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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1918
Page
2
The U S Department of Agriculture urges communities to boost sugar beet and cane production in 1918 to support national food needs. It advocates local self sufficiency, extended non perishables, and careful crop rotation to protect future food supplies while ensuring transportation and markets.
Ravalli county representative Maggie Hathaway urged that Montana women enter grain fields next fall to replace soldiers sent to war. She cited farm labor shortages, pledged patriotic service, and described women already farming or homesteading, noting Utah beet districts show women preferring field work for better pay and shorter hours.
A 500 acre farm near Tours France is acquired by the American Red Cross for reeducation of crippled and mutilated French soldiers. Professor Clare Arnett of Montana State Agricultural College to direct the farm with M Mar chand as chief of agriculture. Training includes farm machinery animal care and electrical workshops at Saint Maurice.
Readable passages urge small Montana farmers to invest in adaptable purebred sheep with strong foundation stock and disciplined culling. The piece notes growing interest from eastern tenant farmers and western buyers in Montana land as land values rise and demand rebounds.
The Agriculture Department issues a supplementary food production program urging more spring wheat and livestock, especially hogs, to feed the Army, the nation, and allies. It reiterates 1938 plans, stresses wheat and hogs, advises prioritizing staple crops, and calls for continued farmer support and pest control assistance.
Internal Revenue W C Whaley issues regulations for farmers. Farmers must file returns on all profits from farm products sold or held for sale in the year of marketing. Deductions cover legitimate production expenses in that year or future years. Rents in crop shares counted as income when cash value is received. Shrinkage losses in stored products do not qualify for deductions.
London reports the Prince of Wales seated in the House of Lords upon reaching age twenty one. The postmaster general plans aerial posts between London and major European capitals as military conditions permit. Reports cover German socialist strikes, a New York stamp fetch, and various war era notes.
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