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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1916
Page
8
A brief note recalls early peddlers as effective buyers and sellers finders and compares their role to today’s classified columns. It suggests reading classifieds to discover opportunities one may not realize they seek.
Multiple Montana listings offer 320 to 10 000 acre holdings priced 4 to 15 dollars per acre with long terms. Properties include 640 acres near a new railroad 75 percent plow land, 1800 acre stock ranch with 1100 acres plow land, and 640 acres diversified farming prospects. Firms include Treasure State Land, First National Bank Great Falls, Fagan & McCutcheon, Pratt & Heath Co.
Buy directly from land owners and avoid high commissions. Listings include 280 acres near Great Falls with strong tillable soil, 1800 acre stock ranch, 3290 acres in Choteau county, and 160 acres in wheat near Fort Benton. Diverse raw and improved lands with stated prices per acre and credit terms offered by Equity Co Operative Association of Great Falls Montana.
To trade. Will trade. Coast property for Helena or Montana property. Will send particulars. Address Box 131 Brandon Oregon.
Salesmen can tap restaurant hotel cafe cigar pool and drug trades with a new live pocket side line offering merchants in towns under 100000 a five dollar commission per sale. No collecting or risk to merchant. Unsold goods are returned by Canfield Mfg Co Chicago 208 Sigel St Tl.
The biennial state land report shows about 6 million dollars in land business over two years. About 1,642,000 acres remain unsold while leases for hay and grazing generate revenue. The average sale price was 20.29 dollars per acre, with most parcels sold to actual farmers.
Seed grain for 1917 dominates debate as prices rise and lower grades flood markets. Northwest farmers weigh retaining No 1 spring wheat for seed, forecasting better yields if high grade stock is sowed next spring. Agents scout western Canada for imported high grade grain to seed the northwest crop.
The article outlines green foods essential for winter egg production, including cabbage clover alfalfa and sprouted oats. It explains storage of cabbage, feeding methods for hay leaves and sprouts, and sprouting oats in warm moist conditions with formalin treatment to prevent mold.
Montana Ranch company at Geyser operates a crop payment plan selling farms with no cash upfront. Buyers deliver half of yearly crop to the company until the land is paid in ten years. Since starting three years ago 35 to 40 farmers have joined, many prospering from wheat yields and high prices. The plan emphasizes development, leniency for honest farmers, and delivery of crops to rail at the company’s order. Potatoes and crops influence price trends as the market waits for movement and price adjustment.
Cash corn sold at 6 41 and 69 cents per bushel. Cash oats at 24 35 percent. Cash rye 75 97. Cash barley 50 56. Cash flax 65 1 87. Flour shipments 115 834 bbls. Hay receipts 2 402 tons selling from 5.00 to 15.50 per ton for good to choice.
Fall preparation is urged for raspberries and strawberries in Montana to survive winter. Bend raspberry canes, cover with soil to 3 4 inches, plant ends secured, and uncover after hard freezes pass. Straw mulch protects fruiting beds. use straw or coarse hay, avoid weed seeds, and apply 2 3 inches deep after ground freezes, then rake mulch between rows in spring.
Belmont farmer Irvin Smith and his sons burned pine stumps to create bonfires around a 10 acre potato field in Steens Point to ward off frost. The fires saved the crop while neighboring fields suffered. At current potato prices Smith is about 1500 dollars ahead.
Late in the fall after harvest save cabbage seed by leaving plants in the ground until just before freezing. Lift with roots, store in ground under a six inch straw layer and six inch earth cover. Remove dead leaves, heads placed bottom down on straw, then weighed down with evergreen boughs.
Farmers are advised to save small carrots unfit for market or cellar for horse feed. Chopped small carrots are easily eaten and help horses gain a glossy coat, pleasing any horseman. Feeding a few times improves condition and shine.
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