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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1918
Page
2
Smut in wheat endangers thousands of bushels. a simple seed treatment and formaldehyde solution can prevent the blight. Four smut types threaten wheat and barley and are controlled by soaking, dipping, or hot-water treatment. Clean the seed, treat with dilutions, and sow promptly or dry properly to preserve germination.
President Wilson maintains a $2.20 minimum price for winter wheat at primary markets for the 1919 crop with a plan to appoint a commission to study rising farm costs before next harvest. The proclamation lists regional prices and notes the risk of national loss if Europe ships cheaper wheat from the southern hemisphere.
Cattlemen expanding herds expect lasting profit as Chicago receipts near 60 000 head mark in August. The article notes a western revival in range cattle production after years of decline due to drought and higher prices, warning a serious draft on future beef supply and urging ranchers to expand breeding and feeding up to capacity.
Growers around Malta and nearby towns form the Phillips County Co operative Marketing Association after successful shipments. The non profit body will remit sale proceeds to town banks, charges set at 1.50 per head plus 40 cents for insurance, manager’s commission capped at 100 dollars, with surplus funds returned to members. Next shipments planned for September and monthly thereafter.
Montana towns report hay yields and local labor shifts. typhoid found in Ten Mile Creek. a new curb vegetable market in Billings. precincts busy with harvests. a miniature cyclone damages C. R. Weeks ranch. labor relief via women hay crews near Absarokee. registration quirks and war-impacts across counties. bigamy arrest at Fort Keogh. university graduates offered teaching posts. An gus bells in Lewistown urge prayer. Milwaukee railroad fines for saying yah. high school relief due to unfinished building. wartime harvest stories and corporate Wheat flour fines in Butte addressed by American Mercantile Company.
The New York Sun quotes Food Administrator Hoover warning acute starvation this winter in western Russia Romania Bulgaria and Austria due to dry weather and crop failures this summer. Hoover cautions against over confidence and notes Germany still fields a powerful fighting organization. The Sun cites another source saying Kaiser's domains face their most disappointing crops since 1914.
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