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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1918
Page
14
An article urges farmers to improve farm appearance through organization shelter for implements and tasteful painting. Neat, well kept premises boost property value and can attract higher prices for farm products while untidy surroundings depress buyers' perception.
W J Butler notes mycotic stomatitis is a non infectious mouth and sometimes hoof disease in cattle, linked to forage fungi. Symptoms include mouth ulcers, reluctance to eat, salivation, and leg lesions. recovery occurs within a week with feed changes and sanitation. Treatments emphasize pasture removal, soft feed, constant water, and mouth and hoof cleansing with chlorate or boracic acid. medicated salt may help range cattle.
H. H. Dunn of Salisbury reports results from the first two threshings of electrified grain. Over two thousand acres planted. Technique uses a salt or calcium chloride solution and a low electric current to treat seed before drying. Wheat at Ford St. Cleer Cornwall up 20 percent grain 40 percent straw. oats at Moreton near Dorchester up 61 percent grain.
A small red insect has appeared in Flathead county and attacks dandelions. Lawns with heavy weed infestation show complete cleanup from the red bug.
The record shows 700000 British casualties for the first nine months of 1918. Weekly figures varied widely with a low of 4126 and a high above 40000, indicating dramatic swings in losses across weeks.
The advertisement argues that thin people suffer from nervous exhaustion and lack of phosphates. It promotes nitro phosphate as an inexpensive remedy to feed nerves and body cells, promising rapid weight gain and improved vitality, with a caveat that it should not be used by those who do not wish to gain flesh.
Montana predicts 25 324 000 bushels of wheat for the year based on an average yield of 12 26 bushels per acre. The winter crop is estimated at 8 184 000 bushels and spring at 17 250 000 bushels, with US production at 917 798 000 bushels.
Objections to keeping poultry in towns arise from odor and noise but hens thrive with clean conditions. Regular dropping-board cleaning and well kept coops reduce odors. Removing the rooster after the hatching season helps stop noise and saves feed, while producing infertile eggs better for storage or market.
In the first nine months of 1918 British casualties totaled 760000 confirming the intense combat losses of the period.
Montana farms diversify toward sheep as a weed and waste control measure and a source of wool and mutton. Start with a small flock of ewes and a purebred ram, choose one breed, and grow toward uniform, profitable flocks through careful selection and management.
Agriculturist Pollinger of Missoula county reports after an inspection trip that the Flathead district shows the greatest acreage sown to winter wheat this fall. He describes the prospect as highly encouraging.
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