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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1925
Page
4
State Agricultural College experts in Bozeman publish leading articles describing recent tillage experiments funded by state and federal governments. The pieces summarize results and urge readers to file the articles for reference.
The article profiles settlers like F. G. Osborne from Wisconsin and J. M. Willis from North Dakota who returned to Big Sandy after years away. It highlights Osborne’s 100 acre field yielding 24 14 bushels per acre and Willis’s shift to hogs and corn with high returns. Their diversified homesteads include cattle, hogs, and electricity, funded by successful past crops and investments.
Mrs Sadie E Holtzner testifies that Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription cured her backaches and catarrhal condition and helped her daughters reach healthy womanhood. She urges readers to obtain the prescription from local drugstores or write to Dr Pierce for medical advice.
Iowa and Minnesota farmland have lagged in productivity, while Montana farms gain favor in the northwest. IK C Kreig notes the shift as value shrinkage in Iowa lands and rising Montana interest influences regional farming patterns.
The article profiles Montana settlers and financiers including M. F. McAnelly and Mr. Williamson, noting crop success, cattle numbers, and rising land values. It contrasts Iowa land prices with Montana, highlights a shift from low mood to optimism, and frames Big Sandy as fertile with growing opportunity.
The article profiles Montana farmers near Big Sandy including McAnelly who farms 300 acres with 200 crop acres and raises wheat corn oats hay cattle hogs and watermelons. It lauds Williamson who owns a 6000 acre Camp Creek ranch enclosed by 36 miles of fence and reflects on lasting pioneer success.
A USDA dispatch highlights Montana wheat grown in central Montana sold via the Montana Wheat Growers Association topping the Minneapolis market at $2.01 per bushel. It notes the farmer gains from price parity with other commodities, with December prices showing rising farm returns and premium quality wheat earning higher yields despite marketing costs.
In Montana the speaker notes a shift in land values with a clearer distinction between agricultural and grazing land. He says this stabilization follows a period of economic setback and that buyers now benefit from pioneer experience. Billings inquiries support rising market activity after years of caution.
County Agent G. E. Lewis notes five extension vats reduce winter feed costs by about twenty percent through lice removal from cattle and horses. Stockmen report cattle and horses entering spring in better condition after dipping. Last season 6,872 head were dipped at roughly ten cents per head.
A district forester in Missoula issued a permit for a summer resort at Hollow Lake in the Flathead national forest reached via Gordon Pass after Seppley Lake. Permittees White and Wilhelm of Seeley Lake plan to begin work early spring to ready facilities for use next summer.
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