Trader’s Dispatch, November 2013 — Page C2
TRACTOR & SPRAYER FOR SALE Case IH 9280 4WD tractor. F & S 60-ft. pickup sprayer.
Phone (406) 473-2357, Judith Gap, Montana
WILRAY SPRAYER TRAILER FOR SALE
$17,500 OBO Phone (406) 459-7256
MOVING On... MUST Sell!!!
2004 John Deere 4995 rotary swather John Deere 567 round baler, Mega Wide, cover edge. John Deere 705 V-tine rake. Morris 1400 Hayhiker. John Deere 452 seed drill with fertilizer box. 2003 John Deere 7810 4WD, duals, 4660 hours. 2000 Chevrolet 3/4 ton with 225 gallon sprayer with hose, reel and booms. 20”x131/2-ft. field roller.
Call (406) 240-4852
TRACTORS Case IH 500 Quadtrac 3 point, twin hydraulic system, 30” tracks and 451 hours........................................ $307,000 Case IH Magnum 340 MFD, 3 point, PTO, 5 remotes, hydraulic front suspension, differential lock, hi capacity hydraulic pump. 1636 hours................................. $145,000 Case IH Magnum 275 MFD, 3 point, PTO, ride control, weights, quik-hitch, grid heater, differential lock.............. ..........................................................................$110,000 Case IH MX 230 MFD, 3 point, PTO, radar, creeper, diff erential lock, front and rear weights................... $71,000 Case IH Magnum 215 MFD, 3 point, PTO, radar, guide ready, differential lock, 4 remotes, quik-hitch, grid heater. 3100 hours.................................................... $99,500 Case IH 7250 MFD, 3 point, PTO, 18.4x46 duals, front weights, 4 remotes, good paint, fresh rebuilt engine....... ........................................................................... $45,000 Cat Challenger 65 3 point, powershift, 4 remotes, radar, 27” tracks, decelerator pedal, drawbar, turbo..... $19,900 New Holland 8870A MFWD, 3 point, PTO, powershift, diff erential lock, 4 remotes, weights, pre-heater..... $57,000
BACKHOES & SKIDSTEERS Case 60XT skid steer with ROPS, hi-flo hydraulic system, 1558 hours. 68 hp.............................................. $16,500 John Deere 320 skid steer with ROPS, rear window. 69 hp. Very clean.......................................................... $16,900 John Deere 410G backhoe, 4x4, cab, air conditioning, extend-a-hoe, power shuttle, 90% tires, 3609 hours....... ........................................................................... $51,900
COMBINES and HEADERS Case IH 7010 with 1324/939 hours, Pro color touch screen, AFS yield and moisture monitor, grain loss monitor, rock trap, chopper, spreader, auto float, 30-ft. auger header.. ......................................................................... $181,000 Case IH 2388 with 1867 hours, grain loss monitor, header float, chopper, rock trap, yield & moiusture monitor, 30ft. auger header.................................................$110,000 Case IH 2188 with 2273 seperator hours, chopper, bin extensions, $14,000 in new parts, 1010 25-ft auger header. Field ready.................................................... $45,000
MISCELLANEOUS Schulte SDX110 3 point snowblower........................ $8950 Norland 4x4 truck snowblower with 300 Cummins, 3 speed with hi/lo, 400 Cummins blower. Truck has 6886 hours, blower has 239 hours. Very Clean. Nice cab..... $13,500
EAGLE EQUIPMENT Bill Smith, Broker
St. Anthony, ID Belgrade, MT 208-558-7015 406-388-8171 Mobile ph. 208-351-7177 FAX 406-388-8119 e-mail: eagleequip@myidahomail.com
Small flowering bulbs are gems in the winter garden
By Annette Meyer Heisdorffer, PhD, Daviess County Extension Agent for Horticulture has cobalt blue, bell-shaped flowers with a The small flowering bulbs appear in the late winter garden providing color to what narrow white edge at the mouth. The flowers seems to be a lifeless landscape. Many types look like grape clusters. The foliage appears of these little gems are available beyond in the fall and persists through the winter. daffodils and tulips, and they need to be Blooms appear in April and the height of planted in the fall. the flower stem reaches 4 to 6 inches. Grape The generic term “bulb” is used to refer hyacinth can be used in rock gardens and to a group of plants which have different with other spring flowering bulbs. food storage structures to support life until Greek windflower, Anemone blanda, has the plant’s life cycle begins again. Different a small daisylike flower. Depending on the storage structures characterized by botanists cultivar, the flower color is white, pink, or are bulb, corm, tuber, tuberous root, and blue. This plant forms a small mound shape rhizome. covered with flowers reaching 4 to 6 inches The scientific name of the following tall. The food storage structure for the Greek bulbs is included to make sure you find the windflower is a rhizome. As soon as you plant I