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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
3
A compendium of opinions by government specialists and notable writers on farming methods crop science and rural policy. The collection surveys soil health irrigation pest control and farm economics with practical guidance and varied viewpoints.
The article catalogs major alfalfa pests including witch-grass crab-grass bluegrass and foxtail in various regions. It notes wild barleys and dodder as severe threats. Weed control relies on dishing cutting and careful timing. It warns of gophers mice prairie dogs and grasshoppers and describes practical control methods and disease threats such as root-rot sclerotium leaf spot and anthracnose with limited remedies.
An agricultural study reports five years of Bordeaux mixture spraying trials in major potato counties to assess early blight control and profitability. It explains blight damage mainly affects vines and yields via more culls, notes spores in leaf tissues, and describes weather and timing factors shaping beetle and blight seasons along with cautions on mixture strength and equipment.
The article notes rising per capita milk consumption but fewer cows per person, with 21 194 000 milk cows in the country and an average profit trend. It argues dairying demands regular feeding milking discipline and careful accounting of costs depreciation and fixed charges to measure true profitability.
A reader compares scrub and purebred dairy bulls, arguing higher long term gains from a proven bull. Gardner calculates that ten cows produced by a superior bull could yield about $420 extra milk in seven years, potentially reaching $1,000, making the upfront cost worthwhile.
Wet feet endanger baby chicks. Keep coop floors dry and arrange drinking troughs to prevent entry or water spills, ensuring healthier fledglings.
If Timothy hay is surplus and clover hay is short it pays to sell Timothy hay and buy clover hay for cows. The note advises using Clover hay to improve cow feed when Timothy supplies run low.
The article argues for disking land before breaking for corn to improve soil structure. A weighted disk barrow can cut stalks and pulverize the surface, saving humus from burned stalks and easing future breaking. It claims better furrow bottom contact and more thorough pulverization of the overturned layer.
A satirical scene unfolds with a suffragette leader claiming women need not use razors, a man quips his wife sharpens pencils with his razor, and a visitor asks about Sim Piffie the candid ate in Plunkville as Beaconsfield and Pitt are praised for charm.
An experienced farmer outlines skim milk calf rearing using a calf stanchion and box. Begin with dam’s milk then transition to skim milk, feed small amounts warm from the separator, and add butter fat substitutes like oil meal. Combine blood meal, bone meal, oil meal, oats, and corn meal for a balanced feed, ensure water salt hay or pasture, and adjust grain as calves mature.
An English boastful man points to a coin showing a lordly head claiming his great great grandfather was made a lord by the king pictured. A Chinese companion counters with a coin showing an Indian image and says his ancestor was made an angel by the Indian.
The piece discusses whether outward form or performance at milking determines dairy cow quality. It notes opinions by judges including Prof Dean, who downplay form, while practical buyers favor udder size and mammary vein development as key indicators.
It is costly to raise a calf on milk at current prices. Teach calves early to eat hay, corn, and other feeds to reduce milk consumption. By four to five weeks, calves accept shelled corn, and feeding twice daily helps the calf thrive while dairy milk use declines.
The Lord Chamberlain’s post bag on Friday and Saturday will reach mammoth proportions with about three to four thousand letters expected each day. Applicants seek summons to attend court or to present a daughter or daughter-in-law, and requests for earlier or later courts are accommodated where possible.
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