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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1924
Page
12
The first annual report of the Wisconsin Cow Testing Association shows 36 herds with 586 cows tested over ten months producing an average 7 448 pounds of milk and 287 4 pounds of butterfat from 247 cows. Costs ranged 10 to 46 cents per pound, with high producing herds achieving top outputs.
Biographical sketch of Alexander Majors a founder of Majors Russell and Waddell and organizer of the Pony Express he helped extend freight operations from the Missouri River to the Pacific. The article notes his Montana impact his 1866 Montana visit and his role in pioneering western transportation.
President Alfred Atkinson of the State Agricultural College at Bozeman announces a seven member advisory board for a state land settlement congress. The board includes W S McCormack W L Stockton W J Hopper W A Selvidge H Buell Ralph W Reynolds J L Humphrey and aims to guide a broad land settlement campaign with Louis A Campbell heading the department of labor and publicity. The effort seeks early contact with prospective settlers and coordination with public and private agencies to land Montana farms.
The report lists top producers and costs for the year. Johanna Aggie Homestead, a Kalispell Holstein owned by C. K. Iverson, led with 25 018 pounds of milk and 673.2 pounds butterfat in 11 months. Fifteen cows topped 400 pounds of butterfat. No. 4 herd had the lowest cost at 16 12 cents per pound on 402.6 pounds butterfat.
A timely roadside delivery in Yellowstone County led to a baby girl named Lucille. Mrs. Ralph Bunker of Roundup aided during transport to Billings, delivering the child in a car and then ensuring both mother and infant remained in good health at the hospital.
Forest supervisor Baum bans entry to the Pinkham Creek area of Kootenai National Forest without a valid permit. Similar permit enforcement is spreading through Montana forests and into Idaho as fires increase.
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