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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1924
Page
4
Leading Montana agriculture notes describe Bozeman State Agricultural College experiments on tillage methods funded by state and federal bodies. Articles summarize results and urge readers to save and study the material for farming practice.
Butte residents learn how the 1923 tax reduction affects June payments. The second installment is due June 15, with refunds for those who paid in full and prorated 25 percent reduction across all four installments. Taxpayers should compute their June due as one half of March payment if March was one fourth of the return, with remaining balances due in September and December.
Montana State College Extension Service dairy expert warns that many pastures especially alfalfa can cause bloat. Precautions include not turning hungry cattle onto pasture, providing dry feed and salt, gradual introduction, and monitoring. If bloat occurs, keep head up and seek veterinary help. extreme cases may require tapping the paunch. Named sources include J. O. Tretsven and Montana Experiment Station circulars.
Montana State College agronomist A J Ogaard outlines ten commands for successful corn cultivation emphasizing proper shovel use, deep but careful work, weed control, soil moisture, avoiding root damage, and maintaining soil mulch. He notes stray Russian thistles and volunteer grain persist in rows and advises hand hoeing for quick, rewarding results.
Montana Wheat Growers' Association sends out about 400000 in final fall pool settlement for 1923. The payment closes the fall pool year and reflects prompt, welcomed results for Montana farmers. The association, with HQ in Lewistown, serves growers statewide and is affiliated with the American Wheat Growers' Association with offices in Minneapolis and other western cities.
James Herbert of Polson reports larger alfalfa acreage on the Flathead reservation than ever before with potential for a 100 percent plus cut in irrigated areas. Cutting of the first crop will start in two to three weeks as recent rains renew the spring wheat crop after a dry period.
J Christison, manager of Mutual Creamery in Butte, notes centralizers at rail hubs handle about 75 percent of US butter, with Montana home to roughly 60 creameries. They buy cream from farms, ship butter to eastern and Pacific markets, and pay by grade, while farms increasingly milk more cows to supply ready cream.
Barberry bushes in the north central area are reported to be heavily infested with black stem rust. The Conference for the Prevention of Grain Rust urges immediate eradication of common barberry to cut rust losses, noting average annual grain losses around 50 million bushels. Rust spread from barberry to grain is deemed unstoppable once underway.
For over 80 years Mother Fletcher's Castoria has helped babies and children with constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea. It eases feverishness and soothes stomach and bowels aiding digestion and relief.
In a humorous funeral for a copper kettle from Anaconda Brewery, mourners gathered at Fourth and Walnut streets as Charles Later led the service. The urn is bound for Prince Albert Canada to be used in extracting juice from barley and hops.
A hearse displays a large rear banner declaring Byron Cooney is the prospective savior of the human race and that he would be racing next August, drawing attention from passing citizens.
Helena Montana advertisement for Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery claiming it acts as a blood tonic and liver stomach medicine. A testimonial from Joseph A Widmer details relief from liver digestion and headaches after use. Readers are urged to obtain tablets or liquid and send 10 cents for a trial package to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel Buffalo New York.
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