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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1917
Page
2
Commissioner Greenfield warns Montana farmers to protect grain from incendiary fires as harvest nears. Keep grain in the shock until threshing, and guard elevators and grain fields. He urges a state wide effort to prevent loss and calamity from arson during the coming harvest.
Bitter Root valley emerges as a center for seed pea production and canning. A Stevensville cannery proves Bitter Root peas rival Wisconsin and Utah, with plans to expand amid rising demand and new state labor rules. Eastern seedmen contract large acreages, while surplus peas become seed stock.
Montana wheat dealers receive circular from Washington outlining new federal grading standards effective July 1 for hard red winter wheat and common white wheat and August 1 for all other wheat. The circular notes that interstate and foreign shipments must conform to the standards and cites a national meeting of grain dealers that helped establish the rules.
Experiments at the Montana State College Bozeman farm show staking and pruning tomatoes increases ripening by three to five times versus unpruned plants. Plants set high should be tied to stakes, with side shoots removed and only one central stem allowed to develop. The top is clipped at stake height to direct energy to fruit.
A broad cast on the Northern Pacific system urges release of railroad cars with the slogan keep them moving. Major corporations are directing rapid unloading and there is talk of government supervision of unloading to save money and aid the nation.
A wry remark on how some men live by bread, turning daily sustenance into constant routine. The statement frames bread as essential yet overused metaphor for life’s monotony and dependence.
A new sulky plow tiller attachment by Thomas William Hicks shreds weeds roots and soil into a pulverized mass to form a smooth seed bed in one field pass. Powered by 8 to 16 hp gasoline engine, the rotor operates up to 500 rpm, enabling field obstructions to be cleared without stopping. Government tests are planned for wartime use.
Montana beekeepers are urged to give colonies space during honey flow to prevent swarming. Inspect hives for queen cells, clip a wing of each queen, cage and reposition queens as needed, and keep weeds clear to avoid loss of the queen. Frequent checks and early room management reduce swarming risk.
World and regional briefs report population data, naval actions, food conservation efforts, political moves, and wartime developments. Highlights include Tokyo population figures, submarine bans in Spanish waters, New York restaurants uniting to save food, and a Paris July 4 parade featuring American troops.
State leader M. L. Wilson warns farmers statewide to watch for grasshopper outbreaks after new pockets of trouble emerge. Montana Experiment Station provides handling directions and bran mash poison formula for control efforts.
Tests at the national experimental farm in Arlington Virginia showed a new machine easily adjustable to various plows and tractors. A congressional committee witnessed the demonstration and agreed the machine has excellent possibilities for more intensive soil cultivation, with farmers concurring it will meet a long felt want.
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