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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
3
Montana dairy production for the first half of 1929 rose over 1928 with butter totaling 17,793,561 pounds up about four percent. Cheese and cream also increased, and casein production began in Corvallis, signaling broader dairy diversification and farmer prosperity in the state.
Bill Smith executive of Montana Flour Mills Company will be toastmaster at the second annual Montana Products Dinner in Butte October 1. Last year he delivered a noted talk before about 1,000 Montanans. The Rotana club backs Montana producer support and reservations rise.
A French study finds among 100 gout patients 94 are male and 6 are female, highlighting a strong gender disparity in the condition.
ISS BLANCHE L. LEE was elected chairman of the extension section of the American Home Economics Association. The next meeting will be in Denver the week of June 23, 1930. Fergus county farmers using pure seed report up to 30 bushels per acre. The farm price index rose five points from June 15 to July 15 but remains five points below a year ago. Thresher wiring guidance recommends a grounded insulated wire to prevent fires. Wisconsin experiments show lambs can help harvest corn with careful management and labor savings.
State federal crop report says barley flaxseed sugar beets and beans likely to exceed average while wheat and rye lag or hover near normal. Winter wheat yield 14.8 bushels per acre. total winter wheat 7 237 000 bushels versus 9 202 000 five year average. Durum and spring wheat forecasts also below normal.
A stranger praises a guest for keeping calm after he tripped in a dance and tore his partner’s dress. The guest reveals the lady is his wife and that he paid $50 for the dress yesterday, prompting quiet humor in the room.
An adult female fly lives about six weeks and lays about 15 eggs every 10 days. These eggs develop in fourteen days into new flies, which begin laying eggs at two weeks old.
A coated tongue signals digestive disorders and fatigue, with physicians noting most sickness starts in stomach and bowel trouble. The Tanlac remedy is advertised as a natural mix of barks herbs and roots, claiming thousands improved and offering a money back guarantee if it fails.
A group from Yakima Valley toured Montana seed potato fields led by F. M. Harrington of Montana State College. They reviewed certified test plots and noted disease control and early maturity boosting seed quality. Despite low rainfall reducing yield, demand for certified Montana seed remains strong in the South.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to store wheat on farms this year to distribute marketing, capture premiums for high protein, and prevent market glut. With record carryover, farm storage could ease car shortages, reduce reliance on hired help, and slow marketing to avoid price drops and breakdowns in marketing infrastructure.
Miles City reports L C Strauss aged 30 drowned in the Yellowstone river with Nels Kildahl narrowly escaping. Also notes Northern States Oil seeks a Lewistown natural gas franchise. three boys captured after escaping Boulder state institution in a stolen auto near Wolf Creek. Other items: Sheridan promotes border patrol, Forsyth hosts Pythians event Sept 9, Everett Phillips shot, Boulder powder accident, Miles City cattle deal with James W Cox, and Blackfeet land sale record set by Charles Foster near Glacier Park.
A historical survey explains how English and Scottish traders, led by Montreal merchants and the Northwest Company, challenged French merchants in the fur trade west of the Great Lakes. It covers exploration by Alexander Henry the elder and Peter Pond, rivalries with Hudson's Bay, and the eventual 1821 merger shaping Montana history.
Miss Blanche L. Lee of Montana State College urges rural mothers to preserve a winter supply of vegetables and fruits. She advises drying corn peas navy beans spinach and similar non acid vegetables, and using a pressure cooker for others. For a family of six she suggests 50 quarts of green vegetables and related items to last five months and 64 quarts of tomatoes for about eight months.
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