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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1912
Page
7
The article argues maintenance outvalues repair for roads, promoting permanent skilled caretakers over labor tax systems. It urges continuous eight to ten workers per county, emphasizes drainage, ditches, and regular dragging of earth and gravel roads, and offers detailed guidance on tools, timing, and seasonal care.
Montana experts outline three key factors stock feed and shelter for hog farming. Focus on rugged pigs bacon breeds durable and efficient feeding using corn molasses field peas and sugar beets. Affordable shelters like A-frame colony houses maximize warmth with southern exposure and strategic window placement.
The guidance stresses building a strong swine program in Montana with alfalfa or clover pasture as the main feed for sow stock and breeding stock. It advises gradual stock increases, careful management around farrowing, and finishing, plus concrete floors and cement mortar for durability. A guard rail around farrowing pens protects piglets.
In a country with limited road funds favoring bridges, local users can supplement county work by surfacing and smoothing roads. The King drag offers a low cost solution to fill ruts and crown surfaces, with timing crucial after rain when the surface is moist. Road clubs and half day work schemes let communities gain six miles of better roads toward trading points at minimal individual expense.
A chatty note from Puck describes the zoo snake refusing dead chickens, insisting only alive prey will do, while Mrs Reider and Mr Reider remark on outsmarting cold storage guine.
Bids must be filed with the County Clerk in Big Timber Montana by June 5 1912 at 8 p m for a fill or road bed on the Stillwater road in section 36 township 3 south range 18 east totaling 588 cubic yards. Profile available at the clerk’s office or mailed on request. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Dated May 15 1912 by County Clerk F R Hickman First publication May 16 1912.
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