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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1918
Page
11
Experts report a 177 percent rise in dressed beef and beef product exports over three years. David F. Houston urges steps to boost beef by improving calf survival and growth, using better bulls, reducing tick areas, cutting disease losses, moving cattle to feed-rich regions, and expanding winter feed and silage use.
The article outlines methods to boost pork production by 15 percent in 1918. It cites breeding for two litters per year, improved care to reduce losses, growing pasture and forage crops, using wastes like city garbage, rationing with concentrated seeds, self feeders, alfalfa pastures, feeding grain sorghums and corn, finishing hogs to about 275 pounds, and preventing diseases such as cholera and tuberculosis.
The 1918 livestock census reports increases in horses mules milk cows and other cattle with total value up to 8.26 billion dollars, up from 1917 by 22.7 percent. Notable gains include cattle up 4.5 percent and swine up 4.5 percent while calves and heifers show varied changes. The report also notes on farm and nonfarm stock counts from 1910 and per head value shifts.
The 1918 agricultural production program released by the U S Department of Agriculture urges maintaining beef stock and increasing herds in areas with the best range and farming practices. The statement follows the Euro outbreak context.
Calves must be fattened to a marketable baby beef age between one and two years. Seek deep, wide-bodied calves with high quality hair and refined features. Uniform size and color aid marketing, while coarse feeds suit late finishing for inferior calves.
The total estimated value of all farm products in 1917 is $19,443,849,381, up from $13,406,364,011 in 1916 and above the five year average of $9,388,765,779. Valuations reflect prices received by producers and apply to total output whether consumed on farms or sold.
Farmers increasingly feed barley to hogs to conserve wheat. The shift could establish barley as a major hog feed similar to corn in the Midwest, reshaping feeding practices and crop use.
The article notes that fattening calves requires more care than feeding mature cattle and urges raising and finishing beef on the same farm when possible to maximize efficiency and ensure better outcomes.
Prices for metals across sites report Lead at 7.45 7.62 dollars per unit Bar Silver at 85 cents Copper at 23.12 23. ? Spelter at 7.56 Boulder tungsten concentrates priced at 20.00 22.50 per unit Crude ores 60 percent 22.00 25.00 25 percent 12.00 12.50 10 percent 9.40 12.20 per unit.
The Peck silver mines near Prescott are to be revived while the Idaho mine near Ruby, Montana camp, is being operated with lead and silver extracted. Adams and Townsend ship tungsten concentrates from Williams mines in Aquarius mountains. Arizona's 1916 production was 4,092,800 and 1917 gold output rose to 5,533,800, the only state with an increase. Rio Vista Mines in Copper Creek starts work on Porter-era claims. February copper 854,042 pounds lead 69,765 pounds silver 6,590 ounces gold 7,263 ounces. January copper 849,440 pounds lead 84,000 pounds silver 9,599 ounces gold 1,058 ounces.
Announcement that another oil rig will be erected on the Rock Carton escarpment west of Pueblo. Mount Logan mining district organized at Debeque by six shale oil companies. Prof H A Huston notes rising public and technical interest in potash production in America. By midsummer molybdenum output in Colorado to $1,000,000 monthly as government contracts mine output for wartime needs. Federal Reserve Bulletin March issue surveys Tenth district business agriculture livestock and mining.
Anaconda Copper Company will start work immediately on a ferro manganese plant at Great Falls while also building a ferro manganese facility at Boston and Montana. Butte Copper and Zinc reports record February output with manganese and zinc ores averaging near 300 tons daily. Shipments reach 2,600 tons manganese and 5,300 tons zinc. Anaconda produced 24,100,000 pounds of copper in February versus 24,984,000 in January. Inspiration output rose to 6,200,000 pounds in February from 5,000,000 in January. Butte and Superior reported 12,500,000 pounds zinc and 250,000 ounces silver in February.
The Lincoln Oil Company of Oscuro is incorporated with a 250000 capitalization. The Mogollon Mines Co shipments proceed as usual. Power distribution changes underway and forty stamps run continuously. Crushing machinery arriving at Socorro plant. The machine shop blacksmith carpenter shops store room and laboratories are complete. Steel head frame and ore bins nearly finished. Oaks Company contracts a connection drift between Central shaft and Maud mine. Two shifts are worked. Mogollon shipments from Maud S Eberle and Clifton mines. Toltec drillers north of Roswell at 2000 feet and after 175 feet of oil sand expect production about 2400 to 2500 feet.
Wyoming records show Wyoming Chemical Products Company of Casper with a 3 million dollar capital, Springer Oil and Gas Company of Torrington with 100 thousand dollars, and Buckeye Oil Company incorporated with a 2 million dollar authorization. Fort Steele Petroleum Company plans operations on 8 000 acres in the Shirley basin and Flat Top sections.
United States Department of Agriculture advises hog producers to exercise sows during winter by making them seek corn in stalk fields rather than feed areas. Regular movement plus protein supplements like shorts tankage oilmeal or ground alfalfa hay can improve litter strength and pig vigor at farrowing.
Sheep, in relation to product value, are the most economical on the farm during famine. They require less feed and labor, fit with general farming, subsist on forage from grazing weeds and grass, eat little human food value, and need less grain than other animals, boosting farm revenue with low expenses.
Farmers advise feeding straw fodder and stubble grasses in winter but lambing ewes should receive the best first crop clover hay daily. Bran and clover hay are considered the superior diet for young ewes and their lambs.
Skim milk and middlings form the best feed for young pigs after weaning. Start with four small feeds daily and reduce to three feeds as they become better established.
Outdoor exercise is beneficial but pigs should be protected from cold winds or hot sun. If the sow is turned out with her pigs, do not give her a very large range at first as she is likely to travel too far and tire the young.
A playful exchange contrasts a fireless cooker with a coalless fire, hinting at new efficiency in household utilities. The dialogue underscores curiosity about modern fuelless cooking methods and contemporary domestic innovation.
An advertorial claiming catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and that Hall’s Catarrh Medicine cures from within via the blood. It lists tonic and purifier ingredients, notes testimonials, and gives J Cheney & Co Toledo as makers.
A terse exchange where one character asks why the other left college and the reply hints the dean offered no specifics. The scene centers on a vague departure and unresolved explanation.
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER has been a household remedy for constipation and digestive troubles for decades. It is described as a gentle laxative that relieves indigestion and nervous dyspepsia and is sold worldwide by druggists.
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