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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
3
Government experts and prominent writers weighing in on farming, crop choices, soil care, animal husbandry, and related issues offer guidance and perspectives. The page compiles insights aimed at helping farmers improve yields, efficiency, and sustainability.
A concise plan outlines a farm dairy building arranged for convenient milk handling and butter making. The design accommodates 80 cows and emphasizes a cement floor as a superior feature for cleanliness and efficiency.
The article explains external parasites on chicks, detailing head lice and body mites, their harm, identification, and rapid control methods. It recommends five percent carbonated vaseline for lice, kerosene and lard mixes, thorough coop cleaning, whitewash or insecticides, and a fine dust bath using tobacco-sulphur powders or snuff, plus winter dust bath options with sand and ashes.
The article outlines alfalfa as a major, growing forage with high value for dairy and stock feed. It covers seed quality, planting methods, timing for first and subsequent cuts, curing practices, weather handling, nurse crops, and storage to maximize feeding value and long-term stand. It emphasizes careful seed testing and proper harvesting to avoid loss.
An Amherst area orchard tested lime sulfur wash and Bordeaux mixtures on about 325 trees over 12 acres. The study compares coarse and medium vermorel spray caps, notes russeting risks, and outlines recommendations for timing, frequency, and cost effectiveness of spraying to maximize sound fruit or profits.
Instructions describe adding braces to both ends of gates to prevent sagging and frame warping. Braces increase gate strength and can be applied to old or new gates as shown in the illustration.
A two year old alfalfa field yielded 3 tons per acre on June 30, 1/2 ton? on August 11, and over 1 ton on October 24. It provided five weeks of pasture before snowfall. The grower does not irrigate, with water available 12 to 20 feet away.
The cowpea and soy bean should be given a conspicuous place in the rotation as they furnish nitrogenous feed and improve the soil at the same time.
Tea roses blend form color and scent but require winter protection in northern latitudes with a shelter built of boards and a slanted roof filled with leaves. New introductions Pink Maman Cochet and White Maman Cochet offer excellent cut flowers with strong buds and vigorous plants.
Cut off burdocks an inch under ground and they will not sprout up again.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt captures a tense exchange between an actor and a manager over support and behavior. The manager upbraids the actor for smoking while the actor defends his autonomy and says he was not hired to smoke.
A school scene features Miss Ferrale remarking on a boy’s ambitions and a teacher noting Napoleonic traits. The pupil allegedly altered a classroom map of Europe, signaling a bold, if disruptive, moment in the day.
A merchant discusses a plan to export sleepwear to Africa citing the sleeping sickness issue. The drummer for the firm asks about potential action and profits in Pajamas and nightcaps.
A compact historical note contrasts King Solomon’s decisive leadership with later era delays and formalities. The text implies timeless authority despite changing procedures and rules.
Satirical exchange from the San Antonio Gazette features a father advising his son to stay visible in the public eye and avoid becoming a “human cinder” as poets are declared to be born, not made.
A fragmentary dialogue features a boast about self reliance with lines on paddling canoes and a quip about clever talkers. References to Huht Pa and a goddess of liberty wearing willow plumes or rooster feathers appear as witty exchanges.
A dialogue features Bigley denying college education as a path to wealth and a Catholic Standard and Times excerpt mocking the idea. Brother Dickey imagines a playful heaven where he drifts on white clouds guided by celestial winds.
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