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/%"‘52”’<1”/1/WW’ MARCH-APRll, 1953

THE NORTHWEST the cover of this

Published Bimonlllly by the I S S u e O f T h e

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY look through the

The Cover PictureThe Pacic Gar and Foundry com-

pany, a 53-year-old rm. has built in-, sulated cars at Renton. Wasli., lor more

than 20 railroadsand other com-panies using railt r a n s p 0 r -

tation for perish-able products. On

Northwest, y 0 u

W.J.l'lUN'l‘,Edltor.......................................................... ..St. Paul, Minn. ‘l‘""§- h'°m °"eside to the other,of an all-steel mechanical refrigerator

|r You vnsn INFORMATION regarding no Northern Pacic Railway, or about industry, C?’ °°"s""°‘°fl by the °°mPa_"Y f°r Pheagriculture and other resources in the territory which it serves, please address one of the l\"Tlh9I‘ll P3ClilC- The man 15 pushingfollowing officers (depending on the information desired): a [ever which Conn-O15 louvers in the

P. D. EDGELL, General Manager, Properties and Industrial Development. .. St. Paul, Minn. Celllh{Z- Behind him» Viewed through theOTTO KOPP, Vice President—TratFic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....St. Paul, Minn. open doors. is a eet of the same kindosono: M. wunmorou, Vice President—Oil Development . . . . . . . . . . .Bil|ings, Mont. of refrigerators photographed just be.F. C. SEMPF, Manager, Industrial Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .St. Paul, Minn. fore they ]eft the Pacic Car and F0un_J. T. MOORE, Western Manager, Industrial Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seattle, Wash.S. G. MERRYMAN, Manager, Timber and Western lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Seattle Wash. ' -' -t d b hGEORGE ll. POWE, Manager, Mining Properties and Eastern lands . . . . . . St. Paul, Minn. get? )0‘? read a er maclfnnes ForJ. W. HAW, Director, Agricultural Development Department... .. . . . . . . .. St. Paul, Minn. In us“) ma e l t ls manu actunng

dry plant. Beginning on page 3, we sug-

company.

5l-Year Record in Beet Yields for the Yellowstone ValleyAn average yield of 15.96 tons per

acre of sugar beets grown in 1957 forthe Great Western Sugar company in_\lontana was higher than in any otheryear since the company’s factory wasopened at Billings in 1906.

The average yield in the Yellowstonevalley on 22.575 acres was 16.5 tonsper acre last year. In northern Montana.where 4.750 acres were raised for theBillings factory. the average was 13.36tons. The combined acreage of the twoareas was 2T.325.

The gures were revealed by R. L. l

output of sugar would have set a newhigh record for the factory.

Recent Figures ShowPopulation Gains

Our November-December issue, carry-ing a report of population gains up toJuly, 1956, was no more than ofi thepress when a report of the U. S. Bureauof the Census was released showing pro-visional estimates for July 1, 1957.

The population of the state of Wash-ington, for example, was 2722 O00 on3 3

Kimmons, Great Western manager at - l '"““ ‘ July 1, last, showing a gain of 4-7,000 inBillings, when he presided recently at a SUGAR TONNAGE ‘WA: UP last yew‘. one year and a total of 34-3.000. or 14.4-

R L |\dinner given for growers. ' ' i“""°"s' _l° " "°'°'-V m““;5°" per cent, more persons than on April 1,told Leo Bratsk). grower. of Br: ger. - .In the production of Sugar_ Kimmons 1900. Increases in all northwest states

stated, it was the second best vear in are show" below in tabular form:the history of the factory. despite the Gain from %GairI fromfact [hat acreage rg5[['ic[iQn§ yyere in l13l'\'CSi€(‘l OI] irrigated HCTCS. pop‘-"ati°n* July 1-£3956 Ap|'ll];:°]-950

effect. From the 424,463 tons of beets The percentage of sugar in beets was $1al@ Ju_|Y_1._1957 July 14157 JI1|¥_1._1§

delivered at Billings last fall, 1.250.000 lower than usual in all Montana beet- wash‘ "' 2722000 4-moo 14"Ore 1 769 000 36 000 16 3

bags of sugar (100 pounds eachl were growing districts last year. including hial1o_::: 12:7

manufactured. The highest total was the Billings area, due. perhaps, to N__°"$_' II: 6441080 2:008 4:8

attained in 1933, when 1.287.000 bags weather conditions. Had the percentage M""1- -— 3,321,009 61.000 11-3_ _ .. *lncl des ersons in the armed forces stafoned

were made from 348.414 tons of beets been normal. the Great Western’s total in each Sf... but exdudes forces ovmen I

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\vMaking $80,000,000 Worth of Rolling Refrigerators, Motor Trucks, Army Vehicles,Logging Equipment and Earth Movers, the Pacific Car and Foundry Company is a

Prime Example of Pacic Northwest’s Heavy Industry

\\'hene\er hea\ y imlustr_\' is mention-etl. lew people think of states west ofthe Rm-k\' mountains. The \Yest (Ines

ha\e hea\')' in(lustr_\—nut so mueh. inhe sure. as the eastern lnitetl States hut.nunetheless. there are prime examples.

One ul them is the Paeie Car aml t

Fuunclr) emnp:m_\. ul >'euttle. a enn- '

eern whieh operates luur major (li\'i.~'l(llISiltttl sells $ll(l_(lllll.(Nlll \\<|rth ul |n"<»(lu('ts

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aml ser\"u-es annuallv. .

lt n1anulau'tures a \arie(l list uf Iitems. ran;1in;.: from mmlern street li;1ht-inu poles lu armv tanks. relrigzerator \ears lur rallroatls. velneles for nnn|n;1 \rms aml lnutnr trucks lur the nil in- \tlustrv ul the _\li(ldle East.

