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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
6
The article explains preparing soil for crop rotation with sugar beets and alfalfa, adding humus, and maintaining air channels. It notes beet and alfalfa roots reach deep soils, and earthworms aid aeration. Grain crops require near-surface moisture and a well conditioned furrow slice for best yields. Fall plowing favored.
An advisory piece urges readers to buy steel traps and supplies now to maximize earnings from trapping as demand and fur prices are expected to rise. With many trappers joining the army and high wages elsewhere, fewer hunters will trap, creating a seasonal opportunity and potential price increases after January 1.
The wise farmer should tend his equipment this fall before storage. Move machinery under cover after harvest and inspect bolts, repair breaks, and oil moving parts. Painting with bridge paint on iron parts helps extend life and save costs later.
John Harris of Fort Benton predicts Montana will become a major livestock producer as farmers increase cattle herds. A recent 10 car shipment from Fort Benton headed to Chicago under Clay Robinson & Co. At $11.36 for steers and $6.25 to $8.60 for cows the market shows strong prices. Harris notes recent rains and a shift from range to farm ownership, with farmers entering cattle trade while hay shortages persist.
The cheese making industry in Montana expands from zero to thirteen factories in two years with two more in formation. Prof G L Martin of the State College dairying department visits sites with C F Doane of the federal department of agriculture and E F Champan of the western states. Existing plants include Willow Creek Salesville Central Park Belgrade Sedan Ballantine Victor Corvallis Hamilton Echo Lake Missoula Creamery Lewiston Dairy and Anderson factory with counties listed.
Grace Bayse of Kalispell Montana age 14 is hailed as the best canner and preserver in the state. She won Flathead county first prize then captured top honors at the state fair defeating competitors from other counties. She canned about 300 quarts in 1916 and more the following year, largely from her family garden and berry harvest, self taught through reading recipes, while tending to school and family duties after her mother's death.
D W Raymond secretary of the state board of livestock commissioners notes heavy Montana shipments to eastern and western markets. Through early this month 1002 cattle shipments to Chicago and 331 to Omaha exceed figures from 1916, signaling potential next year shortages if feed is scarce.
It’s the small annoyances that mount for a big family man, and the father of a large household bears the strain of daily frictions and errands.
A brief reflection notes that some people fill conversations with words when they have little substance to offer. The piece suggests listening more and speaking less to avoid empty chatter.
Pruning now helps distinguish dead from live branches and allows wounds to be treated with coal tar or creosote. Remove decayed wood and destroy nests of the fall webworm. Fertilize weak trees with wet rotted manure and spray for scale while assessing the best timing and methods.
The clipping outlines plans for numerous townsites across Minnesota to California and a rail corridor near Flathead Lake in Montana. It highlights a continental trail with a branch line toward Glacier Park and an envisioned grand resort area surrounding the lake.
Reports from Rome to Paris cover Italian torpedo armor, Austrian naval morale, and German air losses. US war costs, Hoover bread standardization, New York harbor wage disputes, and Lincoln Liberty truck progress mirror national mobilization. Edison ships, invisible freighters, and Cupid in Paris touch on morale and technology amid war.
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