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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1930
Page
6
Ancient texts describe water honey, salt-water honey, water mead, rose honey, honey foam, and honey vinegar. USDA studies honey chemistry to enable new products. Honey candy is already produced by secret processes, and housewives use honey to sweeten drinks, cereals, and cakes. Eminent physicians claim honey contains the most beneficial sugars.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes that squad production can yield fair profits for those who give regular attention to pigeons but warns that past profits have been greatly overestimated. In successful market squab operations the average annual return above feed costs is about $2.00 to $2.50 per pair of breeders, with many poultrymen treating squabs as a side venture rather than a primary enterprise.
Montana reports a 1930 lamb crop of 2 439 000 head, about 12 percent larger than 1929 and 23 percent above 1928, due to more breeding ewes and favorable lambing weather. Water and forage shortages threaten late summer ranges, with expected forced shipments and lighter weights. Western states total lambs reach 18 724 000 with 81 percent lambing, while California remains the leading producer.
Lake Garberson near Miles City will supply bass crappies sunfish and catfish for stocking various Montana ponds. About 500000 fish will be moved from a drained pond in the Lake Gerald area with the stocking work starting in early September per deputy game warden J H Chartrand.
Research by the Bureau of Dairy Industry introduces sour milk production in about 20 plants. In 1928 1929 these facilities used over 76 million pounds of skimmed milk for the product. Entomologists say honey bees can fly up to eight miles and return with honey.
Montana State College outlines three reserves cash feed and moisture to weather droughts and depressions. Extension economist Paul Carpenter says depressions are not unusual and farmers should prepare in good years to avoid bankruptcy during drought and market downturns.
County agent advice urges livestock men to conserve feed with alfalfa straw yielding 50 to 80 percent of hay value. Montana extends special bonuses at the Chicago hay and grain show. County shipments of cattle from Wisconsin and a new Montana stock train aid smaller shippers. Over 200 4-H members attend Valley county camp. Stillwater plan to ship stock for feed and preserve foundation herds.
The U S Department of Agriculture shows warts can transfer from one animal to another. Dr Gilbert T Creech notes a filterable virus may cause warts, with calves developing infections after exposure to treated cattle hides. Warts ruin hides and hinder calf growth, impacting leather production.
Montana State College livestock specialists report three years of feeding trials showing wheat hay as a strong roughage option for beef cattle and sheep. Oat hay remains first in value, with sweet clover alfalfa and blue joint close behind. Wheat hay is best when cut early with grain in the heads and is safer for cattle than bearded wheat for sheep.
A June survey by the U S Department of Agriculture and Post Office Department shows Montana’s spring pig crop fell about 28 percent from 1929. Fall farrowing projections offset this, with sows bred or to be bred up about one percent.
The United States wheat crop faces an annual yield reduction averaging about 97 million bushels due to rusts smuts rats and other diseases.
O A Sipple of the Montana state Apiary Division predicts a normal honey crop for 1938 with about 100 carloads, 600 660 pounds valued at roughly 252 000 dollars. Wax production around 36 000 pounds valued at about 16 300 dollars. Inspections focus on western Montana with 10 000 colonies funded.
The Northern Pacific railway offers a special feeder stock rate to western Montana areas to aid cattle transport from drought hit sections. The plan partners with the state extension department to move cattle to Missoula Lake Granite and Favalli county ranges, stressing that fish and many insects survive freezing.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics outlines a plan distributing 5,000 birds to various regions and reports a slight decline of two percent in the general farm index. The note appears under United States Department of Agriculture material.
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