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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1920
Page
9
M E Underwood reports honey bees can raise a new queen if lost by feeding a rich substance called royal jelly, enlarging brood cells and producing a larger bee that becomes female. He cites Rocky Mountain Husbandman on bee life from birth to death and notes behavior of queenless colonies.
American Farm Bureau Federation proposes using a German credit to channel proceeds from alien property sales to support wool markets. The plan links world wool stock shifts with German needs, aiming to stabilize prices by moving fine and coarse wool into German mills. The effort follows a 1919 wool market downturn and seeks swift congressional action.
The September Montana crop report notes corn and hay as the most favorable crops. August drought and heat reduced late crops, while wheat, oats, barley yields declined. Corn shows good grain potential in Yellowstone and surrounding counties. hay yields remain strong with substantial tame and wild hay expected statewide.
The Great Northern rushes empty grain cars to Montana to relieve demand. A solid 75 car train departed St Paul days ago for destinations on the Butte division.
Signs of moderate improvement appear in the wool market as buyers increasingly take interest in fine and half blood wools. Prices remain below earlier tentative clean-cost quotes, disappointing growers while dealers note better spirits in certain circles. Consignments hinder price discovery, and staple proportions complicate grading as mills take wools as needed.
The T. C. Power Company of Helena invites farmers to contact them after harvest to discuss grain and grass seed sales.
Montana wool brought 58 cents per pound in the Boston market as 125 bags sold, first of the Montana clip. E A Gray general agent of the Chicago Northwestern, from Butte, says the price to the producer is 63 cents after charges for storage handling and shipping. He notes most Montana wool has been shipped east on consignment.
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