This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1928
Page
3
Collings and Premium Center residents gathered at the east Collins picnic grounds to clean up for a July first church meet with a 10:30 a.m. start. Rain spoiled the July 17 open air services but a good crop is anticipated from recent wet weather.
County Agent Robert R. Clarkson reports the formation of a new Dairy Herd Improvement Club near Bynum in Te ton county. A June survey will count members and plan tester routes followed by member training. The program will record daily milk weights and monthly butterfat readings to assess each cow's value, while tracking grain hay and pasture costs to measure losses.
M. K. Luther, Smith-Hughes instructor, and Dick Fabrick, manager of the Bynum project, will cooperate with Mr. Clarkson to carry out a twelve month dairy improvement program. The effort aims to identify profitable cows and boost herd quality through better feed and management practices.
Nine new applications for shelter belt trees were received at the county agents office in two weeks, indicating rising interest in planting shelter belts and wood Lots. Submissions came from Otto Swanson Pedroy John Holm D B Standish Bol Power Joe Premus Wm Scwanke Power John Berg M B Bolland Martin Schultz and P H McClellan Dutton. Mr Kauffman reports county shelter belts generally doing fine.
Ed Bell of Montana State College Poteman spoke to Elevator managers and directors in Teton county and to county wheat farmers at two well attended meetings. The events were held in this county and in Collins with sessions for elevator men and then for farmers, covering important agricultural topics.
Mr. Bell discussed handling and marketing of wheat urging Montana farmers to meet competition from other states and countries. He advised keeping production costs low and avoiding high moisture, while stressing careful sampling for protein tests and proper storage methods. About 30 elevator men and 170 farmers attended the meetings.
R M Hattersley of Conrad enters the race for Republican nomina tion for district judge covering Teton Pondora Toole and Glacier counties. The present three term county attorney of Pondera county, he is a George Washington graduate admitted in 1908 and has practiced in Conrad since 1910. He is married to Ruth C Buzzell and has three children.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.