The eompany has on its payrullslrmn 3.001) tn 3.500 employees in itsluur (li\'isim1.s. _\lure than 300 are tech- J“"i(.a]]v U-aincd ,.n.,inm.r5 wt“, not only IN PLACE OF CAMELS‘ K1-nworlh motor trueks, eus-tom-made in Seattle faetnrv.

1 F - n I - '- mwer (leper! tram." Ill ml fi-ll" f lh- M'ddl- En" - P - - . ~ -' -' -- ~ '

>lan and mrc mer (lraltlnrr h0ar(ls. hut I . . _ . ~ i ‘T " ‘ ' .‘ ‘M’ mu J“. mu] ‘“cnT'“l" m*‘ hmmmg. lumbering. t e sugar |mluslr_v and Ill other types 0| transportation. tun.

are seen also on the lluor where man-ufzu-lurin;z m-curs. s<rl\'itl;! praetieal|)l‘nl)lt‘tll5 \\'hit'l1 lmh up in meeting: eus- mining and euntraeting imlustries. Thetmners' mm speeieatinns. company huilrls hig en(l-(lump models

One (li\‘isinn is lucatccl at Rentun. lhal haul ‘I'll “"15 "f "T" at 3 ll""‘- DUT"

\X'a.<l1.. near §eattle. where one uf the l"!-' “imld ‘Var ll- "1"l'¢’ Illa" ‘mo GP"-nmjnr }im,_; i__- makim_, of fl-eight (.3,-5 era] Sherman tanks were huilt at Ren-

lur railruatls. with emphasis 0|] insu- l""- The n" i5 -“ml l"""l“"l“§5 l“"“'§[Mm] ,.ar§_ ']‘|mu_qm“]_< Hf ,m,|,|(. n.frig_ enmhat \'L‘lli('l0.'< lur the ;1n\'er|nnent.

eraturs h:l\'e heen huilt lnr 22 Hi Motor gm“-ks for bod] hig]1“-ma

.\meriea's leailing railruatls and nther U,-C am] (,.hig}]“-a'\~ _g(1r\‘i(-(1 are {aiml-emnpanies han(llin§_' the tran.s|)m'tati<m made 3(-('0r(liIIg to the hu)er's spm-i(~a."l l"‘l'l>'l1?'l'l“~‘ l>)' "in- A" “"l!‘l' l"1' tions hy the l\'enwurth Mutur Truekmeehanieall_\ t'uult‘(l "reefers" huilt of (-(,mP;m_\- in 5(>au|(._ 3 (]i\i§im| Hf H“.

-“l"“l “M ""“'l’l"l"‘l ""l l""=‘-I "£5" l‘"' l’a(-ie Car and Fnuntlrv e<nnpan\. pur-lll" x"l‘ll"‘l'l1 l)F"'l"- ehased in 1945. Just ahuut e\'er\: truek

'\| |{t-||1.,n_ 1m,_ im]u_q|~i;1] u-a(-h,|- manufacturerl. (nine ehanees ntll ul 10

equipment.suehas \\ilt('lte.<zttl(ll0§1§1ilt;£ it is powered h_\' a Culnmins llieselarehes are matle. The smallest wineh is IlH>l<>I' lull Cvlunllvu. ln(l.> has a (le-a haln_\' wt-i;1l1in;1 tilt) pnllntls hut the -'i:_'II all its mm. /\lm~st any (lay a

lamest is a giant of l6_Ulltl |)u[|n(l§ that sugar magnate from Hawaii. a lumher|;u||_< 3t) |tm_< am] i_.- uwd P;-im~i|);;l]y in k\('m1|] from California or a turhanerl\\‘estern forests. Sn-t-I ln|‘;1i|1;1's are made =\rab rv|>1"ese|1li|1;r the kin: Hf =\ral>ia BUll.DlN(} HEAVY TANKS for the l'. s.at R('||ln|| fur aluminum |~¢¢|u(~[i(m])]a||[§_ might he seen emllerrillg in the Seattle army in the plant of the Pueie (Iur andIn {mt 1-;1,<ti1|;_1,< fur m;m_\- Purpose; laetory etmeerning eahs. axles. mntors F"l""|"." <‘""ll"lI1.\'- lueated at Rentnn.

lnhrieatetl lrnm earlmn steel antl steel "F 919"] lffllllt’-< Ul on the KelI\\'m‘tl1alln_\s are turned nut. lt has heen stated |"'°(ll1('li0I1 llllP- All Of tll-<1‘ |N‘I1<nIl>‘.

that the 1-<nnpan'\' has the must extensive aml others. hu_\" from the rm. Kl‘II\\<1l'llI ll'l1<'ks are .~'|>l<l aurtl sel'\il'<'(llaeility in the Paeie \'urtl1\\-est for the (‘_a“a(]]an K(.|m.Un|1_ Ltd“ a “.]m||\_ h_\ l\\n athlitiunal sulnsitliary ('ur|mral-|1rmlueli<m of (imp lurgi1|;;s. 0\\'m-(1 _<u],_<i(]im.\- Hf the ]>a(.if“. (jar mm tin||s~'l‘exas K€||\\‘ul'lll enrpnratiun.

