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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1923
Page
2
State tempore experts at Pee man urge readers to join the effort with state and federal funding aimed at identifying the best tillage practices for Montana farms and improving agricultural efficiency and yields.
Commodity notes from Miles Cannon of the Bureau of Reclamation urge shifting Montana irrigation farming away from low priced crops like wheat toward profitable outputs such as tobacco and vegetables. He cites a Huntsley project farmer who produced 2,500 pounds of tobacco on one acre at 50 cents a pound and envisions 1,200 to 1,500 families on the Sun River project with proper construction and colonization efforts.
The State College at Bozeman prepares for fall term with rapid building progress. The biology department moves into a new building while Extension Service takes over the old agricultural hall. The math department gains the old engineering building, gymnasium is remodeled into a stock judging area, and a new $250,000 engineering building awaits engineers. A new campus roadway is planned to connect the grounds as finishing touches proceed.
Prof F M Harrington of Montana State College advises farmers to inspect fields now and remove diseased or inferior potato plants. The goal is maximum No 1 stock at minimum cost and to secure a better seed strain for next year through selective harvest.
Abundant moisture and warm weather push July crops forward with spring wheat maturing early and corn showing remarkable growth. Potatoes oats and alfalfa are progressing. hoppers reduce yields in some counties. Potato seed selection and rogueing emphasized to boost future Montana seed potato production amid labor shortages and looming harvest.
Montana Experiment Station at Bozeman reports 50 percent productivity boosts from tomato line selection. Bonnie Best and Barllana varieties produced 12 851 pounds per acre in year one, 15 827 in year two, and 19 177 in year three, with continued gains expected under Prof Harrington’s program.
The Department of Agriculture released a preliminary estimate placing the U S wool clip for the year at about 228 million pounds. Comparisons show last year at 220 million pounds and earlier years at 223, 063,000 in 1921 235, 006,000 in 1920 and 249, 958,000 in 1919.
Fragmentary OCR notes a decree reference with scattered figures and place names. The readable items include hints of Idaho and California references and a sequence of numbers, but most data is garbled and unclear.
Spokane Union Stock Yards promotes a weekly stock train from Laurel Montana leaving Saturday at 4 a m and arriving Spokane Monday at 4 80 p m with a view to proving the market advantages for cattle swine and sheep moving to Spokane.
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