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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
3
Ennis Montana merchant W Chowning urges federal action to standardize plow shares under approved agricultural plans. He argues uniform shares fit all brands, cutting delays when parts wear, boosting timely sowing and crop yields across the United States.
Guidance on feeding dairy calves with by products and milk substitutes. Advocates using whey and calf meal with careful gradual changes, proper sanitation, and staged introduction of grain and hay for healthy growth and steady rations.
Montana agriculture commissioner Charles D. Greenfield reports improved crop conditions in central western eastern and parts of northern Montana as late rains arrive. Labor is plentiful with alfalfa first cuttings and winter wheat progressing. some areas face heat and dry spells but overall prospects rise across counties including Lewis and Clark Cascade Dawson Fergus Missoula Yellowstone Flathead Richland Sheridan and Tete.
In Beaverhead county Montana the Big Hole Basin offers the world’s greatest native hay region with abundant water and favorable weather. The haying season starts July 15 and expects thousands of laborers. interested workers should contact A. M. Shkeimo, secretary of the Big Hole Basin Livestock Association, Wisdom Montana, for placement to Divide or Dillon.
Montana leads sunflower silage trials with the Bureau of Plant Industry and state stations. Starting at Huntley in 1916, yields in 1917 surpassed corn silage by 50 to 100 percent in irrigated fields, with over 20 tons per acre. Preliminary feeding tests suggest sunflower silage could substitute corn silage, though full comparison awaits larger data.
An article by Peter Snelson discusses how heavy soils retain moisture better but release it slowly, while light soils dry out quickly. It explains how organic matter and manure improve water retention, soil health, and long term productivity, and notes drought resilience in well managed lands.
Montana brief roundup reports on new theater construction in Sweet Grass, flood-era bridge plans in Billings, record June heat in Helena, a rail incident thwarting a troop train wreck near Reserve, G A R convention notes in Helena, Gus Scherck earning a lieutenant’s commission, pension for John Duffy, eastern Fergus wheat harvest, drought relief and rainfall in Phillips county, Beall’s birthday in Bozeman, Jugo-Slav enlistment in Lehigh, express workers strike in Butte, campus activity concerns at the state college, Matador cattle range activity in northern Montana, volunteer firemen clothes relief in Malta, high school trade course funds returned, safe burglary attempt in Great Falls, last link of northern Montana highway to be built, and Fourth of July celebrations across major nations.
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