describe. receive the rhizome, plant it right away to Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, has a little prevent it from drying out; otherwise, the white, bell-shaped flower gracefully hangspring performance of the plant may be ing down from each flower stem. The leaves reduced. are linear or strap-shaped. Plant height Glory of the snow, Chionodoxa luciliae, reaches up to 3 inches. This little gem may has several small, star-shaped, blue or bloom in February. Plant the snowdrops in pink flowers, depending on the cultivar, an area where you pass every day or where with white centers on each flower stem. they can be seen from a window inside the The height of the flower stem may reach house in order to enjoy them even when it 6 inches. Flowers begin to appear in late is cold outside. March to early April. Winter aconite, Eranthis hyemalis, has a Siberian scilla, Scilla siberica, has strappure yellow to bright gold, cuplike flower like leaves reaching 4 to 6 inches in height. 1.5 inches across in early March. The unique The bulb produces 3 to 4 flower stems. Each foliage looks like a finely frilled, green colflower stem carries 1 to 3 drooping, belllar under the flower. Plant height is around like deep blue flowers. This attractive plant 3 inches. The best location for the winter prefers full sun or partial shade. It tolerates aconite is in an area where the soil does not a wide range of soil conditions. become too dry during the summer months. Small spring blooming bulbs should be For the best visual effect in the landscape, planted early enough in the fall to allow plant the winter aconite in groupings. Snowtime for root growth before cold soil temdrops can be planted with the winter aconite. peratures reduce plant growth. The bulbs The snow crocus, Crocus chrysanthus, discussed today can be left in the soil all begins to bloom in late January to early year and will return year after year. February. The flowers are small and reach Many bulbs are planted at a depth of a height of 3 to 4 inches tall. The flower two to three times the diameter of the bulb. colors available range from white, purple, Place the bulb in the hole with the growlight blue, and yellow to flowers with two ing point up; otherwise, the plant may not colors such as yellow and violet or purple emerge from the ground. On some bulbs, and white. The leaves are grasslike. Snow the growing point end narrows at the top, crocus peering through a blanket of late and the bottom end is flat. Old roots may winter snow is a delightful sight. be attached to the bottom end of the bulb. Giant crocus or Dutch hybrid crocus, If you are in doubt about the location of the Crocus species and hybrids, have larger growing point, place the bulb on its side. blossoms than the snow crocus. The giant Before planting, bone meal or superphoscrocus blooms in early spring but later than phate worked into the soil at the bottom of the snow crocus. The flower colors available the hole may be beneficial for the bulb. Plant include yellow, purple, white, and white bulbs in well-drained locations or they will combined with purple. The leaves are grassrot. Most bulbs prefer a sunny location. The like. Foliage reaches 6 inches tall. best show of color with these bulbs results Netted iris, Iris reticulata, has a single when the same type of bulb is planted in violet-blue flower 3 to 5 inches above the groups. ground. The foliage is grasslike and very For more information about the small fine. This unusual, small iris blooms in late flowering bulbs, contact the Daviess County winter. Netted iris is a good choice for rock Cooperative Extension Service office at gardens. 270-685-8480. Grape hyacinth, Muscari armeniacum,
October 1 quarterly milk production
Mountain Region highlights Arizona Dairy Herds produced 1.01 billion pounds of milk during the July September quarter, up 1.8 percent from the previous year. Colorado Dairy Herds produced 844 million pounds of milk during the July September quarter, up 3.9 percent from the previous year. Montana Dairy Herds produced 74.0 million pounds of milk during the July September quarter, down 1.3 percent from the previous year. New Mexico Dairy Herds produced 1.97 billion pounds of milk during the July - Sep-
tember quarter, down 0.2 percent from the previous year. Utah Dairy Herds produced 502 million pounds of milk during the July - September quarter, up 2.2 percent from the previous year. Wyoming Dairy Herds produced 32.7 million pounds of milk during the July September quarter, up 2.8 percent from the previous year. United States highlights Nationally, U.S. milk production during the July - September quarter totaled 49.4 billion pounds, up 1.5 percent from the July - September quarter last year.