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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1917
Page
2
A Cas cade Montana ranch herd of 26 Holstein Friesian cows produced an average 8,113.8 pounds milk per cow in the year and 275 pounds butterfat per cow, equivalent to 343.75 pounds of commercial butter, surpassing Wisconsin's average 175 pounds per cow.
Harlem farmers receive a large shipment of ten small variety tractors with plows, unloaded on the Great Northern right of way. Heavy snow across the region delays movement, leaving customers awaiting delivery for some time.
A succinct proverb notes that pursuing wealth through marriage is among the toughest paths to financial gain, reflecting caution about alliances and money.
Egg hatching ROSE COMB REDS available from blue ribbon pens. priced 15 dollars per 15 eggs. Utility eggs 3 dollars per 15. Fertility and a square deal guaranteed.
At Cheyenne the National Live stock association urged states to end predatory animal bounties and fund the federal biological survey to exterminate wolves bears and coyotes. Dr. A K Fisher outlined a salary hunter plan paid 75 to 125 dollars monthly with skins sent to Washington.
The 1916 Montana crop value reached 121,055,000 with Montana ranking twenty ninth among states. Nationally the aggregate crop value totaled 8,934,587,000 despite many crops not hitting previous highs, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Gus T. Jasmin of Halena a veteran breeder with show wins offers guidance to fellow breeders. He argues that open range promotes health vigor and that successful breeding requires documented lineage with pedigrees trap nest eggs and red yolk color. His recent prizes include top cockerel best red pair and multiple pullet awards at state fairs in 1916 and 1917.
The Montana assessors association sets a land and mill tax schedule. Irrigated land rises to 12 dollars per acre or more, farm land class rates rise from 4 to 6 dollars, grazing land at 2 dollars, and waste land at 1 dollar. Elevators priced at 100 dollars per 1000 bushels capacity. Mills and farm improvements assessed by county discretion.
Louis D. Hall announced that the federal Department of Marketing will issue weekly and daily reports to aid livestock and meat shippers. Weekly summaries of stored food products will be available on request, with telegraphic tolls current. A daily telegraphic report of livestock movements will soon follow, based on railroad superintendent reports, helping shippers route stock efficiently.
A compilation of small town developments across Montana includes Whitefish plans for a new library and Great Northern double tracking to Columbia Falls, Fairfield extending telephone lines, Roundup loan formation and a crucial school dormitory completion in Lewistown, plus a Fort Benton hotel sale and a Phillips County land fraud case involving Ben Phillips.
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