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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1918
Page
2
Co E Hubbard outlines practical wintering methods for bees. Emphasizes sufficient honey, weather protection, and proper hive packing with insulation and windbreaks. Recommends 30 to 35 pounds of honey per colony, hedge or hill protection, and packing boxes with specific layer depths and outdoor tunnels.
Montana dealers report a light hay harvest with the entire state consuming its output. Gallatin grain crops show higher yield due to larger acreage. Northern Montana buys hay due to drought. Prices: Timothy 32 at Great Falls, alfalfa 2 under, Butte quotes 27 and 26, oats 2.75 per hundred at Bozeman, barley 2.10 cwt, potatoes slow at Gallatin 0.75–1 wholesale.
Terms include 10 percent down and balance in 10 yearly payments at 6 percent interest. Lands are logged off by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.
Beaverhead Ranch Company six miles north of Dillon completed an equalizing reservoir and irrigation network designed to conserve water. The system stores 150 acre feet above Birch Creek and routes flow to avoid night wastage, maximizing use of stream and storage for greater crop production.
Montana state show under American Poultry Association rules will run January 13 to 18 in Butte with entries expected from Wyoming, Dakota, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and even Calgary. Prizes include gold medals, silver trophies, and cash awards for pens, best birds, and highest scoring entries, plus a state rabbit association forming during the event. Entries close January 4 and premium lists go out December 10. Secretary J. L. Dorsh, Butte, invites inquiries.
An engineer oversaw ten years of construction to store irrigation water, creating five major reservoirs at the head of Birch creek. Boot, Pear, May, Tub and Anchor lakes span elevations from 8,000 to 9,500 feet and hold about 6,500 acre feet. The $12,000 system aims to equalize flow, store night water, and double daytime irrigation head for improved efficiency.
The Montana Dairymen's association will hold its annual convention at Billings January 9 and 10, per secretary G. L. Martin. Topics include dairy conditions in Montana, dairy projects for 1919, the cooperative cheese factory, safe milk for babies, surplus butter disposal, and dairy reconstruction.
A described irrigation system allows a plant to store water for drop by drop use, enabling daily storage schedules tailored to each case. Montana sites could adopt such low cost installations to raise crop production. The Beaverhead ranch storage system, including source and distribution, was designed and built by George R. Metlen of Dillon.
A federal interior department plan sent to Governor Stewart proposes a soldier settlement fund and a three member board led by a governor appointee to aid returned soldiers. The scheme grants eminent domain power, land and irrigation control, and federally backed loans with staged repayments over up to 40 years. Two cooperation plans exist for land, reclamation funding, and settlement, with farm owners and laborers as settlers and strict residence and payment requirements.
A Montana farmer named Stevens bought two sections of Northern Pacific land 40 miles north of Terry and planted it all in flax. He harvested 16 000 bushels at four dollars per bushel totaling 64 000 dollars, marking a bright spot in the state’s agricultural year.
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