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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
7
Montana garden and farm notes explain how cutworms damage tomato cabbage and cauliflower crops and offer practical control methods. Tips include baiting with Paris green treated vegetation mulched mash baits applied late in the day and protective measures around stems and tree bases.
Sweet clover, once scorned as a weed, is now valued for pasture and hay and for soil improvement. It is a biennial, not rivaling alfalfa where alfalfa grows, but it thrives on dry soils, resists drought, and offers 1–4 tons per acre hay under irrigation or 1–2 on dry land. Seed in spring or late winter for range land, with 12–14 pounds per acre under irrigation.
The U S agriculture department will organize farm labor nationwide with Professor E L Currier of Montana designated to represent the plan in the state. County agents will canvass farms to balance surpluses and deficits, then report to state and national bodies. a patriotic drive will enlist volunteers for farm service to avert a labor crisis later in the season.
The report notes April livestock tests show settlers increasing in Montana from Minnesota and the Dakotas, with Pacific coast states Washington and Oregon contributing. North Dakota leads in horses and cattle, Minnesota follows, and coastal states deliver horses and cattle while Wyoming, Illinois, Nebraska, California, Utah, Wisconsin also ship livestock along with Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and even Canada.
Elk Run ranch near Highwood owned by W L Velie of Moline Illinois reports rapid sales of young Hereford bulls from the Hutcheon herd. McKinley top price at $1000 bought by E E Gantt of Missoula. Other buyers include Tom Couch for Diamond and George, Richard Keaster for Andrew, and W B Peck for June Donald. About 20 bulls remain for sale.
The feature notes Montana bean cultivation, advising planting before June 20 near the Canadian border, in mild loams or warm sandy soils, with care to avoid late wet spells. It covers seed costs, row spacing from 20 to 34 inches, 27 inches preferred, planting three pecks per acre, harvesting promptly to avoid rains, and uses of summer fallow and nitrogen fixation.
A sprawling World in Brief item reports convicts buying Liberty bonds in Baltimore, draft actions across London, Pekin secession, Confederate veterans volunteering, wartime losses and seizures in Mexico, troop movements in New York and San Francisco, air battles and rescues, American regiments abroad, and domestic social and legal notices amid wartime mobilization.
A herd of about 20 elk on Woodlin flat east of Thompson Falls feeds and sleeps in a large pea field each evening. Landowners report substantial crop damage and have applied to the state game warden for relief as there is no legal way to remove the animals.
Anaconda Copper Mining Co announces Western Montana lands for direct purchase without commissions. Ten yearly payments with values set by appraisers. Highlights fertility climate moisture transport and future electric power. Contact Blackfoot Land Development Co at Drawer 1590 Missoula Montana.
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