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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1917
Page
2
Montana farms prove alfalfa a superb forage on dry land with irrigation. Proper seed beds, staged tillage, and careful seed rates yield up to five tons per acre. Rows, hills, or broadcast planting methods suit varying rainfall, while moisture conservation and late-season disking boost stands.
Opinion splits on cross breeding with some noting rapid, economical offspring while others oppose. The method mixes different breeds and proves beneficial only in early generations, limiting long term improvement for breeders.
The article discusses breeding mares in March and April for spring foaling, advising purebred stallions and matching mare type, plus the rising costs of horse breeding. It warns about a weed in Fergus county and outlines eradication and management steps. It includes a public notice about a land contest and a Q A on alfalfa after fall wheat.
Fogs at writing indicate first week in April hatching, ensuring earliest broods mature fast and yield cockerels with better market value. Pullets start laying before severe cold, keeping eggs profitable as prices rise, while later May-June chicks miss peak demand. Hatch promptly despite bad weather to recoup winter egg costs.
The text warns that late spring snow traps young pigs indoors and causes thumps, a disease with no cure. Exercise is the only prevention, so farmers should provide space or move pigs and sows to force movement, such as feeding across the yard or turning them into the barnyard.
The article advises keeping mares in dry clean sanitary box stalls to prevent naval ill effects in newborn foals. It stresses disinfecting stalls before foaling and daily thorough cleaning as the best preventive measure.
Seed potatoes should be selected in the field from the best hills not the bin. Use hill selection, picking hills with the most marketable potatoes. Plant seed from each hill separately to reveal superiority. use best plants to propagate seed for small plots, then larger acreage. Potatoes should be uniform in size, smooth with shallow eyes and broad at the seed end.
An editorial opinion argues that if the United States joins the war it must fund the effort and maintain currency stability by providing strong financial backing and monetary support.
Col Bryan continues remarks while Henry Ford is no longer present in the audience, leaving a smaller crowd and shifting focus to the speaker.
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