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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1924
Page
6
Leading farm page notes experts from Bezemas State Agricultural College describe Montana tillage experiments funded by state and federal governments. The articles promise practical results for farmers and urge readers to save the material for reference.
Montana's irrigation expansion since early pioneers has grown to nearly 3 million irrigated acres. In 1920 irrigation supported 25.7 percent of crops with alfalfa, beets, and grasses dominating, while millions more could be brought under ditch. Construction and maintenance costs favor Montana with lower per acre expenses than the national averages, and future projects promise further growth.
The Blackfeet observe a Thanksgiving season on the Glacier National Park reservation. They honor the grosbeak as the cheerful symbol of gratitude, viewing it as the chief radiator of cheerfulness. They hold a winter picnic in the woods to listen to thousands of grosbeaks sing amid the bleak late November landscape.
Montana State College hosts Farm and Home Week January 5 to 9 1925 with M L Wilson a leading state agricultural figure and U S Department of Agriculture farm management expert delivering two talks on Competition in Farming and Present Day Problems of Farm Management. The event also features Director Farrell of the Kansas Agricultural College John Caine of Logan Utah and Dr Nellie R Perkins among others. The Montana Irrigation Organization led by B C Lillis F F Powell and H E Murdock will hold its annual meeting January 6 and 7 in Bozeman during Farm and Home Week.
The sixth annual Young Men's Vocational Conference will be held in Bozeman February 25 1925 with 1102 delegates last year from Montana and neighboring states. Montana State college and major businesses along with national agencies support the event to help youths choose suitable careers.
Paul M. Lewis of Sundance Wyoming will assume the Custer county agent role from January 1 following the resignation of C M Yerrington. Lewis brings two years as a county agent in Wyoming and a year and a half in Idaho, plus experience with Great Western Sugar in 1919 1920 and farming background on a 1200 acre homestead. He is a graduate of Oregon Agricultural College and has extensive hay grain livestock and sugar beet experience.
Railroads of the state grant a fare-and-a-half rate as in years past to those who travel to Farm and Home Week, aligning with the event’s customary transportation support.
The report outlines a proposed storage reservoir 250 miles north of Poplar to grow irrigable land to about 25 000 acres. The existing canal system now serves 10 594 acres with 2 miles of canals and capacity over 50 second feet. A farmer with seven acres earned 1500 dollars net in 1924 from garden crops and onions to cabbages beans and lettuce.
Howard Bogart of Poplar reports Early Bliss Triumph potatoes of exceptional quality yielding 550 bushels per acre. He also shows onions at 20 700 pounds per acre and alfalfa hay averaging six tons per acre. George Peelman irrigated for first time and realized a net revenue of a reported amount.
An old advertisement urges using Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads, wash with Cuticura Soap in five minutes, and maintain clear skin with daily use, finally urging Cuticura Talcum for daily care.
The department of agriculture announced complete suppression of foot and mouth disease in cattle across the United States. No new infections since October 9 in California. Texas shows active control with no new cases for a month. The reports indicate eradication efforts have nearly finished in previously infected regions.
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