depredations. ‘The state two years ago appropri- ated $20,000 for this work and a small balance remained at the open- ing of the new year. 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