Hay There!

One might think how neat it would be to send a drone over the valley or fly over on an ultralight, and view the progress of the year as farmers and ranchers begin to prepare to close out on the summer work. Along Highway 2 running west and east through the northern part of this big and glorious state, and miles and miles of hay bales on acres and acres of land.

This might be the situation or picture next year with the water shortage along the Milk River Valley. From Fresno Dam, located at Havre, eastward, the Milk River is starting to look like it is the Evaporated Milk Valley.

At this time, f...