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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1924
Page
6
Treasure State Farm presents expert articles from Bozeman State Agricultural College on Montana tillage methods funded by state and federal programs. Readers are urged to file these explorations for future reference.
Montana farmers export a growing turkey crop due to disease absence and ample range. Turkeys thrive with light summer grain, roaming on grasshoppers, finishing by October, and fattening best when allowed to range. The holiday market runs from mid November to late December.
An advertisement touts Cuticura for sore hands and toilet use. It instructs soaking hands in Cuticura Soap, drying, rubbing in Cuticura Ointment, and removing excess with tissue. It notes additional uses with Soap Ointment and Talcum.
A Miles City Montana ad invites men and women to enroll in stenography bookkeeping and secretarial courses at the Montana Business Institute. It promises good salaries after completion and rapid advancement, with options for home study and office placement assistance.
Montana State College outlines show fitting for grains and grasses to maximize display quality. Guidance covers timing for harvest, color preservation, curing on clean surfaces, removing weeds, and arranging bundles for judging. Includes tips for timothy red top alfalfa clover and various exhibit types with illustration notes.
December notes warn high demand and prices, urge close watching of hens and growing poults for lice, and describe diseases like tuberculosis and blackhead in turkeys. Recommendations include open range, clean quarters, and lime sprinkling in common areas to control infections.
August is ideal to cull the poorest hens from the farm flock. Non productive birds look worn but may lay little while glossy-feathered hens may produce poorly. Good layers molt later, from September to December, while poor layers molt June to August. County agents offer charts and demonstrations drawing hundreds of Montana farmers to learn culling as insurance against non profit birds.
Caution to farmers on handling poison bait for grasshoppers. The article notes arsenic in mash can kill cattle and warns against leaving bait along roads or fields or near arsenic barrels. It urges safe disposal of leftover bait by burying or burning to prevent livestock ingestion.
The Modoc War figure Tobey Riddle is praised for her years as teacher and missionary to her people. She visited the East in 1875 and later urged recognition, though Congress only granted her $25 monthly after the war. Her grave would merit a statewide monument in Oregon.
J. C. Taylor becomes director in charge of the state College extension service while retaining his role as assistant director. He succeeds F. S. Cooley, who resigned effective July 1, after leading county agents since 1921. Taylor, a 1912 Montana State College graduate and son of L. B. Taylor, has long headed county agents.
Red raspberries and strawberries from Hamilton vicinity head to markets in first class orders. O N Kalder, Bitter Root Farm Products manager, says demand vastly exceeds supply with berries at 3.50 a crate. The second strawberry crop is just starting with a healthier outlook than the spring crop, frost damaged. Berries grown between Charles Heights and Corvallis are noted for excellent quality.
Alfred Hampton, district director of U S immigration with Spokane HQ, announced Havre as a port of entry for district 26 covering northern Montana and surrounding areas. The district spans 750 miles with new border patrols and sub districts planned. Havre will host 10 patrolmen and two inspectors.
An old advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a remedy used for over 40 years to relieve constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea in babies and children. It claims to soothe feverishness from these symptoms and aid digestion by regulating the stomach and bowels.
The Fort Belknap Indian community plans its eleventh annual fair at Hays near the Little Rocky mountains August 30 to September 1. Fort Belknap Day Saturday and Lodgepole Day Monday highlight contests, wild west stunts, dances, and large prize money for livestock and agriculture. Officials Thomas Bad Roads president Peter Stiff Arm vice president J F Healy secretary Anson McConnell treasurer organize events expected to draw crowds from northern Montana with a new tourist camp on People's creek and improved access.
The farm labor division warns several thousand harvest hands from out of state will be needed to harvest Montana grain. Montana wheat acreage reaches 3.5 million acres, the largest in the northwest except North and South Dakota. Offices will distribute harvest crews at Great Falls Billings Miles City Bainville and other points with Dakota offices ready to share updates with state federal and county agents.
Thirty four members of boys corn clubs in Rosebud County grow varieties suited to local conditions. Under County Agent R B Mercer they will learn seed corn selection and care and be named approved seed growers by the Montana State Seed Growers association. The aim is to meet future county seed demands with the best possible seed.
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