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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1924
Page
2
State Agricultural College experts at Bozeman lead major pages detailing government funded Montana tillage experiments and results. Authors urge readers to preserve these articles as reference for best farming practices.
Embers of Montana agricultural and home making clubs produced 53727.43 with costs of 22102.90 leaving 31714.53 in profit. Eight club lines awarded scholarships to top performers. 264 clubs with 2720 members across 33 counties and 310 communities reported extensive agricultural and craft outputs.
Game Warden C A Jakways urges Montana to divide the state into trapping districts leased to the highest bidder for five years. He argues this would prevent over trapping, keep breeding stock, and boost a fur industry while funding fish and game protections.
County Agent H L Lantz outlines winter and summer strategies to control jack rabbits in Phillips County Nebraska. He recommends poisoning alfalfa or grain hay, with specific mixes of strychnine sulfate, salt, and water, plus careful placement and labeling to avoid livestock or children exposure.
E F Benson of the Northern Pacific Railway speaks in western Montana on diversifying farms. He urges prosperous farm homes, balanced year‑round work, and varied crops including corn, sheep, beef, turkeys, flax, potatoes and sugar beets to maintain soil fertility and a stable income.
Aid from major midwest cities and eastern capital pledges ten million dollars for a Northwest relief program. The War Finance Corporation will offer loans up to ten times the subscribed amount. C T Jaffray of Soo Line was elected chairman and will base headquarters in Minneapolis. New York, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Twin Cities pledges total ten million as US Steel, General Motors and others subscribe.
The author argues the U S should boost wool production to reduce imports and stabilize wheat markets. Cites wool prices around 35 cents per pound and lamb values in mid 20th century markets. A Montana farmer with 346 sheep earned about $5,000 from wool and lambs, with $1,700 from wool and $3,300 from lambs, including high twin lamb yields.
The text urges Montana farmers to diversify and shrink large farms into smaller units. It notes trainloads of lambs moving through Montana to Chicago, enriching western sheepmen and railroads, while locals miss profitable diversification opportunities. It calls for farmer cooperation and smarter diversification to secure more people and better living on less land.
A vintage warning advises women to demand Diamond Dyes on dye packages. It emphasizes the 15 cent kits include easy directions for dyeing or tinting clothing and home textiles, and urges refusing any substitute colors.
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