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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1917
Page
2
Treasure State experts warn dairy failures stem from improper feeding and unsuitable grain mixtures. They advise a general rule of one pound of grain per day per three to four pounds of milk, plus ample roughage and silage based on cow weight, with adjustments as cattle fatten or costs change.
The annual report by state veterinary surgeon W. J. Butler highlights Montana livestock as markedly disease free. Dourine nearly eradicated, glanders limited to three localities, 8 965 cattle tested for tuberculosis yield 78 reactors, abortion present but limited, blackleg remains the major concern with 118 805 vaccine doses distributed, hog cholera absent among recent outbreaks. The issue includes articles by Dr. H. C. Gardiner on winter feed, Cattle Lice in Montana by Corley and Parker, and Butler on Contagious Abortion.
The Montana livestock report shows total state value rising by over six million dollars with cattle at 24,911,528 and horses at 19,516,004. Beaverhead tops cattle by value, Fergus leads in horses with 25,378 head, and Custer ranks highest in overall asset value at 3,329,576.
A fragment from a column mixing humor and social commentary notes a Sabbath School teacher and King Nebuchadnezzar eating grass as a humorous aside to rising living costs. It references spring, political opinions of a relative, and a critique of old fashioned gender terms.
The Montana Livestock Sanitary Board joins with the U S Bureau of Animal Industry to promote tuberculosis free accredited herds. Buyers risk TB from unscrupulous dealers who inoculate cattle to pass tests. Owners sign a testing agreement to qualify for official pamphlet listing and easier interstate shipments. Copies of the agreement are available from the state veterinary surgeon in Helena.
Southeastern Montana features Medicine Rocks cubical formations that resemble a city from afar and bear Indian lore of “making medicine.” Rosebud County hosts a year round ice well for ranchers while distant Redwater hints at an old airborne Indian cemetery burned by cowboys. Fort Keogh’s Heart Arch bears carved soldier initials from frontier days.
Four year Utah experiment station study on irrigating spring wheat on deep loam with 17.8 inches annual rainfall. Three irrigations at five leaf, boot, and bloom yielded best. single early irrigation at five leaf also effective. Early irrigation increased plant height. heading yields did not rise with late irrigation. Most yield came from natural precipitation (75 to 95 percent).
The Bellefourche & Northwestern railway survey from Bellefourche South Dakota to Miles City Montana is complete. The 185 mile line will connect with Chicago via Sioux City or Omaha shortening livestock shipping time and opening vast Montana Wyoming and South Dakota grazing and grain lands to rail transport.
Malta Marshall Simmons jailed 60 days for wife beating. Governor Sewart returns. Burlingame tenure ends. Havre post office reports 40 percent December rise. Butte hosts week of prayer revival. Dillon ends entertainments due to coal shortage then relieved. Beaverhead County attracts outside capital as two new banks loom. Great Falls shows an enormous cheese claimed largest in state. Helena debates two congressional districts as Rankin’s seat affects Missoula reps. Missoula snow clearing debate sparks proposed municipal sidewalk law. Missoula residents split into snow shoveling camps. Montana Wesleyan University eyes Rev Dr Leon Sweetland for presidency. Billings to get new parochial school funded by Kate Fratt. Great Falls man fined for cheating railroad on time. Helena elk restocking plans with trapping costs and carload handling. Conrad misprint highlights 5,000 sheep shipment story from 20 years ago. Butte contemplates city county consolidation to curb finances. loss of license revenue if restricted district closed. Helena bounties for predators questioned. state has spent over $2 million in 18 years with still a menace.
A remark suggests women depart street cars in a particular way due to back buttons on their clothing. The sentence hints at etiquette or practicality but offers no substantiated facts or broader context.
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