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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1918
Page
4
The government urges farmers to double poultry output in wartime, targeting an average of 100 hens per farm from the current 40. It notes 24 percent of U S farms lack poultry and calls for increased ducks and geese as efficient fat producers to aid food availability.
The United States Food Administration argues the agricultural problem spans production and conservation. It urges all Americans from farmers to city dwellers to act, as victory and freedom hinge on not wasting food and using resources wisely on every American farm and in every kitchen.
Kansas State extension entomologists urge plowing Sudan grass stubble under deeply in early winter while ground is workable. Chinch bugs seek the stubble as a winter refuge and the plowing buries them seven inches deep before freeze. Evidence from the agronomy farm shows bugs migrating into the grass from nearby corn and sorg hum, with the plow under strategy increasing Sudan grass value as a Kansas crop.
A Northern broker offers cash on delivery for all eggs live poultry dressed pork and veal with payments 14 to 19 cents per pound for different cuts. They ship from Great Falls and require express settlement if shipped COD and provide hay grain and potatoes in any quantity.
A Montana study suggests iodine deficiency in thyroid glands causes hairless pigs and related deaths. Feeding potassium iodide to sows reduced hairless litters. 218 sows across 23 ranches produced normal piglets, unlike the prior year. The Montana Agricultural Experiment Station offers iodine to ranchers at 50 cents per head for 100 days.
Agricultural guidance stresses mirroring pasture in cold months with silage alfalfa hay and grain. Recommend warm water constant access and housing like barns to maintain milk output, detailing a three to two to one mix of corn chop wheat bran and linseed or cottonseed meal per pound of milk.
Local railroad men report over 2000 head of cattle sheep hogs horses and mules killed yearly on Montana lines. Losses average about 60000 dollars annually with broader Missouri Pacific figures showing 121596 livestock killed across 16 roads in Missouri Arkansas and Louisiana over five years. Experts blame lack of farm fencing and call for stricter town ordinances and owner vigilance to curb stock runs.
Western Montana farms on the Flathead Indian reservation plow day and night before Christmas to expand spring sowing areas. Gasoline tractors with large headlights toil through December as ground remains unfrozen and mild weather allows continued operations past Christmas and possibly into the new year.
A farm pamphlet from Berry's Poultry Farm advertises 9 pure-bred chicken varieties and tips on feeding, rearing, and care at Fouttrr Farm. It promises mail-order fowls with ages, incubators, and sprouters, priced at 18 cents. Box 130 Clarinds is listed for orders.
A condensed dispatch from St. Paul to London covers a wide range of wartime and economic notes. Highlights include a 104-year-old woman joining the Red Cross, massive misdirection of mail, submarine losses, copper seizures, soaring butter prices, a platinum shipment, and Underwood Typewriter production for war needs. The report also notes interned ships, American ship repairs, possible railroad administration, and European political and military developments. It mentions Portugal’s entry concerns, insurance losses, and Quebec secession talk, with updates on Russian aid, British air-raid shelters, and counterattacks at Cambrai. Additional items cover American millionaires, divorce trends, alien war laws affecting noble wives, and Bismarck’s unpublished manuscript.
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