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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
5
Commissioner Charles D. Greenfield warns Montana farmers to guard grain from incendiary attacks as harvest approaches. He urges keeping grain in the shock until threshing time and placing guards on crops and elevators to deter arson and losses.
Bitter Root valley shows rapid pea growing and canning growth with Stevensville cannery and plans for expansion. The industry ships high quality seed peas, employs local workers, and faces hours limits for women workers while eyeing more canneries to meet brisk demand from eastern markets.
Montana wheat dealers are notified of federal grading standards effective July 1 for hard red winter common white and white club wheat and August 1 for all other wheat. All wheat sold or shipped interstate or foreign must meet these standards, following dealer input and a later grain dealers meeting.
Agricultural guidance from Bozeman state college proves staking and pruning tomatoes increases fruit yield three to five times compared with unpruned plants. Methods include tying plants to five foot stakes, pinching off side shoots, and trimming the central stem at the stake top to shift energy to ripening fruit.
Large corporations push to release loaded freight cars quickly across the Northern Pacific system. The slogan Release your cars and keep them moving is widely broadcast. Unloading soon is urged and some talk of government supervision of car unloading.
A wry editorial riff lampoons men who fritter away life chasing ease while treating bread as the sole sustenance of a meaningful existence. The piece uses metaphor to judge misplaced priorities.
Inventor Thomas William Hicks unveils a sulky plow attached tiller that shreds weeds roots and soil into a fine uniform seed bed in one pass. A gasoline engine powers a steel rotor to break up material and create a smooth, well mixed seed bed ready for planting. Hicks offers full patent and manufacturing rights to the government for wartime testing.
Practical guide from Montana on swarm prevention in beekeeping. Emphasizes giving bees ample space for honey storage, regular hive inspections, and early action for queen cells. Suggests methods like blocking hive vents, clipping one wing of the queen, or cage placements to keep swarms from leaving.
State leader M. L. Wilson warns farmers statewide to watch for grasshopper outbreaks as new cases crop up in various areas. Montana Experiment Station provides handling directions and poison bran mash formula to control hoppers.
A congression al committee witnessed tests of plows and tractors at the national experimental farm in Arlington Virginia. The machine was adjustable to all types and showed excellent possibilities for more intensive soil cultivation. Practical farmers agree it will fill a long felt want.
A collage of items from 1918 covering global events: population estimates in Tokyo, submarine bans in Spanish waters, U S restaurants conserving food, political bans and riots in Chicago and St Louis, Russian prisoner captures, first food saving cards in Washington, German ace killed, wheat crop outlook, potential Brazil mission, blood pudding cards in Stockholm, New York port activity, a trolley accident at Niagara Falls with fatalities, Greek king’s pro Allied moves, Mexican senate expulsions, launch of the Idaho battleship, Burma bean poison findings, Russian development financing, German submarine attacks, Camp Borden training suggestion, Seattle shipbuilding and ship canal, barnacle removal in fresh water, seized German ships under the Shipping Board, dry states list, long war statistics, and a July 4 parade of American troops in Paris with kissing shop girls.
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