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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1919
Page
4
A campaign promotes lamb and mutton as meat by fattening lambs on waste forage. Farmers gain from low production costs using weeds and surplus forage, with soybeans cowpeas or rape sown with corn offering better forages. Market lambs gain about 15.3 pounds, supporting expanded demand for this stock.
The piece warns Montana stock owners to closely inspect outside grazing lands before shipping cattle or sheep for summer or winter feeding. It notes wide land value, snow-driven seven month feeds, and advises weighing costs of shipment, winter feed, and labor against home wintering. The 1 1 3 rate was for returning to Montana in spring to support the stock business.
A district court in Missoula County hears a petition to form the Clinton irrigation district. Fifteen landowners back the plan, claiming about 3000 inches of Hellgate River water diverted by a canal two miles east of Clinton to irrigate petitioners lands. A hearing is set for Saturday September 6 at 1 30 p m for protests and approval.
Prof. M. J. Abbey of Bozeman Agricultural College heads state high school agricultural programs under Smith Hughes. Forty Montana high schools will offer agriculture next year. nine lack teachers and recruitment remains difficult. Salaries range from 1600 to 2000 dollars annually. Five Montana State College graduates will teach this year.
Teachers for the new high school agricultural subject come from across states. Professor Abbey will head special training for agricultural teachers as plans are finalized. A vocational conference at the college drew many teachers to discuss the program.
Cuticura soothes baby rashes with hot baths using Cuticura Soap followed by gentle applications of Cuticura Ointment. A touch of Cuticura Talcum is suggested to finish. Ad copy promotes these products as purer and sweeter with a 25 cent price.
The Montana grain grading warehousing and inspection commission adopted a rule eliminating 25 cent charges on grading samples under carload lots. Farmers may have their grain graded at the state laboratory at no cost to challenge elevator grading decisions.
State board of equalization summons assessors from multiple counties to review property returns and push for uniform full and true value assessments. Bankers from Lewis and Clark County, officials from Gilmore and Pittsburg railroad, and county auditors face scrutiny over wide gaps in livestock and land valuations.
Montana weather updates report flax corn and potato yields rising with recent rains while spring wheat improves modestly. Cattle endure drought well. range recovery prompts some stock shipments to be cancelled. Winter wheat cutting proceeds. rye yields small. alfalfa second growth to be cut. haying finishes around Bozeman. conditions vary by county.
J Lee Rice returns to the Butte Business College joining brother A F Rice on the faculty and administration. A chartered accountant by trade he previously led Helena Business College and has helped grow Butte College to a top national private school with both business and high school programs. More than 600 students enrolled this summer drawing learners from Montana Dakotas Wyoming Idaho and Canada.
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