Swine helty eu|"tl1-n1<>\"i||;,1 vehicles are Fnumlry emnpany. operates a truek Will! rvllir Hllfl <>llil'¢' l1lI'iliIit‘>‘iI1 Dallas.put t-:_<_-etller in the llentun plant for the manulaeturing plant in Vaneuuver. B. C. aml (Inlurarlu l§t*||\\'<>|"tl1 eur|mrati0n.

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ncss through the purchase of the EverettPacic Shipbuilding and l)r_v l)ocl< com-pany. which had been previously organ-ized in 19-ll by Messers. Paul PigottWilliam Pigott. _lr.. and associates tooperate a navy-owned ship constructionand repair facility. During World Warll. the company built oating dry docksand other types of nary craft.

.»\ further word can be said aboutthe part the Pacic Car and Foundrycompany plays in furnishing arma-ments for the lnited $tates. Approxi-mately lift of the rmis engineers. infact. work on research and developmentfor the army. The company is one ofseveral industry rms holding “Vehicu-lar lfngineering Agency" contracts fromthe Ordnance Tank and .~\utom0ti\'e Cen-ter. at Detroit. This contract requiresthat the company continuously developand improve ordnance vehicles.

DISCUSSINC THE FlRM’S LONG CAREER are. from left: Jean Pidcock, traie 'manager; A. Thomson, chief engineer; T. B. Monson, vice president and generalmanager; Thor Hendrickson, research engineer, all of Pacic (Iar and Foundry.

with similar facilities located in l)en\'er. company were acquired. and it becameThen there is steel. The structural the structural steel diyision. Material

steel diyision of the Pacic Car and has been fabricated for both large andFoundry company is located in Seattle, small structures-~among them the

Th‘, |]i5tm.) Hf we (,Umpam._ (,uriUus_ faymous floating‘ bridge across Lakely. is lled with examples of changes “'aSl""in“"' at 5e"“le'

ln addition to heavy tanks. it hasmade tank retrieyers. various lxinds ofmotorized gun carriers and other ye-hicles needed for defense of the nation..-\n eight-inch howitzer and a l55-milli-meter cannon have been mounted onRenton-made machines. Remember theli-IT and B-2‘) bombers that raisedhayoc in Europe in 1‘)-13 and 19-l-1?Pacic Car and Foundry made wingspars for them.

from one product to another occurring The fourth division is the Com- -when the times and the needs of indus- mercial Ship Repair company. whichtry shifted. .\lanagement altered its has locations both at Seattle and atcourse to meet conditions. The struc- Winslow. Wash. lt is like a garage. ex-tural steel division is a case in point. cept that. instcad of cars. ships are rc-The company initiated its rst sales of paired. l’ri\‘ate ships. both domestic andsteel in the l‘)2(l's. Signs of the end of foreign. and ships owned by the lnitedthe era of the logging railroad in the States are serviced.lumber irrdustr). then were beginning to In 1044 we (jnmpam. Hm,l.(,(| int“alilwan “"69 its V"-‘T lncelnlo“ In 1903' the ship repair and construction busi-when it was called the Seattle Car .\lan-ufacturing company. the Pacic Car andFoundry company had made rail trucks.flat cars and other equipment for scoresof logging railroads. ln fact. that-s howthe rm got its start—ser\*ing the lum-her industry. lloweyer. as timbermenhad to go back into the mountainsfarther for raw material in scatteredlocations and grades got steeper amloperation and construction becamemore expensive. the use of logging rail-roads began to decline. Steel for high-way bridges and dams and powerhousesand for the construction of industrialand commercial buildings seemed tol|a\e a future. Thus. a shift was made.

From the manufacturing of earlyday logging railroad cars. it was a

natural step for Pacic Car and Foun-dry to expand into building freight carsduring 1914 to help meet emergencyneeds of the nation during World ‘Varl. .\'ubse<|uently "donkey flats." to carrydonkey engines in the woods. were built..\t the end of the rst world war. boxcars were constructed for Japan and

_ REPAIR OF §T]"'§ l5 "ANDLED at §eattle and “iinslow. “'ash.. by one of thell‘ 1936 ll‘? lllanl and lllllllllellt four major divisions of the Pacific (Iar and Foundrv company Foreign, domesticformerly operated by the Hous Steel and goyernnu-nt-owned vessels are serviced. The rm formerly built navy craft.4 THE .\'0l(Tll“'|'I§T. .\|urrI|-.-lprif. I951!

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HEAVY VElllCLES TO MOVE earth. above, arc manufactured, too. Forty-ton, end-dump trucks for o'-highway use by the mining industry to transport ore are anotherproduct. Company also has been in the structural steel business for many years.

China and a raft of domestic ones were \l’ i\l\3()fl. an experimental car. Thisbuilt. too. for common carriers at homc. rcyolutionary lining has a white surfaceFrom this work in 1917. 1918 and 191‘). which presents a pleasing appearanceit was perhaps a logical step to go into and can be kept clean and sanitary‘.the refrigerator car business in 1921. .-\fter six months during which the pilot POWERFUL wlNC" mounted ‘hiswhen 1.033 were ('ullSlI‘UCl€(l. By 1922. ear 4-111111-(l both frozen foods and fresh ‘rumor in logging service in Pacic North-when ‘)5? "reefers" were completed. the fruits. \orthern Pacic olcials signed ,,-1.,‘ "my," was mud‘. at R,.m,,,,, wu__~h_

company was well launched in the mak- a contract with the Pacic Car anding of refrigerator cars. an activity it Foundry company for the constructionhas continued ever since. of 23 additional mechanical refriger-

