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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
2
Montana experiment notes sunflowers yield 22 tons per acre without irrigation and up to 39 tons with irrigation. Mammoth Russian is favored, planted 30 lb per acre with 10 inch spacing, rows 30 to 36 inches apart. Ready for silo 100 to 110 days after planting, harvest earlier for fodder, similar cultivation to corn.
Anaconda Copper Mining Company promotes Western Montana lands for direct purchase with ten yearly payments and fixed appraised values. The prospectus highlights fertility, climate, water, growing seasons, mountain scenery, rail and telegraph access, schools, and hints at future electric power. Contact Blackfoot Land Development Co. Missoula Montana.
P J McCorkle filed on a homestead 32 miles south of Culbertson nine years ago. He sold last year’s grain for $80 000 and now owns about 1500 acres of wheat land. He predicts a big crop this year, cites favorable conditions and labor shortages, and notes high harvesting wages. Grain income supplements stock raising in the area.
Montana experiment station director IF B Linfield urges Montana farmers to increase poultry to meet a looming world war food shortage. He calls for June hatching and continued effort through July to add about one hundred million pounds of poultry meat and eggs, stressing humanitarian duty and efficient feed use.
The Cushman 4 HP Binder Engine is advertised as the original and successful binder motor. It saves horses by powering sickle and machinery, improves grain handling, reduces waste, and prevents choking in wet grain. Advert claims the engine runs at a steady speed, extends binder life, and doubles longevity. Address Cushman Motor Works Lincoln Nebraska for full description.
John Petrie of Billings, intermediary for Colorado feeders, bought 10 000 lambs at 11 cents per pound. In two weeks the lambs sold for 14.75 to 16.50 per 100 pounds with wool off, yielding about 34 pounds gain per animal. Wool sold to a Boston house at 54 cents per pound. Petrie argues for feeding lambs on Montana alfalfa and beet tops before fattening on grain, noting potential higher profits if kept longer in Montana.
The article explains fast growing spring turnips, needing moist soil and cool weather to mature in about 60 days. It covers soil, cultivation, spacing of rows at 15 to 16 inches, seed depth half inch, sowing on wet days, and staggered planting to maintain quality.
An advice piece on preserving eggs using the water glass method to store up to 15 dozen eggs. It covers costs, ages of eggs, preparation, storing containers, and keeping them cool and unfrozen for winter use. It notes potential savings versus buying fresh and the nutritional value for children.
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