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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1917
Page
1
The text urges more forage use and grain conservation after a harsh winter depleting roughages. It stresses stocking up for next winter, planting grains, and boosting hay and root crops. It discusses hog, sheep, beef, and dairy price highs, production shortfalls, and war-related supply impacts, with calls to expand stock production for domestic and Allied needs.
D S Fox of the Montana Experiment Station says no farmer will suffer by planting spring wheat and other spring cereals despite tariff removal on Canadian wheat. The U S remains a wheat exporter, with last year’s exports at 250 million bushels, while 1915 world shares show Europe and Asia as major producers. April 1 winter wheat is 51.7 million bushels below last year and 248.9 million below 1915. To match 1915 yields would require 43.5 million acres of spring wheat, about 2.5 times 1916 value, risking reductions in other crops. Regardless, European wartime labor shortages and global need justify planting, with world food supply resting on wheat.
A Kansas governor reports Secretary Franklin Lane says the 640 acre grazing homestead law will take long to process. He cites high case load with over fifty thousand applications on twenty million acres and no designated lands or funds yet. Officials say normal progress will continue despite moving to new quarters causing confusion.
The article urges two localities to handle feed production and animal care. It advocates increased horse breeding to meet future demand, noting over a million horses shipped to warring nations and the U S stance on buying. It calls for careful selection of sound draft stallions and emphasizes power as a crop constraint.
The Boy Scouts hiked to Claude on Saturday and camped overnight returning Sunday morning Scout Master Davies led the trip. The garden committee allotted three acres to the Scouts divided among three divisions with prizes for the best cultivated and cleanest plots. They have organized a ball team and ordered new uniforms.
State hail insurance advocates press farmers to secure blanks via county assessor as field agents lack forms. Chief E B Bowan cites unsettled constitutionality and potential court test, urging all interested to sign and submit applications to access benefits this year if operative.
The past week new licenses include John Littleplume and Emma Yellow Wolf of Browning Harvey K Hetzer and Stella M Pevine of Cut Bank John B Pepton and Julia M Plume of Walier Joe K Monroe and Sadie Hagen of Browning.
High school notes recount domestic science demonstrations with cheese recipes potato dishes and muffins. Juniors and 8th graders invited. list of demonstrators includes Irene Vrrimmer Bernice Moore Mildred Houck Gladys Martane and others. A garden drive day featured luncheon indoor baseball and letters prepared for a civic project.
Helena May 7. Details on Montana conscription registration for the war draft were received by Governor S W Stewart. Registration, pending the conscription law and presidential proclamation, applies to all draft age men and covers twelve questions on identity birth nationality occupation dependents and exemptions with cautions about present employment and dependency. Information concerns service anywhere and exemptions may rely on occupation or dependents.
A harsh warning notes that German U boats in the Gulf of Mexico will soon be far from home and mother, implying a pursuit or danger ahead for the subs as the war unfolds.
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