]“ mldition to ],ui|di"g refrjg¢|-aim ators with this kind of lining. These carscars fol. both frozen and fresh pmduL.L<_ now are being built at Renton for early

ll‘? Pacic Car alld F“""‘lrY c"mPa“§' gulmner (lel“ery' dlewest. On .\larch 14 this year. its ne\v.

builds l"5“lal'?d l‘"-‘i Cars “'hi¢'l1 are "5*"l A new lading device for the pro- wholly-owned subsidiary in Kansas City.l" 3 £1791“ Pxlellt i“ frallslmrtillg 1'a'"“’d teclion of goods being transported in .\lo.. called KW-l)art Truck Co.. acquir-£1""‘l5- ll" Plal"- l‘e"- r“l)b“r'l’a5el’al"l- box cars. bunkerless refrigerator cars ed substantially" all the assets of the

ll"“leu'" 3‘ll“’~“l"" am] lull "ill" ll""'~‘- and gondolas also has hcen developed l)art Truck company". l)art has. for'""Ye Or l“-‘>3 by the coirpany. The N<>rtl1er|1 Pacic many years. manufactured lieavy‘-duty.

Recently a new type of reinforced llailway has one of these lading devices off-highway dump trucks for mining.plastic-covered plywood lining for re- made by Pacic (jar and Foundry. de- moving earth and similar uscs both infrigerator cars was developed by the signated as C/\R-PAC. which is mounted this country and abroad. The Paciccompany. lt rst was introduced into in an insulated box car and now it is Car and Foundry companyis efforts in

this eld will be combined with those

_ _ of KW-Dart in a new plant to be builtat lxansas Citv.

in freight service for testing purposes.

The latcst move of the Pacic Car' and Foundry company is into the Mid-

Wllllatll Pigott, who founded the

Pacic Car and Foundry company‘. soldout in 1924- to the American Car S

Foundry company. which operated therm as a division for the next Ill years.until Paul Pigott. a son of the founder.bought it back. He has served as presi-dent ever since.

Yes. itis a heavy industry‘ and at bigoneino doubt about that. Thirty-vethousand different kinds of parts mustbe kept in stock—and each part has a

number. The inventory‘ amounts to- ()(l().O()(l. That should be enough ma-

. . . . , terial to kec the rtock foreman hucvTHESE MEN ARE “0Rl\lNC on the roof of a refrigerator car at Renton, Wash., . ll) . l. I I }\'where "reel'ers" have been constructed by Pacic (Iar and Foundry company for (Uummg gm gel’ m ll“ ‘\H)l)' ‘nu ll?"22 different rail transportation concerns in nearly all sections of the lnitcd States. smile-

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IIONSTRIYCTION WAS BEGUN on this new building recently for olliccs and warehouse, about twice as much space as theat Billings for the Midland lmplcment Company, Inc. A company has in its present quarters. Home appliances andmodern. one-oor structure, it will supply 72,000 square feet agricultural machinery are distributed widely by this rm.

$350,000 Warehouse and Office for Midland Company37-Year-Old Firm in Montana Locating on Northern Pacific Industrial Site

.-\ new building containing 72,000 stock tanks, Davis roller mills, Krausesquare feet of space for oices and ware- chisel tillers and plows, Johnson Work-house now is being put up by .\'lid|and llorse hydraulic loaders, Lundell forageImplement Company. lnc.. on ve acres equipment. Owatonna windrowers andin the Northern Pacic industrial area swathers. Gould pumps for water sys-located just west of the city limits of tems and other items of equipment.Billings, Mont. Other officers of the company are

The concrete-block building, whose li. B. liies, rst vice president in chargeollice area in front will be faced with of sales; R. L. Rahn, vice president and,brick. is expected to be ready for occu- branch manager at Great Falls: andpancy in October. The Hitz Construc- Vel'l0l1 E. COX, S6Cr8lHl")'-lrellfehtion company began pouring footings “Our ])u5im_-55 in 1958 has beenon .\larch 3. good,” Carl Rahn said in an interview

Carl Rahn, president of Midland lm- early in March. “For example, we soldplement Company. lnc.. announced re- 300 hay l>8l81‘S llle rst 60 days Of thecently that the 5350.000 l)uilding will year. Tl1at’s a lot of balers Farmersfurnish approximately twice as much llefe lld 3 good CTOP last Year, thespace as the rnfs quarters at its pres- moisture situation currently is favor- gUhSlNESs.dlS G(l?013("'hi:_| itar’ Carl, . . ,, a n, prcsl ent o i an mplementent down-town location, where floors on able llll llV6Sl0Cl< PHCBS are Sll'0Hg- company, loaned at Bi||ing_.-, de¢|m-ed,three levels are used. and that operationsin the new one-story structure, withcompletely mechanized handling of ma-terials. will be more ellicient. The floorwill be box-car-oor height.

ln addition to a parking area infront, outdoor space will be surfacedand surrounded with an industrial fenceand then used for open storage.

The 37-year-old company, with abranch in Great Falls in addition to theheadquarters at Billings. wholesales bothhome appliances and agricultural equip-ment and supplies. doing businessthroughout Montana and in northernWyoming.

Norge products, Zenith television setsand radios and lronrite home ironersare distributed. The agricultural ma-chinery includes New Holland balers.forage harvesters and hay rakes, Wis-

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Huge“, C0lu"ll"3 steel gram l""5 am] A parking area and space for outside storage of supplies are includcd in the plans.6 THE NORTHWEST, March-April, 1958

UFresh Eggs on Breakfast Table Make a Difference

Poultrymen Are Being Paid Higher Prices for QualityOf the four feed pellet mills the Mc- dive manufactures principally beef cat- with this important mineral." Ben C.

