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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1924
Page
6
State Agricultural College at Bozeman conducts experiments funded by state and federal governments to determine optimal tillage in Montana. The leading articles describe results and urge readers to file the articles for reference.
The Thog raisers in Blaine County stage a keen litter contest featuring Hampshires Chester Whites Poland Chinas and Duroc Jerseys. About 40 litters started with 12 to 15 still in the race as gains in the final weeks decide prizes led by a $100 cash first award.
Dr Pierce a Buffalo physician-turned herbal remedy pioneer. He studied native remedies and Indians methods, claiming his Favorite Prescription restores female health and is 50 years in use. The ad touts purity and a trial offer with 10 cents for a sample package.
In Montana's Yellowstone valley a cooperative program by farmers, the Montana Experiment Station, Extension Service, and the U S Department of Agriculture tests fixing high milk production. Twenty four pure bred bulls are distributed to 56 herds serving 650 cows. more bulls will be released and records kept to identify proven sires. The aim is to concentrate high milk traits over 40 to 50 years with ongoing breeding and offspring evaluation.
Montana State College notes motion pictures aid farming as county agents report 295 meetings with 21 997 attendees in 1922. California critics say films entertain more than educate. Montana farmers praise educational value and call for suitable reels while wary of overuse and poor titles.
In northeastern Montana threshing is near completed as harvest proceeds. Daniels County reports bumper wheat yields with Scobey elevator data around 30 bushels per acre and a field at 45 bushels. Wheat quality is good though higher moisture may affect premiums. One farmer has already earned about 5000 dollars from part of his crop. Season is later than usual with late maturities for all crops and corn harvests down from last year due to a backward season.
The Montana Fish and Game Commission approves a new preserve near the Flathead River mouth. Residents seek closure of land along both river banks from south of Bigfork to about 61 miles west of the mouth, with northward extension along the river to a point above Holt. Notices invite protests.
The availability of desirable films for extension work has grown, with California showing value in them. In Montana farmers increasingly use the films each year, and as more suitable titles appear, the motion picture machine is expected to see wider adoption.
Weillier and Weiller note light receipts and a fairly active market with bearish killing class trade. Grass cattle top loads sold around 1250 lbs at 7.25, bulk grass steers 5.50 to 7.00, cows 3.50 to 4.75, heifers 5.50 to 6.25, canners 2.25 to 3.00, bulls 3.75 to 4.00, top cows 10.50, westerns up to 7.00. Shipments from Bir Timber to Hebron area fed strong demand. expect steady to strong prices on good stock next week.
Brekke Brothers, farmers west of Harlem, report a 54 bushel per acre record from 3.5 acres of Marquis wheat with 189 bushels threshed. They also show 40 bushels on 25 additional acres of wheat and 60 bushels per acre of oats, crediting crop diversification and soil conditioning.
Robert Raney of Ashland, Montana, hailed as lucky by Rosebud county neighbors, harvested 40 bushels per acre from 70 acres of volunteer wheat after a green emergence and mild winter. The Ashland district reports 30 to 40 bushel yields, with Powder River county also threshing its best grain yet in Broadus.
The Breekke brothers raise a pure strain of wheat and grow potatoes oats and flax from registered seed. They keep a fine Holstein herd bought in Oregon last spring and cultivate a 10 acre field of northwestern dent corn maturing rapidly with over 100 bushels of seed. They harvest three acres of beans deemed best in the valley.
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