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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1924
Page
4
The leading Montana farm page features expert articles from Bozeman on state and federal funded tillage experiments. The notes describe methods and results, urging readers to file away these agricultural reports for future reference.
A national survey by the U S Department of Agriculture with Rural Mail Carriers shows the 1924 spring pig crop in the corn belt down about 8 000 000 from 1923 and a 21 percent drop in sows farrowed. Regions outside the corn belt also show declines, with fall sow breeding up in most areas.
Clarence Hogan reports the Great Northern Butte division shipped 56 livestock cars and 12 wool cars from July 1 to 8. The line also sent 51 grain cars and 72 grain product cars, largely flour, plus 11 coal cars and 38 ore cars. Wool shipments totaled nearly 400000 pounds.
The Capital City Poultry Club of Helena Montana led by Albert Day Edward Gallivan and Edward Fuller with J R Scott as leader shows strong results in three year records. The club members improved methods, housing and feeding including sprouted oats and modern hen houses. Net profits ranged from 154 to 169 dollars with egg yields per hen around 164. The group won first place as a poultry judging team at Stanford in 1923 earning 25 dollars.
In Phillips County, 325 people attended caponizing and culling demonstrations led by Miss Harriette Cushman of Montana State College. Ten sessions showed pure bred flocks outperform mixed flocks, with farmers adopting model poultry houses and caponizing to improve profits and reduce fertility in summer hens.
A. J. Ogaard of Montana State College Extension warns the dockage issue in Montana remains small but warns farmers must act to prevent future losses. He cites practices like clean seed, crop rotations, weed control, and on-farm cleaning to reduce dockage and boost grain quality and value.
The article notes that average screenings from the thresher have a livestock feeding value nearly equal to oats. Heavier screenings, with chaff and light material removed, resemble the feeding value of heavier grains such as corn, barley, and wheat.
An old advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a forty year trusted substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric teething drops and soothing syrups. Claims no narcotics and directs readers to follow directions on each package. Physicians endorse its use nationwide.
The Cramley McKnight Sunburst Corey No 2 well begins production in the Kevin field with a flush rate near 1000 barrels daily. Drilled 1505 to 1509 feet, completion in 16 days but not allowed to gush. The find boosts interest in nearby Queen City No 1 area and signals strong future potential in northern Montana oil fields.
County Agent Gustafson of Harlem visited Turner and Silver Bow with a model of a labor saving harvesting and threshing device. It was built by M. L. Wilson from a northern Montana survey. Its main feature is a header barge to collect headed grain from the header harvester. The barge gathers the grain.
A stack is loaded into a unit and, as it fills, the pile is pulled out and left ready for threshing crews to use.
Advertises Cuticura Ointment Soap and Talcum for skin care. Claims relief from pimples redness roughness itching through cleansing and fragrance, priced 25 cents each. Emphasizes applying ointment, bathing with soap and hot water, drying gently and dusting talcum for fragrance.
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