Cabe company, large grain and feed tle feeds. ;\'lcCabe, chairman of the board of di-company in Minneapolis, now has in The plant at Per-ham, operated in rectors. said recently. "We distributeoperation, two are located on the main connection with the company's main ele- Star-hi phos-plus pellets and mineralline of the Northern Pacic Railway— vator at that point, got its start in 1937, extensively in eastern Montana andone at Perham. Minn.. the other at when many farmers in that area, who western North Dakota.(llendive. Mont. While they are basical- previously had never had turkeys on "We have atlyot-aterl int-roast-tl pro.l)' ll"? Same Pl1Y$l¢all)3ll1@lP 0P¢Yali0"§ their farms, were encouraged to try duction of l)oth poultry and hogs indiffer somewhat. The mill at Perham is them, These people prospered an(l the Montana, paying top prices for gooddevoted mainly to the manufacture of feed mill grew, Today it offers its cus- eggs at (}lendive_-gornetimeg moreturkey feeds under the Mccahe brand, tomers a complete bulk handling service. than the New York market. These\\'lll(.‘lI lS Slal‘-lll, while the llllll at Gl8Il- A full-tinle service [call] [0 eggs are distributed lhrgugh S3fe\\‘3\

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maintain the health Of the turkey ll0Cl<5 stores. The Star-hi hatchery at Clendive$1 is employed and, in keeping with present produces chicks hatched from eggs 0l)-f; trends, the mill has a complete nancing tained at our own poultry breeding farm

' program. just west of Clendive. Even if I do sayAnother important development at so myself,” Mccabe remarked, “chicks

Perham is the improvement in the from these eggs have done very well fut‘quality of eggs. The McCabe company our customers.works with its poultry customers, who "A5 to the hog business, linrley isinclude both those who have Cage l8)'- gaining favor in Montana as well as iners and oor ocks, in maintaining the North Dakota, We make barley pellets

‘quality of eggs marketed. at Glendive for hogs,”Ballse Perham ls l°caled "ear large ln addition to its feed business and

bade)’ l'al5el5 l" the Red Rlvel Valle)’: the buying and selling of grain at Glen-llle "llll ls Plodllclng balle)’ Pellels l°l' dive, the Mccabe concern handles dryuse by hog gr0WerS- edible beans raised in the irrigated

The greater part Of the Star-hi heel Yellowstone valley. At Clendive beanscattle feed prepared at Clendive is for go through half n dozen different clean.

WE SELL EGGS from Montana '0 SM-e_ range use. Bulk handling has increased. ing prooesses, ending with an electric.way stores, Bell C. McCabe, chairman, “Since much eastern range grass is eye machine which removes all discol-The M°(‘“b° company’. "uh lilo em‘ decient in phosphorus, our company ored beans and any stones or dirt thatplovees, above, from Minneapolis com-meined when on mu, of rmvs e|;,,aio|.,_ pioneered in making feeds supplemented get by other cleaning machines.

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MAINLY BEEF CATTLE FEEDS are manufactured at the TURKEY FEEDS ARE MADE and sold under Star-hi brandpellet mill operated in connection with the elevator of The at Perham, Minn.. and a complete nancing program isMt-(lube company at Clendive. Dry beans are packaged, also. ulfcrcd. Barley pellets are being produced for use by hogs.TIIE NORTHWEST, March-April, 1958 7

he h 0 now i|| its T(tth year of operation. isT the oldest ollice and school furniture.

equipment and supplv company in S'eat

tle. Speaking of his company's buildingprogram. Tuttle added. "We still cott-sidcr ourselves a young company and9 our purpose is to continue to grow withthe countrv.“

Lowman & Hqnfqrd Officer; Lowman X Hartford Co. and Shaw. . & Borden company. of Spokane, are

say Flrm '0 connue Growlh subsidiaries of the _l. K. Gill company,|_u“ma“ & }|anfm.(| CU" P;‘,m.‘.r of Portland. The three rms operate

Seattle merchandiser ol ollice. school. l\\'" “l|"ll’-‘alt’ \\1ll'¢‘l1"U§P§ alld ve "3-atrt and cngitiecring supplies and ollice lilil -‘l""’-‘ l" ll‘? P3(‘l<7 N"TlhWe5l-and scltool furniture. has recently com-pletcd construction ol a modern whole-sale \\arehouse in Seattle. Located at GOOd Water in1223 Set-oml ¢\\enue Sputll. on ,prop- the Pacic Northwestert_\ lt‘&l.~t'(l lrom the Northe l 'l'

. . .. "' 3‘. ‘ . . . _ “own COMPANY ts the oldest one oflla1lwa_\. tl.1s new facility. employing While tn sotne areas of the Lntted “S kind now opemdng in 5um|c,-~ John()3 people on a year-around hasis. will States it is expected that problems arising W. Tuttle, vice president, said recently.supply the company's three retail stores as a result of a shortage of water will belocatctl in Seattle and Olympia. ln addi- extreme and. in a few instances, criticallion. it will serve as a wholesale dis- by 19Ttl. that will not be the case intriliution point for the entire state of northwest states, it is indicated in lore-Wztsltitigttiti. casts based on data developed by l‘. S.

The new warehouse. which is of re- %5“\'er'"“e"l agencies-inlorced concrete construction. provides Washington and nearly 3]] of ()1-ego“.>2.Utltl square leet of space on one lloor and Idaho are expected to have slight,and ts .(l€Sl;Ilt€(l to permit full use of if an); P,-Oldems about an adequate"“"'ha'“Zed "‘l“ll““""t- supply of water for domestic, industrial

Vice President john W. Tuttle said or agricultural problems within therecently that Lowman 8 llanlord Co., coming 12 years.

