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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1925
Page
2
A Montana State College article surveys harness types for large teams on northern farms. It weighs regular and split back bands, chain and butt chain rigs, cruppers, and home made options from Gilchrist and Hallman, noting snaps for efficiency and safety tips on buckles and finger rings. It highlights cowhide experimental wear and cautions on snap design and maintenance.
The article details a two-strap harness with a ring at each end and a belly band three feet long riveted 18 inches behind the hame, using old fashioned hook hames and unhitched ropes. It notes chain traces as an alternative and describes belting made from old five-ply threshing belting cut into seven-foot lengths split into three strips.
The article notes rb and i'' perform well in summer but freeze in winter. It highlights bolt snaps as safer for halter chains, preventing hand injury if jerks occur. Care is urged in heating and bending to protect the spring, and a quarter inch hole with a wire loop can extend life when the cold shut end breaks.
The Pondera Poultry Growers Association, growing from a turkey marketing group to a broader poultry enterprise, produced more than 100000 pounds of turkeys last year. J. C. Taylor of the Montana Extension Service credits cooperative marketing and standardized quality, with growers running the operation and the Extension Service providing guidance.
A Lewistown store shipped a full car of Fergus county eggs to San Diego California. The 400 cases contain 144 000 eggs all selected and stored in Lewistown cold storage. This marks the first car load shipment of eggs to southern California from Lewistown.
Arthur Sherpeck of Milwaukee received a merit button from the Wisconsin Humane Society for feeding pigeons and gulls during the food shortage last winter.
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