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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1932
Page
6
Montanta State College extension dairy expert J O Fretsven explains why butterfat percentages in milk and cream vary. Key factors include cream screw position, separator speed, milk temperature, and equipment condition. Variations can occur between milking and due to routine maintenance.
Forty thousand acres near Fairfield Montana on the Green field division of the Sun River irrigation project are ready for settlement. Lands suit crops include grain alfalfa sweet clover root crops and vegetables with irrigation from Gibson dam and drainage provided. Livestock dairy cattle sheep poultry beekeeping and poultry prosper. Elevation 3500 to 4000 feet. rainfall 11 inches. frost free season May 20 to Sept 15. Homeseekers welcomed with low prices small down payments long terms and stock and machinery considered.
Mrs. N F Dester of Stanford led June production with 277 white leghorns averaging 23.9 eggs per hen. Mrs George McHees of Plevna topped smaller flocks with 48 white Plymouth Rocks at 21.7 eggs per hen. The Montana State College extension report notes wide earnings and rising yearly totals, with prices from seven to 20 cents per dozen and an average 14 cents per dozen.
The Harrison State Bank appeals after losing a suit against United States Fidelity and Guaranty and National Surety for 6348 related to a 1930 robbery. Jury trial, directed verdict for defendants, appeal argues Horsky erred in sending case to bench. Sheriff Metzel killed during pursuit of suspects Whitney Jackson and Walter Varnes.
The McCarroll Beauty School in Butte organized fall and winter classes after statewide exams. Now in its eighteenth year the school, founded by Mrs. McCarroll Doull, offers an eight and a half to ten month course under Mrs. Jessie M. Grefit with 40 pupils and modern equipment. Trainees receive commissions while studying and a temporary license until state board exams.
A June survey shows Montana sows farrowing this spring fell to about 32 000 from 45 000 a year earlier and 37 000 two years ago, with pigs saved down 28 percent from 1931. Nationally, sows farrowed and pigs saved declined across the corn belt while eastern states rose, the six month total for the United States down 7 percent from last year.
The Montana state highway commission plans two $1,000,000 road contracts next August 13 and 24 to kick off a years long program totaling nearly $9,000,000. Funds include $5,000,000 in available state money and federal aid matching, plus $800,000 forestry funds and $480,000 more relief money, aiming to boost employment and build modern highways.
One owner of a Montana poultry demonstration farm flock cuts production costs by making her own yeast. She reports the home brew appears to add more pep to the birds, according to the article.
The text notes expected changes in the months ahead may influence farrowings this year, using an estimate tied to the average relationship between breeding intentions and the predicted number of farrowings.
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