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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1924
Page
2
State agricultural college experts publish leading articles on Montana tillage methods funded by state and federal governments. The page presents results of the field work and urges every reader to file these articles away for reference.
Diversification into dairying poultry swine and diverse crops is helping midwestern and northwestern farmers reduce losses and regain profitability. County agents report 302 counties showing shifts from wheat to dairy herds crop rotations and new crops like flax soybeans sweet clover and sugar beets.
A Montana dairy expert urges herd improvement through careful records testing and balanced feeding. Dairymen with 24 member cow testing associations show strong returns with average milk of 6 387.9 pounds per year and butter fat 2619 pounds per cow, net profit about 62.22 dollars per cow after feed costs.
The article urges farmers to aggressively combat Canadian thistle on irrigated land. It explains the weed spreads by seed and rootstocks, and recommends summer fallowing or cultivated cropping with repeated plowing disking and shallow cultivations to starve and remove root fragments. It notes the pest outcompetes vegetation and hinders land use.
County Agent Stapleton and 35 Yellowstone County farmers will conduct comparative trials of common farm crop varieties to identify which perform best under local conditions. Tests cover irrigated barley, non irrigated barley, oats, wheat, corn, potatoes, and beans with several named varieties. The effort emphasizes practical, farmer driven evaluation to reduce losses from unsuitable varieties.
County agent outlines crop variety testing to secure fair comparisons. Farmers plant seeds on uniform soil, on the same date, with equal seeding rates and good farm care. Community tours will gather yield data and publicize results through available channels.
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