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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1931
Page
6
Five hundred carloads of sugar beets remain to be brought to the Missoula Amalgamated Sugar factory from Bitter Root. Storage is full, shipments move fast, and piles wait at loading dumps. Harvest completion is near, with beds delivering in a few days. The Missoula plant operates at capacity producing nearly 3,000 hundred pound bags daily.
A 250 head lamb shipment from Bozeman arrived at Martinsdale for P. J. Moore E. J. Settle John P. Cooney John Duncan and Smith Bros who plan to raise black faced lambs next year. Sheepman Charles M. Barr expects some black faced stock while 1931 crop lambs are sent to Iowa for fattening. Also noted is Cleon Norcutt promoted at Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna NY and Willie Hulan injured by a bull near Harlowton.
Montana State College extension livestock specialist D E Richards says cottonseed cake is a low cost high protein supplement good for winter feeding. Nut size cake suits cattle on range and sheep on sheep. meal suits mixing with grain.
New federal feed loan forms are in Montana committees hands. A. M. Davidson reports a sugar beet yield near 24 tons per acre. September tuberculin tests show 14 reactions among 7,004 cattle. One family cannot borrow over 500 dollars under current feed loan rules. About one fifth of cattle sent to central markets return to country for additional feeding. Fergus county approves Lucille Smith as home demonstration agent succeeding Mary Ebersole. Australia’s 1931 wheat area about three quarters of 1930. production down one fifth but above 1929. Scabbed barley and oats injure pigs and horses but not sheep, cattle, or chickens. smutty grain can be fed with no poison. A 1930-31 Montana beet-beef lamb ration of wheat, alfalfa hay, and beet pulp fattened lambs with profits above costs. Feeding wheat to lambs shows no definite higher death loss. start lambs carefully as with other grains.
Montana 4-H members at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland led by Lyle Knesal and Marshall Garbush and Phyllis Sullivan and Elizabeth Hollister won multiple awards. Their agricultural and home economics demonstration teams both secured first place, earning the Plummer trophy for Montana with top combined points among six states.
Cattle rustlers and hay thieves operate around Missoula in the Orchard Homes area. A three year old Holstein heifer owned by R. T. Richardson was shot in the head and butchered on the range. hind quarters removed. Hay from Mrs. William Pritchard’s stacks was forked onto a trailer from a truck with a trailer, with similar losses reported by others.
In Yellowstone and neighboring counties officers hunted three men who robbed the Custer State bank of 1500 dollars in cash and 3500 in Liberty bonds and are believed to be hiding in the Bull mountains northeast of Billings. One suspect resembled a man tied to the Wor den bank robbery earlier.
George B. Selvidge aged 35 of Billings was killed when rocks and dirt fell in a gold mine 30 miles southeast of Helena. Three other men escaped. several hours of digging recovered Selvidge's body. He leaves a widow in Billings.
The Plummer trophy remains in the state for a year after Montana’s victory. Potters expect to display it at club gatherings during its stay. Home furnishing exhibits were entered on a six state basis with two per state. Lynette Crouse of Gallatin won first in these contests. Grace Hurni of Lewis and Clark county took second. Catherine Sire of Cascade county placed fifth with a cotton school dress, and Ruth Keithley of Yellowstone county also took fifth with a complete costume. Clifford Beck, Lloyd, and Mel Johnson of Fergus county earned second in livestock judging.
C. E. Lillegard of Judith Basin Poultry Growers says this year's turkey shipments will be similar to prior years with a goal of five cars. Leading flock owners include Mrs. John Koski and Mrs. C. C. Wenger, plus other members like Ray Miner and J. J. Jewell. Officers include Mrs. Cecil Hess as vice president and Erroll Galt as secretary-treasurer.
Sheridan county farmers push shelterbelt planting to beautify farms and shelter crops. E G Ferguson notes 20 farmers received belts this year amid drought losses, with 30 applications for 1932 planting and high interest in continued program. Some growers watered and delayed planting to reduce losses.
Plans to resume planting actions in 1933 as replacement orders pour in from affected workers after a difficult period with substantial losses despite efforts.
Poisons absorbed from souring waste cause headaches sluggishness and bilious feelings. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin clears up such trouble gently and quickly. Caldwell's forty seven years studying constipation shaped a natural mild effective laxative widely sold in drugstores.
People return home an hour later after taking these tablets and feel fewer aches and nerves by day and an easier night. Genuine Bayer Aspirin tablets cost little, making imitation brands unnecessary.
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