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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1914
Page
6
Chicago women showcase successful farm ventures and city rural living trends. The piece highlights asters selling for 4 dollars per 100, acre yields up to 1400 dollars, onions and cucumber crops, bees from 800 hens, cherries from 40 trees, and livestock as part of family enterprises boosting household income.
A gardener in the east tested growing potatoes in a lime barrel. Five or six inches of soil held a single potato. As vines grew, soil was added and plants watered. In fall the barrel yielded 125 large tubers and a half peck of small ones, with 6,000 barrels said to be ordered for next year.
A lord warns that his domain will not return to its former calm state unless he takes action to preserve the land. Elders and stewards debate measures to safeguard the ranch and its resources.
The article advises on milking Jenking cows three times daily and preparing barns for bad weather. It stresses offering ample feed and water, maintaining accounts for each cow, and valuing cattle by scale measurements and the Babcock test. It notes most barns lack sufficient windows.
A farmer faces the fall colt issue as mares miss in spring. Some breed in fall to save a half year, others avoid fall colts, and one school argues spring breeding only. The piece describes care for a fall foal, including milk feeding, exercise, clean bedding, ample grain, and constant fresh water.
The author argues farmers should consider fall breeding to produce one or two valuable foals. Spring work remains demanding whether the mare is pregnant in spring or fall, so delaying birth risks six months or a year. Fall colts can be profitable as first six months feeding mostly missed, but grass affects digestion and growth, making fall foals not quite as strong as spring ones.
Breeders split on when to first breed sows with Professor Coburn citing eight months as the youngest prudent age and favoring a full year before breeding. He notes pigs from large sows grow more quickly, often doubling in size by nine to twelve months with consistent care.
A brief note explains breeding horses for clear roles such as drafters coaches or saddlers. Finished animals of a single breed will always command higher value than mixed stock, underscoring the advantage of specialized breeding.
The note warns to monitor flocks for ticks biting sheep and to inspect for any signs of illness or distress as a health issue in the herd emerges.
A. B. Colby urges treating the farm as a manufacturing plant with a logical flow from raw materials to finished products. He stresses arranging barns and facilities to minimize backtracking, prevent contamination, and save minutes daily, noting the long term gains in labor and efficiency.
Minnesota University farm bulletin outlines hog cholera as a century old contagious swine disease with massive losses. It details immunization methods including serum only and serum virus, and explains permanent immunity via combined serum and virus exposure. It also notes caked udder or garget in cows, its noncontagious and infectious forms, cold-weather triggers, and cautions against home treatment with veterinary access advised.
Seed corn should be stored on the ear and not in boxes or sacks. In cheese making it should be turned in hoops in the morning and pressed well until noon, with good results from two days of pressing. The lack of a manure spreader drives many a boy from the farm, and farming can be drudgery for youth unless financial advantages are clear.
A playful verse describes a pie Kate baked with ripe red apples cut into quarters and a soft light crust. It recalls hungry girls and boys who enjoyed the crust and the baked fruit in a cheerful kitchen scene.
A short tale explains how birds without wings gain strength when angels’ burdens are shared. The eagle leads by carrying the heaviest loads while the selfish ostrich bears little, losing the chance to fly as burdens become wings. Moral: burdens borne for others become blessings.
A National Boy Scouts of America summer report notes 21 643 merit badges issued to boys 1 141 of them earned 985 men served as scout masters 286 as assistant masters 109 as commissioners Headquarters mail rose from 53 883 to 97 967 pieces in the period. A literary game tests readers on authors from Farm Ballads to Romeo and Juliet with Will Carleton Washington Irving Hawthorne Scott Dickens Beecher Stowe Shakespeare Longfellow Whitier Kipling among those named.
The deepest known ocean depth is in the south Atlantic between Tristan da Cunha and the Rio de la Plata at 40 236 feet. In the north Atlantic south of Newfoundland depths reach 27 480 feet and 34 000 feet occur south of Bermuda. The average ocean depth ranges from 2 410 to 2 760 fathoms.
The article notes maize or corn originated in America but is now grown globally. It lists various names for the plant across nations, including maize in Britain, Turkish wheat in Holland and Hungary, Syrian dhurra in the Middle East, and mealies in South Africa.
A playful riddle lists a perch in a bird cage a skate in a cutler shop a plaice atop a crowded omnibus a sole in a boot whiting near a cleaning plate and a mussel inside a lady's neck.
Official directory lists National President Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey and a full cabinet including Vice President Thomas R. Marshall Indiana Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan Nebraska Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo New York War Lindley M. Garisson New Jersey Attorney General James C. McReynolds Tennessee Postmaster Albert S. Burleson Texas Navy Josephus Daniels North Carolina Interior Franklin K Lane California Agriculture David F Houston Missouri Commerce William Redfield New York Labor William B Wilson Pennsylvania Chief Justice Edward D White Louisiana.
Federal judge George M. Bourquin and clerk George W. Sprouls are listed from Helena along with U.S. Marshal William Lindsay and U.S. Attorney B. K. Wheeler. Surveyor-General Jerome G. Locke is also noted as based in Helena.
The list includes F. W. Appleton of Bozeman H. J. Kelly of Lewistown and Fred H. Foster of Billings as land office registers in Montana reflecting appointments for state administration in the early filing offices.
The roster enumerates Montana state leaders including Governor S V Stewart of Helena and Lieutenant Governor W W McDowell of Butte. It lists Secretary of State A M Anderson, State Treasurer W C Rae, Attorney General D M Kelly, Auditor Wm Keating, Superintendent H A Davee, Railway Commissioners Dana Boyle as chair with E A Morley and J H Hall, State Veterinarian Dr W J Butler, Chief Justice Theodore Brantly, Associate Justices W W Holloway and Sydney Lanner, and Clerk John T Athey.
Stenographer A C McNaught of Livingston records proceedings in the Livingston court with Judge A P Stark presiding.
A compiled roster lists county commissioners chaired by John T. Esp with members C. Rein and Glen M. Parker, plus state senator Robert Brownlee, representative W. N. Nye, sheriff O A Fallang, treasurer R S Jarrett, and many others including clerks, auditors, attorneys, and city officials with wards and ex officio appointments. It covers administrators, coroners, surveyors, and school board members among peripherally connected offices.
Rev J J Burris pastor at First Methodist Episcopal Church holds Sunday School at 10 am Epworth League services at 7 pm worship Sundays on second fourth and fifth Sundays mornings and Sundays evenings at 730 pm prayer meeting Thursdays at 8 pm St Pauls Methodist Reed Point holds divine worship on the first and third Sundays at 1030 am and 8 pm on Saturdays before these dates
St Joseph's Church lists Rev Father Joseph Blacre as priest in charge Mass is held on the third Saturday each month at 1021 0H. Sunday School meets every Sunday at 029 a m Key details include the officiant and regular schedule for masses and classes.
Regular Lutheran and Episcopal services are listed for St Mark's Church and St Pauls. Pastor Rev Lucas G Engelstad leads at St Mark's with morning and evening services on the first and third Sundays, and Rev G W G Van Winkle presides for Episcopal worship. Sunday School occurs every Sunday at 10:2 m.
First Congregational Church led by Rev. J. C. Blackman presents Sunday school at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Evening worship at 7:30 p.m. Come and help in your own way.
Sunday service at 11 a.m. and Wednesday service at 8 p.m. at the South M. EB. Building located at Anderson Street and Fifth Avenue. Everyone is welcome to attend.
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