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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1933
Page
6
Prices of key farm goods in Chile are climbing as markets respond to supply constraints and rising demand. Farmers report tighter margins and producers seek ways to stabilize income through price adjustments and futures strategies.
National forest grazing fees rise 50 percent this year for Montana and Northern Idaho cattle and sheep. Cattle pay 1414 cents per head per month and sheep 4 cents per head per month. Governing bodies note installments due 15 days before stock entry and potential further adjustments in 1933 and 1934. Affected owners include 1,950 cattle and 475 sheep producers in Montana and 60 cattle and 30 sheep interests north of Salmon River in Idaho.
Gardeners can grow a modern giant leaf spinach that yields more per space and remains productive longer. Plant in rows with eight inches between plants and use Danish origin varieties. steam or use a waterless cooker for best flavor and nutrition. Do not boil and discard the valuable cooking liquid. Spinach remains a key food for children and should be carefully cooked.
R S Orr of Montana Flour Mills, Great Falls, testified at an interstate commerce hearing that Montana mills and farmers need rate changes to restore eastward flour movement. He said Montana flour now moves west to Pacific coast shipments via the Panama Canal, reversing the logical eastbound flow. Orr noted high back haul charges and loss of long haul tonnage as railroads lose eastbound freight.
Eighty five head of choice Hereford bulls will be offered at the Northern Montana Hereford Breeders association third annual consignment sale at the North Montana fair grounds March 30. Auctioneer Fred Reppert of Decatur Ind will handle the sale with L E Sedgwick and Barney Sparrow assisting. Cattle shown the day before will be judged by Louis Vinke Montana State College at 2 p m.
Hatchability in breeding stock is emphasized with 75 percent egg hatch as a goal. Grace Koningen 2nd wins production honors at Montana State College herd with 19 877 pounds of milk and 737.7 pounds of butterfat in 1932. Potatoes and other crops are discussed, along with home canning, mustard greens, composting, and farming tips. Mining activity in the Little Rocky mountains includes plans for a mill near Zortman and notes on the August mine near Sandusky.
The Blackfeet Indians are relieved of two debts after congressional bills. One, $38,262.31, related to the old tribal herd, and another $24,975.86 tied to a federal highway north of Birch Creek. The law allows year to year consideration of old debts and provides a $10 per capita payment totaling $47,790 to Blackfeet Indians, per Commissioner C. A. Rhoades.
Free to stockmen, concise guide by Y P W Wood covers symptoms, control, and prevention of common cattle diseases. Copies available from Montana Newspaper Association or Cutter Laboratory. Also note can opening signs of spoilage indicate or confirm vacuum seal integrity.
Constipation may easily become chronic after forty and lead to piles and other disorders. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepain, a doctor’s prescription, is claimed to relieve constipation safely for all ages. Made from laxative herbs and pure pepsin, it cannot gripe and is sold in large bottles at drugstores.
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