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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1928
Page
6
The Pioneers and Sons of Daughters of Pioneers of Gallatin County and their families gathered for their thirty fifth annual reunion at the Elks home on a Wednesday in February.
The Better Livestock special train in Montana highlighted feeder steer value differences across four grades and the gains from purebred bulls. R L Waddell notes profits hinge on quality feeders and efficient marketing, with tests showing higher gains and profits for choice calves.
An advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as safe for babies with colic, constipation, or diarrhea and recommends using it at signs of trouble. It emphasizes its vegetable base, pleasant taste, and claims it helps the infant’s system, with a note to consult a doctor for real sickness.
Statewide figures show Montana farmers earned about 156.8 million dollars in 1927, a record year driven by crop sales totaling 89.8 million and wheat cash income near 70.3 million. Mortgage lands brought in 94,780 dollars from sealed bids across four counties, and Montana wool output reached 24.3 million pounds, yielding 44 pounds per person. Metal outputs declined with lower prices, while preparations for the 1928 state fair promise larger premium offerings.
An advertisement extols Cuticura products the Soap Ointment and Talcum as essentials for daily toilet use. The Soap cleanses purifies the Ointment soothes heals and the Talcum powders and perfumes.
Reports to the United States Department of Agriculture discuss corn belt farming. Montana Extension Service publicizes Big Teams in Montana by M. L. Wilson and notes a pure bred livestock sale at Lewistown on March 10 with a judging contest and silver trophy.
Jay G. Diamond warns Montana sheepmen to resist aggressive expansion of market lamb production. The outlook cites a larger 1928 lamb crop, flat to weakening lamb demand, and a favorable wool market, with wool prices only modestly up from 1926 and 1927. Diamond notes 1927 losses but a solid total lamb crop, 450000 head on feed, and mixed regional feeding trends.
The Lennep wool clip of about 20 000 fleeces was sold to C T Busha of Big Timber at 40 cents a pound. The sale sets a price mark for the region and reflects market demand for range wool.
A seed growers and dealers meeting in Lewistown February 18 organized the Montana Seed Council with Clyde McKee as president A. Barkemeyer as vice president and L D Kurtz as secretary treasurer The group aims to unify and standardize state seed laws improve weed control and expand grain inspection facilities The council will meet again in July with committees reporting progress and Montana A J Ogaard elected national seed council president led the Chicago meeting and helped set up state units
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