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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
5
Montana readers are urged to balance poultry rations for higher egg output as egg prices climb above fifty cents. Emphasis on protein rich feeds, avoiding sloppy diets, and using alfalfa, clover hay, and greens to stretch grain costs while keeping hens busy for maximum production.
Farmers urged to use fall weather to prepare plots for spring vegetables. Dig root crops and store. dry onions. feed corn stalks to stock. burn cabbage and cauliflower stumps to deter pests. Apply stable manure, leave furrow slice rough, plow early, and let soil settle before spring planting.
A historical note extols sheep mining farm wastes as a cash gain. Sheep clean weeds brush and crop remnants in fall boosting mutton output while conserving feed. Practices include turning bands into fields in Montana to clean corn and oats and gradually increasing time in fields followed by other root crops.
Montana planted twenty two million fish in streams and lakes last summer as part of a statewide effort by the fish and game department. Warden Jake L. DeHart cites harmony with federal hatcheries and notes new species introduction while urging a centralized hatchery to boost totals and conserve game. He warns of deer hunting impacts and urges careful meat conservation to supplement domestic supplies.
In a curious directive the speaker compares a commisarist mule to a second lieutenant. When transporting a crucial mule to safety they shield it with second lieutenants, implying a defensive shield or cover using junior officers during transit.
In Prince Albert and surrounding districts villagers discuss refined manners and the prominence of aristocratic estates. Lord Salisbury is cited as an exemplar of gentle deportment and old country manners shaping social life.
Montana launches a drive during National Pledge Week October 21 to 28 to enroll every housewife as a member of the federal food administration. Sam D. Goza leads with Guy B. Lafollette handling publicity to urge pledges for conservation, reduction of meat wheat dairy sugar use, and substitution with fish poultry fruit vegetables. Hoover calls food conservation a duty and war effort.
Harvest of about 15 tons of sunflowers from three quarters of an acre at Osborn on the Huntley project was completed. The crop fed into one of several new silos built to test sunflower silage as a feed, with government and state collaboration. The experiment will be watched with interest.
Reports from New York London Paris Rio de Janeiro and Havana show trades taxes and consular actions. Silver and diamonds prices move while governments consider tariffs and passports for a Berne conference. Military procurement and drafts continue as nations discuss loans and peace prospects.
A A White advertises business and residence sets for sale in new towns across Minnesota North Dakota Montana Oregon Washington and California. It also lists 21 government townsites on Flathead Lake near Glacier National Park along the Great Northern Railway route promising it to become a major resort area.
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