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.-\ ONE-STORY CONCRETE BUILDING, above, containing 52,000 square feet of A SPRINKLER SYSTEM. installed tooor. was constructed by Lowmun & llanford Co., at Seattle, on property leased from protect the interior of the new building.the Northern Pacic Railway, to serve as distribution point for state of W'ashingt0n. can be seen in this reecnt photograph.

-//OI-‘l"l(IE AND SCIIOQL FURNITURE and oilicc, school, art wholesale ollice and display room are shown in this picture.and engineering supplies are handled in new building put ln addition to wholesale distribution throughout the state.up in Seattle by Lowman 8' llanford C0. The eumpan_\"s new materials are furnished for the company's three retail stores.8 THE NORTll“'l-IST. March-.-Ipril. I958

UNew Machine Invented at Billings to Apply Nitrogen

Pasture Supercharger, Designed to lniect Anhydrous Ammonia lnto Sod, ls Attract-ing Wide Notice; Grasses and Fertilizer Said to Have a Great Future in Montana

llal W. liick and l)a\'id U. l)ruiii aretwo aniiahle. energetic yizung men who __

secni to he "oing ilaces in the chemicalfertilizer htisinessl

\'ot only. however. do they deal in . m FEEDS

fertilizers. They have developed whatthey call the Y-V pasture supercharger.a new machine that does a good johapplying nitrogen or liquid fertilizers on

hay land. sodded pasture and tilled soil.liccciitly. too. they hegaii selling a liq-uid livestock feed.

Locating in Billings, Mont.. afterserving llncle 5am during 1951 and1952 in Korea which. incidentally. was - Annthe second time around for them. since mthey H1-=<> ‘We 0" a<>li\'@ duh‘ dun"?! LIQUID FEED sold by David 1;. Drum. i‘i:R'rii.izEii (1()_\tl’.»\I\'\'. culled \"-y.Wiirl(l War ll. Drum and BiCl( jOined left, and Hal “'. Biek. at Billings, is for \'el|(m'stoiie \‘ulle_\'. is operated atmg(.l]]m- in 1955 to form the Y_V Fe‘-ti_ kept in tank and fed from bunk below it. Billings liy Drum. seen at left. and Rick.

lizer corporation. which they located onthe Nl)l‘lltPflt Pacic industrial site. im-nicdiatcly west of the Billings cityliiiiits.

Ever since that time they have heenhuilding iip sales of anhydrous ani-inoiiia (32 per cent nitrogenl. phos-phoric acid and inixed dry fertilizers incentral \'lontana. from Big Tiniher toForsyth and from the Wheat hasin toBridger.

While the Y-V corporation sells fer-tilizer for all crops. Drum and Bick bothhi-lieve that a conihiiiation of anhydrousammonia and Montana native grasses on

nieado\\'s and ranges has very promis-

mg posslblllhes" PASTURE SUPERCHARGER was devel-Pondering this situati0n.Bick coii- tted 5)‘ Hal BM‘ 1" ‘IP91!’ l1i"'051‘Il T"-

cluded he would try to devise ia means "In" “ml “"" "M '°“" up grass 5°‘l' COULTERS OPEN SOIL for Shanks ofof applying anhydrous ammonia which .\'llp(‘l'(‘lI8l'g(‘I‘ invented by Ilal Bic-k and

\\oUltl|i.l dainage sod or mechanically “‘l"e" ll be¢'°'"e5 3 33* ll musl l“' 1"‘ |""“‘*‘ “'h""l“' l“ "“‘“' "l"“' 'l“' "|“"""g""injun. new qands of "rain Later he jected under the surface of the soil. /\

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P‘n |]im,-(.]f (](.5igm.(] am] built the pagturv tuhe attached to each shank to carry attracted attention and \\ide-spreadcoiii-

‘_-uP(.r(.}]arg..|-_ “.]l;(.}1 m,“- has been trim] the gas can he used also for liquid fer- iiiciit. only two of the machines lia\e,.m.(.(._QSfu]|_\ in “omana U" grasses am] tilizer. makers of the supercharger say. heeii llljlll. ln fact. improvenieiits now

on wlwai in Wa;hin;;i<,,| am] Or;-gnn_ A coulter. turning three times as fast are heing incorporatedinto the rst oiic.

~\rkansas people who saw it at a trade as the forward speed of the tractor. Asked whether they will manufac-

_<ho“- “am the ma.-hine for trial on operates in front of each shank to cut ture the new iinplenient at Billings inCoastal Beriniida grass. Requests have the surface and open the soil. Press sullicient quantity to satisfy the ap-

liecn received. too. from Illinois, Wi§- wheels in the rear close the openings parent demand. Rick and llruni replied.,..,"__~;" am] ..]_s,.“-}“.n. fm-(](.m0n§traii(m§_ made hy the coiilters and the shanks. "We niay. and we may not. We already

|§ig}“ [N4 ‘\i(](). the tra(.mr_0p(,rau.(] The vegetation is disturbed very little. have a lot of irons in the lire.’-

Y-V niacliiiie has shanks 12 inches apart. The ¥a~‘°""~‘ "i"'°{-'9" '“‘“"’S six i""l“'~‘ One iron they hegan heating recently.\'ince anliydrous ammonia. carried on eaf3l‘ “'aY {mm lh9_5l“?"k- §Il"l"¥ ill" is the Y-V .\loi'ea company. which tlievthe front of the tractor under pressure Fml 3 lhomlltlll aPPl1('al|°"- formed to lilend and inarket a new liq-iii a tank. is a liquid until it is released. While the pasture supercharger has uid leed supplenicnt for cattle and sheep.

