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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1930
Page
6
With lambing season near, state sheep authorities urge flock owners to tag ewes to ensure clean nourishment for newborn lambs. Tagging costs 3 to 5 cents per ewe. machine tagging recommended. Increase feed 10 to 30 percent 10 days before lambing. use canvas for lambing tents and troughs.
Personnel of the advisory committee selected by A H Stafford state commissioner of agriculture labor and industry after careful consideration include Alfred Atkinson Bozeman president of Montana State College T P Stewart Anaconda attorney and state senator J L Humphrey Great Falls land and farm loan dealer and Fairway president Sylvan L Olson Billings bank vice president and western rep of Associated Mortgage Investors L A Campbell Missoula Northern Pacific agricultural development agent C B E Atwood Valier railroad superintendent Stafford will serve as a member. The committee will advise on policy for advertising land settlement land use industrial development tourism and other department matters and may work with a permanent state development body but has no duties in that area.
Montana March 1 grain stocks show large declines from a year ago across wheat oats barley rye and corn with 1929 crops and severe winter feeding cited as factors. Several radio stations have been set up in Russia for crowds to hear concerts.
A 1928 Montana survey shows western mountainous sheep ranches outperform eastern areas on lambing rate, fleece yield, and net income. Investment patterns favor higher per-head costs in Montana, with western ranges posting $2.24 net per head versus $1.49 in the east.
From Montana State College the Second Annual Cattle Feeders Day will be held in Billings on Saturday March 29. Eight lots of steers fed with different rations will be weighed and discussed. State experiment station trials over about 130 days test alfalfa pulp cottonseed cake and other combinations. Louis Vinke and H. W. Vaughn will tabulate original weights gains feed costs and net cash gains to identify best profitable rations.
Montana's first road conference will be held in Bozeman on April 4 and 5 with L. D. Conkling in charge. Speakers include O. S. Warden and J. E. Mackie. the meeting aims to unite engineers, officials, and contractors to discuss paving, construction, maintenance, and traffic needs.
J C Taylor announces new assignments for several extension staff. Martin appointed home demonstration agent for Sheridan Roosevelt and counties. Robina Wylder to Cascade county as extension agent in charge of 4 H club work and home economics. Ostrom succeeds A L White as district agent for Toole and Glacier counties with White remaining Glacier county agent. Miss Wort replaces Miss Hanson to lead 4 H and home economics in Cascade county.
L T Pemberton, 76, longtime Forsyth area farmer, has built a record of consistent corn success on non irrigated land since 1906. He won Montana state corn show sweepstakes in Missoula for a 10 ear Min nesota 13 yellow dent and a Gehu flint bushel, and previously earned the state title with Silver King. He notes early ridicule but credits intensive cultivation and the dry land climate as keys to establishing Montana as a leading corn state.
34 students will receive certificates at Montana State College in Herrick Hall Friday evening March 28. J O Tretsven states the graduates will hear an address by R B Stafford and certificates presented by Alfred Atkinson. A dinner by the home economics students follows with short form entertainment and community songs.
Seed loan forms are issued through county agents or auditors in counties without agents. A local county committee will review applications and forward them to the Grand Forks central office. Approved loans will send vouchers by mail to applicants. A congressional resolution seeks to extend loans for lubricants but no action yet.
The Eckman Brothers Raw company of Great Falls notes prices largely steady after New York closes. Coyotes show slight gains, badger pelts active, new skunk market developing. detailed prices list beaver, mink, weasels, rats and other furs with quality brackets and ranges.
The Midland Em fair in Montana will host a ram sale on September 4 conducted by the Montana Wool Growers Association. The Helena wool growers left date fixing to the fair board. Additional sales are planned at Miles City September 3, Lewistown during the Central Montana fair and Helena during the Montana State fair. The first sale at Billings saw nearly 600 pure bred rams sold at satisfactory prices.
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