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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1919
Page
2
A farm guide explains hog mineral needs and how lack of minerals weakens animals. It lists minerals in hog bodies and sources such as lime legumes seeds straw bran potatoes and bone meal and notes young pigs require special attention while other stock may obtain more minerals from roughage.
Report to the Montana Oil Company expert service department in Helena for guidance on improving tractor pull. The office will advise how to achieve a stronger pull whether the tractor is new or old.
A 20 year project with Shorthorn cattle studies cow beef and dairy traits. Scotch Shorthorns show strong milk production, averaging over 7 500 pounds from six cows. Blue grey calves and silage tests compare corn and cane yields for feeding value. Sixty steers test four rations with or without corn and silage. Forage crops for pigs and multi generation swine diets are explored. Sheep protein supplements compared with silage in fattening.
Montana farm bureau agronomy committee report shows 1918 introduction of improved seed strains by farm bureaus raised yields and crop values: Wheat 245,015. flax 72,287. rye 64,568. Bureau workers ran 80 sweet clover demonstrations and sold 88 000 pounds of seed, formed three alfalfa seed growers associations, conducted 80 alfalfa demonstrations, and marketed 85 000 pounds of alfalfa seed through the Seed Growers association.
Professor C. C. of Montana State College of Agriculture advises planning a farm garden in advance to save space and labor. He warns against starting with no plan and stresses proper arrangement for crop balance, timing, moisture, and rotation to avoid abandoned gardens.
A report from Extension Director F. B. Cooley cites Montana home demonstration counties achieving over $200,000 in food value in 1916. Canned 173,524 quarts of fruit valued at $60,733.05, canned vegetables $24,030, dried vegetables $25,286, canned meat $10,137, stored vegetables $50,894, and preserved 80,710 dozen eggs valued at $54,822.20. The egg price difference saved Montana women $26,634.30.
A farm management survey near Billings by Prof. FE Currier shows farms earning 25 to 50 percent of receipts from live stock profit most. Overstocking lowers profits while too little stock wastes cheap feeds. Optimal profits arise when stock is balanced with crops and fed mostly on cheap feeds and farm by products.
Beautifying and modernizing the farm dwelling is good business and provides wholesome relaxation for the farmer and family. An attractive, well kept home acts as a magnet for tired workers, bright rooms ease care, and dollars spent on labor saving devices and sanitary conveniences extend life and productivity.
An authority on poultry says March hatchings yield 11 advantages including fewer lice and disease issues, more chicks, longer growing season, better grown birds, early pullets that lay in fall, higher broiler prices, and fall winter eggs. Early broody hens in February or March pave the way for next spring hatching.
Montana communities rally to keep 11 of 13 U S Employment Service branches open despite federal funding withdrawal. Scott Leavitt says local funds sustain offices in Butte Missoula Bozeman and other towns with soldiers and sailors bureaus continuing to operate and plan financing through July or until Congress acts.
The article outlines simple circular bed designs for amateur gardeners in eastern Montana. It suggests plantings using canna, red sage, vinca alba, geraniums, phlox, verbenas, petunias, and other varieties, with configurations for centers, borders, and backdrops to suit east and west slopes and various bed shapes. It notes suitable species for eastern climatic conditions and mentions that many combinations work in square, rectangular, or star shaped beds.
Alsike clover, named after a Swedish parish, is seeded like red clover and yields good hay and pasture. It improves soils rich in organic matter when plowed under before corn or sorghum. Its small white blossoms attract bees, offering readily available honey and profitable bee feeding.
Ernest H. Wiegand says table scraps can feed poultry and turn waste into eggs and meat. He notes households can economically divert kitchen waste to poultry without sending it to garbage. A Montana Oil Co service note appears about tractor feeder issues and expert help in Helena.
The text states that one of France’s strongest and most popular institutions is to be the West Bank of the Rhine. It signals a claim about regional influence and a symbolic geographic claim within the historical context.
An advertisement touts a Multiple Protection Policy from Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. claiming protection for the insured and his family against sickness illness accident permanent disability and old age with benefits totaling five ways including monthly sickness or accident payments and life and accidental death sums. Fill out the coupon for full information and rates.
Report states the Bolsheviks assert they have finished their tasks in Hungary with thoroughness, signaling strong confidence in their impact and control.
Montana residents are urged by the Warrenton Development Company to invest in Warrenton properties. The firm touts ownership of assets, recent sales to Montana buyers, and construction plans including mills, factories, elevators, railroads, and shipyards. They claim prices will rise but insist they can hold current low levels for now.
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