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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1923
Page
9
Farmers are urged to save this page from Treasure State Farm and Livestock as experts from Montana State College Bozeman summarize state and federal funding and experiments on tillage methods to improve farming across Montana.
Captain James Handley, originator of national Apple Day, once ran five city offices in Virginia City Montana and later moved to Quincy Illinois. In a letter to Al G. Winter he recalls Montana colleagues including Lee Mantle and Mar tin Maginniss, and notes his teaching stint in Deer Lodge along with many oldtime newspaper men.
In Pondera county, county agent Blaine Ferguson estimates 16 000 turkeys this year up from 3 000 last year with 50 000 expected next year. A pre Thanksgiving shipment of 42 000 pounds earned about 12 000 dollars. Sixty five percent graded number one due to eighteen demonstrations before shipping. Total outbound value estimated at 60 000 dollars. The note contrasts with 1920 Census reporting 72 734 fowl other than chickens in Montana.
A Montana Extension Service bulletin highlights C. H. Seitters of Inverness as a notable farmer and explains practical lard rendering steps. It covers fat selection, skin removal, cutting fat, open-fire rendering, temperature control, straining, cooling, and proper storage to prevent rancidity.
An advertisement praises Cuticura soap ointment and talcum to cleanse soothe and perfume keep skin clear. It notes the Roundup corn show collected 266 entries as part of the roundup feature.
State Veterinarian Dr. W. J. Butler warns Montana stockmen of stomach worms endangering lambs. He promotes a copper sulphate and tobacco solution to treat new outside sheep, recommends segregation on entry, and outlines dosing before possible return to normal grazing. Also notes $20,000 paid by Putnam Lumber to the Tabert family over the Florida convict camp death.
George A. Webster head of Montana dairy division reports a 40 percent rise in butter fat production for the first nine months of 1923 compared with last year. He notes strong demand for dairy cattle, citing a carload bought for Valley county including 20 grade Guernsey cows and two pure bred bulls from Eau Claire Wisconsin.
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