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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1924
Page
4
Leading articles from State Agricultural College at Best man describe government funded work on farming methods and practices. The pieces urge readers to file away these expert articles for reference and guidance for local agricultural progress.
A horticultural guide explains ideal site, pit depth, and frame to heat a hotbed. It covers manure preparation with turning, watering, and straw mixing, sizing with sash, ventilation, temperature ranges for tomatoes and peppers, and covering during cold nights.
The Montana Extension Service promotes sweet clover as a legume hay to balance corn in feed rations. White and yellow flowering biennial varieties suit semi arid Montana, with Arctic among whites. Scarified seed, firm moisture, and early spring planting at 8–12 lb per acre recommended.
Frank L. Funkenbusch received 208 45 for dressed poultry comprising 72 turkeys and 47 chickens, shipped February 4 from Miles City to Chicago. Ernest Broadus sent 17 roosters. total weight 1 000 pounds. Turkey gobblers sold at 30 cents per pound and hens at 28 cents, with $5.05 per hundred express deductions. Net was about 21 4 cents per pound for turkeys and 90 cents per chicken weight averaging 4.6 pounds.
Charles D. Greenfield, agricultural development agent for the Great Northern railroad in Montana, says the state’s corn yields are drawing middle western farmers with capital to Montana. He notes railroad exhibits in eastern towns boost visibility, while easterners show surprising ignorance about Northwest resources.
Montana Experiment Station researchers report celery seeding ties to cold exposure. In tests with 75F day/65F night no seeding. 65F/55F yielded 3 percent. 50F or below caused heavy seeding. Prolonged cold needed. avoid cold frames. start plants in controlled temps. Bozeman trials found white plume and giant pascal most reliable among varieties. golden self-branching unsuitable.
The Holstein Friesian Association of America reports two new state butter producing champions in Montana. College Elvira, a junior four-year-old owned by State Agricultural College Bozeman, records 21,970.8 pounds milk and 878.8 pounds butterfat or 1,098.5 pounds butter in ten months. Lady Cascade Tucbie Lilith of Lea & Son herd Stevensville, a senior two-year-old ten months, posts 13,405 pounds milk and 417.7 pounds butterfat or 522.1 pounds butter.
February report from the Bitter Root Cow Testing association shows 350 cows across 24 herds averaged 25 pounds of butterfat per cow. Twenty six cows from 13 herds produced over 40 pounds. Lottie of Elkhorn owned by R H Daniels led with 82 pounds. Echo's Fairy Lass and Holstein entries followed with strong fat yields as year two prepares a statewide comparison of cost and return for feed.
The report lists top fat yields from Holstein herds and Jersey herds. D C Gray in Hamilton was second with 88 pounds, David Lea & Son Stevensville third with 52 pounds, Ward & Hollister Darby fourth with 30 pounds, and C I Hartson & Sons Hamilton fifth with 29 pounds. In the Jersey group R H Daniels Corvallis led with 39 pounds, C P Frost Hamilton Heights second with 28, Forest Sellers Corvallis third with 27, Yarbrough and Archie McKillop & Son Hamilton tied for fourth with 26, Randley Stevensville and Mills Hamilton tied for fifth with 25. Six more cows were culled and sent to the butcher.
Ten Richland county corn growers cooperating with the county agent report an average labor cost of 6.61 dollars to grow one acre of 1928 corn. Demonstration fields 5 to 9 acres cover plowing harrowing dragging planting and cultivation. Beets next season. Sidney Wolley of Great Western Sugar seeks acreage. section beet crop valued at 280 000 dollars last year.
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