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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1924
Page
7
State Agricultural College at Bozeman editors present experimental tillage findings funded by state and federal governments. The series describes best practices for Montana soils and urges readers to save these articles for reference.
The 1924 Montana State Fair featured extensive club exhibits with 394 club exhibitors and about 1500 entries. Fern Frost and her father ran a pure bred Jersey farm after joining a calf club, while Herbert Zwisler won corn sweepstakes and the Yellowstone Duroc Jersey team topped the livestock judging. County teams from Sweet Grass and Cascade earned top honors in judging events with numerous demonstrations and animal competitions across Holsteins, hogs, sheep, poultry, and canning.
A physician and founder of the Invalids Hotel in Buffalo Dr RN V Pierce is celebrated for his herbal remedy Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The tonic, described as benefitting women with pain nervousness headaches and other ailments, is available in liquid and tablet forms with a 10 cent trial offered.
The article argues for insuring cattle against local diseases, especially blackleg, using Blackleg Aggressin. It notes the germ remains in soil for years and outlines how early immunity via a single dose can prevent costly losses, with a low cost relative to potential deaths.
The weekly market letter notes slow trade in cattle for the first two days of the week, with prices about 50 cents lower than the previous Monday. Hog prices rise with top outsiders at 10.35 and sows around 9.25 to 9.35 while pigs bring 8.50 to 8.65. Sheep and lambs show an active shoe market with light receipts and strong prices.
War Finance Corporation official Meyer reports the 1920 wheat crop will yield about one billion dollars in cash at country points. He notes unusually rapid market flow and says railroad transportation is handling the crop in an almost unprecedented manner with no material car shortages.
Fairview in the Lower Yellowstone valley hosts a new cheese factory now in full operation. Four cheeses weighing 94 pounds were produced on opening day. When supply is aged, the product will be sold on the local county market.
Western lambs may top out at 13.00 per ewt while feeding lambs could reach 12.25. Demand appears strong for both feeding and breeding lambs, signaling a robust market next week. Montana shippers listed include Thomas Johnson Malta IR R Black Vandalia A G Craig Vandal ian Frank Jones Vandalia H Taylor Castle Rock Chas Swift Sanders Geo mace Howard J J Proctor Castle Rock Geo Johnson Hysham EE Toward Nysham and W L Cauley Castle Rock.
Secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover proposed a federal marketing board at a Milwaukee dairy banquet to standardize interstate shipments and expand cooperative control. He urged careful use of co operatives and warned against assuming cooperation solves all agricultural marketing problems.
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