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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1927
Page
6
Montana experts contend hay quality drives butterfat yields. Tretsven notes alfalfa leaves carry high protein and minerals, weathering destroys nutrients, and careful cutting at optimal times boosts value while reducing losses.
The report notes five 4 H corn clubs with 40 members in Stillwater county planning a summer club tour, seed corn demonstrations in fall, and county fair exhibits. It details extensive pure seed growing in Richland county, listing multiple wheat, flax, oats, and barley varieties with registrations and approvals. It also covers hog market trends, a Sheridan County turkey picnic set for June 24, and actions toward forming a Eureka cow testing club, plus a nationwide note on flood impact and reduced crop prospects for this year.
The United States department of agriculture will spend 43500 to combat the pine beetle in Bitter Root and Beaverhead forests in Montana this year. About 160 men will work on the project as the beetle has already destroyed large amounts of timber in the regions.
The article warns against feeding fowl carcasses to chickens or hogs as tubercular material poses a severe infection risk. It advises burning or burying all diseased carcasses to prevent avian tuberculosis spread.
A U S department of agriculture survey shows Montana ranks high in farm radio use with 19 635 radios and a large percentage of farms equipped. Iowa leads total radios. Utah leads radio usage rate. Colorado sits above Montana among western states. Farmers favor educational talks on weather markets and news over music. jazz is disliked.
The Lovejoy and Hermanson areas north of Malta show extensive community organization with Farm bureau units, Federated Women's clubs, Home Demonstration clubs, and 4-H work. Hermanson-Lovejoy share meetings, nutrition and first aid studies, clothing projects, and juvenile clubs while numerous other communities maintain civic groups promoting fellowship and improvement.
The Northern Stockmen's association abandoned plans for a Fourth of July barbecue and picnic in the Bear Paws. Excess work on stock ranches due to late-season timing led to the decision as members lacked time to arrange the event.
Montana reports show army cutworms that threatened Yellowstone and nearby counties have passed their damaging period. Hill county insect invasion declined while Lake county reports Mormon crickets in greater numbers but controllable, with losses kept to a minimum.
An estimate projects the United States will reach about 90 million workers in 1941. The figure highlights rising employment levels as the economy adjusts to prewar conditions.
The May weather delayed feed growth in northern states and the continental divide but brought moisture for summer. Cattle on northern ranges show some gain, while sheep losses occurred in Montana and Wyoming. Montana sheep condition on June 1 stood at 99 percent, with cattle at 97 percent in Montana and 92 percent in Wyoming, versus 104 and 102 percent a year earlier.
Mrs Blake presents a collection of Carnation milk based recipes including mayonnaise, peach salad with cream cheese, caramel nut cake with caramel icing, butterscotch pie, baked cauliflower with white sauce, white sauce, butterscotch sauce, devil's food cake, and fudge icing. The instructions list ingredients, measurements, and cooking steps for each dish.
Five years after forming the Plains Guernsey Breeders Association with Montana extension service support, Sanders County farms grew from 25 foundation cows to more than 100 purebred Guernseys and over 1 000 high grade cows statewide. About 100 head were sold in Plains on June 15 as the five year lease ended.
Growth in Grimm alfalfa cultivation in Valley county rose from four to 104 registered growers in eight years. In 1919 four men started the Grimm alfalfa wing and by 1926 there were 42 registered growers producing seed. About 15 farmers did not apply for inspection. In spring 1926 thirty one more farmers bought registered seed, totaling 52 new alfalfa growers in the last two years.
Lovejoy community 35 miles north of Malta gains from organized clubs. The Lovejoy county club fosters diverse work and study, the sewing club operates with the extension service at Bozeman, and the 4 H Potato club along with Hermanson Clothing club complete nutrition work under Bozeman guidance.
The program outlines an eight-hour workday for the French housewife and a model home as part of a new modern group in France. The initiative highlights social and domestic reforms tied to labor and housing.
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