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They Found Better Ways to Grow Domestic BlueberriesTraditional Use of Peat Bogs Now Discredited; 250 Growers in Washington HarvestAbout 3,000,000 Pounds of This Fruit Yearly; Packaged Crop Shipped to Several States

The lalc llerlicrt l)rcw. whose namelt(‘('i.lIll(‘ almost a synonym for the do-mestic l»luel>err_\ industry oi western“'asl1ington. disproved the traditionall)(‘ll(*’l that this fruit should he "rownC‘

on peat hogs.

l)rew started the rst cultivated hlue-lierr)‘ production on mineral soil in the\\'est and today the trend in making newplantings is toward upland soils of thatsort. while he put in his rst commer-cial planting of blueberries on an up-land location in 1‘)-12. Drew experiment-ed lol‘ the IO previous years on varioust_\pes of land in western Washington.llis results proved that production equal-ly as heav_v is ohtainahle on upland soilsas on peat.

Peat l)0gS are l18Z3l‘(l0llS, t0O, lie- SMALL TRACTOR and homemade ma- “'ATER IS RELEASED by Riehard Drewpause the‘. are more Susceptible to frnsp chine are used on Drew farm to make from underground system of pipes for

I ‘I I I rills for water to irrigate blueberr) plants. blueberries produced on mineral soils.am weer control ])l'O)(“TI\S are moredifhcult.

The ?,().a(-re 1);?“ p]ace_ the largest There are 250 growers in the state Washington. California. ,\lonlana. North|,|l|e],H]-)- farm in \Va_<}1ingmn_ ]m.ak,(] who produce annually ahout 3.tlOtl.tlll(l Dakota. South Dakota. Colorado and22 mile; mull,“-9;; of ()|§-mpja_ has ],(.(.n pounds of herries. Lwtah. The remainder oi the crop is sold

operated h_v Mrs. Drew and her son. Two-thirds oi the Drew hluehcrries f"r """"l"€ ll‘r"“i1l‘ ll‘? l)“"l" N"rll"Richard. ever since her husband's death are marketed iresh and are shipped lI_\' “Psi Bl"*‘l“‘"." G""“‘l’r~‘. a“""l“ll"" 1"ve years ago. Their crop is in demand. railway express to principal markets in ll‘? Wa5l‘l"gl""'()"’§1f'" F""‘l>' C°“P‘“Ta'

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The Drews have 35 differentvarieties of tame hlueherries.permitting a continual harvestduring July and August. How-ever. they are dropping many ofthe older varieties heeause withonly eight or nine new, improvedkinds which they are planting. acontinual harvest can he main-tained during those months.

Good production is ve tons per acre.(inc hundred pickers are used duringharvest.

-- ‘ The sale ol nurserv stock consists oione-third oi the total liusiness voltlltlcoi the farm. Each vear the llrews prop-agate 5U.(lt)(l plants. which are sold

i principally in “asliiiigloil. Oregon andnorthern California.

The Drew's berries all are irri-m.__ gated. Their irrigation s_vstem is unique

lor western Waslliligtoli. as it is one ofthe few ;1ravit\ rlll svstems in that sec-

THE LARGEST BLUEBERRY FARM ' th- st t- f “' sh’ t . "th 30 - ' . ,. .. _

is operated southwest of Olympia by l.\'lrs. (llerll|drt0Dre\\il am5'iilliw.“land hermsliiri. hon ‘if llw _‘\l‘l“" l)ra(l“‘lll.‘ ‘“".\"mRichard. A hundred pickers are used during the harvest season, July and August. (‘l-*1‘ U-""5 ~‘I'r|"kl('r$-

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Water at the Drew farm is pumped ""from the Black riycr into a I2-inch con-crete pipe line buried along the upperend ol each eld. For each two rows olblueberries. a riser with :1 faucet isplaced on the line. This provides ex-('t‘llt‘ nt water control.

Fast-Growing Fir Tree

ls cu Gilt-Edge SecurityThis is better than a ;_'o\'crnment

bond." said W. ll. llagcnstein. execu-ti\e \ice president of the IndustrialForestry association. in his ollice inl’ol‘l

llironlloufour

land. Ore.e was referring to a section sawcd1 a ll-year-old Pacic _Y1»rtl1\\'cst

glas r which had increased three-ths of an inch in diameter yearly

and “.35 lg inches an-05$ FIRST OF THEIR KIND ever built. 200 .\'0rt|u-rn Pacic double-deck cars for,. .. . . travelin Ii ; have unusual featureg. includin ;hutter.; to eliminate coo ierinv"lhat last "nwth. Ha st I g lg‘ _ - _ g _ ~ l °’_ ,_ 1 gen e1n \.!l(.

