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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1919
Page
14
Farm expert John E. Stevens of Great Falls outlines practical rabbit protection for orchards. Methods include tar paper strips, corn stalks around young trees, screen wire, hardware cloth, and large protection around trunks. Treatments like lime sulfur and white lead paint serve as repellents and disease controls while formalin-treated apples are used as poison.
Farmers should choose a record form with county or state guidance and begin entering activities at year start. Summaries and inventories aid next year planning and tax compliance. The state bureau report notes feeble minded persons total 2 200 and rising.
Trapnest is a simple mechanical device that lets a hen lock herself on the nest and leaves a legband number on the egg. It records pedigree across breeding seasons and even year round for production breeders, helping trace parentage and productive potential.
Senator J C Selway of Dillon warns wool prices may fall from 75 cents to 30 cents a pound as supply and demand shift with open markets and eased shipping. He notes sheep and cattle prices declined sharply, hurting small growers who bought ewes last year and face losses from delayed shipments and car shortages.
The eleventh annual midwinter show of the Montana State Poultry Breeders association runs January 13 to 18 in Butte. Exhibitors from Montana and neighboring states bring poultry, pigeons, rabbits and pet stock with judges from Spokane and national standards guiding awards. Prizes include gold medals, silver water services, and silk ribbons, plus special boys and girls contests and lectures by government experts. The banquet is January 16 and the officers include Gus T. Jasmin as president and J. L. Dorsh as secretary treasurer.
Peter J. Meloy, a Broadwater county farmer, averaged 20 bushels of wheat per acre over nine years on 500 to 700 acres of dry land near Townsend. This year yields dropped to 10 bushels and in 1917 to 11, though he has exceeded 40 bushels per acre in exceptional seasons.
George P. Porter state auditor elect announces appointments for January 1 including Robert B. Mentrum of Anaconda as state fire marshal and John C. Bebb of Lewistown as deputy state fire marshal. William A. Logan of Missoula selected as deputy state auditor.
Helena poultry keeper Charles D. Greenfield Jr. urges owners to improve sanitation to prevent diseases like chickenpox lice and other common ailments. He stresses not overcrowding weak stock and handling poultry with the same care as other livestock, calling sanitation the key to profitability. He cites government and state college efforts but says real gains depend on farmer diligence.
Montana winter wheat acreage falls 9 percent while rye up 173 percent boosting state production to an estimated 17 35 million bushels of winter wheat. U S totals rise to 765 million bushels of winter wheat and 6 82 million acres of rye planted. Nationally winter wheat is 89 percent normal and rye 89 percent. Montana rye 1 percent of normal. Ad for Cuticura skin treatment follows.
The Montana Equity News of Great Falls promotes itself as the sole farmers owned paper with statewide reach offering full legislative coverage. It will deploy a special representative and two Capitol editors to report bills, votes, and undercurrents, with no strings or censorship. Subscriptions: six months for one dollar. mail to Box 1817 Great Falls Montana.
Western Montana farmers report using portable chicken houses moved to fields to feed on grasshoppers and alfalfa, halting insect raids and protecting crops. Chickens thrive while conserving waste grain. best placement includes southern or eastern slopes near shade.
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