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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
2
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Dr. J G Warwick of the United States bureau of animal industry urges Montana stockmen to test cattle for tuberculosis during winter before spring work begins. He predicts future government inspection will affect purchases by big packers and emphasizes losses from condemned fat cattle and the high annual livestock tuberculosis cost, including dairy cattle losses.
Helena new labor headquarters James Taylor, elected secretary of the Montana State Federation of Labor, visits Butte to assume office January 1. Taylor succeeds Partelow of Butte. Ely of Sand Coulee to succeed Donoghue of Butte as president. Headquarters may move from Butte to Helena after the new administration takes charge.
The Montana livestock sanitary board reports 1919 saw 20 597 cattle and 11 77 sheep imported, higher than 1918. Tuberculosis tests show 35 positives out of 7410 cattle tested, the lowest rate on record. The board logged 1 451 297 livestock inspections and 171 166 miles traveled by inspectors and range riders.
Desmet district farmers in Missoula county organize Montana's first irrigation district under the new law administered by the state irrigation commission. The process requires petition, engineer report, commission review, board oversight, bidding, construction supervision, and sale of bonds at no less than 90 percent of face value and up to six percent interest.
A Kansas Supreme Court decision holds that placing an automobile with gasoline in a barn cancels barn insurance automatically, regardless of whether a fire occurs with or without the car inside. The moral urged is to better build a garage.
Farmer near Glasgow ran an experiment comparing 160 acres of common flax with 160 acres of pedigreed N D R 52 seed. The pure seed matured earlier, yielded about one bushel per acre more, and produced more uniform grain with fewer frosted kernels than the common seed under identical conditions.
A Fergus County poultry cooperative reports a flock of 250 white leghorns producing $1,000 income by October with $300 expenses. With winter egg production and three months of care, projected income reaches $1,400 and total expenses $400, leaving a net labor income of $1,000. The birds live in clean up-to-date houses and follow a practical feeding plan.
The article describes a poultry method with morning and evening feeding, scratch grain, and a deratch grain mix to balance rations. The owner culls twice yearly, including a light culling in June for moulting hens and another in October for hens unlikely to lay heavily. Pullets are aimed to begin laying in September. Poultry work is a paying industry, not a hobby.
Senator W A Clark continued a Christmas tradition by ordering turkeys for all Butte employees of businesses he is connected with. The gesture follows an annual custom and reflects Clark’s ongoing civic involvement in the community.
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