"was made when the young tree wasgive n a chance to show what it woulddo in the forest without close competi-tion. Uther trees near it were removed. Never Had " so G°°d.~\t the cml ')l IT \cars the test tree wascut to demonstrate what had occurred.“ N. P. G

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if:;i"§: of expense to shippers or consignees. The value of minerals pr0d1|(-ed in

w_ [)_ ||,,g,.,,__.n.:n_ an “_.__.(,(.;,,l;,,,, nm,-,.,-_ The flexibility of the adjustable shutters \X'a5l1ingtQn 135; year amoumed to* * * also makes it possible to provide quicl<- .~'55T,2(')()_()()()_ seven per eenl under the

While the amount of cropland per ly the degree of protection ncctleil ill total in 1956. Lower prices and smallerperson in lhe l'nile(l ares “-35 gllree case of unexpected changes in weather pmelnelion of metallic minerals were

and a tenth acres in 1930. it is expected (luring Sllilllllnh responsible for much of the decrease,

to be only two and two-tenths acres in The traveling pigs will be in for a .\linerals produced in .\lontana in 1037.19T0 and it will be down to an acre comfortable ride with a minimum of including oil and gas. were valued atand a sixth by the year 2000. bouncing and jostling. since the cars are $1P>l.00t).000.

THF. S()RTl|“'l-‘.§T. \Iarrh- lpril. 1958

snubbers and rubber draft gears lor an easy ride. and aluminum paint to reect heat.

The "Pig l’alace"—a reyolutionar_\ equipped with snubbers, which are de-kind of li\'estocl( car, equipped with ad- vices similar to shock absorbers. andjus-table shutters for cold weather pro- with rubber draft gears. which softentection — e has been introduced by the shocks of starting and stopping. RubberNorthern Pacic Railway. placed between the sills behind the

.-\ lleet oi 200 unique -ll)-foul. roller- coupler cushions the coupler.bearing. double-deck stock cars. de- (fnmfnrt (luring not wealller has not

signed l*_\' -\s P- |"9Cl13Y1i¢al @'1gi"'i‘9T5 been overlooked, either. :\lUIlllI1UIl1and trallic ollicers especially for the rail- paint has been applied tn exteriors pfway's Pig l)3-<~‘Pl1€¢‘T~‘- ha‘ l""’" built l" roofs and car ends to reflect solar heatthe company's shops at Brainerd. Minn. (luring gunnner ,n0nt],§_

Most unusual feature of the cars. [nlike eonyennnal ears for live-to be used principally in hog shipments _sn,Ck_ the "pig palaces" are constructedfrom the .\lidwest to the Pacic North- pf _<lee|_ with {he exception nf the nn,--west. is a system of metal shutters. ar- ing_ lmerinr Surfaces of the metal side

ranged "1 l)3“9l>‘- Whlcll "WY he 3dlu~‘l("l slats and shutters have been insulatedmanually for complete or partial closing so the pigs‘ snouls won't Stick n, them

of the spaces between the side slats ol on frost‘. mnming5_the cars.

This eliminates the need for coo )er-ling or lining the cars with cardboard to wash“-|gf°n'5 Minefqlsprotect the hogs during cold and in- worth

1 1clement weather. thus removing an item

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Eugene Bauer Has the Answers for Puzzling Economic ProblemsHe ls a Tenant Farmer Whose Ideas on Management Are Worthy of Notice

Eugene Bauer makes a living on 47 .. Nrented acres in a dav and age when the ‘

trend is for farms to heconie bigger and (1bigger to lower production costs per ~'-s

unit.Another fact which makes this tenant \ i ___‘§'_'“*"*

different than others is that he owns the . \ ihouse he and his family occupy. He '

built it on one acre he bought across theroad from the land he rents, in s0uth- "western \\ashington. near \Voodland.

“Wliat would happen to your dwell-ing if your landlord decided to ndanother renter?" Bauer was asked.“wouldnit you he stuck?"

".\o.“ Bauer replied. "The owner ofthe land is an honest man. who livesin California. l have rented from himsix years and he says he wants to keep UNUSUAL TENANT farmer is Eugene HIGH PRODITTION per unit is kev1119- l ll3\‘9 3 l0l\§l'l€‘Tm l935\'-’- With an Bauer. in southwestern Washington, who to dairy succc.~‘.~. says Eugene Bauer.Opmm to bu}; The place jsn for 53]‘?! Intakes a good living on just ~17 acres. seen here giving u haircut to a Holstein.but the option protects me in the un-likely event it goes on the market.

his landlord recently enlarged the barn harnyard manure. which is applied to"i\'ot only that. my new dwelling can on h ft e arm so now it is big enough the elds daily. He has a good pasture

be Sold if I 9"‘-‘T ‘fish l" ‘llslmse 0f il- for ~l(t cows and 20 head of young rotation and weerls are controlled byPerhaps you know that there is a move- kstoc . clipping. The farm is sprinkler irrigatednlient of ci£y“peo}l)lle. ‘even from the lit- The 47 furnish good pasture {mm a 40_f00t wenH) m‘:l" U 00‘ am ‘ out I“ rural 30' for the milk cows and replacement stock. In 1956, the Bauer herd averagedreage. P.‘

in addition to 300 tons of grass and 432.2 pounds of hutterfat per cow. theln 10.10. Bauer earned a title. Wash- 1 ,, _'] f -' f 1 Begume =1 age or winter ee(. auer second high record among all of the. »< K‘ C

“].‘—'l°n “ale G"a55la"d_ Farmer of the purchases the equivalent of one ton of dairy herds in Cowlitz county. ln 1957\ear. He has the entire farm. small ]f ]fgood a a a hav each vear per cow for his average increased to 438.1 pounds.thouizh ll 15' In grasses and lei-'ume5' \\'iI1l€rf6'9<l- in 1955. in addition to the grasslandwhich are used for pasture and silage

1- ' The outstanding features of Bauer's farmer award. Bauer won a trophy forHe owns 30 milk cows and he has operation are timely management prac- the highest-producing medium-sized

plans for expanding to 40 head. In fact. tices and the careful utilization of all herd 121 to 40 cows» in the county.

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