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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1924
Page
6
Experts at Bozeman summarize government funded Montana tillage experiments. Leading article encourages readers to file these reports as part of statewide agricultural methods research and dissemination.
Five Yellowstone county communities host May demonstrations on proper poultry housing led by county and home demonstration agents. Miss Harriette Cushman will direct a complete remodeling of a poultry house at each site with farmers and wives helping, starting at 9 am, including a noon picnic.
Montana State College extension dairy specialist J O Tretsven explains that cow testing associations weed out low producers and raise herd averages. In Bitter Root Valley the program shows 343 cows tested with 6 3879 pounds milk and 2619 pounds butter fat per year per cow, net profit about 62 22 dollars per cow after costs.
The article warns Canadian thistle as a major invasive weed on irrigated farmland. It spreads by seeds and rootstocks, resisting simple cutting. Recommended control includes summer fallow, deep plowing, disking, harrowing, frequent shallow cultivations, and hand removal of inaccessible patches.
Railroad statistics released in Great Falls by L B Woods show rising turkey and hog production in northern Montana with more corn acres. In 1923-24 turkeys moved to Chicago in 10 carloads from Great Falls Chouteau and Conrad, while hogs rose about 150 percent from 1922 to 214 cars in 1923.
Southern potato planters will visit Montana to study seed stock said to be disease free and high yielding. Montana potatoes show strong performance in Louisiana with 192 bushels per acre, potential to expand markets as experts and state representatives plan visits and evaluations this June.
The 19 month old son of Mr and Mrs George Walker living nine miles north of Bozeman swallowed a rusty crooked nail about ten days ago. An X ray showed the nail in the right lung. A Butte specialist performed surgery to remove the nail and the child has recovered enough to go home.
In 1923 acreage planted to corn reached 182 720, about 125 percent higher than earlier. From Havre to Sidney, trials showed corn as a semi arid crop even in extreme dryness, boosting farmer income through diversification and reducing reliance on out of state feed.
Buffalo skeleton in Mammoth Hot Springs encased in rock unearthed during gas station work. Workmen named the well preserved bones King Tut and plan to exhibit them to park tourists next season. It may date back a thousand years and likely belonged to a plains monarch preserved by the geyser basin.
Tony Garcia awakened by a woodpecker tapping at his home near Hinsdale fired his automatic pistol in anger. The gun discharged accidentally and a bullet struck his right leg. Dr Cockrell treated the wound and reports he is improving.
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