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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1926
Page
6
Springtime is prime for Montana sheepmen to cull low shearing ewes and improve flocks. The Montana Extension Service notes flock improvement via selective culling. with wool prices past peak, producers can gain by reducing poor performers.
The article traces Dr. R V Pierce’s move from medicine in Buffalo to promoting his discovery and tonics, then shifts to agricultural analysis. It reports long-term wool culling results across Montana flocks, showing gradual reduction in underperforming ewes and rising average fleece weights, with specific year-by-year figures and market prices for February 23, 1826.
An old advice column promotes genuine California Fig Syrup as a remedy for infant constipation wind colds feverish breath and diarrhea. It claims the syrup easily moves poisons and wastes with a pleasant taste and warns mothers to demand the real product to avoid imitations.
About Farming Seed Growers marketing half of its 600000 bushel alfalfa seed harvest. The cleaning plant operates 18 hours daily to handle orders as growers report a good season despite slightly lower prices. The Farmers Educational and Co operative Union plans a cheese factory at Absarokee and seed exchange days were held in several Montana communities.
Two southern Idaho families have already been sent to the Conrad region to grow sugar beets with the Great Northern railway agricultural development department. Two more are en route as the company plans more Montana settlements, including the Milk River valley. Fossils found near Cascade are claimed to be allosaurus bones weighing about 300 pounds and on display at the Aten cabin.
An ad praises Cuticura talcum powder as part of a scented trio with soap and ointment. Scotland Yard protests the fashion of wearing pearl and diamond necklaces with strings down the back as a relatable note in the same clipping.
Murray E. Stebbins, secretary of the Montana Woolgrowers Association, reports growing small flocks aided by new wool pools across Montana. Loans from the Agricultural Credit Corporation and Montana Livestock Credit Corporation bolster the program, with 1 per head advances for lambing and shearing and potential 10 per head for sheep purchases. Stillwater County’s Columbus pool leads, handling 95 000 fleeces this spring and averaging 380 sheep per flock. The group has paid five cents a pound above market to 200 members since 1821, while Montana wool prices face a bearish trend amid market dynamics and expected mill competition before shearing.
Pyrotol explosive materials are being distributed to farmers in Flathead Lincoln and Sanders counties at cost for stump removal. About 125000 pounds were used last winter to clear land adding roughly 1200 acres to productivity. Carload shipments totaling 77000 pounds to Flathead 31000 to Lincoln and 16500 to Sanders, with extension agents aiding purchases and demonstrations on blasting stump methods led by H B Murdock and F A Given.
After hearings by Senators Walsh and Wheeler, both from Montana, the senate appropriations committee agreed to draft an amendment to the interior department appropriation bill. The amendment would redirect federal road fund allotments withheld from Montana toward constructing a highway from Red Lodge to Cooke City.
G W Noffsinger president of Glacier Park Saddle Horse Co says little snow this winter has hikers planning visits. He notes inquiries for the season including a 50 member Colorado Mountain Club trip to Glacier Park this summer following the north circle route.
District court in Great Falls denied the sale of remaining real and personal property of the Paris Gibson estate. Paris Gibson, known as the founder of Great Falls, was referenced in the decision. Also noted, Germany installed electric block signals on major toboggan slides.
Liberty county has marketed 698,158 bushels of wheat since July 1, 1924, at an average price of 1.40 a bushel, bringing in about 870,421.20. Although the 1925 crop was smaller than 1924, many farmers had profitable yields and total production could surpass 700,000 bushels and nearly 1,000,000 in value when shipped and held for seed. The rise follows drought and grasshopper years and shows steady gains.
Somers Mill resumes operations after Christmas closure. A hot pond will enable year round work and the tie plant is rebuilt with double capacity, now 12,000 ties daily versus 6,000 previously.
In parts of Manchuria copper coins run scarce prompting use of matches and postage stamps for small buys. The report notes local trade adapts to currency shortages and informal barter persists amid economic strain.
Instructions tell color seekers to buy Diamond Dyes and inform the druggist of the fabric type. The advice covers wool or silk versus linen cotton or mixed goods for proper dye selection.
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